The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-10-12

- 'e osii.iiShe VI tnls state. Under this ure-
tehce, at TINS time, they are about to make des.
perate effort to overthrow the National Pen,hJoa,
party. ror Inc organization of their etroro,h :.
convention was holden by them in the to- % g
"oicester on the hrst of September last at which
W. Iinoi anu Lieut. Governor were nominated
we peg eave to call your attention to some Of the
resolutions adopted and opinions expressed ot tba,
convention. One of the leading resolptions is o.
pressed IN these words" Resolved fiat FL. I'll,
aod ABUSES existing under present State admin
,on' are such as paralySe the actiritu and en-
'eTPFt~e OF the community, and demand The s,ron,
EFFORTS OF the people to remove tbemv This ras
iution was unanimously adopted by a grave Assem-.
piy, composed, as it is sad of one hundred and &c.
y ihelloers' were 1t not that a sentiment of in.
snstloh Is excited IN every intelligent and unbi.
assoc mnd at the utter restitution of all REGARD IN
TACT and truth which this declaration erh;S;,s IL.
g1osshess would only excite smile at the smnlic.
lty which could make it, Was il sunnosed rrha,
credailty could be found in this community to re.
Seive such an assertion as true That men would
oisbeeve the evidence of their senses because tbe
contrary was announced in the imposing form Of ,
iesolueon The activity and enterprise of this
community paralyzed Look abroad mon the
amount OF business which throngs our cities. upon
lne activity which pervades every village upon the
e.piiIe wnich Is constructing channels of com.
muhlcation into every portion of the interior and
approprlatng every stream of water to manufactur-
ing purposes; look at mechanics shops crowded
with workmen, with demand for their labor he.
yond their ability to supply; look at our commerce
penetlauhg every sea, and our agriculture flourish
ing beyond former experience look at every branch
OF industry in the Commonwealth indicatina a nros.
perity unparalleled And yet the activity and en-
terprze OF the community are paralused beyond en-.
nurance Were stranger to read this resolution
ne would suppose the people here were grooming
under the oppression Of some ruthless tyrant some
turkish Sultan, or Russian Autocrat. Before such
assertions can be believed, the people must be re-
duced to that stupidity, which alone can make them.
But, again, it was resolved by the same respecta-
pie assembly, " that the State expenditures are
enormous and beyond measure burthensome to the
people" Now, that the expenses of a State 81
large as thls are IN the aggregate considerable that
the sum total when compared with the expenditure
OF Rhode Island, whose population does not exceed
that OF our own County, appears large is not de-
MED; that there have been some toms ofeY,and;.
lure very properly reduced and that there are 9TH
ers which may be with equal proprety diminished.
Is ADMITTED. That the present administration have
ever shown themselves willing to curtail expense
and that they are still ready TO do so. is no less
true-proof abundant can be adduced both of the
fact and the disposition. But where is the nrooC
that the State expenditure is beyond measure bur-
thensome Do we hear the people cry out against
oppressive taxes Are their hard earnings 6lched
from them to fill the Golfers of hungry office hold
ers Let the people answer these questions for
themselves, and VIC know their answer will be- be-
cause such is the fact, that their State tax is scarce
ly felt, so inconsiderable is it, The only COMPLAINT
heard III the land, is from few of these very indi
Viduas, who first raise the cry of suffering and on
preston, and then impudently tell the people it
comes from them.
Again, this same convention complain in their
ADDRESS to the people, that all the wealth and in
telllgence OF the Commonwealth are in the possess
sion OF their opponents. Were we to take the res
olutions above noticed, as tie measure of intelI
gence existing in the Jackson party in this State we
should be inclined to acknowledge the truth of that
nrfln A. e.,
by far the greater proportion is in the possession
OF their opponents, for the very foreeable reason
that, their opponents by far the greater propor
ton OF the people. But upon the subject of intel
hgence the complaint proceeds further. The Ian
guage is, the weeds of the Republican VINEYARD
must not only be clipped but uprooted education
must be conveyed to the humble in wealth as well
as to the rich and the great"
We once thought that Massachusetts, had reason
to boast that she dispensed education with a wise
protuson. to all her sons, both rich and poor that
she took the lead in adopting that glorious princ-
pe that the poor should be educated at the expense
Oh the r.an, and that she had never departed from
that principle We had supposed that in no coun-
try, on the face of the EARTH was there such munif
cent provision for the education OF the poor as here
AS evidence OF the fact we have turned to our
statute books, and there found laws ESTABLISHING at
the expense of property holders not only schools
Tor instruction i'll the common rudiments of educa-
ton In every town, but in many for education in
the higher branches of classical literature Fur
ther we have daily seen these nurseries of learn
ing tironged with the youth of our country o: all
classes, from the tender years of isping infancy,
up TO the very verge of manhood. And TO carry ont
the proof, we have seen these very Youth in many
instances of the humblest parentaee rising to the
highest Offices in the gift of the people and of the
government Yet we find this highly respectable
convention asserting that their rulers, "by their
tG'os first make the people poor and ignorant. and
then rule them because they are so." A veritabe
conclusion from most vertable premises
we had supposed too, that our laws regulating
the transmission ofpropertywere somewhat liberal
and tending to general diffusion of wealth In
looking back upon history we find the trammels
tending to perpetuity Of wealth in the same fam
mes one after another, yielding to the spirit of
true Republicanism, until, at the present dqy it is
scarcely possible to find the same estate in the
same same family during three generations So widely
thrown open 20 all are the avenues of enterprize
and wealth, thatwe find the laborer of TODAY the
possessor OF the fields of his employer Tomorrow.
MARX the wealthiest merchants of our country. and
VINO arc they do we not find among them many.
VINO commenced life with nothing save honor and
ior .heir credit, and industry and nteli-
gence tor their capital Our most afluent manu-
facturers and mechanics, who are they The bows
VINO began their fortunes by guiding the spindle
and directing the loom. by beating the anvil! and
turning the lathe. Yet our Rulers by their laws
hrst make men poor and then rule them because
my "io o. AHis cry against wealth and lntelll-
gence is not new. 1t is the same which IN all ages
has been uttered by the restless and the aspiring
II is the same which was raised in France in the
last century, which deluged her territory in civil
blood, and finally drew down the vengeance of
heaven upon her, IN the most oppressive tyranny
that ever sat upon the throne of any country.
Such are some of the leading charges of the jack
son party against She present administration of this
state And who does not perceive from their ut
Ter want OF foundation, that they are made to de-
ceiVe the people into a support of their party
knowing that they never will support it except
through deception. Charges of this nature are the
common resort of asprants for power They are
the means made use of to ascend the high places of
government. But when the seat of power is at
tanned, do the people find reform of the abuses
complained off History uniformly answers no.
Heed not then, fellow citizens, the groundless
complaints, the false promises, and shallow pro-
LESSONS OF such party; but stand firm by the prn
cipes which you know have brought you prosperi-
ty, and by the men, who you know will support
them.
The attitude in which the Anti Masonic partv
now stands in regard to the politics of this Com
monweath, its responsibility for numbers and in
the character Of many of its adherents demands
that its political character should be noticed here
1t is well known that this party, at the commence
ment OF its existence in this State, disowned all
connection with pol:tics-That its avowed object
was solely the extinction, by means of public
discussion and public opinion, of an Institution,
the principles of whose organization and action
were considered as dangerous to the principles of
republican institutions, and subversive of civil lib
eIty While such was the real object of the Anti
Masonic party, and the means used to effect that
object, the great mass of the community, who are
neither Masous or Anti-Masons, could not object
TO iis operations II by diligent investigation, and
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