The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-03-02
FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS spy.
To the Electors Of Worcester COUNTY.

To the Electors Of Worcester COUNTY.
Fellow Citizens-The time is now close at hand
when you will be called upon to determine by YOUR
sufrages, who shall fill the Office of County Treas
9lei' MS Is question at the present time to be
decided upon grounds other than political. MANY
candidates are before you, of whom one only can
hoiu the ONCE 1t is for you to select one from that
number. The inquiry that should have most influ-
ence In determining votes should be- is he hon
est is ne worthyf is he capable That all the
caholoates are honest men may not pc rhaps be de-
MED. There are some things howe yer in the con-
uuct Oh one OIL the gentlemen before you as promi-
nent candidate which will deter me from giving him
my vote for County Treasurer The character
quaiihcatlons and conduct of every man who allows
himself to be brought before the public as capdi-
date Tor office, are proper subjects ofdiscusson they
are points upon which it is important that the peo
pie should have correct information that they NAV
DC tne better able to make up their minds for whom
10 give their votes. With Mr. Jennison one ofthe
cahdidates, have. and from my situation in life
can have, no personal collision bear towards him
no luminosity or ill feeling. A sense ofduty. which
I 1 owe to my fellow citizens urges me to disclose
certain facts which ought to take from hi m the vote
ofevery honorable man.
now state to him, that if he feels himself in
lured and aggreved by my remarks my name is at
his service, together with the proef of the state
ments l am about to make Mr. Jennison has
In more than one instance taken erOrbitant fees for
preparing the papers necessary for Revolutionary
Soldiers to procure their pensions From SCREEN
teen dollars TO thirty dollars haze been eracted for
his serclce II has been, am informed the prac-
uce, almost universally, among the members of the
Bar to take no fees for preparing such papers In
rev instances 1t is believed, some ATTORNEYS have
charged one two dollars for the purpose Of nav
ing the expenses they were at, more than for the
sake OF any remuneration for their own services
Mr. Jennson has, as we are prepared to substanti-
ate by abundant proof been in the habit of shapino
votes, that is. buying up notes at a discount and
taking advantage Of the necessities of his fellow
citizens to secure an usuriOus interest for the O.,
oil his money In one instance, it is known, and
can be proved, that he purchased up the claims of
citizen for damages aHotced by the County Com
missoners, but for which they had not drawn an
order on the treasury, at discount of fine dollors
1t would be idle for to enlarge upon the fully of
electing man to fill office having the command
oil great sums oil money, which he might, or might
not, use to increase his private gains by practices
like those above stated | do saw however that if
would be wrong to place man in Office who has
shewn himself ready and eager to fatten upon the
necessities and endorsements of his fellow citi-
zens, anu who has exacted from old soldiers exor-
bltant fees for his services These are facts which
were taken into consideration by the Commission
ers, when they refused to appoint Mr. Jennison to
the office ofTreasurer. Were they right, or wrong,
in the views they entertained of such conduct?
Ponder well upon these things fellow citizens. and
Judge whether Mr.. Jennson has proved himself by
his deeds, to be that good and faithful servant en-.
titled to the reward you have to bestow. Wheth-
er he has lived up to the golden rule of doing as
zoe tcouId be done by. lregret the pertinacity of
MIR. Jennlson IN continuing to be a candidate for
this office. He must have been aware that disclos-
ures, unpleasant to himsefand to his friends would
be made to the public but he has persisted and
the people have now plain unvarnished tale Of
his conduct before them do not ask you, fellow
citizens, TO bestow your sutrages any one of the
other Candidates IN preference to the rest | would
state only that Mr. Jennison for the reasons have
given, ought not to have them.
There are other circumstances connected with
the present contest which go to show that Mr.. Jen
nison is not remarkably astdlous in his choice of
means to defeat the election of other candidates,
but they are too sickenng to repeat and in charity
TO MS lriends 1oroear. BRUTUs.