The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-11-02


OF Importance without carefully weighing the re-
Communications submitted 10 HIM. and finally de-
Gliding upon that individual, whose selection the
public good seemed to require. Did our limits
allow, we should not hesitate to submit the whole
list OF his appointments to the seyerest scrutiny
But Islander las hardly dared to assa him in this
respect The recent appointment of Chief Jus
tice shews at once the Govcrnors independence
honesty and sagacty 1t his own act and
by that act, he has elevated to the Supreme Bench
a man OF retiring habits and of unpretendinr merit
but whose unwearied efforts and daily improving
character Will maintain and elevate the high stand
ard Of our State jurisprudence
We have thus, fellow citizens, considered and |
we trust answered, the objections which have |
been urged against the reelection of Gov Lin |
coin. We would now ask Your attention to the |
merits and positive benefits of his admin straton
Great retrenchments have been made in the |
expenditures Of the State At his recommends |
ton, and by the efforts of his friends the summer
session OF the Legislature has been dispensed with
the Supreme Judicial Court has been relieved
OF part OF It's duties, making great annual saw
ing IN The expense of the administration of ms
| tee-the pauper system has been reformed and its
expense reduced-a great step has been taken to-
wards aoolIshlng Imprisonment for debt-the State
frison has been purified and its expenses reduced
the fees Of Sheriffs and Clerks of Courts have
been regulated and the tenure of their offices lin
lted-the banking System has been revised and
satisfactorily arranged-the militia burdens have
been reduced, and the whole establishment reor
| gained on an efficient and economical basis In
word, In every department of the Government n
heaitful and vigorous action exists, and our State
ana lis administration are, at this day, praise and
an example to the other States of the Union Nv
wise retrenchment of expenditures il NAV be most
triumphantly shewn, that during the last wear of
HoV. Llncohs administration, there has been eff
tected an annual saving of more than FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS. 1t may reasonably be
expected, that the next Treasury exhibit will me-
sent such result, as shall render the f,tnre mno
} slton OF State Idr unnecessary, and there will
be besides an annual surplus reuenue to be apned
D to education, internal improvement. or such other
f objects as the wisdom Of the Legislature NAV de-
sgnate. The condition of the State Prison ia now
most consolltory to every friend of the pententa-
ry system.
i In 1928 the Prison cost the State over and above
n lls earnings, $4,000
In lSs9 cost over and above its earnings, 1000
: III dooo, Z" 1000
a The present year its cost, over and above il
J. earnings, will hardly exceed $500. great i'm
d provement has taken place in the department and
condition of the convics and, there is reason to
believe that the prison may now safely challenge
COMPARISON IN every respect, with any other pris-
:, on in the Union. The Rev. Chaplain in his last
n report, says, numbers il is hoped and believed
!, LOT the prisoners have been brought heartily and
truly to repent of their sins, both of heart and life
ana 10 consecrate themselves to far different life
d and TO the service of far different Master -
n SUCH fellow citizens, is the condition of this
: great State establishment and by whom has this
d great hscal and moral reform been achieved 3
!. we answer, by LEVI LINCOLN His agency.
7, blessed by the favor of e Him that alone givetb
d the increase" has made what was Two wears aqo a
l. school OF depravity" school of reform" and
l. wnat was then heavy burthen and tax to the
l. commonwealth, now capable of supporting itself.
It under the most improved discipline.
II We have thus briefly enumerated some of the
s. clails Oh UoV. Lincoln to your continued conf
n dence: Go, then, TO THE POLLS, and there
give HIM the only reward in your power for the la
6 bors, anxleties and perplexites of his office, the
: cheering proof of your favor by YOUR SUFFER A.
d GES. ava
l. Recolect, that his Administration has been
PerseverlngIy assaled by the Jackson party. who
i Would hail his defeat the triumph of jackson
1t ism IN Massachusetts, and the signal for here intro
l. duclng the profigacy and corruption, which have
been exhibited at Washington ard have brought
uiscreuit on the nation, If therefore you are not
:, prepared to sanction the unreentng political pro
i scrlPton OF Jacksonism-its proluse expenditure
Oh the pubic money to reward political partizans
and Its attempts to violate the decorum of society
: ABOVE all, lis 90 notification" of treates-;m
: prsonment of missionaries, and expulsion of the
u helpless Indian from the home of his love and the
d tomb OF his tathers,-if YOU love the AMERICAN
: STEM, and wish to maintain that policy under
o which the country is now so goriousy hourishinc.
WITHHOLD NOT YOUR VOTES FROM LEVI LIN
COLN. But true to your principles and resolved
to MAINTAIN the consistency and steadiness of Mas
sachusetts, IN support of wise State and National
policy, ONE AND ALL, 60 to the Polls, on the
" second Hoddy Of November neat, and there depos-
It your VOTES in favor of LINCOLN and WIN
: THROP.
r BY order Of the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SrATr
o CONVENTION.
i GEORGE BLAKE, Chairman.
II Boston, Oct. 81, 1881.