The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07
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Allow me, Mr.. Editor, 10 say few words
concerning The article on the late Election, .
which has much annoyed hin Of the Repub.
licau that he bpstows il the cpl bets, false.
scandalnns. and infamous +" 1t is TO he con.
sidcred" he SAYS, IL kind of official report or
manifesto of that party, Il e. tho arisfocra;y)
es touching the recent election in this place -
A man, says the proverb, sl;oald speak well Of a
bridge that carries him cafe over on this prin
ciple, the word aristocracy should be treated
! with all senleness by the editor of the Repub.
! can, since il has carried him /" triumphanflu'
las he boasis) into 1ifice :; service If has per-
formed for many deniagognc before him As
! 10 tie article, it was written and printed with
out the knowledge ofany Other individual than
the nriter and printer. So much for the first
assumption of the anti-arisnc racy man. lie
next endeavoIs to prove that because a portion
of the National Republicans agreed 10 support
two anti -masons for Representatives, therefore,
it is improbable that Gov Lincoln should have
been opposed by the latter party with much
warmth. This is the first idea surgestsd b. a
mystihed tumble of words and sentences (goinp
10 prove that the Editor is capable of writing
good English y but he proceeds To find fault
with the Nationals, that, instead of uniting with
the anti-masons, they did not support the Gun
nngly devised ticket of lie Jackson party.
striking off his own obnoxious name As if The
! ANdliuiidl htpubHcdilS cOuiu mol be allowed the
privilege Of selecting from their own number
| the men whom they wished to send as fair rem.
resentatives of the intelligence and talents Of
this large and fourshing town Let an impair.
tai person say which ticket was best fitted TO
answer that object!
The assertion that the Nationals proposed The
Union with the Anti Masons is entirely false
the proposition came from the Antics That
me agreement was violated by the Nationals
who made it. is another falseilood ofthis shame.
Tess editor. The attempt to get rid Of the charge
OF dishonest management ofthe Claim money.
furnishes another specimen of contemptible
shutting, Granting that the Extra was not is.
sued on Saturday, but on Wednesday; thatthe
sum charged as unaccounted for was not 2IS
OOO, but $l6,000; that the name of the AGENT
was not mentioned, but only that an impression
was left on the readers mind that he was nj
uded to, land that this impression was made.
the report in circulation on this subject after
The pubiicatlon OF the Ertra amply proves y
grant that these unimpoitant errors made
by the writer of that article, do they affect the
substantial character of the statements made by
him? No; it is miserable quibbling. The ed
itor of the Republican is the last man to com
plain, al this late day, of the omission in the
Governors Speech he was. at that time, q
member of the House uhy did HE not then in
stitUte an inquiry on the uerg SPOT ,ohere 1t
could hare been made soHh perfect fairness, in
stead OF reservlng it for an electoneering arti-
Gle And why has ne mt sooner given This in.
formation to the public, instead Of suffering i.
to sleep in silence, ever since, till so late an
hour that he knew the fatse impression which
he designedly gave, could not be corrected till
after the election was past But such course
would have been unbec0ming the principles of
the worthy editor. Well nav WoRcEsrER
plume herself on having SO aSJisminded and