The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-03-30

would not delegate so many TO lake care of
tAelr interests. They know well that penny
| aciSe is very often pound FOOLISH
From an article in the last Yeoman, we
make the following extract. Speaking of the
late National Republican Senatorial nomina.
ton, the editor says,
There were but very few men of orthodox
sentiments on the caucus committee. Out of The
nity'iour towns in the County thirLu-three only
were represented, and these by men who han
PeHe1 10 DC In worcester, and as there was an
encamPmcnt few hours before an album.
dance Of knights" happened to be on the
stand prepared for action and also, as usuaL.
goodiy number OF Unitarians. But there must
be one candidate from the northwest section Of
the County, and Mr.. Bullock was made a promi-
nent candidate by the votes thrown in his favor
last year AS to the other new candidate the
votes were much scattered.
There is none Of that danger from the Jack.
son candidates, in case of no choice, which the
Spy speaks of. In case of no choice the Ieg-
lslature would undoubtedly choose from the
National Republicans
To show how utterly groundless is the insin.
uation contained in this extract, that the con-
vention acted under masonic and unitarian in
fuence, one fact will suffice. For tho new Sem
ator in the North District, two persons were
prominent; one of whom was distinguished
member of the Legislature, and is both ma
son and unitarian, and the other, neither a
mason nor unitarian. Yet this convention.
acting, as the editor of the Yeoman would have
us believe, under such influence, selected the
latter and rejected the former! The protence
that " Mr.. Bullock was made prominent can.
dldate by the votes thrown in his favor. last
year, is, we believe, aouhout the slightest foun-
aat'0n' We have examined the returns as pub
hshed in ali the papers, last year, and find no
mention of.any votes being given for him but
on the contrary, it appears, that there was great
unanimity among the National Republicans.
IN favor OF the Senators who were elected. For
The new candidate in the south part of the
County, James Draper was so decidedly PROM
met In the committee, that he was agreed up
on with great unanimty. The editor of tho
feoman gets over this fact by saying that " for
the other new candidate the votes were much
scattered y that is, those that were not given
Tor Mr. ID. were so much scattered as to leave
no doubt of the popular current in his favor.
Or the concluding paragraph of the above
extract, we are utterly at loss how to speak in
such manner as to do justice to the article il.
sell, and at the same time to maintain that deco
rum with which political controversy should be
conducted land to shew the courtesy which would
be due to high-minded and honorable opponent.
One of two things is true either the Editor
OF the Yeoman has shewn an ignorance of his
subject, which is objectionable in the editor of
political newspaper; or he has but contemp-
tlble opinion of the degree of influence which
he and his CONDUCTORS in the work of division
and disorganization are capable of exercising .
Let fants speak. by a constitutional provision.
1t there is failure to elect any one or more
Senators, the Legislature is required to fill the
vacancy so created, from the too candidates
having the highest number of votes. Last
year, in 48 towns, from which VIC had returns.
the lowest candidate on tho Republican Sena
toria ticket had 3466 votes, and the highest on
the Jackson ticket had $685. ANY division,
therefore, which should have taken from the
former 1870 of his votes, aoouLd hare placed hin,
betoao the Jackson candidate and if, by such
division, only two-ilths, or but little more
than one third Of his votes had been given for
! other candidates, two Jackson men would have
been the candidates from which the Legislature
must fill the vacancy. There would have been
no option. The National Republican candi-
date could not be constitutonally chosen by the
Legislature. We leave it then for the pu bic
to judge between US and the editor of the Ye o.
man, whether in consequence of the divisions
which he is fomenting, there is any such dan
ger from the Jackson candidates, as we have
before spoken of, or not
JACKSON DIssENsIoNs We have always said
that the heterogeneous mass ofwhich the Jack
son party is composed was held together only