The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-06-13
THE ADDRESS
MENis NATIONAL REfCBLItA'

More than three hundred OF our !o""s ~. |
citizens. delegates from seventeen states a" At
District Of Columbia assembled in con'ehe."
the city of Washington, ask your attention. "
subject Of the greatest importance to YOU, ,ooton
selves, and to u,,r common country iHe - 10.
of our rulers is matter of hlsh ihte'es " .omrs
best privilege OF free people pus :, the nre-
especially so when on II may o. penn ,rn,f,n and the
sent crisis, the safety of our CONSUME" are
termanepcy Of our Union. Two imuN 80 ,hs
new before Won as prominent cahaua'es 10 Gov
highest ofhces in your gift Let 10 IT, frst is
nomen, their several quaiitcatioRs' ,mhe,,
ANDREW JACKSON, inc Pieseh ~, triumph.
elected hut three short years since ey q ;,hi Lao.
a., ,n,;or;,v Fresh from the battle-helo' VIZ"
rels as vet urfadcd; Unbiased. as was paps;ve,
by marty feeling untrafnmeliea oy pr - ono
.ys,ems of policy he was iond'y nance, %
who would reform every abuse IN u .eN;s nr;s,;ne
-. - ;netjfutions to more than their pf's,i"'
";,., ID rnIe solely for the good OF his coun''!' |
'oIiS.c1s he was especially pledged TO accoH
81 A. rad,rce the expenses OF Government
II abolish the practice oil appointing Hi..I 80
Congress 10 Office; TO restrict the fresioen.,n
- 70 s;nole term and to destroy the Aons'e
VICE ~ 800 And surely never was :here more
nyt,in o,nortunity of redeeming such P'e"sesS
Cor,in, into power with personal popuiat'H At
most uceoualled and ai n time when the COUNT.
,rnsnerous al home andfespected abroad ,hai",on
in itself and ut peace with the wotiu' nc nav ;:
10 carry into effect his favorlte iheofes
~, how has he performed these promises Lev
- ansrer An increase IN the expenditures I"
Covernment amounting, during the three years VI
b;s administration to more than ten mhi""s VI
illars: the appointment of nlns teen HsmoeIs Vi
Congress to office, more than TWICE tne p,
no;nied bv qny ofhis predecessors; ms Appearing o
r.rsJy 40 candidate.-but as 4 suppicaut iot coh-
,;n.nce in Office these are alone sufhcient 10
b,,v the insincerity of his pledges, ana also no"
Aacrantly he has disappointed the hopes OF nus
conntry lis true true he has desuoyeu par!
Ard contest
pIes but it has been only to revive 1t WIN spi'
selfsi-a spirit that looks to I'm alone as us
rb;act: that acknowledges no principles but his
will An entire subservicncy to TINS VIII, ho"efe'
capricious and tyrannica, has now become the sois
qualification for Office and withou. IT, tne uh,teu
rir,nes and wisdom of an archangel would DC wnoi-
ly unayailing Near fifteen hundred sictmf nave
aire.dv been sacrificed on its MOloch altar. NO
Qualifications no services could save them. lhose
whose long and unremitted attention 10 omciai ou-
ties had disqualified them from engaging III o'fe!
pursuits we're not merely driven INTO oegga!y' ou'
insulted, revled, and prosecuted, oy Inc h'ei"e
ministers of his vengeance, merely oecause ,ne,
ronld not believe and would not declare, andre"
Jortson to he the " Greatest and the Best OF men
Even the hoary veterans of the heSo,utioh' "po
derived from some petty appointment inc means VI
subsistence (which grateful country shouiu nave
afforded in some ample model were tus heo OUT
of Office to hide their penury in welcome grave
The late Postmaster General, one OF the most en-
cient officers ever possessed by any Government,
fer refusing to become an instrument IN tis run
less prescription was driven from the station he
had filled with such honor TO himself and MS coun-
try tn make room for tool OF power
let ms uex. see what has been the course OF
General Jackson in relation to the most important
features of our national pelicy Is there man from
Maine 10 Florida who knows his real sentiments
with respect to those great interests Ut our conn
try-internal improvement and the protectloh OF
Il, "a Ia
reputation for veracity who can venture to amin
that he has any settled policy on these sueJects'
further than a determination 10 render them suosef-
Went to his darling project OF securing his own re-
election, of smuggling his WHY iavorite INTO
power, At one moment the South IS 10 De cameo
and the Executive veto is employed TO stop an
important work OF internal Improvement. AT the
next the North is to be conciaed, and he sanctions
other WORKS of precisely the same character. On
one day he is friend Of the tariff, and ready 10 en-
force it at every hazard; on the next he ADVISES
TO attack il in detail. and destroy 1t ny piece-mea
Thus, while he alarms all Interests he satisfies
none; for, while the northern manufacturers are
aware that to secure the of the South. (could
that elect hi) he would be willing to reduce their
hourishing manufactures to ruins; the southern
planters may be equally certain, that to gam 1he
same object from the North, he would not hesitate
% load them with taxes far more grievous than
those of which they now complain. On one branch
of policy alone has General Jackson been c0nsls-
sent His opposition to the United States Bank,
urged agaiu and again, with much zeal ana pefse-
Serauce, ia despite of his constitutional ADVISERS
and pclitical friends, may indeed be regarded as
proceeding from fixed opinion, or rather from
blind hatred to the institution, stronger than any
opinion, originating in personal pique ana hosulty
10 high fIicer of that institution II is true that
alarmed at the consequences Of his opposition ne
has lately iRtimaed that he may change ms opn-
ions on this subject but who that understands the
of The man can. be so infatuated as to
imagine he will
We have vet grayer charges to urge against the
present administration. The public press, once
considered as the pal .adum of our liberties, has as
far as the means Of the Executive would allow,
bren brought up and rendered mere insfrumen nj
TO answer his purposes. Editors, almost inumera-
BILE have been rewarded or purchased wIththe hlgh-
est Offices in bis gift, and hundreds OF pcnsioned
presses scattered throughout the land stand ever
ready TO do his bidding to aud his vilest acts; TO
blackcn the reputation of those he may wish TO IN
lure; and even to weaken and, If possible to de-
slray, the co-ordinate branches of Government
And these branches have been attacked IN man
ner which shows these hireng presses ready TO
assist their master in graspng even arbitrary power
and in prostraling at his feet all who oppose MS
will.
The Senate, with manly independence, rejects
~ unworthy nomination. aod it is at once assaulted
from every quarter with epithets foul to be met
itei by any but those who use them. lha offlciai
organ of the Executive will dare even to propose 20
the American; people 10 abridge its term oil service
and strip it offs powers.
The Supreme Court Of the United States, too, in
the discharge of its highest Its holiast duties,
thwarts tho Executives pleasure, and instantly, in
answer TO the angry denuDciations OF the would be
despot the adder hiss ofhe press resounds through
out the land. Its DEGREES are not to be enforced
its power is TO be set at defiance.
But these are not the only acts of his mai-ad-
ministration The offices of Government, created
BY the people for their benefit, have, as one OF
his friends on the floor of the Senate shamelessly
lvowed, been seized upon "the spoils Of the VIC
tor" and openly used brides and rewards for par
tisan services.
Person, grossly and VIGOROUSLY incompetent and
defariter, the cruhkard, the debauchee,
and even the fugitive feion, have been nominated
for important stations and when the Senate has
refused to sanction his nominations, he has watch
ed the absence of individual members in order
again TO urge them. And when this could not be
Objected, he has appointed his rejected faVorites,
during the recossOi the Senate, to ohices not re-
quring its concurrence.
He has not o<y filled the existing subordinate |
departments Of Government throughout the coun-
iv with the creatures of his will but has also crea
ted new ones in order TO reward them.
He has not only employed the whole patronage
OF the Government TO control popular elections,
but has himself directly interfered in the election
Of members to Congress
He has not only permitted his satellites TO assail
the coordinate branches Of the Government, but
has even by his own words and actions, sanctioned
and approved Of their conduct.
lie has not only sanctioned the attacks made--by
his oiicial pensoned press-upou the Senate OF the
United States, but has also countsnanccd wan,on
personal violence, offered by his political partisans
10 members OF Congress, in the discharge Of their
constitutional duties thereby overawing tho DELHI
sfalions Of Congress, and assaling the freedom of
oepa'ej and may We not apprehend from the para
blfea oil such Executive dyyker &ca1a. hino.a