The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-10-24
THE LEGISLATURE

IL is part oil tho plan oil our opponents, to
cmbarrass the operations Of tho government,
and to create anarchy and confusion in the
State, by defeating, if possible, The election Of
so many ofour candidates, as to leave no party
in the majority in the Legislature If such a
result should be effected, then we might expect
10 see such scene of bargaining and corrnp.
ton carried on, as has never been witnessed in
this State. Already, it is openly avowed BY
our opponents, that, il they can defeat the cleo
OF Governor by the people, and reduce the Ma
tional Republicans below majority in The
House, to combine the Jackson and knti-M
sonic forces, and return the two minority car
those from whom that body shall be compelled
10 select Governor But the plan does no.
stop here. II is not Gov. Lincoln, alone, that
is to be sacrificed. Daniel Webster. TOO is an
they gTeedily covut. So, this is the plan. II
the Senate should olect Governor Morton, then
Abncr Phelps or Timothy Fuller is to succeed
Daniel Webster, but, if G0uernor Latlrop
S''SSS's1
vid Henshaw is to be the favored man
Fellow Citizens Are you prepared for state
OF things of which this is to bc but the begin
ming, and the end of which no man can fathom
but which leads, inevitably, to the ruin Of your
best interests? If you are not, say so, and act
accordingly, and all may be we'll Gu 10 the
polls, and see that your neighhor goes, and there
vote for the men who have always been faith
full TO you and TO your in.erests-who have
stood by you, through good report and through
evil report, and will not abandon you in the
hour Of peril. Go to tho polls, and see, not
only that your candidate fol Governor = sup
ported as he should be, but that there be No
falling off in your strength, in either branch o!
the Legislature. Harken not to those who
would create Divisions among you, but present
a strong and unbroken front to the enemy, fol
it is thus and only thus. that, yon can secure
the victory and protect yourselves.
Tho editor of the Boston Advocate denies
The truth of tho account which was published
in most of the papers Of the country in 1918 of a
challenge having passed from VIM. Writ to
WIN. Pnkney, but without giving title oil
evidence, Hercupon, the editor of the Yeo-
man filings up his cap with a hurrah, and do
clares, that the article in the Advocate g nails
that falsehood to the counter" Not quite SC
fast, if you please, my good fellows, give u,
the evidence, if there is any. Otherwise, we
shall believe, and the public will believe, that
the story is true. An account of the affair was
published at the lime in the Richmond Enquir'
er, and the National lntelligencer, papers pub
lshed at places in which, least of all there would
be any liability of mistake about it, and the sec
onds Published note; informing the public thai
the matter had been amcably adjusted. Will
such evidence before us, we had no doubt or
the subject When we made the publication
last week, we considered the evidence concu
sive, and we have not changed our opinion, no
can we upon tho mere allegation of the edito
of the Advocate. lie may be honest IN hi
convictions, but we choose to be our own Judge
OF the evidence on which they are founded.