New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-04-30
The Springfield ArmOry.

SPRINGfiELD MASS Aprl Y, l8lA
MFssR'. EpIroRs,-in ysur paper Of TUESDAY
morning last, noticed the following cditorial-
The Albany Argus rcloices that the 'hardf,l-
ed worlrncn' in the National Armory at Spring
field have, at the Torn Election, vindoated their
right to spend in reading newspapers the time for
which they are paid from the public Treasury 10
work"
sihis il calculated to convey erroneous ideas
in respect Of the last election wsll as to do in
justice 20 our Annorcrs, will You allow correction
Our town is Whig by a clean 100 majority, and j,
only by defiult that We allowed The Locos to
elect their officer. las week, for the first time n.
they say, since the days of Gerry. We have IL
town 2000 voters. There were less than 1000
votes east. The Locos bad majority of about
75 There were Wing. enough within almost Il
stones throw OF the Town Hail have turned
the scale; but it rained, and they STAYED at home
The Armory question had nothing to do with IL
The Wings are, they ever have been the true
friends of the ArmoIers and they know it. This
YOU may know when tell y,u that the present
obnoxious arrangement originated with Loco
F0co set Of Ordnance Officers, and the present
grievances were fastened upon our Armercrs b,
those officers, with the assistance of Loc0-Eoco
Master Armorcr and Loco-Foco Inspector, IL
this place.
The history of the in,quif0Us proceedings of the
Ordnance Board, or Of the Committee detailed by
them to examine and report upon the Police and
arrangements Of our Arnoy, would take more
time than and more space than you can spare
The present unpopular and unjust arrangement
has been undertaken solely in order to give more
power to the Ordnance Department, To give some
fat offices to snndry .tarorite, hqughty and orcr-
bearing puppies and bulldogs belonging to snd
Department, to increase the salaries of Loco-fo co
under officers, and to diminish the wages OF honest
" hard-hsted workmep," which last YOU knew is
true Loeo-Foco policy.
For a true statement of the facts, if you feel
any interest would refer YOU to history of the
whole matter now being published in the AleSan-
dria %. J Index, and rcpub.hcd in our local
paper. Also 70 a letter in the Boston Atlas from
their Washington correspondent last week, and 10
Spring field newspapers generally
The Loco-Focos, you know, have always been
land are now in their lesrts) opposed tooth and
nail, to the Tariff but now, when they find public
no, live longer and oppose it openly, they wheel
about, throw themselves into the front ranks OF
Protec,io and bawl themselves hoarsc with pro-
tes,a,ions ofzcal and patriotism, cur,ing the Wings
the old and only true, siaunch friends OF American
Industry, for their dilatoriness and want OF rabid
fire and fury the subject. SO it is with our
Armory; Loco-foco irickery has placed natter,
,bc,r ,,rcsap, rn. iti,n pt n,,,, ,b,,
honest men cannot submit, to them, they wheel
about and denouuce the whole as a Wing measure
Truly Satan tries hard hide his hoo( in dcccn,
shoe. and to brush out his clorea tracks with hi.
tail. Yours &C. BKEwsryR.
T. $. At a town meeting preceding the one
above alluded to, cast majority Of Whig vote.
for County Treasurer. who was elected. b.
From another correspondent We have received
the following letter with relation to the same thing
As il shows more in detail the cause. Of complain,
in the management Of the Armory We give j, an
in.orton:-
SPRINGFIELD April q
The arnorers make no claim To waste IN any
manner the time oil the Government; and " the
newspaper question. 10 1t was one ot their FIRST
Is also one O, their hshtest grievances. Let III,
XIV ~" "' iavts On Nli> point. part Ot the
WORKSHOPS OF The National Arm,rc are situated
mile FROM the Post Once and a uart of ,be,
mile aod a halt In these shops are c,,rl,ved
some two hundred and fifty workmcn Of cI,.,,;,,
telhgcnce, and, Ike all \cw-England tnech,,;c.
reading men. who are As constant in the rec,i,, -,
newspapers. periodicals and letters as any ro',i,n
OF our citizens. IL was the practice. some wear
since, ter the Government to EMPLOY penn, rost.
man % bring from the Post Office and di>;rIhur,
all document, tor the officer. and mon IN the cs,.b
hshm'nt. aud A. very great majority OF the work.
men roTsCf By The Tircc, they were in the habit of
r'ading IN the shops letters and papers, when IT.
ceivcd Ii = no, Nnown that those men who work
cd 10y The day. ever INDUCED in this practice OF
That tnc Government ever pail dolisr for WORK
not performed by the piece men,. when engaged
IN reading. That the Government should have
deemed reading In the shops improper and have
forbidden H. = hardly deemed a grievance p, the
"orNmcn m comparison with other grievances at.
neHcd TO n. Since the present cNperin,ea, If .
military SUPPLEMENTARY ~. star cd not only Ina.
t'adiog been forbidden. but the penny poStuan h,.
oeea forbidden 70 BRING to The worSnrn any thing
from the fo.i Ohrc. and the benefit. of his l,b,r.
are no" confined t. the officers alone; and. a. b,
~" more unreasonable regulation under the s.s
system INC inen are required to be in the .hon,
Zen tours per day, whether they work by III, niece