Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-11-08
Lunatic Falsehoods.

The South Boston Gazette copies that mperti-
tnent "oficial" notice OF E. NJ. Wright, Secretary
OF Safe, in which said Secretary of Stale says:
"Ihere is no provision Of Law, order Of the
Convention, by which he 1.-THE Secretary,] would be
authorized 10 distribute 10 the people oil the State
the new daft OF the Constitution, or To furnish the
cities and towns with blanks iyr the returns Of
on the same.''
The South Boston paper comments upon this in
the following style:
"The Convention must have adjourned in awful
| haste, 10 leave many important deaIls as they
| did at perfectly loose ends. We should like to
know what has become OF the 'officIa' copy of the
new Constitution. We learn from the Secretary of
State that there Is no such document among the ar
chives of the State, that he find What, then,
are The people to accept reject ,a the approaching
election? Is IT nothing but printed panphlet, which
has been circulated without authority? IL looks as
il the whole thirg was farce ~
Il the editor of the Gazette actually believes this,
he needs commiseiation We trust that be and all
others who have circulated Mr.. Secretary Wrght's
notice, will have the fairness to publish out reply
these false and hbellous representations Of the
est and maddest spirit of faction that has ever con
uived TO make itself heard Of.
l. Mr. Secretary Wright is correct when he de-
clTes that ''there is no provision of law, or order
of the Convention, by which he would be authorized
10 distribute the new draft of the Constitution. -
The "order OF the Convention" left that in cumpe.
tent and faithful hands, and before this ''ofcia' no.
tice issued, ''Ihe clerks OF the several cities and
towns" received each his quota of the one hundred
and thirty five thousand copies Of the new CUnsli-
IN ion, which, by another 'order of the Conven-
rion,' were printed for distributions No one has
pre- aided that Mr Secretary Wight was auhorz-
to distribute the draft Of the Constitution
Therefore his impairment notice. so far as relates to
thus matter, is contemplate.
2. The Secretary Of State is not correct when he
T. D..
returns of the vote on the Constitution. An
order OF the Convention requires and provides that
the returns of this vote shall be made to him, his
office, and that he shall deliver them committee
consisting OF the President of the Convention and
twenty OF It's members, who shall count the voes,on
the Ihrrd day of December next. When the Secre-
tary OF state says he is not authorized 10 do any
thing that may be necessary these returns,
which are 10 be made TO him, he shows that he is
partisan Wing OF the INSCRIPTIONS sort; but he does
not show that he is fit man to discharge the duties
OF his office.
When it became apparent. that the Secretary of
Stale would not do his PLAIN duty, in the premises,
the necessary blanks were provided and sent to the
several towns and cities, by the Committee Of the
Convention appointed toreceve aud count the votes.
Secretary Wright has not succeeded to emharass the
matter. lie has only made a very silly and impo-
tent demonstration Of that contemplate spite against
the new Constitution, which he ees SO strongly in
common with the present Wing leaders.
g. The editor of the South Boston paper would
'lke 10 know " hat has became Of the sofficaP copy
of the new Constitution % lie has inquired Of
"he Secretary Of Stae,' and learns that ''there is
no such document among the archives OF the State,
that he can find'' We should like to know what
right the Secretary Of State has TO intimate claim
TO the custody of this document before it has been
accepted by the people. fhe Convention did not
give him charge Of it. The Convention ordered
that copy of the Constitution, duly ''atesed
by the President and Secretaries" should be trans.
mliied TO the proper officers OF each town and city
in the State There is deposited in each town
and city an ''ofiG'al' copy Of the new Constitution,
duly certified by The President and Secretaries, aud
bearing their written signatures Il is where the
people eau examine is and not slowed away out of
sight in the Secretary office.
Can it he that any sane man has allowed himself
to credit that outrageous ialsehood Of the Wings
no say there is ''no authentic copy of the new
Constitution We refuse to believe such creduy
possible. When the penpe have accepted The new
Constitution, II will be "engrossed on parchment
and deposited 'Fdmoug the archives Of the State"
Ii is not customary 10 engross bill before ii has
been duly enacted
We trust that this account Of the matter, will en-
tighten our South Boston neighbor, and lead him 10
form more truthful estimate Of the scandaIous
alseboods by which the Wings al lie seeking to defeat
the new Constitution. il he means TO be candid
and deal fairly, he will retrac that miserable para
graph Communicable