Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-06-05
Massacl,use,ts PoIi,ics.

The way that Massachusetts politics is looked
upon by outsiders. may be judged of somewhat
from the following article, which we copy from
the New York Tribune, and yet there are men in
our own State who, while they cannot deny the
truthfulness of the deplorable picture here pre-.
sented are laying their plans to cheat The people
again =
The Legislature of Massachusetts has again
and for a second time in accordance with q
clear and simple constitutional provision, re-
| quested Henry ]. Gardner the Dark. Lantern
| Governor, to remove Judge Loring. and a Sc
cond time has the said Gardner opposed his
personal opinion to the will of the people
clearly expressed through their representa-
tives In this case, it seems that one man
who really ought to have no opinion about
the matter at all. and who ought simply as
an instrument to do as he is bid. can set at de.
fance the whole Great and General Court.
The Constitution provides that judicial Off
GERS may be removed by legislative address to
the Governor Mr.. Gardner interprets this
to mean that they may be removed, always
provided he is will. Such construction was
never heard of until the accession of this
Light of the Lodges, and it will probably pass
into desuetude with his prsdestinate extin-
guishment. Under it, it will be impossible
for Massachusetts, to be rid of any scamp of a
Judge, while she has has also a scamp of a
Governor. She must have a slave catching
Judge of Probate whether she will or not.
The tenacity with which this Edward G.
Loring ollngs to his office does not speak
much for the delicecy of feeling which ought
to predominant in the constitution OF such a
pure blooded member of the first Boston fam
lilies. If he were low born and vulgar Abb
oltionlst, he could not take his kickings with
greater stolidity. He is the Old Man of the
Sea, and no inequality of vibration can shake
him off He has been addressed out and en-
acted out, but he will not go out; and that is
an end of the whole matter. The House may
fret and the Senate may fulne; but he merely
says, as did Mrs. Pardiggie in BLEAK House.
You can't tire me, good people, In fact, he
likes the salary, and he will not bulge
- This Edward 6. Lorng. Judge of Probate
for Boston, is also a u. S, Commissioner,
He is distasteful to nine tenths of the men,
women and children of Massachusetts. He
needlessly undertook the business of hunting
Anthony Burns back to Virginia, acting as
the supple tool of Ben Hallett, who in turn
acted as the supple tool of Frank Pierce.
This did no credit to his heart. He gave an
opinion on the case, at which good lawyers
glbed. This did no credit to his head. Mass.
achusetts is not yet accustomed to such
Judges, and the Legislature in 1856 requested
Gov. Gardner to remove him. The Governor
refused to do it, and some blockheads fred
one hundred guns upon the Common in hon
or of this triumph of the one-man power.
Then the Legislature gave Loring chance TO
BACK out gracefully, and passed a statue or
dalning that no Judge OF Probate should hold
the office OF United States Commissioner.
This the little Judge, who has no jurisdic-
ton whatever save in the matter of last wills
and testaments, soemnly decided to be I'M
constitutional, and certainly it did not agree
with his constitution. So he calmly held on
to both offices, and is open for an offer, should
any patriarch Of Virginia desire to reclaim a
wanderer from his flock. Being thus wilful
violator OF a very plain law, the Legislature
just ADJOURNED again instructed the Governor
10 remove him, and with what success we
nave already stated. Such logged and per-
tlnacious daiance of the POI ular will, we do
not thlnk was ever before manifested in a
free State. Mind, there has never been any
decision upon this law whatever. 1t remains
undisturbed upon the statute book, but vir-
tually nullifed by Edward G.. Loring and
Henry ]. Gardner.
Ii the Republicans of Massachusetts dc
not learn wisdom from this state of things
they must be made Of pretty poor stuff
Last year, they might have sent Gov. Gard.
ner back to his counting. room without in
the least Jeoparding the vote of the State
and yet they insisted upon running the Who'll,
dark lantern State ticket. They protested t
be afraid of the Congressional districts
whereas there was not one Of them il
Which their prospects would have been in
/ Jured by severe snubbing Of the lalsest ma,
who ever crawled up to gubernatorial chair
| They suffered themselves to be bamboozled
and verify they have their reward. But ex
| perience is great teacher, and the path O
the Massachusetts, Republicans is now per
fectly plain. We do not believe that the
viii again commit the blunder of supportin
one who bitterly hates them, their principle
and their cause. If they do, they will al
most deserve to have catchpole Judges unit
doomsday.