The Massachusetts Spy, And Worcester County Advertiser

KENTUCKY.
Extract from a letter from a gentleman in
Kentucky.

As long as the present system of electioneering continues, the Legislature
must be made up of all kinds of materials. In many parts of the State, virtue
and talents are but negative qualities;
the self constituted candidate, in order
to be successful, must become "all
things to all men," or at least to the
majority. If the candidate cannot metamorphose himself into an apology for an
honest man, he can do what will answer
his purpose still better,-he can among
the low become the lowest, and he who
would have stump speeches well received, must whiskey be a few strong lang-
ed fellows, who are to huzza at regular
intervals, without any regard to the
pitch or the sense of the speech. I will
give you a short specimen of a stump
speech from a Brigadier-General of the
militia, who had presented himself as a
candidate for Congress :

Fellow citizens--When I see around
me the aborigines of my country, it fills
my heart with gratitude--(huzza.)--I
rejoice that I live in a country where
the sun shines on the door of the cottage
as well as on that of the palace--(huzza.)
It is said by some that I have been an
enemy to my country; that I did not as-
sist in the last war--(huzza.) But I
shall be able to prove to you that I am
not an enemy to my country--(huzza)
--'tis true I did not go out in the army
myself, but I sent my horse"--(huzza)

" Let us vote for his horse," said a
wag.

In one of the neighboring counties, a
very respectable man, (as is sometimes
the case,) come out as a representative
of the Legislature ; his opponent was a
well fed rustic, who had, to recommend
him, not only great congenital strength
but also the reputation of being a good
fiddler. To make the best use of his
qualifications, he gave the people to un-
derstand that they might have dances as
often as they pleased and he would fid-
dle for them gratis. The other candi-
date, a Mr. Mason, soon found that the
current of popularity was setting so
strong in favor of the lusty fiddler, that
his chance of success was hopeless, un-
less he could devise some plan to change
the current. The fiddler gave a grand
ball, (or at least his services,) to which
all were invited. Mason was present.
among the rest, and in the midst of their
hilarity, he observed that the fiddler
played with his left hand. He directly
whispered into the ear of one of the
country dames, that the fiddler was im-
posing upon the company. When he is
in town, said Mason, he plays with his
right hand, but he thinks that left-handed
music is good enough for country folks.
The ball was soon in an uproar, and so
exasperated were they with the insult-
ing fiddler, that he had no other alter-
native than to give them right-handed
music, or leave the Hall. To comply
with the former he could not, and with
the latter he was enabled to by the as-
sistance of his auditors. The conse-
quence was that he lost his election.