Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1834, by J. B. DERBY, in the Cle office of the District Court of Massachusetts. INCLUDING A SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE "STATESMAN PARTY” OF BOSTON. BY JOHN BARTON DERBY, LATE DEPUTY SURVEYOR OF THE CUSTOMS. 66 They (i. e. the office holders) love Gold."-Globe. "Their God is gold, and their Religion pelf."-R. T. Painc. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1834, in the Clerk's office of the District TO THE YOUNG MEN, OF MASSACHUSETTS, AND OF THE UNITED STATES, These humble pages, are respectfully inscribed, by their fellow citizen, and obedient servant, THE AUTHOR. INTRODUCTION. THE reader will readily perceive, that, in this work, the writer makes no pretensions to taste or refinement of style. He is a "plain, blunt man ;”— and having a plain statement to communicate to his fellow-citizens, he only "speaks right on." It will also be remarked, that many of his statements are, from their very nature, unsusceptible of proof, save by his solemn declaration. Conversations, between two persons only, can be proved but by one witness, and may be denied by the other. But the writer confides in the good sense of his countrymen to give him credit for veracity in some of his charges, when they discover many others, of a more serious character, for the truth of which be summons numerous and respectable witnesses. long of himself This is undoubtedly But in a narrative of No man, says Hume, can speak without an exhibition of vanity. true, and 1 would fain avoid it. transactions in which one acts a conspicuous part, I know not how he can clearly and forcibly impress his readers, without speaking much, too much of himself, and his agency therein. Pardon me, therefore, if I appear presumptuous or conceited. I am sufficiently humbled by the errors of my political course. It is |