The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-10-09

political emmlssarles of the party, seeking to put
down the present administration by his own cleo
ton, have long been travelling the country from
Maine to Georgia, and proving from his own wri-
hngs as they pretend, his opinions to be any thing
and every thing, as at the particular place it is
thought will best promote his election. lie knows,
that in some States he is supported because the
voters are made to believe that in case of his cleo
ton they are sure of another United States Bank
" to regulate the currency and make the times bet
ter" In other sections that his claims are sustain
ed the ground that, if elected, he wonld oppose
such bank. That in some States he is sustained,
as matter of primary importance, because it is
satisfactorily proved to the people, that he has long
been in favor of aboishing slavery, and that he
with confidence be relied upon for that object =
whilst in the slaveholding states it is attempted to
be proved, just conclusively, to the inhabitants
of those States, that he is in favor of sustaining
them in their constitutional rights uponlhat subject
One article, which need not occupy an hour in the
writing, caused to be published, would set this
matter right. But he will not do it. The conclu-
sion is IRRESISTIBLE that he intends to aid his poliil-
cal friends in their game of deception upon the
people. and "by hook or by crook to be elected
president if he can Now have no hesitancy in
believing, that any man, who will thus tritle with
the sacred rights Of freemen, is entitled to the
iidence of no man, or party, A man who will de-
fraud the honest freeman of his vote to-day by a
concealment of his principles, if elected, would
cheat him again whenever wherever il should be
for his interest to do it. Yet such is the man who
is talked Of as " savior for his country" and as
a " second Washington !" Would that revered
patriot and statesman, when candidate for the
presidency, ever have consented to receive the sup
port of any portion of his fellow citizens, knowing
il was about to be given him under misapprehen
sion of his true sentiments, without publicly and at
the earliest possible moment undeccivng them
No. Had he so done, instead of going down to his
grave reverenced by his countrymen and respected
by the world, his name would have been a rcproach
amongst honest men, and the iniamy Of the political
double dealer would have rested OH his memory.
In conclusion, have only TO say, that if false
hood and mummery can prevail with this people
over truth and reason if the present admlnistra-
ton is to be put down by the use of such means,
and by the election of such candidate as the one
selected for the purpose shall remember with
pleasure the opportunity thus afforded me of pub
licly recording myself on the side of the minority
being confident, $50 far as there is any certainty in
such malters,) whatever may be the result of this
election, that the view have taken of the subject
is snch as will stand the test of time,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't servant,
EDWIN HUTCHINSON,
To w. p. RUSSELL, Esq, and others, State Com
mittee OF the Democratic party OF Vermont,