The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22
For The Spirit OfThc Age.
WING SYMPATHY FOR THE PC
UAN.

Among the numerous expedients to which
federal party have resorted for the last few mo
for the purpose of consummaling their schema
there is perhaps none more prominent land cert;
none more h!PQcrltical, than their pretended
pathy for the poor and laboring class of cOmmu1
They have pictured forth in the most moving
melting terms, the oppression and distress oftl
who earn their bread by the sweat of their BIRD
all of which has been brought upon by the .AiG
istraiioR, the WICKED ADMINISTRATIONS
The price of their labor has been reduced,
want Of employment, and reduction of the pr
of produce, have been the lot Of the Husband
and Mechanic by the corrupt and reckless
ocratic administration, and should it be perpetu
for another term, ruin, bankruptcy, poverty,
walton and death must be the lot of every labd
man. But their sympalhies end not in bewa
the misery and distress of their fellow Great
they 90 farther generous souls :---they prest
II way CT escape, sovereign remedy, for al
ills that flesh is heir to. What is it, Why Il
lection Of Gen. Harrison. Elect Gen, Harrison }
they, and the wages of labor and the pric,
produce will advance nstanter to an unparale
pitch, the heart of the poor man will be chez
and his eyes shall stand out with iatness. In
the sole object of promoting the old log cabin
mcr, to the Presidential chair, is to unbind the
dens of the poor and elevate all to wealth and
piness. How benevolent! What philanthroI
Now Mr. Editor, it is an old, and u true say
that factions speak louder than words" |
therefore in Illustration Of this subject give 70
incident Will occurred in this town hut Il
weeks since \ couple oiIhesc sympathetic "
from the Village Of Windsor came into our vi
on IN cecionesring excurlion, heavily ireig
with Davis speeches, one Of whom, in the
of iii',, held forth to few of the astonishcd
lives on the common, after tracing the CORFU
aud oppression of the government, he mou
piiallly oyer the cruel fate Of the lalorcr,
wages this vile administration has SO MATERIAL
duccd, and brought distress, and ruin on their
css families, and on this point especially his
Ing eoquence mingled with sympathy, must
dissolved the heart Of Nero had he been
haing distance. The eye of Il Mechanic, who
listened To the dissertation and who had n &.
of little ones at home, WAS observed to bra&
and bis countcnunce to cheer, in hope. under
circumstances of obtaining his honest due
presented To the sympathi,ing orator, demal
about thirteen dollars. he had.llcld usuinst hin
near two years, which was the result of the
Of his own hands, and ON which he had made
ny iruillcss excriion 10 obtain his pay:-but
ding him now alive to the cause of suffering hul
i,y, he doubted not he should obtain the rewa
his toll. But mark the result, n sudden d
came over the feelings of the wing missionary
fountain of his sympathy was dried up, the IL
ishing proposition was made, that if the poor L;
cr would deduct three dollars from the amour
his bill, he would pay the balance. 70 this
mechanic finally consented, rather than loose
whole or he compelled into lawsuit, and
went home TO congratulate his wife and childrc
their escape from the tender mercies of Whig
TRUTH.