The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-06-12

ttnce III c0hiWment, or were dragged 10 the seal
fold. WhenSlr. Jefferson came in, the law of res
dencc Was altered back to five years, and the un
fortunate and prosecuted of other countries hay'
since then been received here, and in reasonable
time admitted to the rights relationship. Tn
opposition party are always c0ntendmg agalns
this principle, and they are now getting up socie
ties, under the name of .Naiire Amc'ican .asso
ci0tionS, for the purpose of creating an influence
against the naturalization of foreigners under an,
circumstances.
IL ms bten shown that Hamilton and Adams
both wanted to degrade the common and nhorn!
classes of the people, by excluding lh,i from til,
privileges TO be enjoyed by the rich and well born
and by the 'gcntlcmen." Consequently the grea
body of the people were generally spoken of will
contempt, and designated by the uppellation o
rabbie. The same course is pursued by the oppo
siton of the present day. When the President o
the United States arrived at Saratoga last summer
he was escorted into the place bvn large concourse
of people, the most of whom were ,hrnsr4 The
opposition papers, with view of degrading the
character of the procession, asserted that il was
chiefly made up of persons uho r0ae in ragonS
miihom springSi When he passed down Lake
Champain and landed at Burlington loran hour on
two where great number of Vermont farmer.
and mechanics were assembled to shake hands with
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hage was respectable enough in p0iai Of hunters
thus msinuaing that in any other sense It was not
respectable. Or, in plain federal language, that
the President was received by r0bblc
In addition to all this we have lately Witnessed
the instance Of man in the Senate of the State of
New York, who proicssed TO be republican, and
spoke well Of the people, for the greater part OF
his life, but who, after having deserted from his
party and joined the ranks of the opposition,
though, he could give 10 greater lrooT of the sin
ccrlty OF his conversion, nor do any thing more
agreeable TO the feelings of his brethren, than
1, attack and abuse the common people. Accord
ingIy in the debate upon the New DIRK Registry
Act, he declared that the bill was intended 10 pre-
vent Sailors, Soldiers, Irshmcn and oihcr cutie,
from voting" Thus ranking those who were hon
orahly serving their country, and the unfortunate
and prosecuted irshmen no had souglta YUM
amouhg us, wiM The brute creation.
Our opponents, in assuming the name of ~higS,
are endcvvorng To fix upon us the appellaIon of
Tories. IL wc look at the sense in which these
terms are generally applied in the country in which
they had their origin, 1t will he found that the
Tories constitute the higher and richer classes of
the community, while the Wing party is compo-
Scd, more generally, oflhe common and laboring
people. The tories too cali themselves the friends
rhar.e the Wings with being Ralic0iS and De-
structures.
Now, is it not notorious fact that in the United
States the opposition men claim all the wealth and
lrrspcclabtN as belonging to their PARTY; DO they
not constantly claim, Us the Tories in England do,
to be the exclusive ilends Of order and good gov
| eminent, and also call themselves Conservatives ;
while at the same tee tncy stgnNllzc the supper
tiers of the Administration rs LOco- Faro, RooicaIs
and DesirHciircS! That the opposition party
actually have more wealth at their command than
our party, cannot be doubted. mean, at least,
more active capital, or that which may be COM
marded or appropriated at pleasure, for the accom-
piShmcnt 1T any end, whether tor good or Tor evil.
\ great majority OF the merchants and Shop-kee-
pers and ALL or nearly so, of the brokers and spec"
ulators, are with the opposition JUDGED that party,
throughout the United States, Is principally made
Iup of these classes together with their clerks, and
all Others under their control. The party in favor
of the Administration is almost altogether COM
posed of farmers, mechanics, and luiorins men.
And no one VIII deny that ar1ong the farmer. and
mechanics, especially tie former, there exists /,
great deal of sold and permanent wealth though
it does not make the show, nor is ii, of that active
and convertible character, by which the kind of
wealth in the hands of the other classe. menl oned
! i distinguished But as to real honesty, fair
dealing, and DISTINGUISHED PATRIOTISM, what impair
tial and sensible person will say lhi the classes
iirs DIES ribbed possess 1.-THE of them, as compared
with the great body Of the yeonanry and working
men of the country
1t should by no means be forgotten that with the
opposition party, and their means just described,
are united the numerous Banks throughout the
try, and that this increase. mmcnrIy the lnoncyed
influence brought to bear against the government.
VIII any opr contend that the tendency of such
institutions has ever been, in any country, to foster
or 10 uphold real Wing or Republican principles
And are not the Banks, in general closely councc-
ted with the merchants, brokers and SPECTATORS :
IN short j. il not rs natural for the moneyed power
and all monopocs, in every country, 10 lean to-
wards arlsocrlcy, rs il ~ COR water 10 run down
hill
Fit should for a moment be doubted whether
the parties were Respectively constituted as here
described. let me say that there are very few who
need 90 beyond their own immediate nclghborlood
in order To be- revived Of such doubt. Look at every
city. town and village IN the lnion and il will hr
seen that the description of the persons composing
the ona purity and the other, has been correctly
drawn. Who thai has been in the habit of occa-
sonally travelling Tor years past, can deny that oi
| the persons with whom he has met III the stages
! on DJarU Oi Inc steam DOats, anu III Ihc pUbiir
houses, ihrce-nurihs, ut least. have been violent
and noisy opposition men, Yet the adn'n.Ara-
ton has been uniformly sustained, and by whom
WHY. most clearly, BY the mass or!hc people. who
live by their industry, and remain al home on their
farms, and in their work shops. These form the
bone and muscle of the country. And If they do
not waste their lungs and their time III abusing their
own government, aud all vim differ from them in
opinion they are heard from at least 0nce in every
year, and then their I" small -riil voice" speaking
through the bdiioi bOres penctrates the lnnost re-
ccsses of the powers combined ngIins, them, and
causes their idol gods to irembc and 10 toiter.
have arencdy a'uded to the different appclla-
tions which our opponents have at various times as
sued, and noN let me ask you my fellow citizens.
what would YOU think. what would the world think
Of an individual who should chlnga IN, name every
wear, Would il not be- supposed that II was done
for some dishonest or improper purpose! In short.
would il not completely destroy his reputation
Well. il this would be 50 with an individual, why
should il not be the same with n political party
And here let ne show on what Mr. Jefcr on
himself hass aid on this subject. IN letter to
Nr Livingston, written on the 4lh Of April 1924,
we find these remarks "lou will find, suppose.
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