The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-20
THE CAUSE.

Gen. HARRISON says the Richmond enquirer,
will be indebted for his singular elevation To Il
combination of circumstances, which no human for
sigh, could have predicted four years ago. What
faction. what engine, what interest, and what hum
bug have we not had to encounter The state of the
markets has been insidiously used against Mr. Van
Burcn-'rhc Banking interest has been eXelled a.
gainst hinl--Men, desperate III fortune, who look
to "crANGE" us their solacc, and who idly hope
for remedy from National Bani-the friends ola
National Bank; Of il Protective Tariff; of Il wild
system of internal lmproyclAcnis-l he old FEEDER
nj party and their modern associates, who discard
the State Rights school, and adopt the !atiladmous
Theory of construction ofthe ConsiIulion-Ambi-
tious uspirunts of the odds and ends Of every sch
DOL except the State Rights Democratic Patty, with
all their humble followers llice-seekGrs of yari-
ous hue and dcscripIion-in addition to these are
the shameless apostates who have abandoned the
Republican party, which once cherished them, but
who have gone oil under the impulse of the pas
sions; ns,igated by the spirit Of revenge or Tempt
ed by precocious amhon-and worse, even worse
than all these various descriptions, is the fell fac
ton of Abo,iliOusls: to whom Gen. Harrison was
indebted for his nomination in December last, and
to whose votes he is now mainly indebted for his
election. What the Democratic Convention ofFcb-
ruary last declared emphalcally, that he was
the candidate of the AboIilionsls land that he would
not he elected without the aid of their votes in
New York and Ohio, has been literally confirmed
by the events of the last few days, Where did he
run worst in New York In the Southern and
Middle Dslricls--but the moment he entered the
eighth or infected District which is the ASYLUM Of
oiihe Aboiiionis,s, his vote Immediately increased
into majority, and his success was insured.
1t seems from the results both in Ohio, in New
York and in Pennsylvania, that there is almost
perfect cooperation between the votes of The wings
and the Aboiilionists, 1t was, moreover, a most
inslious movement. With view Of humbug-
ging and dccehing the South, some of the Abo-
tonisls pretended to set up district establishments,
and to run an independent Electoral Ticket, The
miserable fragment Of votes, which that ticket met
with, in all these States, shows the design with
which it was organized, or the facility, the under
standing and the hopes with which it was abandon
ed Means were used to silence the Aboliiionisls
The event proves (and we will take upon our
selves to collect the most satisfactory evidence
upon this subject that they dropl cirovu Ticket
and run for Gen If. For The present, we refer the
reader TO the statements in the Northern papers
respecting their very sparse vote. We refer also
10 the following extract of a letter from Ohio, of
the lst instant. The writer aludes to long COM
mnication which appeared recently from that
State, giving an account of .Iola 1g!crs visit. and
public speaking hcrc--his embracing the .q,oIi-
iiogisis orlhe town Of Platinum. (near hwy and
their running about with lanterns at night 10 shake
hands with inter, Il slareaoller. 1t has turned
ont n stated in that letter. that the .l5oliiioais