The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-10-30

which Is satisfied with nothing less than the lmmo
lation Of its object"
This extract discloses, also, what Mr.. Wise once
thought of Mr.. Sergeant. His "principes wer'
ultra Federal" Yet Mr.. Wise and Mr.. Sergean
are "cheek-byjowl" in waging war of "uncom
promising hostility" to Mr. Van Buren,, whom he
once so much lauded. Can any man be more in
consistent than Mr. Wise!
Now look at the portrait which Mr. Wise drew
of Mr.. Clay in 1882, man whom he so much de-
lights to honor.
After urging variety of reasons in favor of Gen,
Jucksons reelection, he deprecates the election Of
Mr.. Clay in the following impassoned and ANNA
ted strain:
EXTRACT from an .Add, ess the citizens Of dc-
eomac County, in August, 1882, in behalf Of
the Jackson Corresponding Committee, signed
by Henry A. Wise, &c.
"To elect mr. Clay at this time above all 9TH
crs, would be to exasperate the South into open
rebellion, violence and open acts of treason and to
excite in this nation-forbid it IIeaven!-ciril par
with all its horrors And if heaven, indeed, should
defend us (in) the land Of Washington, from that
curse so dreadful, yet for shame! for shame! ever
to elect Mr.. Clay would be too humiliatng for the
people under this government Itwould be to I'M
do the glorious achievements of 1928, for the peo-
Pile to confess in the most audible way that they
erred in turning him out Of power who had usurped
it by "bargain and corruption" This the people
of the United States never can do: they will recol-
lect that Mr.. Clay is the same gentleman who in
1924 could not obtain, in opposition to Gen. jack
son, electoral votes enough to carry him before the
House of Representatives. That he is the same
who, as if to spite the people for rejecting him, dis
regarded the positive instructions of his own State
legislature and the known will of the nation by
forming coalition with personal enemy, and dis
sraced himselfand the country by receiving in bride
the second Office Of the government from man,
between whom and himself there was an "adjourn-
ed question Of veracty" The same, who in the
public press of the day, before his appointment
challenged to mortal combat the unknown seer,
(since known to be George Kremer,) who dared
to prophesy that no was to be Secretary of State,
because Mr. Adams was made, by his agency,
President Of the United States. The same, who
Immediately after his appointment of Secretary of
State, claimed for himself the right of succession 10
the Presidency. The same, who degraded the dig
nifty Of one of the first offices in the government by
descending to become "travclling Secretary and
table orator." for the selfish purpose Of seeking
popularity in order that he might retain power
The same, who, whiist actually in the cabinet,
attacked the freedom Of debate by calling Viz
ginia Senator, Mr.. Randolph to the field of honor
for ampooning, as he honestly should have done,
the unholy coalition of Puritan of the North with
the blackleg of Kentucky. The same, who ,whilst
actually intrusied in part Nth The national cei-
fare, in DINNER SPEECH invoked "war, pesli-
lence and famine" upon his country rather than the
election of Jackson over his conspirator agans,
popular will And the same, who since the Spri,
ofPestilcnce "spread his wing on the blast" sane
timonously introduced "fast resolutions" in the
Senate Of the U. s., with wouid be religious mo-
lives, not to avert the dire power Of pestent dis
ease, but for the double purpose Of making the
President either assume ungranted powers of the
most dangerous kind, or of making him unpopular
with the fanatics of the land How rccklcssy pro-
fame was that ambition How wicked that passion
for power how sacrcsious that hypocrisy! how
wofully depraved that ingenuity, which could thus
trae with the God Of Nations by attempting to
pervcrt his most awful visitation to the petty nstru
mentality Of party purposes Judge ye Of his pa
trotism and his private morals. lie is still the
same man, who was "turncd neck and heels" out
Of Office by the people for first resisting their will
and then abusing their power, usurpcd by bribery
and intrigue. The same, who has since permitted
himself TO be elected to the U. s. Senate, in the
positive violation again of the instructions of the
people Of Kentucky to their delegates in the State
Legislature, for no other purpose than to be thorn
in the side Of the President. The same, who,
mortified at the success Of the present Admnistra-
ton in obtaining the West India tiade, which he
had himself so signaly failed to secure, abused the
place Of Senator by venting his chagrin and spleen
on Mr.. Van Buren,, who had been Gen. Jackson's
prime minister in negotiating with England, and
who was then and is now Mr.. Clays most formi-
dable rival for the Presidency Who, in advoca-
ting the rejection of the nomination Of his rival to
be minister to the Court of st. James, openly es-
poused the maxim of monarchics and dcspots-
"That The King can do no wrong"--famliarly
entitled the President of the United States-KING,
and relieving him of all responsibility to the people,
imposed all his faults, foibes, sins and errors on
the head of his Secretary Of State, Mr. Van Buren,,
who is to be made the "Scapegoat of the wilder
ness''-as black with sins as the opposition can
make him, in time for the next campaign for the
Presidency after General Jackson's term expires
The same who, after pushing himself though a
candidate for the Presidency, on the arena Of po-
litical strife, has with so little modesy. With such
shocking indclicacy, stepped forth his own brazen
champion, and buied and bearded nearly every
compeer of the Senate Chamber, opposed in pride