The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-06-26

that this annunciation ofmy conclusions will, per-
haps, forever, put it ont of my power to 40 So
IT, however, the account s balanced we shall part
in peace.
Mr. Wickifo is a man Of high eminetce and ex-
tended influence in Kentucky He utters, we may
well believe, sentiments in which many Of the plan
tiers Of Kentucky, who have hitherto, voted with
the wing party, concur at all events, adoclara-
ton of views so obvious and so reasonable will
naturally meet, first with the attention, and hen
with the concurrence of his friends,
English Prairie, Siubcn Co. Ind,
May IS, ls40
hi regard to political matters, have TO inform
ybu that "a change has come DER the spirit ofmy
dream."- 1t is not the work of Il moment, nor of
day, not the studded impulse Of passion-but the
result of cool deliberaon, and calm inquiry into the
principles Of The two parties into which our people
are divided. AS you well know, have ever been
warmly opposed TO the preceding Administration
Of the General Government and have done all !
could, in an honorable way, TO effect change
In the the furherancc of this object, attended the
great convention at Indianapolis, last winter, TO
nominate candidate for Governor of this State,
and 10 respond to the dcings olthe Harrisburg Con-
tention. 1t was while there that my political faith
was first shaken
Instead ola open, frank and direct avowal of
principles, we we're compelled TO gaze upon spec
tacc alike insulting TO the intelligence, and degra-
ding To the character oflhe American people. In
vain did honest and devoted men of the party call
for this avowal-in vain did they ask n chart by
which to guide the political vessel in the coming
storm. They were answered with banners and ca
noes-hard cider and log Observation-Disclosures and
revealing. Nothing was hesrd on either hand, but
denunciaions of the Administration fthc General
Government, and the singing of songs. From this
convention | returned home, my mind wavering
and full of doubts.
To investigate the charges against the Admins
ralion, and the objects and intentions of the Wing
party, was fny first business. The public expendi-
lures first engaged my attention Instead of an in
crease from ,i3 200 900 in 1924, to 80 GOO 900 in
1899, as asserted by the Wings, found it to be
from S'32 900, 600 in 1924, 10 $37 0O0; 900 in 1889
by examining the several annual reports of the
Secretary of the Treasury. The next was the
public course Of Mr.. Van Buren,, about which so
much has been said and written. And ascertain
ing, from authentic sources, that instead of being
opposed to- he was an ardent supporter of the last
war-that instead of being hostile 10, he was the
first to suggest, and the foremost to carry into en-
ecuiion, the proposition for the extension of the
right OF suffrage in New York could longer look
upon the leaders ofa party who would knowingly
and falsely perfcr such charges without contempt,
and Indignation, ut the imposition attempted to be
palmcd oil upon u.s.
Then came the Oswego correspondence. Gen.
Harrison had surrendered himself into the keeping
Of John c. Wright one the most bitter reyers
IT Ipil and olI n,n IA,
|, who had ever been Democratic in my feelings,
look calmly, and without disgust upon such move
mont as this II told me but too plainly the char
octcr The administration which should have Gen.
Harrison for its head, and John c. Wright and
Daniel Webster FOR liz chief advisers.
And then examined the Independent Treasury
bill. After reading II through carefully, (Which
must confess never had done hcinrc,) all its oil
opSpeSS vanished 1t stood before ne plain sim
pie, proposition for the collection safc-kccping and
disbursement of the public revenue, stripped of all
the imaginary evils with which the Wing party had
invested it, Comparing it with the Constitution,
and laws passed by the first Congress upon this
SrhJccl, II NOW appears ~ :" la tho nrIy -.
TEN recognized by our fathers for the uanonement
of the peoples funds.
In Short finding that the party to whom was
attached would make no ayowa Of their principles,
Dut were courllhs, ny l'l'lr s'ehce ana uupiclly,
every faction or sect which could yield them the
lcast support however opposite their characters,
left them. could endure hunbuggery and dcccp-
lion no longer. They are not the political weap-
ons which had been accustomed TO use. | shall
hereafter lend MY aid feeble though il may be and
give my vote to Mr.. Van Buren,, Johnson and the
Independent Treasury,
One of my ncighbors, Thomas Flint, has also be-
cone convert TO Democracy, for the same seasons
which produced a change in my mind.
CALEB TILLOTSON.
p. $40 one doubts but that the Democratic
party will succeed in eecling General Howard Gov
error by large majority. This seems TO be nd
miited on all hands I'm tbs rnninn C. II