The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-06-12
TO rIIE HONEST AND iNDHpHND-
ENT VOTERS ca E2NGONl.
Come LET US REASON TOGETHER.

gtes, in The work # rylJan and ,he ,a,!i'tion OF
popular rights. We uow come 10 speak Of The
opposition Of federal part! Ih.t You l"ay lie abe
to form correct Judgment as 10 viii Il puny i.
enlisted 10 Year confidence and support.
On The 18Th of Oct. 1913, ('ioUsv Journal pagc
l93-.i.) ho first resolution reported by tie ma
jority of the rank Committee, tthc dcu ogluls, J
was adopted IN the Nest triumphant manner, yeas
1S2 nays II, The resolution is as fli oWs : (p. Is,
and appendix p, ca
Rc}0lrci, Isl. That 70 bank ought 20 be char
tered or re-chartercd by the Legislature Of this
State, without requiring the stockholders Of said
bank TO Furnish security by way Of bonds, with re-
spectacle siglcrs, OF bends with mortgages, secur-
ed on unncunbarad real estate within This state 10
double the amount OF he capital stock of said hank,
grevioUs TO the commencement of operations under
their charter the security Of each stakeholder to
lie double the amount Of his own stock, and the
said security to be given to, and lodged with, the
treasurer Of the county, where the bank may be
located, or to and with the Treasurer Of the State
and the s;f ienc> thereof to be iudecd of by the
judges Of the county court cl sr"h county.
Those who were able 10 screw Up their courage
to vote against this rc'oaon deserve 10 have their
names recorded and handed down to pos;erily.--
They are as follows:
Mcss:s Benton, Ghnndcr, Clos,on, Coolidge,
(speaherO Coos Of CraishUry, Dean, ianes,
Ellsworth siu2ard, I'a2en, Huntington, Nr-sfs.
Nor on, Sanderson, Tappln, WaIker Of y hitting,
Wells.
pocs any body inquire what were the TolHica
of these men ALL rEnErAlIsrs, of"cnrsc.
Now let us travel back twciv"-nor,h and see
what revolution hid taken pace in the ;HtgmcH;
Of the LEGISLATURE.
page N3J-iO,) The bill 10 yechl,tcr The Bunk of
l,u.lIul h..i. .n,nr Iyyi,~,
of Mowistown. moved to amend the sane by adj
ding eight other sections to the bill, Of which the
following is tia ground work;
''SEc. Is, SAID corporations shnll not com
mCncc doing business under this net, until they
have sacurcd to the Treasurer Of this State IN Il
mount equal 10 their capital stock. in bonds o,
mortgages upon real estate, or in both.
ltwi!I be seen that this p,r cf Judy rs H.
mcndncn, and the above resolution Of the bank
Committee are substantially III, same but how
different was the vote upon them The yeas and
nays were taken on this amendment and stood.
yeas 1903 nays !O1 ind of the lO7 who voted
In the negative, one hgatrct art fire Uere Fen
ERAL Wines.
And how many Of those l01 do you suppose
Ind for some cause or other, leave to stay 1T home
last year Only scrcniy scrc4! and Of the So
who were returned, iue IN iro voted for tn, fist
resolution Of the Bank Colmitec, ia direct cppo-
fiticn to their votes Of the preyicrs year, VIZ :;
MesSrs, Barley higrow, Iakcly, poyn,0n, Brew
or, Corhm CUshnan, Forbes, Goady. Grover,
Harvey of Barnet, Harvey Of Addison Holt, Ecil~
ogg, itcng'hnry, Miner, Gnlon, s',odtard, Went
worth, Whecoc';. Wiley and Works, J'ro rim
tie H3pSe, or did not ynlc viz Ncsses Fairbanks
and A'dr,h and sic stood FIST 10 tirir posts Of
1888, VIZ; Nlcssrs, Dean, Eamc', Ellsworth, !!aa-
urd, Huntington and Mc'scr.
Nepat ih' question to yon-Why wnrc these
sereHy Scrca members zen ut homer Why did
the f'reiy i."o chans2 their votes and Why ire
.he names oi 'wo OF them not found recorded in
iheJonrna'''
One short year h7d wrought th, change only
se'e nee voting against the proposition r'qnnlng
the blhis To give Sprnrl'ylo HE padre ~ bond on
mortI1g'. And Is II not Fir TO presume that the
paopee' the proportion ci iS@ 10 ~ were n H.
vor OF sn'h mol'nra OF rrlo'n' Certainty, if lin
representatives, truly reelected The viii u iheir
constituents Nl.h tA'n was the "a. pes P'r'g, |
Inc plry winch hai 80 long Hnd so s'fenuo3Sy OPP |
posed me reform oil ih' ban ln, system, or hn pr
(which md s!rng: ed mud Fought nanllh for re-
form t reemen You are the Judges,
Nut the l,deTH'i'i' now say ttt This Faux
Hclorm j. all hpntPg and th7t those who have
been lhhormg 10 elect II are "'"cg9g'c'.
Is not this foul dispersion uPoat tn popular Ia
'''lI''' - 't-"''''''J'' ~ 'h' va ''bH'di tp'-
time, That the people lack the caPacy for sell
government and OF giving the proper direction TO
legislation; B1lh Ec'O.m ieargpypo', IN!
We shll cpn npon chapter upon 'l'' subject
shorty, which will open the cycsoi honcst rco-
PIE Of all parties to IN, conduct Of the leading
i'dcrnIl'is;
We have seen thH first resolution Of the Paah
committee Cor the naJ'riy, VIZ; MeS'rs Mas
man, "Ut,cr and Spragu', al dtmoerlls) was rdop-
led by vote of 1913 10 ". .Ih' second and
'hlLd resolutions were as io'ow':
Reio'fe,, That all BANS, chartered or rc"lrr-
tered ms alhrcsrid, be exempted fom ,he p-o,i3-
ion. OF the Sai.ty Fund act.
R2'oItei, 1ha all ,u'h Banks be made Subject
to the power and control Of the Legislature. so
HAT The chIriors thereof nay be at any time mod-
BED, amended or repealed.
winch were read and passed. blouse Jour
nal p. llo)
l'h' subject of this lrst resolution had been
fruitful Of controversy for yoars-,he democrats
'on'"nan. for and the Gcderaists against The su-
prem1'y Of the creator over the creature, Of the
popular viii over chIrtcred coiporaous Now.