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


EVERY MAN.
From the Richmond Enquirer.
We venture to assert, there is no man in Vir-
ginia who goes to greater lengths in detracting from
Mr.. Van Buren, and passing encomiums on Henry
Clay, than the Hon. Henry A. Wise, member Of
Congress from the Accomac District. He is now
upon his walk-ndeed, going the grand rounds,
not only of his own District, but occasionally
poaching upon Messrs Ioleman's and Dronl-
coolies Districts. We understand, that on last
Wednesday week he addressed about 200 citizens
at Cenreville near the borders Of King & Queen
and Enthusiastically all were wings, and the
exhibition was not very creditable 10 his taste or
his candor lie dwet upon Brownson, and his
visionary doctrines, as if by any new sort of logic
Mr. Van Buren, could be held accountable for his
eccentric notions. But the wings are furnishing up
the stale slang of the old Federalists in lSO0-Thea
it was said, if Mr. Jefferson was to Inc made Presi
dent, all the Bibles were to be burnt, and the
Churches to be pulled down. similar slang was
used at Camp Holly on Saturday, by our worthy
Representative. But what are Mr.. Wise's dcnun-
Citations worth We have been fortunate enough
to meet with couple of addresses, bearing his sig
nature, and dated August, 1882, which furnish re-
minisccnces Of any other than an agreeable charac-
ter to that gentleman and the political party with
which he is acting. Hear what Mr.. Wise said OF
Mr. Van Burn. After cnumcrating the various
candidates for the Vice Presidency, and stating the
prospects of each for election, he proceeds to give
his "rcasons" for preferrins Mr.. Van Buren,, and,
among others, the following:
Extract from an9. address 10 The ciH:enso Of Acco-
mac and Northampton counties, prepared and
published in obedience 10 joint resolution o.
The Jackson corresponding committees for said
counties, al a meeting held al Bell Haren, Aug.
81, lS32-Ihis address is signed by serea com
mitcemea, Henry A. Miss, second on the list.
"But, lastly you ought to support MIR. Van Bu-
rcn, because he is cminenty qualified for the sta
tion and because his election will subservc the best
interests Of the country. Having early attached
himself to the Republican party, he has uniformly
adhered to it ever since. lie has given his cordial
support to all the great measures Of the Govern
ment, in its most perIous times lie supported the
administration Of Mr.. Madison, throughout the
whole of the war; and while Mr. Webster, who,
in the Senate rebuked him so severely for want
of American feeling, ,ras lending his aid 10 the
reasonable schemes Of The Hartford Convention,
he was one of the abes advocates of every plan
that was calculated to bring the war to favorable
issue. The high estimation in which he was held
by The State Of New York, whose representative
he had so long been, may he inferred from the FACT
that on his resignation as Governor of that State,
he was presented with a unanimous resolution OF
the Legislature expressive of the "highcst respect
Ia, ria foInnfs ~ and tpnuprInO n him
the congratulations Of the Representatives Of the
people, with "their earnest wish that he might en-
Joy a full measure Of happiness and prosperity in
the new sphere of public duty to which he was
abou. to be removed" With regardto his private
character, it stands unimpeached and unmpeacha-
ble For his political principles we point you to
the history of his whole life With him there have
been no political somersets, no abjurng of princ-
pies formerly entertained. lie has been uniformly
opposed to latitudinarian Interpretation Of the
Constitution, and TO all that train of constructive
powers, which would strip the States of their re-
served rights, and form out of the WHOLE one grand
consolidated government. The only acts of his
life, apparently inconsistent with these ng-cher-
Ished principles, were his vote on the Cumberland
road bill, and his vote in faver Of the Tariff of
1928. The former of these he had since regretted,
and the latter was given in obedience to the nstruc-
tions Of his constituents Heis opposed to the sys-
TEN Of Internal Improvement by the General Gov
eminent, to that great monopoly, the Bank Of the
United States; in favor Of lowering the imposts to
the revenue standard, and of introducing rigid
but liberal economy into all the departments of the
Government. In fine, to express his principles in
one word, they are the principles of the President
himself IT, on the other hand we look into the
life of Mr.. Sergeant, we will find his principles to
be ultra Federal, in favor of the Bank in favor Of
the Tariff, in favor of the system of Internal I'm
provements, and in favor Of grand consolidated
Government. And if you ask for his acts we can
only point you TO that famous abortion, the Panama
Convention.
"Mr. Van Buren, has been st, led deep intri-
guer, an Arch Magician, and willy sycophant, with
no aim beyond that Of his own aggrandizement;
and that too by the friends Of Mr.. Clay. Surely
they must have forgot the inirigues of their para
pon in 1875, the magic arts by which he got him
self elected TO the Senate in 1881 and his svco-
phantic wes by which he aimed at being the me-
diator Of the South in 1882 lie has been charged
with fomenting strife between the two highest Off
GERS of the Government, and sowing the seeds Of
discord among the different members Of the explo-
ded Cabinet; we deny the charge upon the author
ity Of the President himself, and challenge his adj
sersdres to the proof The great crime Of Mr.. Van