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The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-08-21
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MANGUVRE OF THE
ENEMY!


The command er-in-chief of the VT detachmen
of the Federal army, Gen. f. p. Walton, unable
to sustain the repeated and tremendous charges O.
the Locofocos, on the night of the 18th, abandoned
his defence of the fort OLD FEDERALISM, and
has fallen back, in the utmost CONSERVATION and
disorder, upon the small and unimportant outpost
the PUBLIC LANDS, of which he took possession
last fall, while recruiting his weary and dishearten-
ed soldiers after the campaign of '39.
Our spies report the General as extremely busy
in throwing up breast-works and preparing for a
vigorous defence of this only remaining post of the
enemy. His soldiers are said to be in bad con-
dition, poorly clothed and in great want of pro-
visions; almost entirely out of the munitions of
war, and the commander HIMSELF looking extreme
ly haggard and anxious.
ed to us. A tremendous cannonadng has been
kept up for a few weeks past on the northern wing
of the enemy's lines by that gallant old veteran,
Father Eaton. This, added to the unmerciful fire
poured in by the division of the locoroco army in
Old Widham, which put the southern division of
the enemy in disorder long ago, "a few well-drect-
ed hot shots and shells, thrown from the hills of
Rutland and Addison, and an enthusiastic charge
upon the centre by the Galusha Guards of Old
Windsor, has completely routed the enemy and
driven him from his strong hold.
1t is expected that the enemy will keep up
steady and dreadful cannonading from the position
he now occupies, for the purpose of making the
Locofocos think it one of great importance,
and if possible, to induce them to abandon their
own present mpregnable one and attack him, and
drive him still further. This could easily be done
were the position of sufficient importance to war
rant an attack. 1t is not however, and the best
plan to pursue is, to allow him to waste what little
ammunition he has left in keeping up the appear
ance of defence, while the Tocofocos strain every
nerve to utterly demolsh the strong hold which
they have compelled him to abandon Down with
the breast works Level the ramparts ! Fill up
the trenches ! Destroy the magazines ! and blow
the old fortress to Davies locker. All together
Never mind the little outpos's Down with this,
and the rest will follow.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-08-21

- The editor of the Woodstock Spirit OF the Age
whose last number has reached us..s referred to the
aIidavs first page, f,ing beyond cavl upon Sem
recent, attributed to him in this paper. viii not the Age
reract its charge of lorger! against the Wings!
CtUemOnt Eagie.
NO and for this reason. The pretended extract from
speech in the o. :. Senate is conceded forgery so far
the fabrication stands confessed The parties whose
timony is thus impcachcd, bring to the stand witness
whose character for truth and veracy is no better than
their own whose affidavit the Ohio Statesman says,
Of sense would believe for moment, after having
been convicted of false swearing in relation the Bank Of
the u. \. in lel2
This man valves the attract from the speech, inverted
commas capitals, aud all, false coinage but claims
have heard Mr. T. say something in the course Of n con-
versaton the subject of the Independent Treasury the
manufacturing interest, aud the price OF labor, which he
chooses to represent having such meaning the
p,tend,d ,ri,act from the speech To such witness,
ncrpose mother, who has been impeaohed, and
whose character truth and veracy, and straietor.
ward democracy is above rcproach Mr.. Tappan not OIL
y pronounces the extract wing forgery" but says,
without qualification, in Of his replies to letters on
this subject, "ineuer, any OCCASION used language
Of that import"
IL not our reason good one
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THAT Is RIGHT.

The North Star, which, by-hc-way takes the
true ground lately and battles manfuy, contains
a communication from Rycgate, which says
"Tn 1911 there was established in his torn a
Society called the " Uoshi0gtop Bcperolent So
cieiy" OF those that belonged to that Society in
his torn, where are thew Are they, or have
they ever abured the Society its principles, and
Joined the Democrats One instance only can be
found where member of that Society has left il,
and joined the Democratic ranks; the rest have
always to man, and do nOm, vote the federal
ticket, and uphold the federal wing principles We
all know sit, the principles that Society advocated,
and the course and measures it pursued; and we
know that it was completely Federal Since then,
when have they changed principles ia few have
left the Federal ranks and Joined the Democrats,
is that tcnable ground for them to say /" He are
ALL Democrats - When did they become De-
mocrats vii! some good Woshi0gion Beoero-
lent Socie'y Democrat inform us Let us know
when the transmntation took place. did il take
place ut the Harrisburg Convention. or since' Let
us know. For our part, we are perfectly satisfied
"For call it by what name Won will,
Rhujrrb will he Rhnbarb still"
It is so in every town in the State. We make
the assertion and challenge contradiction. Look
into Burlington, Montpelier, Woodstock, Windsor,
Rockingham, into all the towns in the State and
YOU will find twenty 10 one of the old Washington
Benevolent members belonging to the ewing a"
party. It is true If not, let the "whigs" show
it. They say we lie when we make this charge
five do lie, why do they not prove it, We have
challenged them TO do it, week after week Some
of them have in their possession the records of
those Societies. Let them publish the names and
prove that we are a liar, as they say. We appeal
to the people, and beg them TO mark, that we once
more challenge the whole ewing" party, men,
women and children, 10 disprove the identity of
the leading members of the Washington Benevo-
lent Societies and the present "whig" party.
,E~Let the people mark this, and take notice
if,hs challenge be met in any other way than by
calling us "DAMNED LYING SCOUNDREL"
"a FOOL'--"A DAMNED DRUNKARD,"
ga KNAVE;" or in other words, let them see, If
it be met by anything but ewing argument.
We beg them 10 mark H.
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ISN'T Ii SINGULAR

That the federal party in this district say they are for
Presidential term, while they call upon the people to
place Horace Everett in Congress FOURTEEN YEARS
Isn't singular that the iedealsts in this district
cry aloud Tor Reform, when they know the State admin
istration has sqandered thousands upon thousands of the
peoples money hat We have an enormous STATE DEBT
hanging over our heads from which there is relief eS-
cept by DIRECT tax upon the people.
Isn't II singular that the ederasts this district
crying day and night about the extravaganza of the Gen
eral Government when they know that own State adj
nnisraion has been e,ravagant and wasteul hey ond
parallel in the annals of the Slater
Are not all these things little singular Will the pco
pie answer
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-08-21

"The locofoco party have nominated for the
highest office in the State young lawyer Of known
federal politics - Wdichman.
The Waterman knowns that this assertion ia
FALSE, every word of it, and is so bare-faced as
scarcely to need refu,ation. Ne cannot conceive
what the federal papers, in their complete aud Ut
ter desperation, will assert next.
One of them has asserted that Gov. Van Ness
was an old federalism If the people have pre-
pared themselves for anything, they may not be
surprised.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-08-21
VOL. I. NO. 16.
Everett the federal lawyer, who has already rep
resented the district for twelve years, you would
not hesitate to cast your votes for Cen Ransom.
RANDOLPH.
From the Burlington Sentinel.
"THE RICH MANS MONEY FOR THE
POOR MANS BLOOD !!''-WM. JARVIS.

The last weeks federal paper in this town has
occupied four closely printed columns with raw ing
TRADE of one W iam Jarvis; and the only reply
we have to make to it is, to repubiish the follow
ing remarks which appeared in the Vermont Patriot
for the year 1928; and which, if we mistake not,
relate TO this identical person. Nothing can afford
a rirer Illustration Of the principles and character
of the federal patty than the men they put forward
to viliiy and abuse those republicans in whom the
people have cOnfded.
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te Spirit OF Tte Age.
MONDAY, AUGUST II, 1910.
] d d q d d 3 d

1.-THE FEDERAL CANDIDATE WILL NOT SPEAK
HIMSELF, LET THE RECORDS SPEAK FOR HIM.
len. HARRISON, while Governor of Indiana Terrific
',proyed II law passed by the Legislature, to SELL
| FOR FINE or COST. The same law decreed the
| hlnent of THIRTY-NlNE STRIPES, to he inflicted
Sy person thus sold, WhO shOuM dbscOnd from his
CHASER Readcr--how do you like this specimen
3rrisonism, in addition to the Ohio case, and even
! than that for the law specifically includes WOMEN
tn MS men TO be WHIPPED to full TIllRTYNlNE
1pESu
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HARRISON'S DEMOC-

ETINE FRANCHISE. RACE.
is therefore enacted, See Territorial laws, re-
every free male inhab- vised code of leG1 pages 80
mt in the Territory, and "SEC. 80. When any per-
h been citizen Oiany son, or persons shall on con-
in the Union or who yicton 0fany crime or breach
cen two years resident of penal law be sentenced to
: Territory, and holds pay u fine with or without
ehold in lny acres of the cost of prosecution, it
within any county Olhe shall and may be lawful for
any less quantity in the court, before whom such
Dnnty III winch ne slal CONVECTION si'ai DC lad 10
3, which with the inl- order me Sh"iV TO SET or
,menls made thereon, h"e me person or persons
be of the value OF one so con,cftd 10 service, TO
red dollars, or mas hiu any person, or persons uh0
nj in virtue OF deed oil 'DW pay me smd f"e ana
vance Tor iurtler AS costs Tor such Term ol time
ices from person vest rs the court Will think rca-
I'll the fee, is III actual sonablc.
Ssion OF live acrcs OF And rsnch persons, 50 sen
subject to taxation III tcnteiccd and hired or sold
ounty in which he shall shall abscond from the SER
'sdcnt shall he, aliu vice ol his or her muster or
crcby declared 10 DC mistress, before the term oil
qualified electors oil rep such service snail be EXPIRED
atvcS Tor the counties he or she so allSolhihs, sinll
lch they are respective on cohvroh before lls,lcc
sidcnt. OF me peace, ne Whitfield
WITH u IL ~ Il
JESSE H. THOMAS, slhlfES ana shnll more
cakcr Of the House oil over serve two days for eve
escnlativcs. ry one so lost
u. CHAMBERS, "SEc. b. The Judges Of
esdcnt OF the Council the several courts Of record
ovcd-Scptenber lIh, in this Territory shall give
NJ. Henry HARRISON. grand jury at each and every
e 'au W M",," s'""u J"'!
s"a'' W smu.'i r,,o
s,o,,s Sn ns ,ho ID lio nno "r nsr.
cPehhe, VI ."o ''o"So VI i'P-
d. CnAMpEns,
President OF the Council
Approved-scpt. Il, lSO7
WILLIAM Henry HARRISON
JOHN TYLER'S DEMOCRACY.
John Tyler,-Thc federal candidate for the Vice
|dency-whcn member of the Virginia Convention,
o.oi,., ,ho a,,,u.;nu Of IN, rrI,t sunrn,o cnu.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-08-21
The following was addressed TO the editor

Greensboro. IpguSt H. 1929.
Sr---I received line wishing to know of me how
understood Mr. Jarvis tn state in the late convention ut
Montnelicr in sneech before the delegates. If
scry ed me CORRECTLY understood him say that the rich
mans money lnir offset Tor the poor mans blood.
not little surprised nj the time, but much
when saw him dching YOU 10 nrove vOnr assertion.
Yours In haste, STEPHEN SHERMAN.
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AND THEN THIS.

|He (Nfaor G,cynns) was authorised, IN CASE
|ERE FURTHER OPINIONS WERE .fSkED FOR
ktnp my determination TO GWE NO OTHEh
EDGES OF WHiT ! WOULD OR WOULD NOT
IF SHOULD BE ELECTED TO TIE PRESf
|NCY."
GEN Hurison'shHor 10 Joseph l.. UiHiams.
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VOTES

VOTESI
Send in your orders for votes Immediately, 90
|at you may have them on hand.
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READ THIS

TIE SOVEREIGN PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVE A
|IIT TO INTER- OG ATE THOSE WHO ARE CAN.
YATES FOR THEIR SUFFRAGES."
Martin Fan Buren,
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STEPHEN SHERMAN.

7,
Mn. HILL, Sr-I received n ne from you requesting
my statement respecting VIM. Jarvis speech before tho
convention understood Mr. Jarvis to say that he
sdcrcd the rich mans wealth fair equivalent for the poor
mans hl cd in the time Of war; that amount So il was
under TODD by Of Mr.. jarvis friends heard
her Of them say, that they thought il very impolc
EXPRESSION. Yours Re>rcctiullV,
NATlIL BANCROFT.
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Montpelier, August g, 1910.

This NAV certify that was nj Montpcer, in June last,
when the convention met, take into consideration tho
proposed amendments to the constitutions, heard the
Hon. William jarvis speech the subject and when no
WINS speaking OF the inequality Of oW representation I'M
drrstcOd him to thai he republican and ALWAYS
was and that in the time OF the poor had to fight
the battles OF his country and the rich man Ind To
tribute his money TO- the support Of the war, which
fair equivalent for the toll and blood of the poor
that effect. PETER NICHOLS.
Barre, Ausust Q, 1923.
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JESSE b. THOMAS,
cakcr Of the House of
escntatiycs.
II. CHAMBERS,
esidcnt of the Council.
-Ovcd-Scptcmbcr l1lh,
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-08-21

DEMothNtl !.
'ral candidate for the Vice
Of the Virginia Convention,
# the right Oisullfaee, con.
md legitimate qualification
',lnlly placing all power in
Y should control the many.
Extract from the letter
of Gen. Ilarrison's conliden-
tial Committee dated Gin
cinnati Feb. ~, lolO
The policy is that the
General make no further dec.
laratiOn Of his principles for
the public eye whilst occu-
p!ing his present position.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-03-19

The changes and somcrsets Of the Admin
istration party TO maintain their asccndancy
are thus summed up by the Madisonian:
The course pursued by the supporters o!
Mr.. Van Buren in Congress is not little ex-
,raordnary. The pretended friends of State
Rights, they sumrnarily exclude n state from
Congress, brow-bea her certified Reprcsen-
atives, and treat with affected contempt the
solemn proceedings of her Legislature. We
allude to the case of New Jersey.
Next they attempt to make tho Wings ap.
pear proslavery men in the North, and Ab.
oll,ionists in the South.
Next, they take the back track on the bank
subject at the very moment they are urging
a measure which will Inevitably PROSTATE
those institutions.
They commend the Sub Treasury to the
manufacturers Of the North, on the ground
that il will reduce the wages Of labor, md,
therefore, promote their interest. They urge
the same measure upon the South on the
ground that it will break down the larger
establishments of the North.
They tell the South that Mr. Van Buren, is
a Northern nan with southern fsclings--ihey
tell ,he North that Mr.. Calhoun is great
southern statesman, who supports the admin.
lsira,ion with Northern speech See
Globe Of Wednesday last.
They will tell the country that tho finan.
cinl operations of the Government are very
successful and in the next breath, appeal to
Congress to relieve the Treasury from its
cmbarrassmcniS.
They will raise false alarm, erect man
Of straw. make long report predicated upon
their owninlsa assumptions, endcnvorlng lhro'
It to change the issue before the country,
and remove the war from the banks 10 the
States credit, and then order thirty thousand
copies for the patronage Of their printer, and
for creating diversion among the people.
The Executive avoids making any esti.
mates for tho Cumberland Road, and his par
iisans snmmarily vote down proposition to
ask his reasons for the neglect! &c. &c.
All this discrimination, perversencss and
will meet It's rcwardin the
approaching canvass. Mr.. Van Buren, and
all bis pariisans and allies, his coalitions and
factions. have been weighed in the balance,
and found wanting.
The log cabin candidate" as his enemies
style him in deri-ion, will route tho coalition
ms completely as lie did the British and In
dams.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-03-19

IN THE CASE OF GENERL uAR
RISON.
The last weeks Il. l. Republican
copies from the New York New Era {,
noted radical print Of that city Of tn,
most INSCRIPTIONS character) tissu
Of Misrepresentation with respect q
General Harrison, which from the sup
preston Of truth and base pcrversion d
facts which pervade it, may possibly d|
mischief, where the chara ctcr ofthe a
saifant is little understood, or the sed
vices of General Harrison not apprccir
ted as they ought to be. The writer
that libel affects to have consulted Ni.cI
Register, Vol. 10Th, page 1876, and d
have there found vote Of the u. s. S
nate. striking the name ofGeneral Ha
rison from the resolution of thanks, s
TO Governor Shelby and the other ca
liant heroes Of the Thames and
then labors hard to show, that this W
u deliberate act by the Senate, with
view of fixing on General III. an indie
bic mark Of Disgrace as military ma
Had the writer in the New Era consul
cd Nilcs's Register with my honest
tent, for the purpose Of furnishing h
readers with even tolcrable sample
historical truth, he might have fou
there the most ample reiutation of
his malignant suggestions, and the cles
est evidence that the members Of {
Senate, who voted for the amendmer
were actuated by motives as far reno
cd from what he falsely ascribcs to the
as such writer is from honesty,
light from darkness. We have tax
the pains to trace out this matter ca
secutively, in the pages Of Niles, fir,
the beginning to the end of il and
readers will see, that, far from warra
ing the slightest imputa,ion on Gene
Harrison as a deserving and succc
ful soldier, the facts in relation to {
vote ofthc Senate, when THE WUOI
TRUTH is developed, will more
more augment the honest and h;
earned fame, which has given Gene
Harrison his strong and enduring ii
to the respect and affections orhis co
trymen.
The year succeeding the peace "
England (ra,iiied ebruary, 1879 70,
General Harrison in private life, exc
ing himself assiduously to retrieve
serious losses he had sustained in
affairs by bis devotion to the public
vice. Hc was retired from public
ployments in the path OF an honest
upright citizen, but the active and
contented spirits, with which his !
and eveniiul command had brought
into collision would not permit him
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NARR RAGANSETT.
To EE Continued

ERRATA IN ouR LAsT.---4th column on
second page, 7h line from top, instead Of
practical" Developments Of its good, read
"partlal," &c. Same column in last line Of
3d paragraph for 1884 80" read "Sl333"
And in the last paragraph Of the same col
umn, for $50 millions read 100000, ,000"
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our exports occurred with which the United
States Bank could have had but little 10 do.
Some years since during the wars oil
Bolivar, the writer well remembers that a
ship sailed from New York with 1000
barrels Of -four on board bound to the Pacific
ocean. The -four cost in New York five
dollars per barrel, or 5000 dollars for the
whole cargo. The ship arrived at CallaO) the
port of Lima, the capital Of Peru,) immedi-
ately after q blockade Of that port shud
heen raised. The -four sold for one hun.
dred dollars per barrel, the sales amount
ing in the aggregate to 100000 dol
lars. The imports in this case exceeded the
ex ports to the amount OF 95 600 dollars, which
agreeab!y to Mr.. Walkers last rule, was
loss TO the United States to that same
amount.
Admitting that Mr.. Von Buren's assertion
is true, that the United Stotes is indebted to
foreign nations to the amount Of two hundred
millions of dollars, Mr.. Walkers stateme nts
may be best explained by embodying them
in an account current as follows
United STATES IN account ,OiM Foreign M.
ions DIR.
For this amount Of imports re-
ceved from all foreign conn-
tries from the lst of Oct. 1889
to the Both Of Sept. 1899,
amounting to S4339,7I3,6t9
s=-e<=@>.--s->
las per Mr.. Walkers siatemen,s.)
United States IN account iciih Foreign M.
lions, CIR.
For the amount Of exports at
their cost ia The United States,
from the lst Of Oct. 1850, TO
The Both Of Sept. 1889, q.
mounting TO $3.557 ,s29o5l
las per Mr.. Walkers statemen,s.)
To freight Of the products Of
| European nations and their
colonies, done by American
shipping for about 20 years
during The long wars Of Napo-
leon, Jas agreed same time) l00,000,C00
Amount allowed the United
States by agreements at va
rious times With the merchants
and traders for freight and
profit OH exports, amounts as
agreed to 4Sl ,eS3, ,69S
Amount due by the United
States to foreign nations 'his
day, the Oath OF Dec. 1889, as
per Mr.. Van Buren,. message 2COO00,OOO
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A project Of law has been recently
laid before the legislature Of Hayti, b.
President Boyer, for the suppression
Of the Slave Trade, declaring it piracy,
aud making puitnishablc as such.
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n gross calulnMy rc9uted.
VOTE OF THE SENATE.

VU'C UT |1C oCNh [,
IN THE CASE OF GENERL UAR
RISON.
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&.30.9735OO

SCJ,J/O DVU
For the balance Of 39,973.5OO dollars the
people of the United States having nothing
to shcw, but parcel of worthiess canals. rail
roads, STEAMBOATS,, manufactures, "Marblc
Banks" &c. &c.
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Whig State Nomination.
FOR GOVERNOR,
5 A NJ u L. l. w. * | II G,
OF JOHNSTON.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
Is Y Il o Y ID | Nj A N,
OF BRISTOL.

lst. NArH'L. S. RuGGLEs, Of .NrwpoN.
ID. JAMES ALDRIcn, Of !Scituaie.
Sd. JoSA. REYNOLDS, Of " KnSsto'cn.
4th. HEzEKiAu BoswoRTm, Of Wa,Ten.
9th. ELISHA HARRIS, cf Corenfry.
9th. WM. Il. BRowNING,ofS rs. kmg gstovn.
7th. HENRY ALDRIcH, Of ". G,eeam,ch.
9th. PHILIP Thomas, Of Cumberland.
9th. EZEKIEL FOWLER, Of Smithfeld
10th. JOSEPH OSBORNE, cf Iirerion.
HENRY BowEN, Secretary,
ALBERT &. GREENE, attorney General.
STEPHEN CAuooNE. General Treasurer.
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to his priest-after confession, he was about
to retire. when his confcssor asked him If he
had confessed sll.-Patrick replied he had
The priest asked him whether he had never
creased his horscs teeth to prevent their eat
ing their grain !"-Pa,rick answered in much
surprize that he never had. Some time after,
Patrick appeared again to confession and
finally acknowledged, among other sins, tha,
he had " creased the horses teeth 10 proven,
their eating groin."-IIis confessor reprimnn.
ded him sharply. and asked him how he came
To do Il noy--when he had stated in his last
confession that he had never been guilty Of
such a crime.-Pairck rcpontcd Of bis fault.
and confessed he n.,er should have thought
of such q crime, II his honor had not .frs
me ntlOncd II to hun.
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tai Sl60 027,5O0

Which sum deduct from n.
noun, due foreign nations us
per Mr.. Van Buren's message $20O 100000
Deduct goods on hand, lG0027, 500