The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-08

One thing certaintlc people do not want, such bank.
as we have now-they will not have them long. Tht
the people to the last thread. They have
mpudsntly attempted reform the banks, and the banks
have determined that they will not be reformed. Mind,
how the leaders ohe whg party at the Bank Re
form the people eIeayore carry out last year Mind
how that party, last fall in the legislature by Their most
ridiculous minority report edcayorcd to turn reform INTO
rdiculc. Mind these and thousand other hings anu 'e
people can what the banks are.
The You've MEN, must take this matter in hand, and
carry out the reform they commenced last year II Is
time that Vermont redeemed from the hais ol her
present rulers. some half dozen men have made the
Mountain State IL pack-ho.sc long enough. Long enough
have they used hef for their ACCOMPLISHMENTS Long enough
have they paalzed the energies o the state by loading
them down with irresponsible corporations and privileged
mono,oles The Bank Arisocats Of this state have ltteI-
for wears upon her ver likelihood They have cnilco up
ON her $, stem of partial legislation that s sunk her
into an almost hopeless bankruptcy. They have ere
.ted state debt of more than ONE HUNDRED ThotsAN
,Rs-thcy have in direct violation Ctthe constitution,
applied the public money private charities TO the amount
more than 81 0Oo They have lost to the state III the
short pace of 81, wears nearly FouR MILLIONS or DOL
LARS in cattle and horses po'ted They have created
,hOo Fund debt Of about S1O,OUO. They have III 1T
tie more than five years created no less than ONE NpREl
AND irresponsible corporations They have ncreas-
cd the Indebtedness Of the people To the banks over TEN
MILLIONS of doas. They have nude legislation asynonym
for swnng; the have told the people while they were cum
ninsy manGuyerns them into debt to each otheTtlE they
were becoming rcleras if when one man gives his note
to his neighbor for dollars and takes his ne shbors
for the sane thcy either OF them worth more for
the ,change They have told the people that the wa, to
become rich is to introduce foreign captn-ls it, sending
our money out of the state foreign gain better than
to raise our own grain and keep our own money They
have told the people that the more paper money, the more
weah-as it, every dollar issued b. the banks not lent to
the people who are obleed-i they do rot lose it b. fail
urc of the bank to return t. sometime with enoro,
interest," while ut the same time, the fictitious dollar
which the people compelled To interest, has driven
the tea dollar out of the country on which they would
have had interest pay. Ihcy have made paper the
subsit ite for the ospcce. They have
built up an influence OF wealth high "huge Olympus"
over which Young man can never climb. They have
chartered portos for the Ubc gooi but have refused
to alter amend repeal these charters when the public
good rcquircd-thereby creating monopoly in violation
of the inalienable rights Of the people. They have held the
prices of the mechanics labor the prices OF the farmers
Sheep his cattle his wool his butcr his cheese in their
hands, aud have compelled him to 81, at their prices or
Thay huyc done every thing that men, NATURALLY
sht and moniclca in their prncipcs,couI do, back
ed h\ II me-scryg legislature, build up ARisTOCR
Cy OF WI,LrH, to dcprcss the DEMucR'cY OF LABOR II
this Aris,occ, he oyerthrowuf the people
not Tee themselves from ranny deadly from such
dies Otto lgarchy,
"CoMc dcspo of Russia, Thy feet let me kiss"
But they rW free themselves, In all parts of the state
the aolscd The YatNG Ms are coming TO the res
cue of the Mountain Sate-tie! WIN redeem he's STATE
REFORM is their motto victory must he their reward
The deMocrac! OF Vermont have every thing to hope 10
ton ntring aud coascles action all that is necessary
their part to ensure glorious triumph They have
never put forth the half ri their strength They do not
know their own strength The as,onshcd that they
could much the did last year. They do
this. Let then rail-, aud all o@cs aid the State is
theirs
With the cphrls OF gr1nny' and the petcoa, can
dlac applied IL gen. Harrison the undersigned VIII
have nothing to do. Win the mn gen Harrison he has
nothng to do. II is ia, principle, III the man with winch
he deals Gen. larrsons friends claim To- him cosim'
mate military skill very well, let thcn do So Bonaarlt
possessed the sane luat, but that woud not have ll'eu
him he the father Of great people lis principles were
detective snrncs, gcnel,hp, bravery, ARE all quail
tiles which coIaud nd nfapu aud port bun mrn ARE
nohing-,rAc,le ever thing. The history Of the wor,
should warn us Of the danger Of forgetting principle in our
love of men. Caesar, Ia, to these the Empress OF
the world bowed her head, in wild n.clatry while the prI.
cples they were disseminating were undertaking her III
stitios and Fastening her eternal ruin. d no, men are
nothing The splendid snerashp oi gem Harrison, the
consunnate craftsmanship oimr Van Buren, nothing
of 40 account, II is the principles OF these men for which
We are look aud which should govern our support OF
ehS them II is hoped, then that every freeman will
weigh the matter cnnddy. II he he for the re'esabis-
ment OF National Bank-ior the assumption OF the state
dcbts-or internal improvement among the states b, the
general government then let him for gen Harrison
but If he be opposed nl these then let him support mr.
Van Buren, It will he the endeayer the undersigned to
Keep principles in view, and he hopes that in the
excitement and turmoil of political warfare to be able to
keep the cola of the AGG entic free from personal
abuse and party nal guilty, and to preserve that self res
pect which Is always necessary the management Of II
public Journal.
One word to the democracy Of the state They will see
that tn pro Mise made in the prospectus Of the AGE, has
been kept, and that thcy will have paper containing
double the reading matter Of ANY political paper In the
sate-a paper that in mechanical appearance, is not ni-
woehy the democracy Of the Mountain State. Thcy
have slch paper Just 81 Ohi rs lnry W!si-u ~ loIE-
er The AaG cannot be supported by common patron
age 1t must have II has been commenced in the
very art Of the enemyin the midst of their camp and
the oppo, ton to II has heen, aud will be-, such pa
per has ever encountered in the state. That is nothing,
however, If TIL democratic pa /, give II their unannl-
Gus support. The federal party circulate in the state
ten papers where the democratic pnry circulate ONE.
The democratic papers have no snpport-thcy starve.-
This must not be- It must not be. The democratic party
must not expect that Young going into the news
paper business spend the best of their lives in hard labor,
make slaves and in the end bankrupts of themselves
for the bene, of the party. 1t utter nonsense to think
of it, few Of the party support their parers-bnt the
great body of the party culpaby ncslcctf on this
subject. They must reform-hey must, or they never
can redeem the state. There is not democrat in Ner-
mont but what is able t0 take democratic paper and pay
for it, not get trusted for wears People cannot 90 to
the counters OF our merchants the shops Of mecha-
les and get credit Of one two, three and or years They
do not expect IT, WHY them should they expect that
moor printer give credit OF hall century fa pri-
,I.,t nru h,t may