The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-08-17
THE FARMER OF LAMoILLE.


The Spirit of the Age, a paper printed at
Woodstock, the very quintessence oflloeofoco-
ism, in a strait to find something to say in IA
vor of Nathan Smile, is at the old trick of
writing, or procuring TO be written, a letter
dated at no place, and without signature, in
which the author is made to say, that in pass
ing through the northern part Of the state, he
travelled a few miles out of his way 20 see the
farmer of Lamoille, whom he says, 81 found
ain his occupation of husbandry, upon one of
"the most beautiful farms on the banks of the
"Lamoille, coat off and rake in hand" No
doubt. So far as We can get any information
about Nathan Smile, by the aristocratic pro-
cess ofselling run and tobacco, tape and broad
cloth at an advance of 80 l-3 per cent, he has
acquired a princely estate He doubtless lives
plain, and what portion of his time is not spent
hocing corn and potatoes, is devoted TO his
store, where he still continuesto deal out the
liquid poison TO his reduced customers, from
the avais of which he has added so many a.
crcs TO his noble estate On The beautiful La
noble. In our apprehension it would have
been 4 much higher Recommendation TO Ma
than Smile, who has been so long a candidate
for the Chief Magistracy, instead of personal
labor for still further possessions, only to graf
ify %avarice, he had devoted himself 10 the
study of the history and policy of the country,
the principles of political economy, the opera
tions Of agriculture, and manufac-
lures, and tracing all sources of information
which would fit him for the station to which
he aspircs. The labors Of agriculture, in
which we have ourselves long personally par
tIciPatcd, we hold in the highest respect, as lay
ing at the very foundation of national wealth,
and commanded by heaven itself. But, iffrom
his youth up, all a mans time has been spent
IN daily toll, his accomplishments as a states
man must be very superficial.
The father of Daniel Webster was a respec-
table tiller of q few acres of land in n. Hamp-
shire, and if his son had been confined to the
same honorable and useful occupation, he
could not have stood up among the tallest of
land. Nor would Silas Wright, who has
often bathed himselfin the stream which flows
at our feet, have led the forlorn hope of des-
perate faction, had he from his youth been fix
ed TO the parental acres on his native stream.
The real truth is that Nathan Smile is as con-
tracted and confined in his views of national
policy, as the horizon of the little interval of
the land, on which his lordly estate is situated.
In the narrow sphere in which he has acted,
he may know the wants of the people from
hand to mouth, but is totally incapacitated to
decide upon the influences which the measures
OF government exert upon the great interests
OF the country, and which are taught only by
longobservation & historical experience His
notions of political economy are, of course.
narrow TO the last degree. He is said TO be
opposed to all banks, and has never asked a
bank favor in his lifejustw hat might have been
expected from a man who knows little about
them.Like the rest ofhis party,h lis face is fixed
like brass against the tariff, internal improve
ments, the distribution of the avails of the pub
lie lands, and soon we shall find direct taxa
ton among the articles of his political creed.
Upon these subjects, for want of true sources
OF information, he pins his faith upon the
speeches of Benton, Rckens, Wright, Wood.
Ouiy and other leaders of the crush-commerce.
cfush-credlt and crush. manufactures marty.
VINO ior political purposes have sunk them.