The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-07-02

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LAND HALLS ESTIMATE or THE
WILL OF THE SOVEREIGN PEOPLE.
Mr. Editor During the late Presidential can
vass, all the influence possessed (though smal)
was enlisted on the side of the prevailing party
One of the motives which induced me thus to act
IN opposition to the late Administration, was the
conscientious belief that the Harrison party, if sue
cesslu would reform the many abuses charged
upon that Administration, not the least of which
was that of dsregurdng the will of the people in
the appointment of its various officers, And per-
haps, there was no one department of the Govern
ment, in which this abuse was so severely fell, Tor
at least so previously denounced,) especial'ay a
mong the inland hills and wales Of this region of
the Green Mountain State, as in that of the Post
Office. Now, sir, am not about entering upon a
justification of those abuses, If they existed, Gas
in some instances no doubt they did, the cry Of
the people should have been long and loud, should
have waxed longer and louder and more incessant,
until tho people were respected and the abuse re-
formed, This was my doctrine then, us well as
now. Such too, was then the wing doctrine and
SUCH we had hoped, would have continued TO be
one of the governing principles Of the leading men
Of that party. And hesitate not in affirming, that
such was the avorito doctrine of the Hon. Inland
Hall, during the late canvass, more peculiarly so,
while he was riding and walking and standing and
sitting beneath the SHADOW oi"THE GoDLIKE,"
as the two went in company, Oho past season.
vollips In tho and lrnm the
mountan-,ops to the yales, --worshipping as they
passed along, most leryent!y, at the shrine Of the
"voX poPuLI, "-graspng with death-likc per-
tnacy both HORNS of the ALTAR Of PUBLIC
OPINION !, But alas what virtue in u shadow
How worship faints, and devotion dies,-and the
horns fall from the alar,-and the alta, cruub.cs
into dust--sLyaswhen the SHADOW is Withdrawn,
Poor miserable HilUnd truly thou woudst be an
object of pity, if thy misdoings had not made thee
SO contemplate
But let facts tell the connection between the rIoo-
ry and practice of the lion. Representative Of the
list Congressional District, Alter the change of
the Administration on the 18th Of March last, some
three or four individuals, in the honest exercise Of
their rights MS citizens Of Il common Republic, nadc
applications severaIIy for the appointment Of Post
master for the town of Chester. The different ap-
pcans, in the month Of March, had forwarded all
their arguments pro and con, Il, o, for Themselves
and against Me'r oppouca!s,) aud they then lay
upon their oars Gcm that time ill the 9th OF April
awaiting the decision of the ?ostoice Department
or, m other words, awaiting the decision of the
Representative Of the Disrict--(rOr be it here sta
ted once for all, that the whole appointing power
had been transferred from the Department TO the
dicrcn. Representatives., each one to take tho re-
epon,ibty of the appointments within his own
Congressional Dislrct) In this condition tho par
ties had remained about one month, expecting thai
every succeeding mail would put IN end TO the
question. During this period Of suspense, it is not
to be supposed that the good Yankee genius of
Chester was dormaut-fir from thi5--during that
period many We're the shrewd surmsing' of the
goodly inhabitants relative TO the important Quos-
ton, who would DO Tho successful candidate. And
many wight was then and there to be found who
openly ayowed the belief, that Mr. Hall, Uho judge
-
Mr. Gond's appointment, backing up this posi-
ton, with the argument that wore this not SO, one
of the other applicants mus, have long ago received
the experimentation argument Of some little
weight, when the fact is considered that Mr. Could
hal forwarded to Mr. Hall oay 10 rocommcnla-
tons, and one of the other applicants had forward
ed 22j ,)-aud this idea was not weakened from
the fact, that Mr. Could had late in the Gall, con-
yerod his only horse shed into counting room at
the same time having spare room 10 let in the
same building. But be this MS it may, the whole
subject was put to rest and hIr Hall freed from all
charges or implications Of Pariiay, on the receipt
of ,he following letter, three copies of which were
forwarded to different citizens of Chester by Mr.
Hall.