The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-07-30
Resolved, That we have looked in vain for the

Resolved, That we have looked in vain for the
restoration Of that confidence and the return of
those better times so confidently promised by Mr.
Clay in the following extract from speech Of his
delivered at Hanover, Va, previous TO the presi-
dental election:
"The necessity of change of rulers has deeply
penetrated the hearts of the people; and we every
where behold cheering manifestations of that happy
event. The fact of his election (Wm. II. Harri-
son's) alone, without reference to the measures of
his administration, will powerfully contribute to
the security and happiness of the people, 1t will
bring assurance of the cessation of that long series
of disastrous experiments, which have so greatly
afflicted the people. CONFIDENCE will lMME-
DlATELY REVIVE, credit will be restored, active
business will return, PRICES OF PRODUCE WILL
RISE, and the people will feel and know that in
stead Of their servants being occupied in devising
measures for their ruin and destruction, they will
be assiduously employed in promoting their welfare
and prosperity. p. Henry Clay's speech at HanO-
Ter, Pa.
Resolred, That we marvel much, that those who
looked with such deep commiseration upon the
blighted prospects of the poor man and who mourn
ed, in prose and verse, over the reduction OF the
cages Of labor, prior to the election of sold Tip"
can witness, with such cool and calm indifference,
the regular and constant dminution of the aborer's
wages since the advent to power of the exclusive
friends of the poor man.
Resolred, That we, in view of the practice Of
our federal opponents, have the fullest proof that
those who are most enamored Of log cabins on
wheels and in the streets of our most populous vii
lagos, have the least regard for the log cabins and
the hardy pioneers of the woods.
ResOlred, That no warrant can be found in the
constitution of the United States for the incorpo-
ration by congress of national bank-lhat such
institution is not necessary, either as Fiscal
Agent" or "regulator of the currency''-hat the
power such corporation must necessarily WELD
over the business and interest of the people, is
dangerous in its existence to the liberties of the
naton--and that, should such an institution be es-
tablshed by the present congress, in defiance of
the public will and the public veal, we pledge our
selves to use all proper and lawful measures to
procure its repeal by subsequent congress.
ResOlred, That the proposed distribution of the
public lands among the states, is but the first step
in the adoption of a permanent system of raising
money by the general government to distribute
among the states. which is a practical assumption
by the former Of the debts Of the latter and which
will inevitably end in the humiliation of the state
soveregnles and the consolidation of all power in
the general government,
Resoired, That it will be seen by the following
table Of the expenses Of the government of this
state, not including payments for the state house,
safety fund, money borrowed and interest thereon,
that since 1886, when the present wing patty came
into power those expenses have increased almost
one half.