The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-05-21
PRESCRIPTION IN VERMONT.

If the federal leaders had avowedly set out, upon
their accession TO power, to ialsily each and every
one OF the promises and pledges they made to The
country and the people during the hard cider cam
puign, they could not have been more successful
than they are already And in no particular Is tins
more prominent than in their pledge OF making "no
prescription for opinion sake"
During the last summer Daniel Webster, now
Secretary of State, in a speech delivered at Wor-
cester, Mass against the then Administration, said:
"There is no civilized country on earth in which
on change of rulers, there Is such an inquslt!on
for spoil as we have witnessed in this free Repub
lie. When ever did an English Minister go down
to lo,o lcaier mark TO make an oustng of THE
waiiers When did he disturb the post offices,
the mail contracts, and any thing else in the reno
test degree connected with the Government"
Now look at the conduct of his brother Secretary
of the Treasury, who is also one Of the Webster
Cabinet, and who looks up to him as his leader
and guide. See the Secretary Of the Treasury
going 'down to low water mark" in writing the
following letter to the keeper of petty light house,
with salary of $3.50 per onnum,
"TREAsURY DEPARTMENT.
April l6, 1871. {
"Sir:-Your services as keeper Of the Light
House on Juniper Island, are no longer needed by
the Government.
every respectfully,
'Your obd't serv't.
"T. EWING,
Secretary Of Tie Trsasury.
"To MALACHI CORNING,
Burlington, VT"
Capt. Corning, who is uncercmonously eject
ed from the keeping of the Light House on Juniper
Island is Democrat of the Jelersonian stamp
In 1912, at the very time the present Secretary of
the State was doing all in his power TO thwart the
efforts of our Government TO obtain redress of
our grievances from England entered the Army as
Lieutenant in " The Bloody llth," as it was af-
forwards familiarly known and designated, from its
gallant participation in the hard-Gought battles in
the campaigns of Sl3and 1914, In 1913, he was
promoted to Il Captaincy, and participated actively
in Hampon's campaign Of the same year The
winter succeeding, he was ordered with his COM
pany to join Browns command at French Mills
Thence he preceded to Buffalo, and was there in
corporaed into SCOTS Brigade, crossed with him
into Canada, and at the surrender of Fort Erie
The next day was in the bloody battle Of Chippewa
where by his gallanry and that of his brave Com
pany, he contributed very essentially TO the glOri-
Gus results of that hard fought field In short from
Tho beginning to the close of the war; his life and
services We're at the disposal of bis country and no
toll or pryation were avoided By him so long as
hostile foe threatened 10 lay waste our beautiful
Villages, and carry devastation throughout the land
II is not TO be wondered at, then, that he should ho
among the first victims of the Government at whose
head stands the man who for years did every thing
in his power to lay us at the feet Of naughty and
tyrannical England. After reading the eloquent
record which we publish in our preceding columns
to-day, no one need be surprised that the services
rendered his country by Captain Corning, should
be deemed worthy of punishment by the Webster
Cabinet.-BnHipgtoa Sentinel.