The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-12


had been adhered to!
The men who reviled & abused him when he
endeavored to make the people safe in the issues oil
these banksare the same men who now revie & a
buse him he aristocrals;t the John Dewys;lhe Cha's
Panes-The Jarvis SC. Such characters have
fought him from the frst-and if the people desert
him-the people of'Vermont-sma will be their
claim to honor and gratitude The last act Of the
old farmer in the Legislature met with as much OPP
position as his tristan attempt to secure the ap-
pointment of farmers and mechanics on the stand
ing committees. These committees are usually
made up of lawyers and merchants, hence the in
PRODUCTION and passage Of so many laws for the
latter TO collect their debts and the former TO line
their pockets with fees. "'rhe Poor mans Law"
and the listing LAW, passed at the last session
came of this custom. Had the old farmer been in
the Legislature, the people would have heard his
voice from morning till night against the passage
of these most unwholesome aud wicked laws. lie
would have Numbered against them as he did a
gainst the old banking system, notwithstanding the
abnse that hard cider would have hcaped upon
him.
The time has now come when the people can
il they will in some sort repay this ong-tred and
faithful champion of their righ,sIIe is before them
as candidate for the office Of Governor, opposed
to regular defendant of the old Junlo of exclu-
sve privileges who have fought him from the
c,n,,noncon,cnt Of hi, nuhlic liTo
Mr. Smile is one of you-farmers Of Vermont;
We do not claim for him that he has been cdu-
Gated in all the sophsries and chcancerics of the
bar; we do no, claim for him that he has learned,
in the halls of Congress, to waste the money OF
the people in long speeches during the day,
and in dcbauchery during the night; but we do
claim for him, that in the common district
school, that nursery of liberty, he learned the radl-
life, he has learned to devote the talents that God
has given him to the cause of that great and pow
errul part of the lreemen of this Stae the aboring
class, of which he is a stern and proud member,
We claim for him that he stands before the people
un,ainted with any of those aristocratic notions,
which the elevated place he has 50 long occupied
is almost sure to engender; we claim for lin an
honest heart, clear head and sound intellect We
claim for him the honor of being the first il the
State to unyeil the iniquity Of the banking sys-
tenn. We claim for him, that " solitary and alone,
he put that ball in notion" We claim that year,
before The Hero of New Orleans had dashed on.
the brains of " the monster against the bulwarki
of the Constitution, Nathan Smile, in the Legsla
,ure of Vermont, was contending alone, single
handed, but undsmayed, against the whole army
of Bank slaves, for the very reform which, now
the demoo,atic party feel is advancing like thu
tread of giant, in the whole Union. We CLAIM
for him that he has an eye to see, n heart 10 fee
and an intellect to aid tho primary interest of tie
people-he loco focos, the edcralists call then,
i. G. the RABnLE, who will not submit to be ruld
and gulled and blcd to death by the rich and ils
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be moor, and that their Father in Heaven looks with
as much compassion and tenderness upon the poDr
man who works for his bread, as he does upon The
rich man who lolls in ease and luxury on his glted
sofa. We claim for hin--for NATHAN SMILE
that in all tines and in all places, under all cir
cumsances, whether the cunning have enLeawr-
ed TO wheede or the violent to brow-bea, hin,
that he has stood as brave rs steel, finn as rock
ready to advocate and vote for the rights Of the
many. We claim that, neither coaxng, nor In
suits, taun,s reproaches sneers or intimidation,
have driven him from the plain path ofduty, or il
duced him to hesitate or waver one moment in hs
devotion to the interests and we-bcng of the mas.
So much we claim for NATHAN SMILE, th
candidate of the Reform party, for Governor ofth
State. The services he has done the people in h
public capacity, are before them. lie stands IN
furnished, interrupted. lie has never varied
never deviated; for such a man we ask the suppot
of the people of this State.