The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-02-18

traliOn, and the factions attempts which were made
TO hankrup. and disgrace the Governmental new
er failed TO meet lis engagements faithfully nnd
honoflbiy, and was Tar, vGcy lar, from exhibiting the
humililtng spectacle which we now wltness-a
spectacle brought about entirely and soly by ycur
extra session.
Sir, lot not gentlemen fatlar themselves that ii
was the "apalhy of the Wings" thai caused their
defeat in tho recent elections The cause lay
deeper and broader. Tho extra Session and its
measures exposed 10 the county the true position
of things It was M longer possible To practise the
decepiions By which the party had come into pow
er. Those who had hidden "ppon the whirlwnd'
were not ube to " direct the storm" the eyes of
the people began to DO opened, They saw The
arts by which they had been deIuded. They saw
the Pleasures 10 be for the Interests Of the few and
no, for the many--,o be Federal consolidation
measures, carried through b. arbitrary and tyrani
cal power. They reflected upon the promises
which had been made upon the expectations which
had been raised, and they were slckened und dis
gus.cd with your broken vows, and your violated
pledges. Your promises, sir, were kept only 10
tho car, and were broken 10 the hope. Your
schemes had beeh brought TO light, your frauds ex-
posed; Your pipe wing laid bare; and last though
not least, your Glec,iOncering funds run low The
old Bank had been broken, and could 10 longer
answer drafts TO purchase politicians, muaze the
press, pay Pipe Layers, and carry ON the war a.
glinst lh1 honest aud intelligent yeomanry Of the
land, No, sir, no. Let not gentlemen lay ''ihc
tialerng junction. 10 the souls" TINT It was the
APATHY of the Why's" that brought about the
revolution. It twas the deep Indignation oi0n hon
est and insulled people. reused once more to
mighty action, resolved 10 speak u language that
should be heard in deep toned thUnders throughout
the world. The tens of thousands OF men Of buck
rum who hid been COUNTED in swelling thu vast
numbers of lFhigcry in tho Presidential campaign,
were no longer TO be found for il was money and
fraud, sir, that had made the men, or rather
sholld say The r0!cS, for the men never had IN en-
,stancc. And the covering being torn oil from the
heterogeneous party, aud lis true elements exposed,
the few DumOcrts who were found am0n5 them,
ashamed and mortified at The mpOSiiious by which
they had been scducad, deserted at once aud Join
ing their old i,iinds. SIR it his been n glorious
reyoluiion--n most cheering tiguph triumph
rpon wkch the patriot and The lover OF! liberty uad
free Government may reflect with encouragement,
satisfaction and delight, a triumph Of minI-oi
principles of honesty. A Triumph Of calm reilec-
liOn~-serious though,-and sober Judgement.
Bat before ta.ilng my seat, Mr. Speaker, mus
be pardoneI IN occupying the tino OF the House
few moments while address myself more par;icu-
lurly 10 the gentlemen from Tennessee [Mr Ar
mold The attack which he has seen fit 10 make
upon the State which have the honor in part to
represent, was so gross, 50 walton, 50 entirely un.
proyked and uncaIlcd for, that Notwithstanding the
cisi sation which he received from my colleague
[Mr Bu,kcl / cannot, myself, ioIbcar giving the
natIcr Of passing notice. Without the mos. dis
ianl nusion 10 the State Of Tennessee, or 10 the
gentleman himself, either in the present debate or
on any previous occasion, by any gentleman from
the state OF Ncw lihampshlre, the gentleman from
Tennessee has broken 0at III most yiOcn, and
bolseTous TRADE against TIT State. " What is
New Hampshire" exclaimed the gentleman, that
she should furnish Il lever in politics that she
should get up here and dictate 10 what committee
this subject should be referred? What i, New
Hampshire! A most barren and slcri piece Of
Garth. lie never could think of that State without
thinking of the black, chilly rocks, of the scrccch-
ing ow! and proving wolf, What was her moral,
Intellectual, social an1 political condition. Was
she advancing in population? He believed not -
She was the only State that had taken rurogldo
movements l,ast, she had nd 'ancud in population
less than any other State. What has she 10 trade
upon but politics. Such were some OF the elc-
CANT illusions OF that gentleman; and after such
iiagu!ous TRADE, he mast not complain il his own
guns are turned upon him. And is New Hamp-
teman would Representa- Sir,I know not by What
standard the gentnman pretend to decide. She is
n small State in point oilerl;ory, admit--amon.
the smallest Of tho Union. Her territory is only
ahoIt one fifth as large as the State Of Tennessee;
aud yet small rs she Is, "sleril' ~ she is, she
produces, cingrlcGtursl products, more than one
third ~ much Of value Us that largo State; and Of
the principal manufacturers, shc producers near
xix niiOus while the State Of lGnncssco does moi
produce one. ire sucl facts evidence OF her bar
renncs? Look, also, 10 her population. so f,r
from there being any ground Tor the charge Of the
gentleman, tell you, sir, that she has u popua-
lion Of rear thirty To every square mile, who the
Slac of tennessee ms not nineteen. She has IN
creased her popa'alion for the ten years, more,
proponionaby, ihn half the old States of the
Conicd-racy. And let ne tell the genilcman iom
Tennessee, particularly, that that little "Jafrcn
and siIeii spot Of clrth" 50 far from retroaruding
in population, has increased faster than the popd-
la!lOn Of his Or1 district, both black aud WHITE
Sir, the gentleman should took well 10 his own
house, before he Commences Il war upon his neigh
bors. lie should see that thelc is 40 glass about
his ,cnamln,, before he throws stones.
come now TO the social, intellectual and moral
condition Of the state. in regard to which the gen
tlenan seems to b, equally wei nCorned and i,
il with pride and gruInGailun that am enabled to
compare New l!ampsherc, in these respects, with
any state in the Union, however large, or however
wealthy. md find that she Stands prc-cminont In
the number of her schools. ana Inc attention that
is pail to the subject Of general educali)n, she
stands, in proportion TO her population, first and
foremost in the catalogue Of all the States. Aud
for tho special bcnlit ard information Of the gem
,leman from Tennessee, ! would add that, not
wistandng the Stale Of tennessee has territory
of $500 square miles, anI a population of S20,-
2lO and the State Of New Hampshire Il territory
Of only 9,t9l square miles, and population Of
2S4, 574 still, in that "barcn spot of ''screecng
owls and prowlin5 wolves, care to be found o.
1877, schools (to say nothing Of her higher places
Of learning) and $685. schnars attending those
schools. while in the whole State Of Tennessee
are to be found but gS3 common schools, and bnt
%, 900 scholars attending those schools Ani while
among the " black chilly rocks" of that devoted
little State are to be numbered but 9i2 over twen-
~ years of aye that cannot read and write, Tenn
cssee numbers in that class SO j3l. And, further,
Sit. lest the gentleman should be as ignorant Of the
country in which h. resides, as he most evidently