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The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25
WHAT FOLLY! ..

owe venture to predict that m very short time
it will be a matter of curious speculation, how IL
country peopIed with inhabitants possessed of COM
mon sense, could eXpcc, TO flourish by sending the
very ulment of It's industry TO distant countries,
or sustain II money circulation, which all countries
admit i, requisite to national prosperity, by n poll
cj which is calculated to break mp lis veIy ioundn-
tons, We haze pursucd measures sure to exhaust
our means, and incapa1ilating us from buying at
all, under the deUsion Of buying cheap"
We cut the preceding affair fom the RWlapd
Hcra'd, nj which paper it appears, copied from
that crazy thing, the New York Tribune,
What this foolish paragraph amounts to,our rea-
ders can Judge for themselves, when they know.
tina: within the last twenty years Great Britain, has
bought of u.s. more than she has sold us, over
TWENY-ElGIIT MILLIONS of dollars and tim,
she has paid Us in that time, nearly FORTY
EIGHT millions Of dollars in specie more than we
have paid herr Now, how it eau be mnde to APP
pear tina, we have been "cAhausling our MEANS -
is more than we know. The papers in this State
TINT advocate II high Tariff or n TAX ON La
Dor, which is the same thing must be little
careful how they handle themselves.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25
Sl7,OO0,OOO :!

This is the amount (says the Hartford Times)
of the National Debt at the rpesent time, o(thc u
ned States, and the various departments Of gov
eminent are pennyless-most af them unable 10
meet just demands by hundreds or thousands Of
dollars This Sl7 ,O00,O 900 debt Is rapidly increas
ing, and il is difficult to estimate The amount at
which it will arrive before the termination of the
Wing reign-which fortunately cannot be far dis
tant. At the expiration of Mr. Van Buren's admin
istra,ion, as shown by Mr. Woodbury's report, the
resources Of the government were sufficient TO
meet all demands against it; and its expenses were
decreasng-a reduction in the expenditures OF the
government was then in progress, and had already
effected much But the Wings slept into power,
and the expenses Immediately rushed up 10 THlR-
Y-TIlREE MILLIONS per annum! A national
debt, that curse to nations has been fastened upon
us, and will remain eating at the vitals Of the body
polite, till Democratic administration shall ex
tnguish IT,
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25
Multiplication VERMONT.

The LABOR TAX convention tina, was held in
Burlington, last week passed the following pretty
resolution:
Resoirei, That such a Tariff for Protection as
(oI Hcve1ue, is constitutional, and consistent with
the interest Of all the States of this unon and so
strongly are we impressed with its absolute neces-
si,y for the general welfare and prosperity of the
wiole country, that il THIS VITAL INTER-
EST Is TO BIZ ABANDONED, THEN, STRONG
LY ATTACHED AS WE CLAIM TO BE, TO
THE UNION or THESE STATES, WE
CANNOT WONDER THAT THERE ARE
THOSE, WHO BEGIN "TO CALCULATE IT'S
VALUE"
Isn't that beautiful thing' Federalism is the
same, in all times 1t "calcula,ed the value" Of
the Union when that Union was formed and il zeal
culates' il now. In this resolution the good peo-
pie Of this State can sec whiggery in all its horri-
bic rotieness.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25

We published the prospectus of the NeW York
Courier and Enquirer, and acknowledge the re-
ceplion of the paper. flour wing friends wish for
aweekly Clay paper from New York they had bet
ter send on for the Courier INSTEAD of the Tribune,
which paper besides being the greatest humbug in
the city is the meanest. Sometime since the pub
fishers of the Tribune sent out prospectus agree
ing to send that paper TO all country papers that
would give ii an insertion.
Prospectus mscrted-that S the end of the matter
Now. we call this inciably mean, and take occa,
sion to tell the people that men who will do thai
will no. fail to chea, their subscribers every chance
they can find, Look out for such rogues, in a.!
cuses!
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25
TIE TARIFF MOVEMENT.

The whole secret of the present Tarill move
ment in the State, lies in a nutshell,
During the hard-cidel campaign,lhe people were
told if they would elect Gen. Harrison, they should
have National Bank, higher wages for labor and
higher prices for produce. Ali these promises have
proved "empy as the whiStlmg wind" The peo-
pie are dissatisiied-,hey complain, 1t becomes ne
cessary to get upsome other humbug to divert then
attention from the wre:chedness that whiggery has
brought upon them and TO induce them still TO adj
here TO the party. There is nothing but the Tariff
question, hence they raise that, and crying "pro-
lection of home industry" they attempt 10 get up
another excitement. Two years ago, National
Bank and sold Tip" would "resiore all things"
They humbugged the people as much as they could
about that, used them and row wanting TO use them
again, Protective Tariff is the great Panacaa for
all evils That immenseQ uackDoctor whiggery finds
the system of the Nation getting in II measure re-
stored recovered from the effects ofthe dose ofhard
and thinks another nosrum necessary to keep the
patient comfortably sick, and still under his hands;
for ms the system becomes sound it repudiates the
practice of the iilusrous Pill-Drver Consequently,
another dose is concocted, and, as is usual in such
cases, all the papers, interested, are set to piasng
and pulling the new and invaluable stuff, that is
preparing. Hand bills are circulated setting forth,
in flaming language and staring capitals its peculiar
vvryng effects; signatures are obtained certifying
10 remarkable cures orators are sent out to extol
is superhuman powersi and then the patient is
prepared TO swallow the dose.
Now we wish to enquire of the people of YER
mont, have you not seen about enough Of whiggery,
about enough Of wing promises, and wing times;--
All the promises they made you while they were
holding the hard-cider jug TO you lips have proved
false. All they make TO you nO,C will prove as
false, They can never fulfil them, They tell you
when they want your votes TINT if you will 90 for
this thing you shall have prosperous times; then,
when they want your votes, again they tell you 10
20 for some other thing and you shall have PROS
porous ,imcs,Ii is all humbug from beginning 10 end,
Let these idle lazy drones so where they please,
and do what they please. Attend to your own
aiars,and shut your ears to their nonsense. That
is the course for You to pursue; epend upon it,
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25
TIE TIL IRD VOLUM e.

The second volume of the .aGE will close in
six weeks, Those in this county indebted to us
for the two first volumes will receive no papers
after the close of the second volume Those in
debtcd for the second, will be charged two dol
lars, it they allow the volume to expire without
paying anything,
We particularly desire that those who have
paid to the end Of the second volume, and wish to
discontinue, give US immediate notice, through our
agents or otherwise. We canno, allow any one to
take the paper three or four weeks into the third
volume and then give us notice that he wishes to
discontinue, without aging for the numbers he has
had That Is the way people do sometimes butt
is an unfair way.
$3.50 will pay for single subscription for the
two first volumes if paid before The expiration Of
the second voume go after that.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25

They Say-That Consul Jarvis Tariff, was seen
the other day down street, making all possible de-
spatch, towards the Globe Hotel Do Mt belye a
word of it, because strange animal, wearing
about his neck wide brass collar bearing the mi
tlas o, X, X. (Old Roasurs KriHcr,) was seen
upn Barnard, last week, and the good old DANES
living in the vicinity of Mount Hunger, declare
That they heard him in the dead ofthe night, howl
ing wool! w-o-o-l-l! w-o-o-l-l-l! This, no
loub, was the real Konsuls Tariff, and the one
seen in the vicinity of the Globe, some other kind
Of klitter can't tell what.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25

powerful weapons, as i,eratmg and re-ilerating
their slang phrases "dough-faces, locoocoism,
Free Trade, direct tax," and the like. The whole
object of the wings in the State is to get up
a PARTY HOBBY, and they call their last CALLED
jade, Protection of Home Industry, because
they imagine tina, name has magic in it and will
take with the people.
Again we say to the people, attend to your own
business Plough your fields, drive your pegs,
shoe your horses and pay no attention to the buzz
zngs of that great humbug whiggery
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25
Ss$pirjt ct tic Age.
WOODSTOCK, VERMONT:
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH, 25, 1912
TAKE CARE !!


There arc several bills due
us for the Pulse Of the Peo-
pie and other eTtraS.: The
bills have been due almost two
years; we have dunnod all we
shall-they will go into a col
lector's hands on the first of
May without fail. Several
people ordered votes, also, al
most two years ago; we shall
dispose of such accounts in
the same way
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25

Thennmber of students in attendance upon the
Lectures Of the Fermom Medical College, in
this place, has, we ere much graliied to say, in
creased to about SEVENTY.
Every member of the Faculty understands
what he is about, and the Lectures go off with
originality. spirit and eiec,and to the entire salts
faction of the Students, who are all phirst ,rote
fellows.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25
PAPER MONEY.


Consult history and it will be found that no ma
ton has issued paper money largely, but under the
impulse of war War is the fruitful source Of
paper money---a ceaseless fountain TO throw it
out, as long as the people can possibly hear it.
might have added Austria and Russia 10 the instan-
ces cited on lhls head. These have been powers
more than half their time at war---Russia has not
had five years of continuous peace during the last
90 years. She is now and has long tine been at
war with the Circassans 1t is part Of,he policy Of
a Government so powerful and despolic, always 10
keep a number of its troops exercised in actual war
IA cruel and wicked policy, but yet one steadily
pursued Now let me trace, by few statements
of fact, the progress Of the paper money system Of
England. Her issues of Treasury notes have pro-
ceeded part pasu with her debts.
See Col Benton's table in the Globe and COM
pare the periods with the statistics and chronology
below:
War of the league Of Augsburg England lead
ing power in it from 1859 10 l697-S years-dabt
to the amount of or millions sterling
War of Spanish succession, from l7Oi TO 1913
IL ycars-debt much increased.
War from 1889 to 174S-9 ycars-incrcased.
War from 1854 to 1863 years-grea, in
crease of debt, which gave rise to the idea and sup
posed necessity Of taxing her colonies.
War from IT'S to 1888 years-debt ncreas-
ed to over 200 million sterling.
War from 1893 to 1915, interval Of year aud
l6 days of peace, at the peace Of Amiens-2l
years-debt increased TO near 900 millions ser-
ling.
Wars lately in India-3 years.
In Isl years--7O years Of war.
Her bank began in 1862 and it was then truly
necessary 10 sustain her in a tremendous but just
aud necessary war-lhat Of the league of Augsburg.
Her issues of paper money, by the Bank and Gov
eminent, have been rendered necessary to the err
cesdre erient 10 which it has been carried by her
unjust and unnecessary wars since. More than
of these wares of ambition and cupidity.
Knorriiie Argus.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25
A CHANCE.

Mr. John Myers,a respectable butcher at Clncin-
natl, made the following proposition at the slh
January dinner;
IA TOad and a buiier,-l will I'LL a half BUSH
el basket full of pork and poultry for any wing
who sang u, the late llndango in 1910, who will
sing lppacanoe and Tyler too song and log
O'Clock in the morning in front Of 9th street mar
kc,.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25
IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE Sue
PREME COURT.

The L. s. Supreme Court on Tuesday last, de-
cdcd that the laws of several States granting trial
by Jury to fugitive slaves aIc unconstitutional
and tha, Congress alone has power to make laws
on the subject. Judge Story delivered the opn-
ion
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25
For the Spirit offhe Ase.
TO WOOL GROWERS.

Gentlemen, raise your' sheep Tobacco and save
your money. you can raise II as easy as you can
common Cabbage,an il is produced in very SIM
liar way, (fora more particular description OF rals-
ing Tobacco see Albany Cultvatcr for lsilO II
have raised it for three years past.
CHAUNCY RICHARDSON.
Uood,iock, ". Is41.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25

tircnt complain, is made TO us that the Age
'ioOkei 'liom the places where they are left for
distribution. Our agents are requested not TO lend
the papers Of our subscribers to any body, unless
20 directed by the subscribers themselves 1t is by
no means fair, to allow the public free access to
the bundle. The papers belong 10 those who take
them and pay for them Please see TO this all our
Agents
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25

We have received two numbers oiihc "Diciion-
AIRY of the Arts Manufactures and Mines" publish
ed by La Roy Sunderland, New York, Prospec-
tus Of which may be found in another colume. 1t
is a work of great value.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25

JhafS The mdtier?-The branches OF that enor-
nous humbug, the Home League, established at
Wheeling Va and Columbus Ohio, have been dis
solved! That mare won't ,rot. PROTECTING
home industry, by TANNING 1t! What monslrous
folly
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25

Nlcssrs Calhoun Benton, Woodbury. and Wright
ofthc Senate, and Mcssrs Burke, Reynolds ,Rhett,
Bronson aud Wood of the House will again ac-
cept our thanks for congressional documents.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25

The n. Y. Tribune, backs out of tina, rcdicu-
lous story about Mr. Collector lIoyt. Give us the
Tribune and Boston Mail, for bear stories. How
wngs the Bankrupt business, Mr. Tribune' We
recommend all the bankrupts 10 patro:se that pa
per.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25
Sl,l29,393 SO
Total,

Tho committee would observe that this large a
mount was required at our hands. ltmlght be said
the Executive branch must have these sums, and
the responsibility ust rest there. Wherever re-
sponsibiity might rest, at least on The members Of
ibis House it would unquestonably rest. The En-
ecu,iyo could not get one cent without our votes,
and 10 ask members who believed in the proprety
of Mr. Jeferson's rule of specific appropriations for
upwards of million Of dollars on contingencies
and miscellaneous items, was 10 put them 10 Sc
we're test. No one could deny that there must be
some provision for small items which cannot be e.
numerated But no one will assert that, under
contingencies, expenditures should be authorized
by clerks and heads of departments which this
House never sanction if called on directly TO vote
upon them. Have gentlemen examined the sew
eral reports from the Executive Departments on ex,
penditures Of those contingent funds' They Will
lind upwards Of a6o, 900 spen, in the Treasury De-
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25

DANA WINsLow Esq, has purchased the en-
tire Office of the huntington Sentinel, aud will,
hereafter conduct that paper, his own self and
will do it well 100.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25

.qaoiher Lion erpeciei.-lt is said that Profess
sor Wilson, the Christopher North of Blackwood's
Magazine, is to visit this country very shortly.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25

tom Cringle's Log.-The author oflhis work
turns gu, 10 be Mr. Scott INSTEAD of Captain Basil
Hall.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25

Like The handle Of a Jug-All on one side, the
charter elections in the towns of New York. De-
mocrucy is every where triumphant.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25

Jachsoa's birth Ddy.-The old Hero Of the Her
miiage is now IS years Of age.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-11-19
HFOMAE'S LOVE OF APPROBA-
IiDN

Woman was not made to live alone any
more than man; and the absence of the
natural assistant of the gentle sex was fell
in ways separate from protection and sup
port. All the actions OF woman, whctil-
er of useful industry or of ornament, are
subject 10 The approval and pleasures of
the other sex, 10 which their own are
subordinate, and on which they are foun-
ned. To descend to the humblest form
of this feeling: every one knows, that
when a fair lass has arrayed herself in
her new gown ribbons, or any lincry put
on for the first tIIne. although the admira-
ton of her female acquaintance NAV give
Il degree of pleasure the applause and
compliment of one man is more valued
feeling, modified. by the circumstances of
individuals, rams through the whole sex.
and is part of the nature of tho human be-
ing, implanted in the heart by the Divine
artIiccr. to produce the most de icious
fruit that grows in the garden Of human
life. Women, by themselves, require lit
tie to be comfortable; they can live with
out hustle and without form; neither in
beauty of raiment nor in dclicacy ofEood
can they find happiness, SO long as they
have it TO themselves alone. They re-
qure to please the other sex before they
can please themselves. \ knot of old
maids may to be sure, be bitterly merry
over their tea and sttnda1, and despisc
the other sex with profound dsdain; but
there is something unnaiuia! in their en-
joymcnt; nor does anybody suppose that
the respectable spinsLcr's heart bounds
with such q sweet human delight at the
compliment Of her female friends, Oh her
neat room, darling spaniel, and slxong tea,
as the heart of the collager's wife, when
her tired husband tells her how nicely
she has cooked his bit of supper, and how
pretty she looks in her clean cap. It
matters not whether the husband be the
master OF Il palace or the occupier of Il
hovel-whether his day be spent in the
sports OF the field, the drudgery Of pro-
ieSson, or the laNor CT II farm; the plea
sure Of the wife. and the object O! her
labor, is To have table com forlably
spread at his rcrurT, and to sec that he
enjoys the delicious or the accessories
which she has provided for him; whether
the provisions be merely piece Of bread
and chez Sc and sAow-whitc tablecl, III on
the deal table, or the rich sorp, The s,Iperb
joint, and the bottle Of exquisite wine
laid out in the magnificent dining room.
the feelings of woman relative to man
are the saInc,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-11-19

SWEETNESS OF NATURE.-SurCly there
is nothing III the world, short OF the most
undivided reciprocal attachment, that has
such power over the workings Of the hui
man heart, as the mild sweetness of ma
lurc. The most RULED temper, when
emerging from the town, will subSihe into
calm al the sight OF a wild stretch OF
landscape rcposiny in a twilight of a fine
evening 1t is then that the spirit Of
peace settles upon the heart, unlcllers the
thought, and cievacs the soul TO lis Gre
ator 1t is then that we behold The fa-
rent Of the Universe i'll his works; we
see his grandeur in the earth, sea, and
sky; we feel his affection in the emotions
which they raise, and half mortal. hall
elherealized, forget where we are, in the
anticipation of what the world must be, ot
which this lovely earth is merely the sha-
dow.-.niSS Porter.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-11-19

RErUDIATIoN.-Thc admirable letter
written by j. j. Spccd, Esq. against the
Infamous doctrine OF Reputation, (and
which we had the pleasure of presenting
to our readers some Time slnce,) has been
copied into the leading LONDON journals,
with comments highly comp. mcnlary.
It has had considerable effect in restoring
the confidence of British capitalists in the
faith OF Mary land
1t seems that there is = degenerate A.
mcrIcan i'll London, whe styles himself
~ MsSiSSippian,n who is cnGeavoring
to defend reputation. TO him the letter
of MIR. Speed was not, Of course, accepta-
BILE. He assaiIed it; but was promptly re-
piled 10 by writer who signs himself
"M Imericaa, but no Repudiaior,n in
which he saws: 9TH at letter, SIR, so full
of virluous Indignation against the Repu-
dating States and their abellers, was the
production of one OF the first lawyers in the
city of Baltimore. In it he dwelIs with
deep feeling on the disgrace nili cted ~pon
his country, and his own identify there
with; and, fron very late solourn III
Maryland, | can with pleasure avow that
his sentiments are responded 10 by every
minded, Memorable, and honest man
in the State"
There can be no doubt that the univer-
sal sentiment in Maryland is against repu>
daticn-and we are happy to say, that,
So far as we know, there is not a single
member Of the legislature who enterrains IA
different opinion The same views, there
fore, taken Of this subject in the letter of
Mr.. Speed, NAV be said to b c those Of TIE
whole State Ball. Clipper.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-11-19

BEAvrs rs embers attract straw,
so does beauty admiration, which only
lasts while the warmth continues; but viz
tue, wisdom, and goodness, like the load
stone, never lose their powers. They
are the true graces, which, as Homer
ieigns, rare linked and tied hand in hand"
because it IS ty their influence that hui
man hearts are so hrm y united to each
other. When it happens that graceful,
figure is the habraton OF a vir,uous soul
when the beauty Of the face speaks out.
the modcsty and humility of the mind,
and the business Of the proportions raises
our thoughts up to the heart and wisdom
of the Creator, something NAV be allow
ed it, and something to the establishment
which sets it off; and yet, when the whole
analogy is read, it will be found at last,
that beauty, like truth. never is so glori-
Gus as when it goes the plaines,.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-11-19


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