The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-10-14

Gcntlcmen, there is dGlcacy IN this case, be-
cause there il always dnlrncy and regret III cls"7
where public man feels Obliged 10 dissent from
his fieud' in opinion; b'.' There is nc cmbara"s-
n-nt--no embarrassment lTl see the path ol
dutv clear before me, | have that within me
which will enable me to pursue that path. throw
all embarrassment and hesitation To The Wud';--
"A public man has no occasion 10 he embarrassed.
Personally he il nolhiug--hs country Is every
ihinr;hn anus, shake oil all personal consideration,
look only to his duly and the good Of his country
abandoning ut once all thnsc selfish motives
which, according rs they are consulted or diSreg1r-
ded, mark him as IL great or MS little nan --
(GrCat Chccriq")
Fellow citizens, there are many individuals who
have found great deal Of fault with my remaining
ing in the Presidents Cabinet since ISL,
ana it is known to all that twenty years Of
honest, perhaps Inefficient, yet may perhaps say
not altogether undisngui,hed service in the Wing
cause, did not suffice to exempt mn from IN out
pouriny such as has seldom been Directed against
any one Ian little hard to be coaNed, and
great deal harder to be driven (haugltrl) shall
choose my own ground (chccrng) And lwnk-
ing YOU for the cordial supper! you have afforded
me during the last year that have served my
country in public station, Shall leave ito you,
aud to the nation, TO say whether the country
would have hccn better oll'if had then gone out
of office (Cries of ''nO--nO,' aud loud rhyrr|)
Gentlemen, | have no attachment to o'ice. /
have tasted IT'S sweets, hut have tasted also It's
bitterness. | am content with what haze achey-
ed; and would rather hold on To what have al
ready secured than run any risk for new acqGi'i-
tons in political disnciion,or new stations in pub
lie life (Appiansc,l
suppose, gcntlCmca, that orgh 10 stop here,
(crcs of 8" no, no, 20 on, 20 on'D but there III Il
,opia to which will a,luAn, vet no rrtigr lhNu
"a, -, ,Ip,rn,, rpuptrus IItys.f l.Tt
II very rcspccrahlc---a mos. respectable s%"uhy
Of whir gentlemen, hrd sOOc days since in this
rIacc, and they passed several important rc,on-
lions. There is no set If gentlemen in this Com
monwcaIh for whom, 81 fir az ! kuow l'nu,
have more respect They arc Whi.'--hrl they
are no better than J.; they have served in the
Whig ranks-so have !, Ms long, perhaps though
j, may be with less ability and success, They were
sent here, us supposed. by the gIca, body Of
Why's in Massachusetts, to mn';n nominations for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor of thn Com
monwculth, they had any commission beyond
that, it was not published, rthoy had any uu-
,horiry ofauy other porpou, was not orqnau
ted with il. Bat, after milking these nominations,
il seemed In mo that these gentlemen appeared ia
ccnScd Iit'c and it is certain that th'y Grr'Hr H.
ia one Of their resolutions, full, complete. aud H.
nal separation from the rrc+idcut, on hrh,r Of In,
- higs Now, if those gentlemen, saw e. 10 en-
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Whg--I always Will be- Wing; and il any one
undertakes to lurn me ont Of lhr pao Of To, y hi.
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matters "hl'h hNe ho' 'S'''" Nv ''''" '' '"'N
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~ thrCc years 70 COMO i'o'S '''. ,''o""'l n'no
that all Tie measures o. In9 iff5"'n' oI.'''''-
'Ia'lon are 10 DO 'ppo'Hi ny l'' wings OF ..'s''-
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ana II the irh''"po'' ~, u'pp""'! Ut '',oO5'' me
aclI'h NJ oUs'''', '"'l "'"N' NJ '''".'' '.''' 10
promote 'he"-'o o'''"' U'' n''4'''' "r III
stance or secure 'Na cGoN'l' 'i'"'.ar' we an 10
srPlrN'c rom nun III MS l'T'P' ~ 'H"' ElE
no too, ne direct. " r'N'" ol me VINCE cow-
mc'cml uIp'nh"ry ~ me Ih"'I S"''.' WIN ''S'
pecl to direct ana reciprocal 'f,dn' WN,h 50 "e'2'
" concerns our prosperity ana Wn'h Is nov 80
much sacrificed 10 DINER pn"''S-H'' we 10 sHw'
rate from him IN Tins, and To lead The opposing
forces ognlnSt hm' sly NJ, as'm Gentlemen,
look Mt this great question:
Are you aware and sec som, who arc-ho"
great proportion, more Than one ll'I, OF the cur
ryng trade between Hri@'I a"d HE United Smic',
i performed by tonnage h.'ongIns to the north oI
i,uTODr. in consequent Of tn I'll cons lHIrl, dis