The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1843-02-17

II il n fact generally conceded that the great
minority of the people Of Vermont are democratic
in feeling while at the same time it il equally
tue that their rulers are, and have been Tor years.
arlsocralc, both in principle ard practice, Tint
such is the disposition Of The rrascnt ruics Of the
State is ahuntantIy eyncch by the language used
by the present Governor in his las, annual mes
sagn in relation 20 the suffrage men Of Rhode Is
land, and the great principles Of popa}ar liberty,
"a also from the di.gGs!u manner in which the
nr,locn,s of Providence recently manifested their
appreciation Of the doctrines Of that message. BIT
the most promincn, and d!gracclal evidence which
has yet been exhibited, is the degrading course
pursued BY Col. Paine in his Intercourse with the
A'sorino+ Of Rhode Island, Who would have be-
oyud l!m. man occupying the crfcuijrc chair Of
the democratic STATE Of Vermont coO'd 80 rlr for
get the dignity Of lis station the honor If his
State, aud the doctrines and principles Of her Con-
,t,u,an, the which he has so'eunly sworn to sus.
tain and regard AS to associate himself with, and
receive the carcsscs Of hins, who has usGrpcd the
goyenEucut Of sovereign State agrins, the ihrice
! expressed will Of her cili2ans, aud who retains
his position only by the pycpcndemnce of The pow
or Of wealth agIicst justice and constitutional
nshi. Can there be loUnd in the Mountain State
one Of her noble sons 50 rccrcanr to hr principles
of our revolutionary ,res, as no; 10 rccci with
coulrupl ut the idea that their ciief magistrate
should be found arm Ia arm, chanting to tie sound
Of The yiol,wiIh such graccless aislocut rs Sam
ucI ". King whose garments are stained and whose
hands are sj dipping with the blood Of the no
sb,est republicans Of the SIatc,--ihe wretch, who
practising upon the doc'rinc,lha mighi girci right
has imnurcd in lolthcsoalc dungeons, wiihou,
food or fuel scores Of men b. far more worthy,
honest and honorable than himself for no other
crime ihln vcn'orng to assert the tight, which
God and the Constitution has given ihcm' Would
to Cod tint the spirit Of Ethan might be permitted
10 reyi,i; The scenes Of hj' mortality and spend a
nigh, at tie Palace in NorlhGc'tl
Du, we have still another c,lcrce. Of the anti.
democratic principles of the wing party in YER
mont which is too conclusive 70, contradiction -
/ 1t hls already become matter Of history that 4
council Of Ccnsors composed entirely Of wings
who were nominated by Il political catcGs Of that
party, during the year 1871 proposed to the free
men Of the State certain amendments 10 the Con.
sliiuiion, among which was proposition to elect
the State. Senators for three years The reasons
assigned for this proposition nrc, Is, Tha, too
much power is vested in the hands Of the people
/ in the persons Of their immediate Representatives
I'd ] lat the Senators should he rendered more in
| dcpnnacn, ofthc people, and Sd That that body
should he rendered permanent,
The FIRST Of these reasons il precisely that urged
/ by the Agerincs of Rhode Island, to wit that the
people were entitled TO no redress Of grievances
but by the consen, of the Office hoiJeJs or in 9th
or words tia, the creature should DC exalted above
the creator The second reason results in this,
that the memhcrs Of the Senate should not be nc.
cOunlahle to their constituents, thus virtually teny
ing, (iikc Mr. Rarnard ofN. " the rigt Of in.
struction and would render the will Of the Senate
paramount TO that Of the people. The thid rca-
son squinis directly at Senate for life aud would
thus engraIt upon our republican Constitution the
most obnoyions germ Of .Nonarc6y. These in
deed are the very doctrines urged By Alexander
Hamilton and bis co7djuors Of the OH Jeicral
pariy in the formation Of the constitution Of The
general government, and Senate for life was
most s'rcnuoasly insisted upon.
But the council proposed another amendment,
TO wit that the Judges Of the Supreme court should
hold their Office for s'rei ye1rs which proposition
was also based upon the same ultra federal arru.
ment viz: That they may become 1xDrrrHprSr
of the PEOPLE. Thus This federal council held
session after session and labored intensely TO re-
establish the longago-esplodrd doctrines o.; primi.
I've federalism. 1t could hardly have been sup