The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-09-05
t HE AG d..
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER ., 1914.

Mr. MISUNDERSTANDING that you migI
have small spark of old mother Eve
curiosity, to hear brief description ,
the great COon-centiOn held at East Der
nington on the 10th of this month, talk
the liberty to ask small space in YOU
columns for delincaton.
The ever memorable day was ushere
In with the dlscordant din of motley as
semblage of tin carts, auctioneers, fru
ana oyster Wagons, commi"ged wit
The deaicning shouts of multitude ma
with early debauch, and the excitemen
of expectation. The discord continues
until about noon, when a procession wa
formed to Partake of a good and substan
tIal dinner given at great expense by tn,
oillce cXpectants ofl}ennington Co. Af
ter the rcpast, they proceeded to tn,
stand, when Mr. Footc was chosen prcsi
dent ofthc day, and with elaborate skill
yet with over-action, and total failure at
tempted short display of his oratorica
powers on the announcement of his office
and though he paused at intervals for the
apPlaudng shout, yet it came from the
multitude, faint as the echo of distant
silence. At the conclusion of this at
tempt at stump eloqucncc, a murder pro-
noting song was given by the Algerinc
mlnslrcls, which threw the Hon. prcsi-
dent of the day into such spasmodic cho-
kings of mirth that it was long before he
could acquire sufficient gravity to intro,
ducc to the audience the great Mr. Phelps,
Senator from Vermont, who laborod for
the space of two hours in vain calumn-
Gus assertions, against Jimmy Polk, las
he called him, and the democratic party,
every charge so false and barren ortruth,
that the Hon, gentleman himself, dared
not bring forward single item of proof
lie, (Phelps, claimed for his, the wing
party, the honor Of connecting and pass
ing the iaril act now in operation, a
laIschood base rs the slandcrer who ut
tered 1t. lie also forgot to tell the hard
listed yeomanry of Bennington that the
very act now IN existence was passed by
democratic votes in the House of Rep
resentatves, and saved in the Senate on
ly by the casting vote of Silas WRIGHT
lie also asserted that the democracy to-
gethcr with their nominee, Mr. Polk were
the friends, and the only friends of the
act. In this the Hon. Scna-
tor stopped over; he proved himself be-
hind the times regarding the intelligence
Of the people of Bennington. They know
as well as himself that Henry Clay is the
father of the compromise act, they know
as well as himself that the great cmbodi.
mcnt of coon principles has said, "stick
to the spirit of the compromise act. DO
not raise the subject of protection which
had hoped had been put to rest. We
need no protection for the sake orpro-
Why think to gull the people
of Bennington; A poor compliment to
their intelligence to undertake to cover
up the truth with the dust and filth of cal
umny and ialsehood. Then came. for
lack OF argument, a labored and lengthy
TRADE against the abolitionists, ntcrmiy-
ed with the vulgarity of Fanny Wright
ism: and it is conceded fact that more
conversions from whiggery, to dcmocra-
cy were made that day than at any at
tempt ever made by the democrats them
selves, and the reason is plain they held
up their every principle before the peo-
pie, and like chaH they were scattered
before the wind. Other speakers were
present who assisted in wounding their
own cause, acting as did the Irishman
when caught adding the finishing stroke
to an expiring countryman. What are
you doing Pat' said bystandcr; sure
an I'm helping the Lord to kill Jamie! -
| forgot to mention, in Its place, the dele
cation from Arlington Tory Town, who,
to carry out the principles of 40 carried
in their front team drawn by twelve hor-
SEES, pole some forty feet in height. dec
GRATED with two live coons and Ian old one
and her young kitten; the eldest chained
to the pole six or eigth feet above the
young one, and a motto between. des-
crlptlve of the generating power and ca
pablltles of this kind of rarmint! As
soon as this delegation had made its grand
entire, an immense crowd assembled n
round the living prototype of wing prin-
ciples, when voice was heard aboye the
tumult, and on looking around it proceed
ed from an old democrat, f.. Rrownson,