The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-09-19

'"t'" tho ouHCtulll SdlClOrUln OF American
glory; and the kingly blackguards through
ont the whole world are pointing the fin
ger of scorn at the boosted "asyIum of lh,
oppressed" and kissing at American
statesmen, as genilemea ragabonds anc
murdercrS, holding the olive branch o
peace in one hand, and the pistol of dealt
in the other! We'll might the Savior re
buke the heads OF this nation with no ante
seribes, PhariSecs, hypOcriieS, of the Uniet
States government, and Congress, with ;
few honorable exceptions, have gone the
way OF Cain and must perish in their gain
sayings, like Koran and his wicked host
And honest men OF every cline, and the
innocent, poor, and oppressed, as well as
hea,hens, pagans, and Indians, every where
who could but hope that the tree of liberty
would yield some precious fruit for the
hungry human race, and shed some baImy
leaves for the healing of nations, have
gwen up all hopes OF equal rights, of JUS
tlce and jud gment, and of truth and virtue
when such polluted, vain, heaven daring,
bogus patriots, are forced or flung into the
front rank Of government, to guide the
deStlnes of millions. Grape the heavens
with weeds of wo; grid the earth with sack
cloth, and let hell mutter one melody in
commentator of fallen spendor! for the
glory of America has departed, and God
will set flaming sword to guard the tree
OF liberty, while such mint-tithings Herods
as Van Buren,, Boys, Benton, Calhoun and
Clay; are thrust out of the realms of virtue
as tit subjects for the kingdom of fallen
greatness; roc roprobi, ror DiaboW In
your late addresses to the people of South
Carolina, where rebellion buddcd but could
not blossom, you "renounced utraism,"
thigh tariff and almost banshed your
thanking system, for the more certain stan
dard of "pubIic opinion" This is all very
well, and marks the intention of poIlli-
cIan, the calculations of demagogne, and
the allowance for feelings of shrewd
manager, just as truly as the wealhcycock
does the wind when it turns upon the spire,
Hastings for the south, barbecues for the
west, confidential letters for the north, and
"hmcrican System" for the east.
"lnlla,by baby upon the tree top,
And when the wind blows the cradle will rockm
Suppose You should also, taking your
"whoIe lite, character and conduct" into
consideration, and as many hands make
llgn' work, stir up the whole "Clay party"
the n, Republican parly,"IIigh Protective
Tariff party" and the late coon skin par
ty, with all their paraphernala, aliraism,
nc Plus "l'0ism, sine qua non, which has
grown wl'hyour growth, strengthened with
Your shrlnkagc, aud ask the people Of this
enlightened Republic, what they think of
your powers and policy as "A slatcsmani for
verify it would seem, from all past remains
OF parties, poItcls projects and pictures,
that You are the Ciay aud the people the
potrs; and as some vessels are married in
the hands of the potters, the natural con-
cluslon is, that yoa are a resSei Of dishon-
or.
You may complain that a close examin,
alton of your "wholc life, character and
conduct" places You as Kenluckian
would pleasantly term it, Gin bad fix"
but sir, when the nation has sunk deeper
and deeper IT. the mire, at every turn of
the great wheels of the Union, while you
have acted as one of the principal drivers,
1t becomes the bounden duty Of the whole
as one man, to whisper You ON
every point government, to uncover every
act Of your life, and euqnire what mighty
acts you have done to benefit the nation;
how much YOU have tilhed the mint to
crafty your lust, and why the fragments Of
your ralment hang upon the ,horns by the
path, as signals to bewarc!
But your shri0kagc is truly wonderful!
Not only your banking system, and high !
tariff project, have vanished from your
mind "llke the baseless fabric of VISION"
but the annexation of Texas has touched
your pathetic sensibiilies ofnational pride |
so aculely that the poor Texans, your own
may fall back into the ferocity
Of Mexico. or be sold at auction to British
stock jobbers, and all is well, for II, the
Did Senator from Kentucky, am fearful it
would initiate against my interest in the
north, to enlarge the borders of the Union
at the south. Truly, "a poor wise child is
better than an old foolish king, who will
no longer be admonshed.' Who ever
heard of nation that had too much terri
toryl Was it ever bad policy to make
friends! Has any people ever become too
good to do good! No, never, but the am
bltion and vanity of some men have flown
away with their wisdom and judgement, and |
left creakng skeleton to occupy the place
of noble soul.
Why, sir, the condition of the whole
earth is lamentabIe. Texas breads the
teeth and toe-nails of Mexico. Oregon
has the rheumatism, brougHt'on by the hor-
rid exposure to the heat aud cold of British |
and American trappers; Canada has
caught bad cold from extreme fatigue in
the patriot war: South America has the |
head ache, caused by bumps against the
beams of Caiholicity and Spanish sovereign
ty Spain has the gripes from age and in
QUESTIONS; France trembles and wastes under
the effects OF contagious diseases; England |
groans with the govt, and wiggles with
wine; Italy and the german states are
pale with the consumption; Prussia Poland. |