Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1849-07-12

more from necessity tnan OlherWlSe, llleTe UcInE
few men who do not shlrk its responsibilities il
they can, and this year especially, the mau who
was not pressed into it, is the man that ought
not to complain. As TO county committees, we
cannot speak with certainty, not knowing all the
men whose names appear. We are far from
| thinking that all these committees were made up
as they should have been. That never was done
in any convention and never will be. We see,
that in some districts and counties the commit
tees are all Cass men, while in others they are
two 10 one, and in others the proportion is the
other way. Everybody knows how such com
mitlces are made up aud that it is impossible to
have everything right,
The committees in Chitlcndcn and Franklin
counties, and the third District, in particular
were too hastily made up. We think haste, and
not design made The third district committee all
free soil men. II 80, the haste and inconsidera-
ton is to be deprecated We did not like Mut
a, the tme-we don't like it now. 1t was not
exactly fair. But then see Bennington Co. all
Cass men! SEQ the fourth District, two Cass
men to one free soil! The I'd District do! these
things, however, always will occur, and we can.
not, in this see cause for abandoning the party,
| Why, ave have suffered some in the democratic
party in this way!
The committees that we have named, as re-
ported in the proceedings, stand II Cass, II
free soil and 10 liberty, as Originally reported
IS Cass, II free soil and 10 liberty. Whether
or not, from this statement, democrats were
scarcely recognized in the organization Of the
Convention" as is said they can Judge.
We will add only a word more, and that is
this The convention of the 3lst OF May was
regularly called and holden democratic State
Convention, as regular as it could be and as
large us any ever holden, in ordinary times -
The excuse given by The men who left us last
year, for not abiding by The decision of our State
convention was that It's othon dWnOt SnH them.
The democrats did not deem that valid excuse!
they dono now, nor will they as applied to them
or to our friends this year. We consider the
convention egal-and shall abide by its action
as we have heretofore, whether we could say we
were satisfied with every thing or not If we
had any doubts about the course taken, at the
time, and We had and have had since, we are
now satisfied. When we find the Boston Atlas,
the Albany Evening journal, the New York
Tribune, ard such papers, arrayed against any
political movement we are satisfied it will not aid
The wing party, and with that kind of paper we
cannot associate. We counot play into their
hands by opposing a movement of a regular con,
ycnlion of our friends. We are satisfied that
ninety.nine out Of a hundred of all the old line
democrats Of the State approve and will sustain
the proceedings Of their convention Of the 3lst
Of May. We 20 with them, we have gone with
them good many years. They are men who
have their eyes wide open. lf,here is anything
wrong in our course they would have seen it be-
fore now They have pointed out the course
they think it best to pursue, and We shall not
leave them. We shall not aid our enemies to
whip our friends, even il wc DON'T think our
friends quite perfect.
Bat as We before stared, no one in our own
county (whigs eXcepled) finds fault with the
proceedings of the State convention. And from
the above statement of facts, and tho position
Of parties, VIC see no reason why any old demo
Graf should complain
The charge that every distinctive principle
Of the democratic party was abandoned" is
equally as eroundIess. 1t vas agreed in the
Union convention that all the old issues were
settled How settled Why, most assuredly
according to democratic policy, and il was re-
solved that there was no desire again TO cal
them up. II there was any thing in this thai
was tinc'ured with the Abandonment of demo
cratic principles, then We will own our incom
potency to yldge in the matter. If we have
n commended with man, and alter carrying oul
point, he pledges himself not to call the matter
up again. we should rot be much inclined tC
own that We had abandoned any lhng, nor dc
we think any one could charge that upon u
with very good grace.
AS 10 matters in our own county, we rear NJ
comploiut except from one town, and that come
principally through the windy channel of viii!
trumpe,ers, source Of information that canno
be very much relied upon.
The wings are very sure there are many "ol'
like democrats" who will never vote for tn,
senatorial ticket in this county, and are showing
a great deal of affection for democracy just u
this time No cat under the meal we con
clude At any rate, we trust that no demo
crat will be deceived by the "great white heap
, unless they wish to aid the wings in electins
such men as Scion Danfonh for county senator's
We stated, last week, that in our opinion, thu
ticket was good one and upon further consd
! GRAFTON we believe il to be the best that coult
haue been selected. What is said in relation
10 the State Convention is equally true in res
pect to our county convention. A large ma
f iori,y of old line democrats were in attendance
and for one, we are perfectly satisfied to b.
bound by the proceedings ANY one who vii
examine the proceedings carefully, will, if &C
qnainted with the names, discover that an equa
e proportion of odd democrats were on the com