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But no sooner did I see the name of Mr 11 erv step and wherever it obtains the as MANCHESTER: TTJESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1830. flJn a part of last week's impression the Address of Mr. Brownson was repre sented as being delivered before tho Bill instead of the Temperance Society, The Hgehcer to disparage the talents of Mr. Skinner, fairly puts on the climax of their absurdity and servility to their master. "If Mr.

Skinner's services in Congress," say they, "were distinguished for speech-ifuing, let hira show the length, depth ond. VERMONT POLITICS. General State Meet ion first Tuesday in 4-f I sepiemoer nexi.j NATIONAL REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. For Governor SAMUEL C. CRAFTS.

For Lt, Governor, 0 MARK RICHARDS. For Treasurer BENJAMIN SWAN. For Councillors, Myron Clark, Bennington Co. Samuel Clark, Windham Robert Pierpoint, Rutland William G. Hunter, Windsor Ezra Hoyt, Jeuidiah II.

Harris, John C. Thompson, Geo. Worthingtobt, James Davis, Ira II. Allen, Benj. F.

Deming, For Rep. to Congress- Mdison Orange Chittenden Washington Franklin Orleans Caledonia -First District, HICHAHD SKINNER. JACKSON NOMINATION. For Governor, EZRA MEECII. For Lt, Governor, JOHN ROBERTS.

For Treasurer, BENJAMIN SWAN. For Councillors, Wm. C. Bradley, Windham Co. Heman Robinson, Bennington Barnard Ketchum, Rutland Eben W.Judd, Addison William Noble, Chittenden Benj.

II. Smalley, Franklin William Gates, Essex John W. Dajta, Caledonia Chapin Keith, Washington Lyman Fitch, Orange Joseph Scott, Orleans Job Lyman, Windsor I was once on board the British ship while on her passage from England to the United States we had a number of passengers on board, and among them several ladies. When we arrived on tne nanus of New-Foundland, the sons of the deity, whose wide domain had been traversed in safety, with a knowing wink met in the forecastle and conferred. Jiy a recurrence to the ancient legends, coeval with the common law, and, among them, of greater validity it was found, that so often as a landsman came in view of of the Banks, before them, he must produce a bottle of, old Cognac, or rum, as an acceptable sacrifice to Neptune.

The nature of the sacrifice was explained to the landsmen, and the greater part of the passengers complied with a requisition sanctioned by immemorial usage others refused, among whom was a little French professeur, and a female, tho beard of the former being the riper of the two. On the refusal of the refractory few, the seamen invoked tho God with sad complaint 'Oh omnipotent father, King of the ocean, behold tho rebcllous sons of 'lerra. who have dared to intrude into thy dominions, refusing to bend before thy divine altar, and to render to thee an accustomed libation. Their beards, Oh father, are long, uncouth, and indecent retained by them in defiance of thy laws, and in derision of thy divinity Tho hoary king of the ocean heard the invocation of his sons, he lifted his awful and sublime head from the bosom of the i a aI. aeep auenucu oy mo iriions, me ihw iudes and all the daughters of the azure ocean.

Ho saw his children, and thus responded to their complaints, through his brazen trumpet; 'Carry tnese impious mortals from my presence behold their beards, which they dare to retain despite of my authority. They shall be shav No sooner had he expressed his fearful determination, than he seized a razor and shaving box from his car, and ascended by the head-rails into tho lofty ship, while Amphitrite lit Id his finny steeds. His presence inspired the crew with awe and while he imparted his commands through his bellowing trumpet, they, and the landsmen beneath decks trembled. 'Bring hither that tub, and fill it with slush and The men obeyed 'Now bring forth the long-bcarded tribe one by Whetting his razor upon the gun-wail, ho proceeded to business first stating -that his instrument was manufactured in the caverns of by one of the Cy clops, and that though a little rough in the edge it would shave clean. Two or three underwent the operation tamely, and hit god ship seeing that the lady's chin was smooth, displayed his gallantry by letting her off with a lathering.

But when the little Frenchman was seized, he kicked and shouted to such a degree, that the very fishes dared to raise their heads above the water, in the presence of their sublime master and shed a tear of commiseration. Ah nion dieu! monsieur Neptune I no want shave from you; sare, I have some wife and little en fun at home, who will have no farder if you kill me vid dat iron hoop All his pleading was of no avail with streaming eyes, while a most unsavory smell from the lather entered his nose, he submitted to the ceremony. As soon as the office of the razor was finished, the god administered an awful oath to each, and then descended into tho 'vasty The secrets of the husiness are these one of the crew, who is the best calculated for drollery, it dressed in a fantastic and ridiculous manner, and with a speaking trumpet in his hand, personates old Neptune. He goes forward to the bow of the vessel, while these ho are to le shaved, arc krpt below, and dt-cends, until he has reached the water, and from thence ascends on deck, pretending to have emerged from the ocean, lie hails the crew with his thiiiipct answer is made, and mutual congratulation pass between his godship and the old seamen. He pro ceeds to order the requisite apparatus for shaving which generally coiimhU if a piece of iron lump, a competition fur lather nude ofMiudi and other ofhiive matters, and a tub of water.

The persons who A rtiu uu ftimii'u, are men brought on dect singly blindfolded. Those who have treated well, arc hhaved light, while moe wno arc reiraclonr are shaved hard Aft shaving, his proceeds to swear the novice to diverse singular observances, one of which is, that he "will never cat brown bread when he can pel hite, "The one shaved is then cmertrd in a tub of water, or has a bucket full from above, poured on his head, the frol-40 ends. fialtimore Afinerta. KefttscuTio or Axti-Marokry. When convinced holding erroneous tt- pinions and wrongful practices, it becomes a friirmn duly to renoucne such opinions, and anamifiu such practices.

And thai ihe antidote may counteract the bane, it essential, that their renunciation and a bandonmnnt should be as public, was the fart of their being cherished and pursued. Influenced bv these coniidenfimiav nd by a desire of retrieving whatever of injury ins lonner opinions may have done, uie miDscrmer reels constrained, thus pubhely, to renounce his allegiance to Anti-masonry. At the commencement of me AhU-masfime eruad in this region, be rxpoused the cause with ardor, bcliev-ing it to be the cause of truth and justice. ami pursued it with seal, till he became fcatified that its foundations are hollow, and il objects pure clfishnrs. Instead quisling animosities, and healing divis ions, andiiirthrrmff thJ Works of bnin.

me, its tendencies are entirely and uni- i. rmiy Pfiugwni. herverit appears, ,1 Tout and contention attend upon its y' Shaving on the Ska. a a. ueiore tne public, than out comes a cracking resolution from a knot of Jack sonians down south, disapproving the no mination.

I hope these exclusives will not break their hearts or heads because the people are inclined to keep the busi ness of elections in their own hands. But, Mr. Editor, I have seen nothing which caps the climax of absurdity equal to the tirades of nonsense which appear editorially in tho columns of the Bellows- alls Intelligencer, about these days. Can you tell who suggested the idea to tho editors of that paper that the nomina tion of Mr. Skinner was got up by the Jackson men of Windham county 1 Was it a Hartford Convention man, or some other like staunch supporter of the old in cumbent 1 I hope, Mr.

Editor, to have another blast from your Horn upon those two sapient hirelings, who cater up the weekly messes for the patrons of that pa per, Persevere in your straight forward course, and whatever may be your suc cess, you will have the consolation of ha ving deserved well of your country. A Subscriber. For tiw Horn ol' the OruaMouutuut. Mr. Editor, I perceive thai a writer in the "receptacle" down at my feet, un der the signature of "One of tho People," propounds a number of queries relative to Mr.

Skinner, among which I find the fol lowing-; "Did he, while member of Concim at i Irvine period. itanJ by hit country and maintain her right! in Uie hour of peril, or uler Toting for the wwoi lbli, uid when the queatiou cune up for making appropriation to carry on that war, did he not abfcnt hinueir, quit hit pott, and awefve from hit duty, at tim when a lUieitnao ihould eiercbed heroic virtue, for Utude and patriotism Now it happens that Mr. Skinner was not a member of Congress till the session of 1813-14 and of course he could not have had an opportunity of voting either in favor of the war, or the appropriations. It were almost needless to say, that the other queries of this One of the (who, by the way, had better call himself a pea-pole, and be off,) are in perfect accordance with the above. I know not which to blame the most the writer's ignorance, or his perversion of facts.

i 1 perceive, also, that a little knot of rush-lights have held a conclave and "re solved" to disapprove of the nomination I of Mr. Skinner. Methinks they would have shown their wisdom a little more, and their self-importance a little less, had they waited till they had been asked to approve of it. Moujit Axtuoxy. Bennington, 1330.

Mr. Purdy, Sir, Gordon Newell, Esq. ofPittsford, is nominated by the voice of a large num ber of the people of.Pittsford and its via nity, a candidate for the office of Councillor at the approaching election. It is believed that the well-known character and talents of Mr. Newell, throughout the State, will be sufficient, without further encomium, to entitle him to the confidence and suffrages of the freemen.

VOICE or THE PEOPLE. Since the above was in type, we have received a letter from Rutland county, re questing us to nominate Gen. Jonx Kel logg, of Benson, as a candidate for coun cillor. We perceive that Barzillai Davenport, Esq. of Brandon, and Elisha Ash- Icy, Eq.

are also in nomination, to fill the place occasioned by the demise of the Hon. Chauncey Langdon. Though our paper has a large circulation in that county, yet we would by no means wish to interfere in its local politics. A conven tion of national republicans is forthcoming at Castleton for the purpose of nominating a candidate to fill the place of Mr. Langdon, and we hope the freemen will abide by such nomination.

For the present, we have only to say, that either of the gentlemen named above would do honor to the station. We have received several letters from our friends in Windsor county, requesting us to insert the name of Job Lyman in our national republican ticket for Councillors, together ith that of Mr. Hunter. For Mr. Lyman we entertain the utmost per sonal respect, and we readily recognize the right of Windsor county to two Coun cillors.

But we believe Mr. L.f by his sinuous course as a politician, has lost the confulence of all parties and we choose to await some demonstration of public sentiment in bis favor, before we comply with tho well-meant iahrs of our friends. We hold it as a principle that the people of each county should Ikj at liberty to se lect their candidates for the Council, and that the other portions of the state should acquiesce in their choice. Barber, the anti, has taken a curious notion into his head. He seems to think that his silly attempt to minqxuAe and criticise ourrnnaiks, some time since, ha it troubled us exceedingly.

So it has, Barber it has troubled us to quote what a certain port said, when speaking of a rri-fio "Of all (he HUrmryfooW Brtd owr toll'v athoott, lie cut the atlltttt eaft." Barber has also likened us to a "certain animal," which, he says, wears "long cars." Does he mean himself 1 If so, we shall demur to the comparison. Stand off, boy we are willing you should rise in the orld but don't jump too far at a time. The communication signed Monfpel- ier" is omitted. The author can have our reasons by calling upon us. cendency.

incessant and extensive strifes prevail forcibly expelling peace and quiet, and concord, and happiness; Wherefore, know ve, that Moseley J. Ken dall, of Belchertown, in the County of Hampshire, do hereby deliberately re nounce forever, Anti-masonry, and all connexion with Anti-masonry as a party, and all fellowship with political disorgani zes. I renounce it as me noi Dea 01 violence, discord, and unmanly strife as the author of immense and various evils, and no good as the patron of sycophan- 11 A I. cy, meanness, anu nypoensy as uie prompter of discord, enmities, causeless iealousness. and cruel, and outrageous slanders and abuses as the crippled nob by of bankrupt politicians, and apostate moralists.

I renounce the mass ol Anti- masons, as deluded and infatuated men as men, blindly and zealously persecuting their innocent and worthy neighbors for opinion's sake as men ignorantly behev- ni2 themselves engaged in uoa's service. while heaping all possible ills upon the heads of their unoflemhng brethren as men who have incurred a most fearful re sponsibility for which they must here after give account as men, recklessly ac cumulating wrath asainst the day of i wrath. 1 renounce Anti-masonic leaders as time serving politicians, unprincipled apostates, and selfish and calculating dis organizes. From their patriotism, and benevolence, and philanthropy from their conscientious impulses, and deep anxiety to propagate the truth," diffuse light," and reform," the Lord deliver me. My opinion of Masonry has not chang ed.

I still believe it a useless and unne cessary institution, a compound of folly and wickedness, and if left to itself, it would sink by its own incumbent rotten- a it ness. The oioou oi martyrs nas ever been the seed of the church, so opposition to Masonry will surely perpetrate its fol lies and add to its disciples. As a matter of policy I believe all Anti-masonic efforts unwise and hurtful. The evils of Ma sonry, great and manifold as they may be. are infinitely less than the evils of i Anti-masonry.

Take all the wickedness of which Masonry has been guilty through the long course of existence, and compare it with the evils produced by Anti-ma sonry during its short reign, and it would be to them as the dust of the balance." When or where has Masonry arrayed father against son, and brother against brother 1 when or where hashe encouraged and supported itinerent libellers and slanderers of the worthy and virtuous when or where has she disturbed the qui et of neighborhoods, infringed upon the sacred privileges of the church, and usurped the rights of conscience and freedom when or where has she refused to lend her patronage and support to objects of benevolence and patriotism! A nti-masonry has dono mil this.and is still doing it. Wherever it goes, it literally sends not peace, but a sword. I would ask my late Anti-masonic brethren, to deliberate on their course, to pause and reflect before they proceed further in their mad ca- reer. And it may assist them materially in governing their future conduct, to coolly estimate the good they have achieved, the increased prosperity and quiet of our citizens, the deep toned piety it has infused into professors, the growing harmony of our churches, and the united zeal of people in prosecuting benevolent and patriotic enterprises. MOSLEY J.

KENDALL. Belchertown, June 21, 1830. Reformed Matt Bag. Header, we have a little secret to entrust you ith and we beg you to consider this interview favor on our part, and strickly confidential. We received a very curious document to-day on the same subject, and may by-and-by give you a glimpse of it.

It whispered, among the knowing ones; and Hartford on tho twenty third day of June last, which has not been found Now, although we know this to be true, we only tchinper it again to you, (knowing your discretion) beseeching you as it is a state tc ret, to wait quietly fur a signal from the proper source, before a noise Is made about it. Beside, this is only the twenty -fourth day that tho thing has Iwcn mining, and it is not yet time therefore that the world should be turned topsyturvy to find it. Something has already been done a letter from the post office depart ment here to each of those in Boston and Worcester has, we are posatively ass ur red been sky-rocketed to their destination, and promptly replied to and as no satis factory result has been produced by these miiiI'S, other measures of a more inquis itorial character it is supposed will ultim aUdy be taken, unless the missing party snoum ultimately surrender iiscii. ims is expected daily as its packet of newspapers and letters has by this time become stale and uninteresting otherwise, the grand searching-operation is to be gone through when the sun next crosses the equinox the most favorable moment it is said for taking rogues when, provided it can be accomplished without encroaching upon the present retail system of retrench ment, it will be advertised we must be sparing of our sixpences dollars will transplant Indians. As the plot thickens, we advise our friends who happen to have some interest in tne affair, in the shape of drafts, checks, better hnhen of bank notes, be.

4c and we know there are some to make a re quisition on their patience, for the present rememberingthat we confide to them a secret. flartfitrd Conn, Mirror. Fir at n. Two soldiers deserted from Trinidad, previous to the 1st inst. with a large canoe and several negroes, and were last heard of off Cape Cruse supposed to be looking out to take a swift schooner.

Spanish vessels bad gone in pursuit. in if to late hour at which we received the copy(j must excuse several other errors. The Hon. Heman Allen of Milton, has been nominated for representative to Congress in the 4th district, Mr. Swift, the old incumbent, is a very respectable man, and so is Mr.

Allen the people have an opportunity of choosing between a bank president on the one hand, and a Jackson man on the other. The Hon. Heman Allen, who, it will be recollected, declined the Anti-masonic nomination, having been very rudely at tacked by the Anti-masonic papers with insinuations and inuendos, has come out with the following card TO THE PUBLIC. It has seldom happened, I believe, in political warfare, that the mere act of de clining an unsolicited nomination to office has formed even a subject of complaint. much less, to have exposed the party to the ossest imputation and abuse.

Such however, seems to have been my unfortunate lot, in the affair of the Anti-masonic nominations for the office of Governor of this state, as appears by the above article alluding to an article in the Anti-Ma sonic Republican. coming, then, directly to the point. I declare without fear of contradiction, that botn tne nominations in question were made without my knowledge or consent. As to the first, meaning the nomination of last year I was not consulted at all, and as to the last, in reply to an inquiry on the subject, I gave not only a decided negative, but stated that if put nomin ation I should certainly decline. Here, 1 had very justly supposed, the matter would rest, and it was not until about a week after the adjournment of the convention, that I learned by the public papers that my name had again been brought forward.

Presuming that official information of the fact would be given me, i wauea aoout two weeks longer for that purpose, when, none having arrived, I lost no time in publishing my refusal. The insinuation that durin? this time I was settling preliminaries at Craftsbury, is alike destitute of truth, for it so happens, that after a visit to my friends at I-ra-sburgh, I returned to Burlington on the very day that the convention assembled at Montpcher, and have not since visited either Craftsbury or that part of tho state. It is my misfortune, perhaps, that I can neither claim the distinction of masonry or anti-masonry; but whatever my views on that subject may be, I trtint 'that those who best know me, will have some difficulty in believing that I ever could have imparted them thus unreservedly to a stranger. Unless I am greatly deceived in my own character, I am net much in Uie habit of intermcddlins in the affairs of others, having always found Afficicnr employment in taking care of my own. But these insinuations are in perfect good keeping with the absurdity and injustice that pervades the residue of the article, which deals in conclusions without premi ses, and scurrility and abuse ithout mea sure.

In hiking a final have of this subject, cannot repress a feeling of the deepest regret, that I should thus have bcea compelled to obtrude myself upon Uie notice of my fellow citizcns. Circumstances of a most extraordinary nature, and the vindication of my own character and conduct must be my apology, I came back to reside in my native state, with perfect good feelings towards all, which I shall still endeavor to cultivate so far as reciprocity and my own ideas of happiness will per mit. "We have done with this centhman say the authors of the article. If by tb term we, it is be understood either the individuals themselves or the party to which they belong, accept the adiev9 without any regret in either case, is an acquaintance I never sought, and feci no pndc in preserving; indeed, I very rcai.ly )iilj ilicnl all the advantage of it for tbry seem to bave ih me long before lever thought of uf ginning with them. HEMAN ALIEN, July, IS30.

Foreigx. The packet ship New York: arrived at New York on Tuesday forenoon furnishing London and Liverpool papers, and other advices, the first to thn 5h, and from the latter place to the 16th ult. uuui inclusive. The King rf England was still a)iri. On the 11th, a favorable change srems to bave L.ken place in bis health.

On that day it is mentioned tha he was able to walk acrojts his room, and the succeeding bulletin to the 14; the date of the last accounts, continue to speak favorably. ine news Horn tho continent is of little importance. No information had been received lrm the French expedition, further than it was detained at Majorca by contrary winds. The elections seemi to ah- oib all the attention of thn nemdfl rf France. They had not commenced, but both parties were in active preparation.

A succession of mobs and riots had taken place at Glasglow, Iwtwcen the Scotch and Irish of that city, in conequcnce of the fatal termination of the fightbetween iyrne and Mackay, which we lately mentioned. In one of the battles that took place, an inoffensive person was assaulted and murdered. The London Herald of the 11th states, that by documents in the library at Stowe the author of Junius bad been discovered. Lord Temple, who was killed by a fall from ahorse in 1775, is said to have been tho person. French expedition to Algiers.

Captain breadth of those speeches." There we have it, A man's talents must be estima ted just in proportion to the length and breadth of his speeches. This a kind of patent wisdom which very well becomes the Bellows-boys. No matter what a man is, provided tie can make a speech no matter what that speech is provided it has "length" and "breadth no matter whether it be a molasses speech or an electioneering speech, written off and franked homo. Real Bellows lode, No doubt the ghost of Mr. Hunt's famous molasses speech danced before the troubled vision of the Bellowing-editors, and help ed their tender faculties in the attainment of such astute political principles.

It was our original intention, so far as we were to be concerned in the nomina tion and support of Mr. Skinner, not to say aught against Mr. Hunt. We were willing the pretensions of the two candid ates, and the claims of the two counties, should be fairly weighed in an even scale, and that the people should pronounce their verdict accordingly. We did not wish to strip a single laurel from the brow of Mr.

Hunt but as his friends have seen fit to open the electioneering campaign by gross personal attack: upon ourscit, we shall not from telling the while truth, with our accustomed fearlessness and independence. When the stern man date of self-defence bids us apply the lash to those who make themselves our enemies, we are the last to shrink from the task and as the Bellows-editors very wisely remark that 'a man is known by the company he keeps," we hope Mr. Hunt will remember the stcry of poor Tray, and beware. For Uie Horn of the Green MounUiu. The Philisitines are out upon you, Pur- dy the minions of the purse-proud Duke of Brattleborough, through their Hartford Convention oracle at this place (who helps to drive the quill for tne Intelligencer,) are all frothing at the mouth and, as I believe, all on the point of going down the Falls.

It is altogether a bad affair for Hunt that he is cursed with the sup port of the Hartford Convention Intelligencer. Persevere in the work you have begun hang out your hanner on the outward walls let the people under stand the nature of the influence hich chains them to the Car of Aristocracy, and be assured they will rise like Hydras and assert their rights. Skinner is fast gaining friends and supporters in this quarter. The attempts to disparage his talents as a statesman will not go unless they go back upon those that make them. The people look upon Mr.

Skinner as the pride of our judiciary bench as the honest and undeviating republican. Though your paper stands single-handed in the cause, yet persevere, and the victory is yours. Bellows- alls. The smutty-faced and filthy-fingered editors of the Bellow-Ws Intelligencer, came out last week with several columns of the grossest and vilest personal abuse towards the editor hereof. (Boy, bring hither our old gloves we shall have to handle the dirty chaps.) After calling us names with variations, such as Neddy, Master Purdy, and Ned Furdy, no less than fifty times, these fool-hardy offscourings of the political pot (no matter what they are no matter whether they came into the world by chance, or were thrown into it with a pichfork they are still the same,) wind off their rigmarole by dubbing us an "Enquire." They even accuse us of calling them "dogs" and "negroes." This is an absolute falsehood we defy them to point out a single in stance of the kind; we would not disgrace a decent dog by likening them to him or him to them and we believe no sensible negro would stoop to lick the dust with worms so vile.

Furthermore, these Bel lows-Fools express a wish that our name should be known without the limits of Manchester jail-yard." We thank them for the kindnsss. We never yet happened to be troubled with a "jail-yard," but presume we are not half so ell known without as they are within. We infer this from the fact that we might expect just such insolence from a pair of vagalromls who had been half a dozen times spewed out of a priiton-houfle, as a disgrace even to that common receptacle of infamy and crime. But for this week we have done with the Intelligencer. Here, boy, take a couple of chips and throw the nasty thing out of the office.

For Um Hnra of the Utit Motmttim. Mr. Editor, I was much rejoiced when I saw the name of that stern and long tri ed Republican, Richard Skinner, announ ced as a candidate for congress at our approaching election believeing that the people of the district would also rejoice in tho opportunity ol senumsr into tne conn cils of the nation one of their worthy sons, vbo would place our district on an eleva td standing with any in the state. Nothing goes more to show the appre hensions of the friends of Mr. Hunt, relative to the success of their candidate at the forthcoming election, than the false impressions which they are continually endeavoring to set afloat respecting Mr.

Skinner. At one time, they (through their organ, the Hartford Contention said that Mr. S. wis first got up by the Jacksonians. This assertion would not go they knew it to be false when they made it.

Their next device is to wire together an anqtomy of a letter, peirporting to come from a gentle-! man in this county, but which, ten to one, was manufactured within the precincts of! Bellows-Falls village. We shall tear offi your masks, gentlemen, and expose you naked ugliness such pitiful devices i rrnts That in your (wmeiiU ill opts in ipite of jon, Through whkh the wcD-diractc4 tjt Bay Tht rottniMM of your hearte. This letter is almost made to say that Mr. Skinner will not consent to stand a candidate. We should imagine that the an.

thor was a hangcr-on for Bank indulgence so, probably bis purpose is accomplish, ed, and he has the reward of bis toil. It would be a libel on the good sense of Mr. Skinner's friends, to endeavor to refute a letter which carries such a palpable ab surdity upon the face of it. It is with the same spirit that the "five and twenty editors of the Intelligencer' (including the Cook and the Taybr) labor disprove the just claims of this county; linnn tltn Arm F- Th(7 MX lhc representative of Windham county is emphatically the re presentative of Bennington." This logic will answer very well so long as Wind ham retains the representative but con cede the right of Bennington, and the tone of these Hartford Convention exqui sites would change with the first Mind. Would Windham county consent that Bennington should retain the representative for twelve successive years 1 The idea is preposterous enough.

The truth is, Bennington county has so long conceded to Windham in this particular, that the Aristocracy of the latter claim the representative as a right. Of equal imbecility is the attempt of the Bellows-editors to misconstruct our language, and draw therefrom an inference that a man's ivealt is an argument against him. This is, at bent, a forced construction of our remarks. It is only where a man abuse his wealth for politi cal purpones where he holds controul o- ver a monied institution, and stoops to favoritism in order to forward bis political views that the influence of wealth is so much to be dreaded. Yet we Would not go by the contrary principle, and predi cate a man's fitness for office upon his wealth alone.

Every one who knows the circumstances of Mr. Hunt'i first elec tion, will understand this allusion. Had it not been for his wealth, he would not hare be6 even thought of a Representative to Congress. His friends would as loc-ntbo't of running a lame horse against the old Eclipse, as of urging the pretensions of Mr. Hunt, hnd he been wanting as much in money as in talents.

The attempt of the editors of the Intel-.