The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-05-08
From he Mem York E1prCsS, RPr1 70.
A FRIGHTFUL ACT

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tho Loco Loco party in this clty--they being men
who neither believe IL God, nor IN ihe sahcuy VI
an oath, aud who, therefore, wllhout "es't'.','
have STIMULATED weak dcuded men, no" " "oN
md now by all the ING ENious coNrlVVANoEs " |
,Vvt,rry 10 commit the most HoNitlD PERJUihs'
We shuddeI Mt these atrocities, winch are SINKING
Ne,v " ork TO The level Of SUdon and tom orfah
,d ,,,less he citizens of ill parties mite to put
, =" lion, the like awful doom that fell upon
tbosa cities now sunk in the Dead Sea, must await
us here; for The vengeance ct the supreme beng
cannot be averted from people who tolerate mock
cry of His name, and who intoXicnte mon put 10
1eolpt them 10 shocking perjury,
In MI these remarks let it he understood, mat we
do not include the whole Tammany party as party.
We know men among them OF honesty, purity ana
nrincinle-but upon many Of their active orators,
their electioneers, their drummers'up at the pols-
the soul and body of their party the Loco focos
ofthe Park, now triump hant in Tammany Hall, we
hur ali these accusations of Infdelity Agrarlanism
and Perjury -Sodom and Gommorrah were never
cnrsad Win snch a set of men. They are the worst
orthe worst of the European school that Kobesperre
trained and Marat, and Danton, and Tom faine lea
on TO the deuge of Paris in blood; and II they are
rsrnited to lead on and influence great party IN
This city they will as is their nature, re'enact tue
revolutionary orgies here 1t may be SAID ny some
of the honest of the Tammany party, ihat th"se
Infidels have sway with them,-out what Is inc
fact Who their orators
The respectable, the thinking, the long se'ttvo
Foreigners detest this perjury and fraud as nearby
as the native Americans; but suoh men as Daird'
fresh from sea, are caught up by the managing
Radicals from Cripplcgate, Bllllngsgate ana view
gate, and tempted by those who mock at a DEITY
and an oath to defy both in the presence OF heaven
We see thus, that perjury has been mace business
of,--that bands of perjured men nave Degn organ
ised-and perjury alone swelled the Loco Foco vote
TO lis present magnitude If for political purposes,
these enormous crimes are to be tolerated, society
NAV as well be abandoned at once, for every thing
is to be chaos-Onr witnesses IN courts Oh law, inc
oaths of our Lesslators-t the Bible-even the forms
of religion may as well be abandoned, under such
supendous mockery Of all the sancnties OF an oath
at the PoIls-wherc in fact is the toeH the oTtSsndt
fo,nt of all the laws and liberty live under, or
The Constitutions that embody the governments that
make these laws. In fact perjury at Inc fois Is
greater crime against society than perjury any whore
else and therefore, in this country, on account OF
its power and danger, it ought TO be visited with al
the penalties incurred by treason for treason 1t is
to the State and the Laws.
From the New York Transcript
Loco Foco VoTERs-TEE WAY TO MAKE THEM
Yesterday morning man named Samuel Bard,
native of Londonderry Ireland, while walking on
the battery with his clothes in rags, was observed
TO have in his possession new pair OF seven dollar
boots and pair of new pantaoons, winch contrast
ing rather singularly with the dilapdated state OF
his wardrobe, induced the belief that they must
have been stolen.In consequence of this suspicion
Baird was arrested and conducted TO the police Of
fee, where a witness soon appeared VINO deposed
that the boots the property of Mr. y. Packalan
No. z Wall street, were worth So, and had been
stolen from his store the morning OF yesterday
Baird was then sent to Brdewell b..
There IN the presence of ourself and several 9th
er gentlemen, he voluntary stated that he was the
son of a tallow chandler and soap maker in London
derry that he had good education, as his language
proved that his elder BROTHER having failed for a
large amount, had involved his father for oOOO
pounds, which had ruined him and also all the fam
iIy; that with 179 other passengers he came over
hither in the ship Ontaria in August last, landing
in this city; that with about 40 of his countrymen
he went to work some three months since at the
Crnton water works. where he remained I'D to the
time of orr charter election.
That during the election, Mr.. former
1y grocer in this city, now a contractor or over
seer at the water works induced Baird and about
40 of his companions, most of whom arrived here
Also in August last, to to the city to vote the
Loco Foco ticket that they accordingly came down
in a steam boat, were furnished with lodgings for
the night, by him found, and then under his drec-
lions were taken TO the 9TH ward poll where under
the advice received they swore in their votes for
Varian for Mayor, and the other members of the
same ticket.
They were then taken by the same man to the
18th ward poll, where under the advice of the same
leader they also voted, all ofthem swearing in their
votes for the Loco Foco candidates. The most of
them then returned to Westchester to resume their
daily tolls. Baird, however, poor fellow, having
been well fed and feased at the election, returned
to this city on Sunday last, and yesterday, as
above stated, found errng against honesty and sent
TO prison. where he now is. The name of the man
who suborned to this wholesale fraud and perjury
is in our possession but for the present forbear
to givei
The New York Courier states like facts, and gives
the name OF the Contractor at the Water Works.
The Hon. Thomas II. Benton, in his speech on
the Sub Treasury Bill, denounces very bitterly
Nick Biddle and the Philadelphia Banks, because
they are opposed to premature resumption of spe-
Gle pa yments. He thinks it very derogatory to the
honor of those institutions thus to act, though
it be to shield themselves against the hostility OF
the administration. What, then, shall be the vor-
dict against Thomas Fl Benton, himself being the
Judge for his uniform refusal TO pay has debts,
in Bank Rags Nay, for his baseness in pleading
his privilege member of Congress, to nonsuil
an honest mechanic, whom he thereby defrauded
of the coach which conveys him to and from the
seat of government? If Nick Biddle be censurable
tor suspending specie payments, in order to shield
the country from overwhelming calamity, and in
good faith to redeem all his obligatians what de
nunciation too harsh towards him who
pays Of his debts' him who deliberately swim
dies his coach maler,-who collects and squanders
the pension of the revolutionary soldier and wht
Iobs the widow and orphan of tho bounty of their
government? If the Missouri Senator could inter
rosa tho niea of youthfIl indiscretiop in rafar