The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-08-06
To THE WING FnrEmEs OF CALEDONIA Cow

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To THE WIG FREEMEN CALEDONIA County
FELLOW CITIZENS Having noticed call Of
Wing County Convention to be holden on the 9th
day of August instant, for the purpose of nominal
ing two persons to be supported as Candidates for
Senators at the approaching Election, and suppos.
ing it possible that my name might be again pre-
scented to the Convention of the number
from which a selection should be made l take
this occasion to make known the resolution adopt
ed some months ago withdraw it from the list of
, candidates for a nomination. In doing so I desire
10 express my gratitude TO The Wing voters Of the
I County for the very generous and cordial support
they have given me when in nomination for the
two last years. gratitude not in the least dimn.
ished by the consideration that such support failed
O. Success. IL is honor enough for any man, nj
least it Is for me, TO have enjoyed the confidence
Of the intelligent and emil ghened Wings of Gale
donia County, md as have been long acquainted
with very many Of Won and know the soundness
Of your Political principles, hope l may without
any impntacn Of vanity declare my conviction
that If have in any degree deserved these marks
Of your esteem, il because l have adhered
firmly and w ithout deviation TO those great
servarve principles OF our Political system, which
you we'll as myself, believe to be the only safe.
guard and guarantee artha, system.
IL - IA eaiy IN Politics. morals. to turn a.
side from iho path OF duty and principle and wan
der, misled by false lights, into error and folly, and
not less psrnicous in the former case than in tho
latter. Mere popularity in either case is, to say
the least, not infaIble test of truth Dema.
sognes hare found it easier 10 fatter the PIE
judirrs md passions of portions of the community
than 10 reform and them or TO stand in op-
-"silIou 10 them. With such ii is useless TO asT;
what IL right The question is with them, bow
can et rcrs that exist be turned the best personal
account natural consequence is, not only error
but contradiction What is received today in
falliole truth becomes falsehood tomorrow. Per
hars of the deterioration OF the moraf
serse ola People can be found than the existence
of hagrant instances of sudden mut nIons, Drought
about without reason or argument but sofey oy
TIE 'orce OF party machinery. and the iniiue'ce "'
popular names, and affecting the great of
party. Take one instance among hundred in the
history OF The dominant party in the Nation for the
las, Decade. From being the satisfied friends of a
National Bank whole party mot indeed instantly,
but by no very long process, became the avowed
enemies of such an institution and the advocates
of the use by the Government of certain State
Banks as their ngents-nay the advocates of
fragrant violation of the public faith in the letter
and OF the Constitution, in spirit And If posteri-
~ should ask what could produce so great reyo-
luton, History will be obliged TO answer that e
few unprincped Politicians, desirious of terrifying
themselves in their newly acquired power sough.
TO give partzan character to an institution having
little connexion naturally with the party politics
of the Country Cotton Factory or n College,
and failing in this they sought to destroy what
they could pervert and to substitute in it's stead
system supposed to be better suited to their pur-
poses. But strange to tell, the new scheme in
less than two years abandoned with even
greater facility than the old ono. What a world
OF argument was made use of to demonstrate tho
superiority and practiabllity of the Depose system
and yet sooner did a few characteristic denunci.
atoms issue from the Hermitage, than the Leaders
wheeled and the mass followed. The whole
done with the celebrity of change of scene in u
jugler's Court. know not where to look in His
tory for parallel to this and similar mutations
except to the French Revolution-there examples
enough may be found. 1t ought in justice to be
observed that these party evouons were not made
particularly the last, from the State Bank to the
Sub Treasury system without the loss of consider
able portions o! their forces.
, The Conservative party-small in numbers as
yet, influential from the character of the materials
of which it is composed-is not likely to be dimin-
ished so long the obnoxioas SubTreasury scheme
shall be pressed upon che Nntion-nor while they
are made to undergofBe fires of party persecution
seven times hcated. Their frmness is worthy of