The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-03-26
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tuesday, MARCH &c, 1880.

VIRGINIA The election occurs in this State on
the Sd Thursday of April next More than the
usual interest is manifested in this election, stree
II will determine the amount of influence that Mr.
Rives will carry with him in his accession from
Van Burensm, and his future political destiny
If he falls, oc the brig htest will be struck
from the constellation of Virginia's many worthy
sons. Not long ago ho the idol of and fore
most the ranks of the Administration party, and
only left il when the Sub Treasury scheme was
brought forth embodying the main features Of its
financial policy. This he declared to be anti-re-
publican and feature peculiar to despo,ism-th
very shield and bucker of tyrants in the European
world. Yet the Administration labored necessarily
to win him to embrace that bastard child in
Republic-the sold Roman wrote TO him in adj
ulatory strains-Presldent Van Buren, profiered to
him high offices, and opened wide to his view the
door of political preferment; and, strange may
appear in the conduct of one who had been so long
the idol OF alteration in the party, he spurned the
golden PROMISES and exhibited TO the world the
rare virtue, in these days of political degeneracy,
of manly independence and incorruptible political
principles. He would not lift the axe TO hew down
the Tree of Liberty, planted by our fathers in this
western continent, and beneath whose expanded
branches their have found protection and pros
perity Finding all their efforts unavang, the
office holders torned upon him, and all, with
the malignant fury of SO many demented bodIamites,
denouncing him as federaiiSt and fool Yes, the
man whom they had declared to be of the firm.
est patriots and abest statesmen in the country
who had not swerved hairs breadth in his poli,i-
cal views, forthwith metamorphosed to fed
erast and traitor because, forsooth, he repudi-
aed, as destructive 10 freedom, the Sub Treasury
scheme
The abandonment of The main body of the Van
Buren, party fits political landmarks, produced a
division Of the party Virginia, and Mr. Rves
with his friends, will go into the approaching con-
ies, side by side, with the Wings. On the other
hand, Calhouns union with Van Buren, produced
a rupture in the ranks of the Wings, and some of
them, those who loved Cesar more than Rome fol-
lowed BIN into the camp of the spoilers. and fight
under the Notification fag-the Southern division
of the Administration party Thus the scattered
and broken elements of political parties in the
Old Dominion, go into the April contest. Some
uncertainty now hangs over the result, though it is
generally conceded that the Wings will increase
their number of Congressman at this election The
Richmond Wing assures its friends that the April
election will astonish the country by the splendid
trumpbs which the Wings and Conservatives of
Virginia will active. Pray, let us not be d:sap-
pointed--we shall enjoy such kind of astonishment
The Administration papers equally confident
Of success.
CoNrEcTIcUT In this State the annual election
takes place the LIST Monday of April "A Gov.
ernor 1t. Governor, six members of Congress. be-
sides other officers to be elected There are
three tickets in nomination--Whig, Conservative,