The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-02-05
N,Nrv INDFPENDENcE. In the Fran

MANLY INDEPENDENCE. In the Franklin Re-
publican of last week tho only admintst alton pa
per in Franklin County in this State, we find the
following article. We glad some OF the presses
protesting to maintain Democratic principles are
getting their eyes open the tendency Of the acts
of Van Buren, and the leaders of his party. ii
there ever was an enemy to free principles we be-
eve him 10 be such, well his ptinc pal follow
srs We admire the fearless Independence ofthe
Republican. aud hope it will scorn :he "whips and
spurs OF the demngogues no attempt to decapi'
tate all who dare speak without first asking them
"POLlTICAL TWADDLERS."
Under this caption the burlington Sentinel %
Yesterday contains some structures, (inienCcd no
doub, to be Ctry sevcre) ON an article OF ours III
the last Republican, which demands s"mo notice,
'comIng as IT does from Pr9jGSSfd democratic
press but which said press we uniiesIiaiin2iy say,
has been for The last five years, is now, aud Is IKE
" in this Gls,ft HcubHs upon me c'h"crdl,c par
10, to the interests Of cqMc whose principles (
he estimated by dollars and cents, aud whose po-
lillcal chlcanery and knavery has become nutori-
Gus. only TO The party in this district, but
throug hout the state. Promising thus and to sub
slaniiate which we have abundant proof in store,
we again present the sentence at which the aw.
full Indignation of the Sentinel is aroused.
''About men there will be diversity Of opinion,
and consequently the support Of this or that man
for Office affords no test of political nuthordoxy
to the present incumbent Of the executive char,
there is a large proportion OF The Democratic party
OF This district, and indeed Of this State, who would
not support him for re, election -
The truth of the the first PROPOSE ion in the above
sentence no one will deny, whose principles are
not regulated and governed by the suggestions OF
interest, and who is nOt hackneyed in The mere
services Of party, and the illustration Of its
truth again reassert and aifirm.-tlat a Charge
proportion" If the Democratic party in Franklin
county would not support Mr. Van Buren, for re-
election we know to be true, and not only would
Charge proportion withhold their support from
him, but Ian &c majority of the Democratic party
in this county would do the
Now for the causes which have produced this
sut-a result which we opine does not affect this
county alone, but is felt through the district, and
to inconsiderable extent, throughout The State.
The Neutrality law of tho last session of Congress
it is well known was passed at the Suggestion q
recommendation Of the President making It as he
did the subject ofa special message to the two
Houses CT Congress. Without the aid OF that fur
Their enactment what power was exercised to sup
press all aid of our citizens to the Revolutionary
cause Of Canada? Witness the conduct OF Gen.
Wool on this frontier last winter. What power
did he not employ under the oid taao necessary to
carry into effect the views of the Executive? and
has the President made known the fact to The world
that Gen. Wool oyeTSepped the bounus OF
law, the duties assigned him Not
wordj heard the subject. Where
the necessity then, of the famous Neutrality
law? All the power which force could command, was
employed and that too approvingly, as we have ey-
cry reason to believe, under the neutrality laws as
they had existed since the administration of Wash.
ington and which had been found amply sufficient
regulate the conduct of our citizens in their nei'.
trail relations A 'arge proportion" of the citizens
of this county, the democrats inclusive, OF the dis
trict also, and we believe the State, view the Neu-
trality law of the last session Of Congress, recon-
mended and approved by the President as dis
grace to the Statute book of the the naton aud Tor
ourselves feel no conjunction, in placing the
responsibility of its existence upon the head OF him
to whom it Justly belongs. n ''large proportion
of the citizens Of franklin county, the Democrats
inclusive in the expressive language of a Memorial
recently adopted by an overwhelming public
meeting of the county ofSt Albans, and drafted
moreover by distinguished Democrat, view the
Neutrality law aforesaid Gas unjust and dangerous
to the rights and liberties of tho citizens of the U
for by the character of the times
and the position OF the country; That hereby the
natural and constitutional right of the people to
keep and bear arms-to exempt from unreasonable
search and seizure in their property, and from the
terror of excessive bail, all inIrnged and only
allowed at the discretion of executive and judicial
oficers;and as if it wero apprehended that these
Precsdented encroachments upon the rights of the
people might excite mistrust and alarm, the execu
tive is invested with the extraordinary power of
employing the whole Military and Naval forces of
the Union TO awe the citizens into submtsson,-or
in the mild words ofthe act, to Preuent its viola
ton.
The foregoing embraces some of the causes, and
we might superadd others, which wonld estrange