The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-05-28

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MIR. GRoGAN's LETTER
We purposed saying something iur'"ei '"'
week IN relation to the arrest Oh 'a"hes '"
but he has hmselfmore than anticipated eVe' .,'"e
go oo,h have said on the subject, in the follow
ing letter
,ro THE CITIZENS OF VERMONT =
Fellow Republicans you have most of you seen
letter written by me to the Hon Heman Lowry,
Daniel Kellogg and Elijah Paine,in winch pledg-
ed my honor, provided they would put me TO no
trouble or expense, to appear at Windsor on the
2lst of the present month and abide my trial
had matters and things on their part been conduct
ed as had every reason to expect they would DE-
I should have most scrupulously and WhiihSy re-
deemed my pledge. But after having been arrest
ed and treated like h!ghwayman or a midnlsh,
assassin /; by men who came directly rom ana
who had been closeted for some time previous "
nav arrast with my enemies in Canada, and IN inc
the very tories who first pundered and robbed us of
all we had on earth, and then forced us out,-afer
all this consider myself entirely exonorated and
released from that engagement. Not that fear an
impartial trial that is exactly the thing l want -
and could be assured of that l would appear at
Windsor Immediately. l would by no means be
understood even to nsinuate, that it would be pos
sibe for Jury chosen from the freemen of Yer
mon, from the hard handed yeomanrY OF the land,
TO render partial verdict no they would most
certainly decide like honorable men, according to
inc eYlueHCe gwen tHetn III COURT DuL indTh NY
words, there is something unusual in this affair."
Her Maiestys officers daily subol nngawitnesses
for the purpose of swearing against me and the I'M
fortunate but innocent West Some are hired, 9TH
informed that unless they proceed,to Wind
sor and swear so and SO, they will Immediately be
imprisoned. Yes British gold and British dungeons
are used for the purpose of u6orning Witnesses
And in addition to all that and what is more sur
prsing still is The fact that subp1nas are issued to
which attached the names of the President of
the United States, the Hon. Roger B. fancy, Z.
t., H.. IL thaaa h
penas have been placed IN the hands Of the Mon
tredL Police OftcerS and those officers have come
into the U. S. and served them. And what Is still
more sickenlng TO every man of republican feeling,
and that which am sensible will chill the blood
in the veins of every true hearted Amercan-is tho
fact, that in connoxion with, and the same piece
of paper on which the subpoena is written, will be
found the following II hare to inform you that
your expense to Windsor and back aoiL be paid by
Her hajeSty's Government, and thai some one will
call on you about the 18th or 18th, and accompany
you TO Windsor.
:" Much, fellow Republicans, has been said about
British gold and British influence in the United
States. Can you be induced to believe that your
government will secretly combine and confederate
with the British TO prosecute, hGrrass aud Cypress
the unfor tunate Canadian refugee who for the high
crime of thinking for himself for speaking as your
fathers spoke, has been driven among ou,and whc
asks no more than resting place, home where
ho may enjoy the birth right of man Lives there
in this Republic an old fashioned patriot of Bunk
er's Hill and Bennington What would he have
SAID, Wnen ne neard OF Inc nOfriu DulcncTy OF "a
merlcan Citizens, of the cursed outrage upon his
countrys flag at Schlosser: had it at that time been
whispered in his ear, that before IL months eiapse
the officials (noi the peopie) Of the u s. would en-
into partnership with the blood thirsty Cobone
for the purpose OF prosecuting an unfortunate ndi-
vidual, who possessed sufficient of this world
goods to defend himself and his cause in Windsor,
against all the wicked Vaccinations of the British
Government, but who is now reduced almost to
beggary. Would not the grey headed patriot at
that time have turned from such information with
disgust !? Yet this is fact and fact that acW be
proceed to every honest man who will open his eyes
and read And beltHteing and humiliating as it
may be, fear 1t is all for the wretched and vain
purpose, of appeasing the wrath of the "hnngry
British lioness.' L am persuaded that the liberty
loving citizens ofVermont when they shall have
canddly examined the subject and ascertained that
the above is fact, will all one, cry out in 'he
language of one Of old. 'tOh that my head were
waters and mine eyes fountain of tears" that l
might weep over the waning and departing Liber.
ties for which my father fought on Bunkers Hill
and Bennington But when they come to know
as do, that this is part nershp affair that the
United States their part furnish the prosecuting
Attorney, the Marshal, the Judge the Court House
and the Prison, and that Her Males furnishes the
witnesses and the money, and compels them &c
swear she wishes, will they expect me to deiiv
er myselfup ander any such circumstances and
that too, after the conditions of my engagement
have been forfeited Why and for what purpose
this combination formed There is something
SO CLEARING in its very appearance that could
not be induced to believe it, did not hold in my
nal Subpoena, in the hand writing OF the very Pc
lice officer who into the State for the purpose
of serving it.
Am hi ghwayman 3? a robber or a midnigh
assassin and is it for this that the two Govern
ments have secretly combined and hunted me No
fellow Republicans! am charged with no such
crime. Why then, and from whence arises this
anxiety and vigilance The conduct of the Brit
ish government can account for, but must leave
that of the u s. for ADLER hands, for with me
acknowledge it IS aohotLy unaccountabte and to
fatally unexpected. Are the departed spirits of the
immortal sgners of the Declaration of lndepen
dence and the defenders of those principles, per
mitted to look from their seats in Heaven upor
the conduct, and INTO THE HEARTS ofthe men wht
administer the government for which they Tough
and died ?? Ifso they have already discovered the
secret of this affair and mourned over the unhappy
State to which the American Republic at this rate
is fast approaching. The blood thirsty Cobornt
has every reason on his part to be desperate in this
affair he did not look before he took his leap, hi
drove me from my home, before 1 charged
with the commission of any thing worthy o f arres