The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-01-01

borders of our own. A company of Americans
could not muster in Buffalo, aud cross the lina
with the avowed design of levying war upon
Britain but each could cross separately with Il
gun in his hand, avoWing no hostile intention
for no law lorbi,ls it. We are not n lutte
surprised in reading such opinions from the
President.
The President says that American citizens
WHO aid The Canadians, will be " reproached by
every virttIons fellow CITIZEN This is from,
the pen of Mr. Van Buren, This from The pen
of one whom his pnrtiZans represent Us the
great champion Of republican principles And
| This 100 MS the Chief magistrate OF n republic
that claims pre- eminence in aguarding human
rights! We read it with pain aud astonishlnent.
Protesting to be thoroughly republican,, we
must say that never have our republican predi-
leciions been so shocked. If this be true, then
did Lafayette, and Kosci,isko, and Pulaski, and
Lee, and Stirling, and De Kalb, and SSteuben,
and the whole host of pure and gaan spirits
from other lands, who struck for the rights o.
man in our revolution, deserve the reproach of
| every viruons tellow.citizen Are not the Ca.
uadiaus conending for the very rights which zoe
asserted Do not the records of the British
Parliament tell the story OF their wrongs Have
not eminent British statesmen, in their egsla-
tive places, hurled the tlunders Of their eloquence
and their arguments against violation OF the Bril-
fish constitutions, by the colonial government OF
the Canadas2 Have they not warned the Br-
lls executive tnat the question between the Ia
nadas and the mother country was the old cues
ton with the thirteen colonies, and wonld have
the same termination Then if the Canadians
are cOntendng for our principles, and those who
help them deserve 10 Ire reproached Ivy every
vrluous fellow citizen" did Lafayette, our
naiions guest Aud so did all his mobile com
punOus from other lands
Does The Presjdcn, remember the enthusiasm
OF his couuryrnen for the Greeks ? Does he
remember that Howe and Jarvis and Washing
ton ventured lite in their cause cause, aud that
the two last expired upon their soil. martyrs to
liberty Does he remember Byron, son OF
that very Britain for whose constitutional lber-
~ the Guardians are now contcndmg? Then
let him remember thar, AS the chief magistrate
OF nation of republicans, lie has implicitly de
nounced these men TO the reproaches of every
virluouS citizen OF all public in the
world, Mr. Van Buren, should have been the last
to utter such language. Claiming TO be repub
lican, the champion of republicans,n, the Rep
resenlalive of political party protesting to be
eminenty republican,, he exceeds his official linn
its, TO cast reproaches, in an official document,
upon people contening for republican prin-
ciples'
We would call the Presidents attention to a
mother point. Where was his proclamation of
neutrality and his denunciations of criminal
enterprises to " the reproaches OF every virtu-
Gus citizen" when Americans assembled in
military array in the citytof New Orleans, and
proceeded To levy war against friendly power,
and republic too, amid Sdtutes from the public
armed vessels Of the United States