The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-05-05
THE GOLD spoon CANDIDATE.
REPUBLICANS LOVE GOLD Globe

THE GOLD SPOON CANDIDATE.
REPUBLICANS LOVE GOLD Globe.
"Mr Van Buren, is evidently vain man, and his
vanity lies within narrow circle. He is fond OF
pomp and show, and the tropplngs of power, as all
his actions declare. He dresses in the height OF
fashion, and his equipage is the most magnificent
that dashes through the Avenues OF this magnlh-
cent city, His public dinner parties are also spen-
did beyond description The table Is tricked our
with all the ornaments that the richest jewellers
can produce. The center is garnshed with pyr-
amid Of fantastic finery: and complete ser0ice IF
PLATE has RECENTLY BEEN ADDED to the
furniture of the White House, to dazzle the eyes
of visitors This seroce comprises knioeS forks and
SPOONS OF GOLD-diSheS Of g0td, and arms Of
goid."-Letler from Washington.
Brother Working Democrats. The times appear
to be somawhat hard, considering what we used to
have in former days, and for ought can see, they
are growing every day. The traders COM
plain that they do nothing to pay their expenses.
the master mechanic having no jobs on hand can
not employ his journeymen, the farmer gets hardly
enough off his farm to pay taxes, The manuiac,ur'
stopping their works. and there is feeling
of dependency and anxiety in the community.
Such state ofthings has hardly been known in
Massachusetts since the hard money days of Shay $
Rebellion, when the country was left in an inn
pover shed condition after the close ofthe ReVou'
ton. fit were not, that our good Democratic
frlendS In the custom llouses ana othei VI CHcio
Sans folks were in Hourshing way, might
say distress was general But as they seem 10 make
no complaint about the times except that they think
that the currency of the country is bad, IL that we
ought 10 have more gold and silver, do not know
whether wo ought to find any fault ourselves 1t
is true, when we willing to labor, in order to
get bread for children, it seems hard that we
cannot get employ ment. I his fine country
4 ,o. Ioal
for US, but Uncle Sam men tell us, that we are
getting too 4ristocratic and that it would be more
Democratic to become poorer by getting less wages
for work, and eating and drinking less They
say we arc getting rich too fast, we build more
houses, manufacture more goods and get more EN-.
ploymeut and pay than good for u.s. They
complain of the Banks for lending enlerprsing per-
sons money to employ in business, and think the
Banks ought to be broken up, and the gold and
silver in their hands for safe keeping, swhere it
would do no mischief This, they say, is the true
Democratic doctrine, and if carried out will make
us Aourishing and happy, the laborers arc in the
old country, where the Government takes care Of
the gold and silver, and shilling day Is all the
people desire
Now perhaps this is true, and that tho old coun-
tries are more Democratic than have supposed
same thing in the Revolution They thought that
we were going ahead too fast, that hair ,oas
getting to long, that trade too extensive,
they employed the Custom House officers here to
manage for US (which theorigin ofthe Tea Party
that we have heard sd much about. The truth is
Custom House officers, Government contractors
&c from the nature of their employment are very
much interested in the prosperity of the laboring
casaea Thev nd rions class Them.
selves. and know more about hard work than the
common people; for what laborer mechanic
would get any thing to do, if it was not for Mei,
patronage? And they all such sound Demo
Gratis and make such sacrifices for the good of the
country. This is the reason, suppose, that we
make them our leaders, and induces us to considc,
what they say to be law and gospel. The Democ.
racy of no ma n can be doubted when he gets good
pay for supporting his principles, whereas, when
we see man who claims to be patriotic without
receiving any money for it, he is certainly an OBJ
j ect of suspicion and should not be trusted The
Wings call Government officers 'Ressians' as il
they fought for pay, and Treasury newspaper, q
Hessian print. This is wrong. These people are
thinking only Of the good of their country, of what
is best for the poor aborers, and nothing ofthe pay
they get from the Administration They are
Democrats merely from abstract love of De.
mocracy-Democrats in the gain, and it is 20 more
than light, that the working people should be idle