The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-02-25

G5We received day or two sllce the follow
ing interesting letter from very intelligent gentle
man in Ohio, who is very favorably known to most
people in this vicinity. The information he gives
10 amply confirmed by other
Mr. CHADwicK:-DEAR SIR-I trust you will
pardon me for taking this method to give you an
inkling of political feeling in the Buckeye State.
MY apology is, the interest which 1 feel in CON-
mon with every true lover of his country, in the
coming presidential election, and my pride in being
a native of one of the Staes Of the Union which
has never suffered its escutcheon to be soiled by
Van Buren, misrule. Yes sir; who would not feel
pride In being native Of State that has re
manned unscathed. Vermont is the oasis in the
political desert; the cynosure of political liberty;
and to her is the eye of the patriot turned with par
,icular satisfaction. But sir, can you the
West is coming. The Log Cabin and Hard Cider
candidate. the Hero of Tippecanoe, is throwing
terror into the Van Buren, ranks, that they have
known before, will venture to say, at least
in this State 1t is admitted on all hands, that there
was before known much zeal among the
Wings, at the present time. 1t is not a momen-
tary efervescence that will subside; but deep
and powerful current of public feeling, that will
subsde till revolution is wrought in the
administration of the government. 1t is not polti.
dlOHe VINO are cut the people
tho very bone and muscle moving. The
paralizing and ruinous effects of the ignorant
pering with the currency, by the party now in pow
er in this State, is beginning to be appreciated by
all classes and that party is beginning to see, that
the epithets of 'federaIs federal Wings, blue
light federalists,' federal bank Wings, and host
of others which they falsely apply profusely to
the Wings, will not always be taken by the people
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the purity of their principles.
There is such stagnaton of business as was
never known before. The public works are nearly
all suspended, the workmen unpaid, and the far
mers instead Of getting 81 25 per bushel for their
wheat, and that too in cash, they did before the
Sub Treasury times, get only from forty to fifty
and that mostly in goods. Taxes unusually
high, and have heard farmers say that they found
az dfhouit to command cash enough for their pre-
"duce to pay them. Yet they must be paid let the
sacrifice be what it may; for you know that the
falsely called democratic leaders pretend to love
the people much, while they love their money
more. just before election last fall, the price OF
wheat had fallen to rs cents per busheI; when the
Van Buren, editors told the people TO hold on till
after election and there would be rise: that there
was combination among the banks to affect the
price Of produce, &c. Well, what was the result
why rise on wheat from rs cents per bushel
cash, to 45 and SO in goods or barter. Some tim,
since, twelve farmers who had all been supporter
of the present administration, came a distance o
nearly 40 miles from the country to Massilon, will
each a load of wheat, for the purpose of raisin,
money to pay their taxes. When they arrived
ahere they remained nearly all day before the,
could make sale on any terms, and they could 20
only 40 part cash and part goods. After havin,
completed the sale, each turned his coat wron,
side ont, shouted for Harrison aud Reform, and re-
armed homo. Two others of the same party wen