The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-09-29
From the Gaspeo Watch-L,ght.
VAN buren, STANDS MUTE j,


! iop correspondence between two committee, -,
this city, an the President of the United s,o..
The original letter propounding certain import,n,
questions TO Mr.. Van Buren,, ordered by ,bs
General Wing Committee last spring, consisting a,
a committee oil two from each ward in this c,v
J Not receiving any answer, and presuming, ,bers.
lore that that letter must have been miscarried
and could not have been received by the Presiden,
the Corresponding Committee of the Provdsncs
Tippecanoe Club OF this city, which then number
ed more than 300 persons, repeated the same ques.
ton in the letter dated the 18th day of July as,
To insure the certain delivery Of the letter. il was
enclosed TO Mr. Cranston, our Representative in
Congress, for his personal deliUery to MIR Van Bu
rem Mr. Cranston's letter shows that it was so bv
him delivered. To this letter neither has Mr. Van
Buren, made any reply! ..
! In what wretched position before the public
does this silence and refusal to answer place Mar
tin Van Buren,! After his party's long and loud
boasiing of his readiness TO answer any questions
which should be propounded to him touching
great public interests and abusing, in the gosses,
manner, Gen HARRISON whose sentiments are al.
ready we'll known upon all public questions, for
| not answering all their questions, he Is as
! dumb as an oyster--not word be obtained
| from him! 1t is notorious that he is riding double
in the different sections of the country, on all these
questions propounded to him, and therefore has
deep interest in keeping silence;-he dare not girs
pLain e1plicit direct to IF them. Itis
to be hoped that these questions will be repeated
to him by individuals and Clubs, unit il he shall b.
compelled to give, however, some kind of an.
swci 10 them.
PROVIDENCE, July Is, l940
Martin Tan Buren,, Esq
President of the United States.
Dear Sir A large and respectable committee of
Wing Freemen of this city, on the 18th March last,
directed their chairman to forward to you letter,
OF which the following is a true copy, viz;
PROVIDENCE, March a, 1870
''A'' p Pre 1as' Of I'll he United States
Dear Sir--By an unanimous vote of committee
of large number of Freemen of this city, am in
structed TO request of you early answer to the
following questions, highly interesting to a very
large portion of the American People, viz
| ]. Are you of the opinion that Congress has ito
constitutional pO,oer to impose duties Hpon impoSS
,oiM a vieao TO the announcement andprOtcction7 Of
american manufactures? and if so, yOu in ia.
Of The exercise Of that po,oer for the full prOtee.
tion Of the MANUFACTURES and mechanical industry
| g Are you in favor Of an appropriation ny ibo
present. Congress for the repair OF the Cumjeslsnd
Road.
3. Are you in favor of the policy recommendsa
|
Der, 1882, of ceding the 1ohote Of TIE Public Lind,
to the States in ,ohich they lie?
d, isit your opinion that Congress- possesses thc
constitutional power TO create ttG National Rank
founded upon the credit of Government and lie ~,
sources" as proposed by Gen. Jackson in his FIRST
message to Congress, and repeated in his second
message with the additional specification, that
ihe 06icers Of said Bank"-the Treasury officer IN
der the control of the Pre4ident-ss6e aHousd to
sell Bus Of E1changs to private snd,Diduals at a
moderate prensiun?"
TO abolish the dcty upon imported Saiie
6. Are You still IN favor Of the doctrines of Gen
Jackson's Nutttticntion Proclamation and of tho \
PRINCIPLES of the Force Bill?
Not doubling that you will favor the largo and
| respectable committee, of which l am the organ,
with an carly and explicit answer to 1.-THE above
| questions,
i remain your felIow-etizen,
w. r. WATSON Chairman
The Chairman Of the Committee Zone OF the I'm.
dorsigned) having never received any answer to
said letter. it is presumed that it have mscar
| ried and could not have been received bv you
| Surely you would not refuse TO answer questions
raspec fully proposed, touching The most i'm poranl
interests, and involving vital principles and pow.
ers Of Government We will not presume that \
you wish 10 conceal our real sentiments upon the
subjects embracing these'queres, are wlne
disposed to have your opinions represented as be.
ing on differ emit sides of each and all of those i'm.
portant questions OF the country, until we sure
that you lhaVe received the letter containing
them.
We. the Undersigned, would therefore now re.
peat the questions proposed in tho above letter OF
the 4th Of March, asking as early reply as may be \
convenient and TO be that YOU receive this Y
,eter, IL VIII De sent by one of our Representative
TO Congress for personal delivery
Yours respectfully,
JOSIAH WHITAKER
WIN. r. WATSON,
w. p. BLODGET,
+. A. RHODES ''.--.-,sz-
w. EARRIs,
HENRY n Nr,lJnnv N,
corresponding Committes ofMs(
>, PTovidsnce Ifppecanoe GLIB.
House of Representatives,
:. WAsHlEeToN, d. c., July 20, 1910.
MY Dear Sir,-I have yours of the 18Th instaNN E
enclosing letter to the President of the United
States, and have just delivered the same to him. a.
am yours truly, NJ
r. &. CRANSTON
I'm. r. Watson, ESQ.,, Providence N
LLEc1 IONS TO TAKE PLAcE.-Georgia, on the 5h Nj
OF October, fos members Of Congress and State M
Legislature. Mary land the 9TH and South Car
DINA on the 18th of October for members Of th'
Legislature. Pennsylvania and Ohio on the lSh
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