The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-01-21
YOUNG MEN-LOOK OUT

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| Dspairing of gaining the votes and influence o.
the older Frcemen of the State-of those whc
by observation and experience have learned the
tricks and utter deslitulon OF any honest poIitca
prnciples-,the Custom House gentlemen, with ,
liberal share Of County officials, and all the office
seekers in the State, assembled, last fall at Mont
peIier, and concocked certain plans and devices tc
seduce the unsuspecng YOUNG MEN of the State
TO enlist under their banner, and fight the battles
Van Burenism--aas to fight for them the battles
for the spoils These schemes comprehend thu
whole Slate-and their accompi shment has aread,
commenced. The Office holders, despicable as they
are aware they have rendered themselves in the
eyes of honest men, ny their interference in cleo
tons, do not appear foremost in these movements
but make others the tools for carrying out the
pIans-and for cajoing and deceiying all who will
listen 10 their stories into the Custom House ranks
Catalina like, they seek to enlist young men in
schemes TO accomplish their own selfish purposes
knowing full well that these schemes, while they
bring TO them fat salaries, in gold and silver, must
blast, now blasting the hopes of The young men
Of the county. What the business pros.
poets OF those young not born to riches Most
npropitous-most dIscouragng. And their pros.
poets are made such by the party that IS seeking
their influence in support of train of measures
which have reduced the country to It's presentde-
plorable condition-in support of an administration
that is now aiming to strengthen itself merely in
its strong holds of power securing itself the spe-
Gle of the country, and declining to provide cur
rency for The people.
Most young men commence for themselves by
seeking employment of their seniors, who are ell
gagged in business; and the price of labor depends
upon the prosperity of business The farming IN
teest is now depressed, and tho farmers prospects
will not warrant his paying more than two thirds
as much for labor as in prosperous times when The
country was not ridden to death by office holders
and demngogues. So it is with mechanics and man.
uactdrers. No: only are they less able to pay a
moderate price for labor but they compelled to
curail their business and discharge their hands
and these hands generally young men-thou-
sands of whom in this country now cannot gel
boarded for their labor
1t is not SO, with our Fl lends OF the Custom House
who are now labor:ng, partly through the agency
| of others to induce the young men to join the Van
Buren, party-no, they get full pay, and the worse
the times for others The better for them. They
draw their salaries in specie (f they choose) and
sell it 10 those who owe the Government for $40
for each 800 in good paper money. These are
the men, young men of Vermont, who call upon
you to support Van Buren-to support him, and he
out of the Treasury ofthe nation will pay them in
gold and silver-and you get empty pockets!-
This too is called democracy these, too, are call
ed democratic times. And what are the times p
The Newark Advertiser answers follows:
"a thousand fires have been exting ushed and a
peaceful army of5000 workmen dsbanded in the
factories of Pittsburgh Penn. This is one of the
consequences of that fatal t!ow which first shat,er-
ed The currency of the country From that hour to
this, the nation has been Keeling under its effects
but with much suffering as AT the present
moment. And we now present this strange anon
ay that in the midst OF general health propilious
seasons and Astounding hlrvess, tho wall Of distress
Is heard on all sides of us. Turn which way you
will, melancholy evidences meet the eve of ind-
vdual and public embarrassments. No class, no
circle, no institution high low, near or remote
is exempt save alone the morey changers and the
salaried pensioners the public bounty. But no
where has the blow fallen with such crushing in
hucnce as upon the toiIipg poor. 1t has sent stag
nation INTO the maris OF commerce, 1t has utterly
blasted the hopes or the working man, whose once
cheerful hreside blessed with the ample fruits of
honest industry, enjoyed in the conscious indepen-
dence of freemen, is now the abode Of irrelreva-
BILE sadness and want, more wretched than the
furnishing victims of European oppression, who
never knew the blessings of Independence"
Such is the condition o. things in most of our Cit
les, 81 in greater less extent in our larger inland
and the whole country shares partially in the
evils of the tmos. The farmer has witness Of it
in the prices of his produce, and the mechanic in
the difficulty he meets selling his articles aud in
collecting his accounts. But what is the remedy?
Join tho true democratic party-go for HARRI-
SON and REFORM in the times--and, every
young man who labors for living will find him
self25 per cent better Of ut the end of two years
than he would be under the reign Of these hard
moneu, hard Van Buren, times
FIRE FIRE all over the county. Every news
paper tells Of them Aud every owner or occupant
Of hnildinn shnuld be his I'd q witch a