The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-03-24
A FAITHFUL, BUT PAINFUL PICTURE.

supporter of Mr.. Van Buren, for President, when
he was elected three years ago
To the Whigs and LOnscTyati0eS 0| ChGH@ng';
poiitical campaign, more important to the as
cendeney of republican principles, ana tho great
and vital interests of the country, has never opened
unon the American people. We arc conendinS,
not only for the preservation Of our free institutions;
but for The bread with which TO feed our wives ana
children. The unholy war which the admln'Sra-
lion has waged against tho domestic institutions
Of the people, has produced not only bankruptcy
and ruin TO thousands Of our industrious and enter
prisng citizens, but threatens in the utter desIruc-
lion Of the values ofall OF property, general
and wide spread desoaron. No one can claim eX-
emption from the all pervading calamity The
prudent and wary share II common late with nc
improvi and reckless. investments made with
cautious regard to moderate income, swept a.
way by the restless torrent, when prnslrhtcs
the air.buiit castles IF the visionary spec ulaor.
Ruin in its appa ling aspects, surrounds us on
every side. The accumulation OF years OF Pal'ehl
Aol and honest industry, reserved for the MAINTAIN
Unce OF our l1mlos, the education OF our chlIdren,
and for the comfortable support OF declining lie,
arc buried beneuth the avalanch OF mlssinped pro-
jects, and ill.digesed government experiments
In all the departments OF industry reign the gloom
and silence of the grave what Is the n'nrtrrnu
ing spectacle presented to our view agriculture
without It's reward, manufactures suspended, com
merce crippled, credit destroyed, confidence ann
hiIated, a beggnrd popnatiom aud bankrupt gov
eynment. Where, but Il few short years since,
smiled Joy and plenty. are now seen "eS'h"nnn
and wretchedncss. Turn which way IT mny, me
eve of the patriot rests on objects iuil OF PAalu'
contrasts with the past.-This rich heritage, earn
ed by the toll and blood OF fathers, aud so re-
Gently radient with life, vigor aud beauty, now pre-
SCENTS scenes of ultimate disease and premature de
cay; ofpolilica corruption and ohc'"' nFo'
lgacy, of contempt of law and order aud OF dlsre'
gard of official and constitutional 0hIIgaon, o M
dustrv paralyzcd, OF fortunes Iuincd, OF lF"SpecS
blighted, Of hopes crushed, OF want ana WIr(chea
ness, over which the good man aud me th'iStIan
marriott weeps in anguish, and mlugI"s win hs
tears fervent aver for deyerance from the baneS
of the desiroyers: That aspiration, wnriG from lhc
bosom Of piey and patriotism, we DOUBT not mas
assembled to Heaven, and entered the ear or INN
who guarded our national infancy, and who has
thus FAR watched ms for good. In tho person
of the renowned citizen soldier, whose place is the
world, and whose fame belongs TO eternity, lie
achieved the triumph Of our liberty. In the per
son Of another equally brave, pure and patriotic
cities soldier, will decree its preservation. Amid
the Cheerless vase of oar Cuuntry's desolallon,
amid the deep and mmky gloom, III which she Is
envclorcd, robbed Of every thing but hope, shai
wo not rally more unto the brcpcr,' and
snatch hei from the grasp of the spoilers? Have
we "losi the breed Of the noble bloods'' Are
there no Butuses remaining, ready TO strike for
liberty? Shall we Longer tomely, ignob!y crouch
at the feet of tyrants, and continue their degraded
nbject vussas? Forbid it honor! Forbid 1t patti
otism.
The American People might, with better grace,
submit TO the dsnsterous measures OF the ENecu'
tive, could they forget the by which they are
accomplished. They are the results OF the moo'
graceless and corfu pit union of antagonist pIncI'
Piles and warning politicians that ever shocked The
morals of any country. The ultra Democracy OF
the North is in close alliance with The Notification
of the South to perfect the dacn and rum OF
lhe Republic. The once proud Eagle, which
built her eyie in the branches of the towering pal
spetto is nes,ed with The t'iou and unslean birds
which desecrate he palace and the Capitol. The
er; cringing and fawnng at the feet OF him who
few short years since denounced him as traitor
and would have gladly cons gned him n halter
The modern atalnc, as he commonly STYLED
ny the Executive organ, was no, immoralIzcd by q
demonstration of those public l0nors which are Ii
sualiy decreed To unsuccessful rebellion. For this
immunity, he is not indebted to Il want of DISPOSE.
tion in the "Northcrn man with Southern pruci
PIES 20 pass his memory to postery tainted will
dshonor The "better part Of valor' prevailed
He read the proclamation, penned probably, by
him who bons;ed OF the co.summaton Of his glory
in the service Of the chiet, who in the language OF
one of the members of the new coalition, chad
tTampled on the hbctics of his country" and thus
reading, took counsel from tho suggestions Of pru
dence and discretion And now, what revolving
exhibition is presented to the astonshed gaze Of
cheated and power-rdden people! Men of dia
'meuicoliy opposite principles and sympathies-
"the very antpodes in political geography--the
negative and positive poles Of The political magnet
hitherto waging with each other war of exterml.
nauon-have suddenly rushed into mutual en-
BRACE and dubbed their counsels, to ride into pow.
'er oyer mutated Constitution and an npoversh
ed country.
What chn be done TO save ourselves and the
country from impending ruin must be done spec.
Oily. What we have heard emanating from Loco
ioco agrarlan meetings, Is at this moment unblush-
ingly heraded to the world from the Senate OF the
United States, by the admirers Of miserable and
degraded West India colony under the dominion Of
the priest-ridden, enslaved, hard money Spain
The hard money policy Of this wretcIled roton ap-
pendage, of a still more wretohed and rotten mon.
hrchy, IS held up TO the free iaborers and farmers
OF this young, and once glorious Republic, as wor.
thy OF imitation, on the ground that it will reduce
the prices of labor and productions to the level of
colony of mendlcants and slaves. The American
operative is told, TO enable the rich capitalist and
manufacturer to compete with foreign fabrics and
distant markets. he must be content with wages
barely sufficient for his animal existence. And ex-
elusive specie crcnatiin, only for the Govern
ment, but for the People, is the cherished policy Of
this administration. ii proposes to strike from be.
ang, more than one half of our circulating medium,
producing most ruinous decline Of prices, as well
OF Iabor,'as OF real and personal estate.
Ihus are held up to our admiration the enerva
ted and corrupt Governments of the Old World
and tins yet infant nation full ofenerprise abound
ing in all the elements Of wealth and greatness.
rich in present possession, and looking ealouslv