The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-25
vuLANY CONFESSED!

| Jt was announced some weeks since, that th
Loco Focos of the town Of Undertook, in Co
lumbia County, exhibited Gen. Harrison in Eff \
FIGY on lhs 9TH Of July and that n relative Of
,h,- president of the United States participated
in the outrage. The truth of this statement was
denied in the Argus and its collar echoes. But
the Columbia Republican having established the
ruth of the assertion by the affidavits of men Of
b;gb character, BRONX VAN BUREN,, II neph
.w of the President of the United States, now
unblushingly and publicly confesses the disgrace
FIJI fac, in the Kinderhook Sentinel in ,ernsw
4 Insulting as lie act was atrocous:-
VALAr1E, July 30, 1910.
To The Editor of the Kinderhook Sentinel
nercieve that the Vaate Tipt over Canoe
I Club together with the Hudson microscope "a
las Columbia Republican, are trying TO make
81 yren, ado about the General made and ex
hihi,ed on the 4th instant. To save them any
fn,ther trouble and 10 crafty their curiosity,
will barely state, that made and formed said
General without the d,d, ddUtce or solicitation Of
anu person. On seeing the Catham Log cabin
mass by in the nurnng,t occurred TO me, that in
addition 10 their Coon iSkins' Skunk Skins
and other fine things which adorned it, they
ought to have full aud true representation OF
odd Granny Harrison to complete 1t. accor'
dinghy resolved to sci myself to work, make one
am
same evening. did SO, and they very uncour'
teously declined accepting my oirer. This left
me in a dilemma what to do l did not know.
Something had TO be done to nnlusc the old el
4 low or he would have broken loose from He,
got in Il passion, and avowed his abolition
or anti abolition principles before could stop
him. Not being versed in singing Log Cabin
songs or drinking hard cider, was for some
time mt a loss, how to keep him in check, and
control him. AT length it occurred to me that
had attended Wing meeting few evenings
previous, and heard them sing Log Cabin
song, which while walk ing down street, hun.
med over and by this means prevented the ON
} fellow from breaking loose, ana exposing his po
ii,ical sentiments. Strange rs il may appear, the
5 exhibition had ii peculiar effect upon the vision
of the Wings OF our viiuge; tor while some swear
they saw us in places where We actually were
not Others whp possess IA peculiar mechanical
eve, swear they saw Us through opaque SUBJ
5 stances. IA discovery heretofore unknown.
BRONX VAN BUREN,.
, Here, fellow citizens is the confession Of
I ,Screani, To the perpetralion of an outrage that
will forever impress The broad seal of infanly up
on The name of VAN BUREN.-Every Free
nan--every Patriot will execrate the VagabOnd
who deliberately exhibits n venerable Statesman
and soldier in EFFIGY and then uudaciously
r proclnins the fact i'll public Newspaper
I Who is the man-what is the history aud
. character Of the veteran whom this Van Buren,
nv OF American Independence? He is of
one of the signers OF The Declaration winch gave.
us LIBERTY. He received at the age Of 10
commission from Washington. He fought thro'
the Indian Wars under Gen Wayne, whose con
ilcnce and friendship he enjoyed lie was ap
pointed Governor of the North Western Terri.
tory hy Jefferson Ne was appointed Comnan
der in Chlei of the North Western Army 10y
Madison. He delivered the Inhabitants of The
Western Frontier from Indian tomahuwks and
British hayones. lie has been honorrd and
, lruSted hy the People, 10y Congress and by
Washington, J efiersun and Madison. lie las
served the country in high and responsible
tions for forty years. He Lsbursed millions of
dollars honestly and faithfully. There is not Il
bleinish upon his character nor u stain upon his
escntcheon.
Such fellow citizens. is briefly rhe character
: SON. Is such II man to he exhibited in EFFI-
GY on the 4th o! July? win The people allow
renegade Van Suren thus TO disonor II Paris
OF and Staesman-thus TO desecrate the Ami
versary Of our Nations Birth day2
Let those WHO choose TO oppose G eneraI Har
rison for President do so. They have the same
right to oppose that we have to support him.
But they may NOT thus shock aud outrage com
mon de'ency. Martin Van Buren, is not We, en-
llroned. Nor will any who bear his pa1,e nr
belong to his family be permitted to commit
such offences with impuniiy. The peope will
avenge this infamous outrage.-.4ibany Even,ng
Journal.
WooL.-The Kennebec Journal annexes To-
brei article OF our own, upon the subject OF
The reduced prices of wool, the following appro
PIRATE comments.
'!he fatal policy of reducing the tariff upon
i"re'gn woollens, is one cause of the de-
pressed price Of wool. Our people will not,
nor should they, work for the poor pittance of
wages paid by the manufacturers in England
and the duties being annually reduced, and rap
idly approaching the minimum of 20 per cent
on the cost, the latter are enabled to undersel
cur manufactures and drive them from our
own market And now in The New f. States
there are scores of largefactories, which, when in
operation, furnished market for millions on
millions of pounds of wool, now living idle. shut
up, and The hands discharged. We cannot ex.
expect any change for the better while the
IN orthern man with Southern princ;nles, is ner
mitted to mismanage the area. ;.,.a.ss.s- er he