The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-01-30

ed has come to pass. And are the hearts Of the
business community tame--ure their spirits so
crushed and broken-as to submit in craven despon-
dency, to all that party wickedness has inflicted? Is
there drop of blood, worthy of their ancestors,
still flowing in their veins, does the sluggish
stream curde like stagnunt pool, with listlcss ndif
ference?
Nine tent,s of our business mon think with
this subject TO them we speak. We ask them to
look their business, as it now apPears-and to re-
feet on their prospects for the future. We ask them
once more to consider the of the existing con-
dition of the country-to reflect on what they have
heard and read for years pust-the predictions of
Wing statcsnen-the Cassandra-ke warnings OF
Clay and Webster, warnings too true, yet not be-
lieved till they were fulfilled We ask them TO con-
slider these things and then to say what shall be
done.
Let us look at what the Van Burenites propose
Hear their weak and miserable attempts TO escape
the responsibility! "The Wings" say they have
been in power two years, and we are no better OIL
than before Let us now return TO the sub-reasury"
But who brought us to the condition in which we
placed two years ago? The present state OF
the country is only continuation OF what we then
experienced. Need we repeat the insurmountable
obstacles which have been in the way Of the Wings
the death of our Leader--the failure oiou
sures through the detection Of his Is there
Il wing in the Union sobnd US TO and under
stand il all?
What then shall be done? We answer, reRew the
conflict? Another battle must be fought, and every
man who loves his countrywide iores himself, his
family, his fresidc his home, MUST ENLIST DURING
QyrJ;r
FnoM TEXAS The New Orleans papers OF the
18th contain advices from Galveston the 9Th inst.
The most prominent item ofnews relates to the move
ment of the Texan army & Of 500 men, under Gen.
Somervile, which, it appears had crossed the Rio
Grande. They captured the Mexican town Of Lare
do (o the East side of the rver,) on the sth Of De-
ccmber, the small body Of Mexican troops retreaing
without any attempt at resistance. They remained
there, it seems, until the 9th. when 600 OF them
crossed the river, the other returning to their homes
The 600 said to have pushed for Guerrero,60
miles beyond Laredo but beyond this have no
accounts Of them. The report is that they hope to
capture Hiicr and some other Mexican towns, by
which time they expect to be reinforced sufficiently
for movement on Matamoras. II was believed tn
there were few Mexican troops in that part Of the
country, General VOL having been obliged TO deioch
most of his force against the Apache Indians who
were plundering in the neighborhood of chihuahua.
GEORGIA ELEcTIoN. Official returns from SO
counties give TO Mr. Crawford, the Wing candidate,
"a ,O45, and TO Mr. McDougad the Loco Foco candi-
date Is ,9s5-givng the Wing candidate majority
of $500 The election appears have been pref
ty full one, there having been polled in SO counties
AZ go votes In several Wing counties, where that
party had very large majores there but small
| turn A full vote would have undoubtedly in E.
creased the Wing majority.
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