The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-05-13

| put anu puSS'' NtsOuueT cnCeflng i'm, ~
the voice ofthe speaker. voice from beIou VT uOSts
here yes, Danel,you shall be the next nro. Iya
shall follow AFTER, which seemed to emLa1' IN
Speaker) And with regard to the part I ou'
gentlemen, in this contest before Us, the,s haW
moro doubt of my disposition than of NV du,v "| %N
long, and reiterated cheering) w. NlON
The same Convention, gentlemen, has ,,,...
for the second office of the Government S S0as
gentleman, not with the unanimity of the G,,, 'uoNe
| lion, for 1t was not to be expected ,bO, sS "H
| name would at first command that,unyersali,! sN
sent, which the name for the first office bod S
! al worthy and good men were before the CoD,o,,N
Each had his friends. Among them all .oIa1s@
has been made, in regard to which, NAV sav a
and bet ter could not have been ,n,5. '%
man of purer character, Of soberer Temperance, a
more accomplished manners, firmer, more rOS. 2
ing, more unloading, the Wing party could no lug
found than Theodore Frelinghuysen (Cherr1'
! have long known him well. | have served oaL
much in public life, and such is his purity If H.
ease Of manner, that he has strong hold m ~
love, the affection, and personal attachment #
who knew him. (Cheers.) The State of New l..
sey who has presented him her son needs M an.
MUM from us. Her character, her acbevsm.|s
past and recent, her history, her revOuonary 20,
ces, her sufferings, we all know. The patriot, ~,
of her dead on the soil of Princeton, Trenton ~
Monmouth can never be forgotten. (Loud cheet,,,
Some of us have heard from our fathers Tins b,,S
the scenes Of deepest gloom her little army of Win
supported and stayed the hand Of Washington ,,,. h
the array Of the enemy-how her plains and E,
were traversed by American soldiers, tracking h,
path with blood from their wounded feet (chssN
how that whole population--al Wings, adminis,sJ
all they had their food, their raiment, and bIeu,~
when all else was given. cloud cheers,) Anddp
occasion has now come, rendering it proper N
sure every person present will derived qualification
remembering New Jersey (prolonged 'cheerng)-p
remembering patriotic and gallant State so as 10 M
her mark of respect in offering her distinguished d,
the second Office of the Government (Con,nps
cheers for New Jersey and Frelinghuyscn)
Gentlemen, continued Mr. Webster, the do BE-.
fore US and other Wings ofthe country is to restore
that ascendeney Of constitutional government which
circumstances have taken from us--to re.esabg
Wing principles and Wing m6asures-tO re.lfn
the sentiments acted npon in 1910, to do that won
over again, and 10 do it now, God willing so koi u
wH hold. [Spoken with emphasis, and followed b
tremendous cheers.] The present circumstances
the country, its public prosperity the general confer
ment and happiness of the People in their busts
employments. show that much good has been dm
by tho revolution of $40. Our duty now is TO box
on TO what is good ard to obtain much more wu
can, "a laugh) TO achieve Car as we can, The g
eral prosperity of the country, and TO establish u
some fixed some settled basis the great Interests
the people. Nothing is more ruinous to a cOuutr
gentlemen, than policy always uncertain, ever uc
iIIating. twill be our duty, take It, to impress us
on the legislation OF the country, durability, strength
something upon which the hard hand and wlip
heart Of Labor can rely--something too, that vii
tempt TO labor, and make labor sure of what elmi
something that will stand: and Thus by the cea.
ton and contamination Of Wing measures and Wing
principles, to carry out what we once fairly Won
(Cheers)
There are two views tuke of our position VOW
Mr. layy xnytlI ha y,
our duty, and our whole duty in addressing orcph
ing the people. Aud if we do not, then Mr. Van D..
will be. for take il for granted that he is 10 ell
the opponent of Mr. Clay. (Cries from below, ~
never, Van Buren, never can be President again
You observe, continued AIR Webster, I qualify b
the remark, that five desert our duty, if we abs
don the defence OF our principles and our Candida
Mr. Clay, we know ,emphatically. His general chr I
acter the general course Of his measures his pO7
his manners, his habits all pledges Of wha h
will be. We shall understand him ,tgreat cheer.
when he is right, shall in what he is rishE +
If wrong, in what his error consists OfMr Va& X
rem would not speak with disrespect, nay, VII
speak with that respect due TO him for the high Il V
ces he has held, and the high estnstion in VIII n
he is held by large portion Of our countrymen-H Is
do not think trespass upon decorum, when 81 V
that he has not made that proficiency in the use
the English tongue-(a laugh he has not STUDIED X
its shades and degrees of expression, he has not con-
pretended its phrases, positive, negative, equrS
cal; (renewed laughter,) to enable my Pr N
understanding, always to be sure, 10 be sure
that know what he means when he holds nterconn n
with the public. (Great out break of laughter 'N
cheers)
l hope il will not be deemed dsrespectful in ~
suggesting that that distinguished gentleman msh
save himself world of trouble, and the world sab a
vocc, world threading (laughter,) if he would
dept some short settled formula Of answering qOe
tons, - Continued laughter.) When two men mee 3
in the street, the road, the first question PHs
-"how do you doe''-ihe answer is-"prelty wen y
much as usual, how are your" If the saluaOn "
in my country, the answer is: "Oh, don't Know
thank ye, pretty much as usual" CONTINUED ausr
ing.) Now, it strikes me, that il, in the cOTe'pUf
dopted, it would be great labor, saving phrase w
when new questions were put him, he could aus"el
sob, don't know, pretty well, thank ye, Pay
much as usual" Cheering and loud outorea" "
laughter, mingled with hurrnhs for some time FV'
longed)
Ineyer could agree, gentlemen, to that MAXI" n
the poet
''For forms Of Government, let fools contest
Whate'er is best administered ia best" III
knpw,-ywe all know, that under certain iorm'
Government, men are more likely to ENJOY %n
ness, and to be able to protect their own Interest,"
There certain forms of Government too m '.,I
elements Of which enter deeper and larger .ss
for the public interests and the public sen'.ah ,r
But in disputing to the forms Of Government ,,,r
is great, one important truth ,men are aP' ,s
look, and that is, no form of Government now now
pleasing in theory, however hitherto success" ,o,
practice, can work out the good Of the PeoPSc
arned npdar a had nd i istration OF that IVY