The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-04-29
STa gG-m&F gBU "a y 1.
NDAY, APRIL 30, 1914
The AOcOfOcO ISLANDERS upon w
CiAy--Wssat llac People think.


Caay--WSsat llAc People llink.
No sooner was General IInrrison nominated for the
Presidency than the parzans Of Martin Van Buren,
commenced digging mp every exploded SANDER which
his enemies from time TO tno had nut forth TO his
injury, and setting it forth matter Of rct forgeree
were committed to make plausible their assertions;
and If their papers were to be believed Cen Harrison
was the very head one OLA the spirits Of evil The
same machinery is now at work to defjme the man
to whom the people point Cen IIarriSon's success.
sor. So gross and outrageous they in their at
tacks upon Gen. Harrison that they established for
themselves the characters of common libeers Of cv-
cry thing decent and commendahlc to such nm
extent did they go that the candid of their own party
were disJustcd Such seems likely 10 be the effect
of their forged charges against Henry Clay. We
have noticed the following among many other facts
illustrative of this:
Amos kENDALL's LrBELs UPON Mr. CLAY
contained in his pamphlet entitled "CIny's Duels,',
had grand effect upon the Connecticut and ~ York
elections and as they distributed throughout
Connecticut by cart loads just before the recent con-
test, we hope the dose will be doubled in Viranio.
where the next battle is TO be fought. 1t is truly
Inushnbe to hear this old migrate talk about the NOR
al character Of Henry Clay. greater political sim
ncr than this same Amos polluted our soil, and
the veil of hypocrisy which he is endeavoring TO
throw around whole life spent in wickedness, bv
writing and publishing ibes upon his former bene(c
tor, will him from the public scorn and
contempt Let Us now in what estimation his w.
ing pamphlet is held by his own political friends -
! The Loco Foco correspondent of the Phadelphia
Chronicle makes the following Just structures upon it.
and the snrne opinion, il would SEEM is held of the
writer and his publication by all the honorable men
Of the Loco Foco party at Washington. The cores
pendent Of the Chronicle saws:
| 81 have read this pamphlet of Kendal's, and
must say that is less discreditablei 10 lis aufbor
Man Injurious IN It's tendency 10 The success Of the
Democratic purity. Mr. Clay is u Statesman of too
eminent public character 10 be LIED down by de-
traction and misrepresentation. trust that the more
judicous members of the Democratic party will set
their faces against this and similar pamphlets from the
pen of Mr. Kendall If party policy cannot restrain
Mr. Kendall from putting forth such publications. tile
recollection of Mr. Clays hen, factions 10 him when he
! was poor and unlriended stranger in Kentucky
| ought 10 prevent him fiom such self degradation -
! The Democratic party has stronger weapons than n
busc and caIuinny to employ against Mr. Clay, and
writer's oil better morals and reputation than Amos
Kendall to defend its and advocate its princi-
PIES"
The correspondent Of the Tribune, giving an ac-
count of the Wing triumph IN West Chester County,
~ Y which was locoloco last year, and to have it
continued so, the locofoco member of Congress from
that District had flooded the District with Keudal's
lying tracts as Paul Dillingham; Jr has this District,
says:
"lhe Hon Anderson the member of Congress
from ihi' county has favored the Elecora and es-
Pechy the eligous part of them, during the last
! six weeks, with thousands and thousands of Amos
nfnini hi.
~ SANDERS and libes upon Henry Cay in the shane
OF marvellous "Omens' In return we send Mr. An
dcrson Wing victory as an "omen'' of what we in
tend to do next Fall. While we cannot but look
with ioahing and disgust upon the unprinciped beler
who writes those SANDERS well as the mis- Repre-
senatives who squander the public money and Dad
down me Mails IN popagating them yet il they have
me same effect every where that they have
nsa IN TINS Couny and the adjoining part of Connect
lieut. we shall have to thank them for increasing our
vote. In one town, Minister who had not voted
Tor ten years past, received, by favor of Mr. Ander
son, a consignment of Amos's "Omens'' the dav
previous to the Town Meeting. lie read them thro'
attentivey, ind went the next day md voted tho on
tire Wing ticket. lie now saws if he lives pnt nov,
November he shall vote for Henry Claw II is not n
little ominous OF the dowAal of Loco Focosm in this
section, that the same honest patriots who are NOW
circulating Amos's Omcns, sixteen years ago plas-
tered every bar-room store blacksmith shop with
Cobtn Hand6iLis They will produce similar resuh
Omens or no omens odd Westminster goes for Hem
ny Clay and Protective Tariff.
TRIAL OF THE GoRDoNs FOR MURpER-We
learn from the Providence Journal that the trial of
John Gordon md William Gordon, accused of the
murder of Amasa Sprugue, having occupied the su-
Preme Court for nine days, brought to close
on Wednesday evening The case was delivered to
the Jury at oclock, after elaborate charge from
the Chief Justice. The jury, after being out about
an honr and half returned with a verdict Of GULL
TY against John Gordon, and NOT GUILTY as to
W"ham HnTdon. The former listened to the verdict