The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-09-30
Hon. HARRY HIBRARD-

| non HARRY lilBBAKD,
| ArRoPos. As how The Hon. Harry fTibbard
speaker Of The House Of representatives Of the State
| orN. Hampshire came all the way from Bath, just
heure State election To enghten tho good people
Of Caledonia County and especially the people Of St
Johnsbury where he held forth of an evening much to
the qualification of hi. political friends.
| Now you must understand that for several days
previous to the memorable evening in question it had
been announced by printed hand bills that the Honor
able Harry Iibbard, Speaker &c positively
deliver political lecture on 81. Johnsbory Plain at
the time appointed and the curiosity of the Wings as
well as tho Loco Focos much excited, that
when he cOme it so happened that he had, the
ihcutricnls would shy, good house-perhnps about
one half Wigs Albeit they were very civil and for
bearing set Of fellows, no bore very patiently the
clapping Of their Loco lriends-and - but about
the Hon. Harry Hubbard Speaker OF the ~ H. House
| OF Representatives. lie is certainly very bland
young gentleman, and on this occasion he nndo
very unexGeptonnble bow, and his exordum was
classical and chaste. lie made some pretensions TO
cundor too, and went far say that he did not
claim that his party possessed all the integrity and
honesty of the country but that as n general thing
both parties meant to be right
49,
II. House of Repre- seniniivss that par, of
his subject which he denorninated political, his can
dor Of equivoca character.
In regard to the Presidential election ha remarked
very correctly that the questions involved in its issue
were Of ruomOntous quence 10 the country and
his audience all attention. expecting an able ex
position OF his views upon the greu, questions Of the
Tariff and Annexatun Of Texas, but they were DOOM
ed to disappointment.
The Hon. Harry Hbbard, Speaker Of the House
OF Representatives Of the State OF New Hampshire
had doubt been adlnoni-hed that il would no, do 10
feed the Green Mountain Boys with such free trade
notions uPou the Tariff question as he had been &C.
cus,oned TO dispense to tho people Of the Granite
State, and he very prudenty passed the subject
aud called the attention of bis hearers the standing
bugbear of the Pnrty-u L. S. Bank.
lie charged tina, the Wings wero in favor Of
Bank, although he said they wouldn't own il, aud he
went on TO show that a Federal measure
ergo the Wings were Federnsts. He said that Alex.
Hamilton first originated the idea OF L. S. Bank
TINT the democratic party in 1911 (!!D opposed the
recharer Of the Bank but the Federnsts were for IT,
Then very Prudently passing all that part Of our
counrys History which embraced tho chaterirg Of
the U. States Bank by the Democratic party and Tia
approval by President Madison in 1916 aud its opera
tion down TO the lime Of the expiration Of the char
ter he very ndroity coupled the proceedings of the
Wing Congress Of 1912 this subject with those OF
the Federal party of Isll:-And as a climatic
show the mischief that would result from the cstnb-
lishmen U. S. Bank, he gave history Of the ex-
plosion OF the old Bank after it BECAME State ins,i.
tuition, and operated under charter OF the Lesisa
ture Of Pannsy lvania Admirable
Well then you must know that tho Hon Harry |
Harry itbbard Speaker Of the N. II. House Of ep-
resen'nives occupied about an hour and half in
dressing up his man Of strnw-the U 8 Bank-until !
his listeners began TO grow impatient TO hear him
touch upon themomentous and important question:
at issue between the parties:-nnd they were not a |
little gratIed when AT last no remarked that although
the hour vas late, there subject which he
desired to bring before them and he asked their pa
tIence liitlo longer. Expectation was now on tip
toe and all men unused in their hearts whether any |
ne" light could lie thrown upon the Texas question, |
when ,mird6He dtctuthe Hon. Harry Hubbard Speak
er of the House Of Representatives. OF the State of
New Hampshire. Informed the people of Vermont,
tina, in England there held in dtress riie the Pat
riot O'Connell, the Champion Of Irish hbery-and |
in the State Of Rhode Island there was ncarceruted
within the walls OF the pententiary n man bv the |
of Thomas W. Dorr, the martyr Of constitutional lib
erty.
Albeit he did not state the fac, that the people of
r. I. are now in the enjoyment Of constitution,
which they have proceeded to adopt in legal way
constitution more liberal and Democratic in its pro-
visions than the constitution Of New Hampshire. Nor
did he tell his nearer that other fact that Dorr was
convicted not for his peaceablo efforts to procure a
constitution, hut for open rebellion and for armius
and leading against the State Of r. Island an armed
banditti Of foreign mercenariesnot Rhode islanders
for the very men who at first acted with Dorr in
penceable measures for constitution abandoned
him when he resorted to arms, and placed himself nj
he head Of his foreign volunteers,
You may well suppose that by tins time tho audi
once had become somewhat impatient, not being able
10 comprehend how was, that Doris rebellion, and
The domestic difficulties in Rhode Island had anv
hing 10 do with national politics. .. Dbl. ,
Well. now the Hon. Harry IIibbard Speaker of the
H. House of Representatives did not lack for
words. tio had wisely avoided saying any thing of
consequence about the Tariff or Texas or anv Thin,