The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-12-02
rTHE END AND now 1T CAME"

The Boston Bee, neutral paper in politics. speak
ing of tho recent election makes the following
marks:
Snow that the contest is over, and the smoke Of
the battle field has cleared away''-to make use Of
somewhat hockneyed expresson-no true patriot
or lover Of his country look back upon tho ele
ments that mingled in and swayed the combat, with
out being fully impressed with the necessity ola
form in the matters OF eectons-.an effort to
the purity of the ballot box. What should Le the
voice OF the baot-box2 The voice of the people.
What is III The mere exponent of successful par
ty tricery and fraud. 1t is essential perhaps for the
preservation of our republican Institutions that the peo
ple should be divided into parties more, in
der that one may serve as check ulon the other bu:
IN heavens let the friendly contest be between
ourselves-brtween those who have a natural or
quired love for the soil and the institutions of the
country who reverence tho heroic founders of those
institutions and feel themselves called upon by every
throb of patriotsrn and national prejudice, il you
will, to perpetuate and hold them sacred. Let
elections be so conducted their results shall be
elusive, the voice of majority OF the people, and
respected rs such Let US not bring into contest Cor
leave door open for that purpose) the services Of
hired or caoled foreigners; to hold the balance of
/
as bids'hghest for their favors, successfully
ialters their prejudices.
If we are ever to form national character, it is
time that we set about it, and it should be distinct
one respectable in the eyes ofnations and in
Recent events have narrowed the subject down TO
the point which produces these questions: "Shal A.
mericans rule us?" Are there such things as Amer
! leans; who have country and goucrnment--or to
! Il bar ID Tho
dissatisfied & the of all nations may congregale,
and by banding together appoint such rulers as they
see fit TO govern us? Are a nation? lf so, we
are competent to govern ourselves? These are the
questions which the late political contest has given
rise to- We see that parties of Foreigners have BAN
ded themselves together as foreigners to turn the
scale in the elections and they hare turned the SCALE
they have elected our President for New York
has given the decisive vote, and it is notorious fact
that from to 10 900 voters made of foreigners
in that State expressly for the occasion. II is also
notorious ,hut they body voted nearly all one
way--they settled the question, and openly boast of
it.
Is this right Some will say no evil has resulted
from thames X. Polk will make good Presi
dent as Henry Clay; and better, some will say
Well, admitting this to be so, there no after
sideratons which present themselves ? The nucleus
of foreign party is formed among us, openly shown
itself and boasts of its power Of its members
nterfered with and strove to prevent meeting OF
American citizens held a subject disasteful TO
them, by force-s newspapers fear not to ridicule
and insult Americans as ''cowards and sons Of
! ards''-they do this with impunity-why ?-because
for the time being they confident of being up
held by powerful native party whose leaders are
covetous of their assistance and whose newspapers
will to their assistance, represent the mat
| ter in false light, while those of the party
who are too sugacous TO be blinded by this partizan
representation of the affair." will wink at t''un after
| election"
This is the true state Of things developed at the
| late Presidential election.
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