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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-08-01
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You Have It Now.


Pending the Presidential Election it was
contcnded by the leaders of the locofoco
party in Vermont, that Polk was n Protective
Tariff man: and to the Tariff men of thcir par
ty they held up his Kane letter to prove it-a
letter that could be read any way-and de-
signed to miscud and cheat Pennsylvania
Seated in the Presidential chair he comes out
with various vogorics upon the subject, but ev-
identity for low duties & measures favorable to
Great Britain, and equally hostile to American
industry! Yet it was not till the present Con-
gress that he put plain principles and .factS to
paper. This he he did though his Secretary,
and McKay's Bill was introduced to the
House and passed the Administration plan
ola Tariff. In the House, the members from
Pennsylvania, elected as Polk men, came out
and denounced the Bill, as an abandonment of
Protection, as cheat, T. said that Pennsylva
MIA voted for Polk as a Tariff man, as a friend
of the Tariff of 1912! In the Senate, Senator
Cameron reiterates the same thing-and de-
clares that his State would have gone for
Clay had not the Tariff men of the State been
made to believe so!
special pains to explain Folks Kane Letter to
such of their party as believed with the Wings
in the necessity and business of Protection to
our industry, in way showing the author to
be even better Thrift man than Mr. Clay, and
cheated by this deception, were persuaded to
vote for Polk, Texas and all. So it was in
Pennsylvania and in such sections of the coun-
try where any portion of the locofoco party
were so much american in their feelings as to
favor the Wing policy in reference to this
question. And what do we now see? Mr.
Folks friends in Congress rise in their seats
and declare this very author of the Kane
Letter a Free Trade man, and also that he has
been so for twenty years. In answer to Mr.
Cameron charge that Mr. Polk was voted for
in Pennsylvania as friend of the Tariff of
1642, Mr. Sewer, of Arkansas, locofoco Sen
ator, said-
'Was there a man who could read, and who
did read for the last twenty years ,ohO did not
kno,o that Mr. Polk ,oas FREE TRADE
MAN. NOT ONE"
Here we have it. Polk secured the votes
of the Tariff locofocos by fraud and gross de-
ception. Sewer declares just what the Wings
did, to be the principles of Mr. Polk upon this
subject, and hundreds of Vermont freemen vo-
ted with the locofoco party, cheated, deceired
and outraged, by the papers and leaders of the
party in this State. These men knew we
could not thrive as a nation without protection
They knew they could not as individuals, pros
per without it, and they meant TO vote for it.
They did not mean to vote for Great Britain
and the slave holders interest, to the ruin of
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the interest and prosperity offreo Americana
thew were CHEATED and DEFRAUDED
and blinded, and led astrny.
"Ho oho runs may rcad." No one need DC
deceived by these men any more, They cof
see ,oho Mr. Polk is, and ,chat are his principles
and the principles of his party, save ind'v'du'
ais here and there, who believe the Wings are
right upon this vital subject, If they follow
longer the men and party who have thus de-
frauded them of their votes they will do SO
,riiht their eyes open. And if they are honest IN
their opinions and prefer principle to party
thcv will leave locofocoism to seek its duPeS in
other quarters.
Senator Niles, of Connecticut, man VINO
was also cheatcd in like manner, we nre lett
to infer from his speeches, declared in the SEN
ate, that Folks Tariff, ifsuffcred to go into OPP
Grafton, would "BRNG RUIN UPON TUE HEADS
OF HIS CONSTITUENTS" 1t would ruin in his
estimation, the wool interest, the agricultural
interest-it would ruin the people Of Connec'
ticut! So here we sce--and the picture is
sketched by one who supported Polk-aohat
Mr. Polk is
ii the principles OF the Iolh purity "'"'" ~
in Connecticut, would they not ruin Vermont
Connecticut grows wool-so does Vermont
Connecticut raises wheat, corn and peet,-so
does Vermont The people of Connecticut
want money--so do the people of Verllont.-
The workingmen of Connecticut want good
wuges-so do the workingmen ,of Vermont
But if we are to 60 to foreign countries for
the articles we eat and wear, and send our
money there to pay for them, where will the
wotkngmen get good wages, and the people
money. Let the wise, the honest, and the
prudent THINK OF THESE THINGS.
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What Saws History.

In olden times, in the days of the Revolu
ton, Great Britain wanted the people of the
colonies to buy the nccessarics ofllte of them
And there was Il party then in the colonies that
wished to go to Great Britain for these things
The party was known as the Tory PGrty-
There was another party also that wished to
make and use their own les of necessity
that was called the Whig Parity
At another time since, there was party in
this country that wished to protect the labor
of American citizens and went for a protective
Tariff. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison
and other distinguished men headed this party
This party was known as the Republican, or
democratic party At the same time there was
party that opposed protection to domestic in
dustry. This party was composed ofthc hot
headed and ultra FcdcrGIiStS ofthosc times.
Rendcr-nre not these fhcts' And which
party now stands where the Tories and ultra
FcdcraiistS stood? And which stands where
the Wings and the Republicans stood; None
can mistake.
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have been in favor of Freedom and yet ho is
willing 10 mid in riveting letters upon others
now rs free ny himself. Yes, Mr. Chair
rnun, though he Processes an ardent love OF
libegty, and would have us believe that his
bosom was warmed by the very fires of pat
roIism, he is DESTROYS of spreading the curse
of slavery over u large section of country
where il is now unknown. He is so devoted
10 his country, and so in love with her insll-
buttons, that he is willing TO sustain, with
blood and treasure, an institution at war with
The first principles of republican govern
ment-Hbcrty and equality. He denounces
Mexico ms an unciyilzed and bnrbarous pow
or, and still he uspires to be leader in pol
icy designed to extend and perpetuate slavery
mud to plant on the soil ofMeXico an institu-
ton which she, barbarous as she il, and cor
rupt ms the gentleman would represent her to
he, would not permit to pollutc her soil
This is the position of the gentleman who de-
nounces all as traitors who will not bow to
the dictation ofthc majority OH this floor.
He may occupy that position, but confess
that do not coVet it. ] agree with the late
Wing candidate for the Presidency, Mr. Clay,
"thut all wars are to he regarded as great ca
lamites, to be avoided if possible; and that
honorable peace is the wisest and truest poll
cy for this country" Iagree with him also
war to extend & perpetuate StaUery, we should
stand disgraced in the eyes of the civilized
world. In such war, fear that victory it.
selfwouId prove defeat, and that triumph
over our enemies in foreign countries, would
eventuate in the destruction ofour free insti-
buttons at home War under any circumstance
is great calamity. But when it is waged
without an adequate cause-wheu It Is car
red on to crafty an inordinate ambition, or
an unhoy spirit of conquest, it is more than
culamity-H is crime Of he deepest dye. And
the administration which shall use the power
reposed in it for good, for such wicked purpo-
SEES, merits and justly merits public erecration.
Let those in power look well to it that this en-
ocration does not fall upon their hends. They
may ;hink it n light thing, but let them re-
member that blood shed for unrighteous pur-
poses will cry from the ground to him "who
hringeth the princes to nothing, and who TAX
eth up the isles as very little thing"
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AID VALOREM DUTIES.

A correspondent of the Commercial Ad-
vertiser gives the following illustration:
"To show one of the beauties ofthe 1dgn-
loren system of duties, will mention that a
gentleman lately gave me the following sto-
ry: He had sent to purchase quantity of fur
niture in Paris. When the furniture arrived
he received letter from the manufacturer,
in which that parsonage informs him that,
according to usage, he sends two invoices,
one for the use of the importing agent in en-
tering the goods at the custom house, and
the other bill upon which he, tho purchaser,
was to account with him, the foreign expor.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-08-01
Hold Them r Responsible.

Before the Polk party went into office our
neighhors sold their fine wool, cash in hand,
for 20 and 40 cents pound, and their coarse
wool for 90, 2S and 80 cents a pound, The
manufacturers were so anxious to get it at
these prices they filed the country with agents
to buy it up. Whatever ma" he tho oo"oe Of
me cnangc.,f it arises from Polk 5 policy which
depressing manufactures, or by allowing his
officers of the Customs to let in wool without
cxncting the duty the law rcquircs-Polk and
his party are RESPONSIBLE. HoId them to
-
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GF"The vote on the Polk Tariff in the
House has thus been analysed:
AYEs-63 from the Slave states, 81 from
the free states ia
NoEs.-22 from the slave states, 70 from
the Tree states 95.
1t is clearly a Slavocratic measure, emana-
ting from and supported by such men as John
Randolph ofRoanoke, whe expressed his hos
tllity to wool growers by saying that he would
ego mile out ofhis way to kick sheep."-
Wntclmdn
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-08-01
The $4,000 Job,

The following article from the Mercantile
Advertiser shows how the United States Trea-
sury is swindled out of upwards of Ninety
Thousand Dollars, on one job by that old trea-
sury leech, Richie, Folks editor How is it
possible for laws to get through Congress in a
shape to allow such ourages? Utmost men
have their prices, as some dabsters in human
nature assert, tell us ifthis one item is not e.
nough to buy old Richie, soul and body. How
long will people jealous oftheir liberties con-
sent to have their national treasury made a
corruption fund on so stupendous scale?-
". III. Statesman.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
PATENTS.
The annual Report ofthe Commissioner of
Patents has very recently made its appearance
it is a ponderous volume of 1876 closely prin-
ted pages; the paper is very inferior, and the
press work badly executed, and yet the print
ing of this document cost the Government the
enormous sum of ninety foe thousand dollars,
That the public may fully comprehend this
wicked waste of the public treasure, we will
state the fact that at the highest New York
prices, the printing Of this work would have
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-08-01
A PAIR OF TWISTED sPECTACLEs.
For THE USE OF cRoss-EYEp POLITICIANS.

Resolved, (by the
Locoioco Legislature
ofMaine of l845) that
the territory of Ore
gon, extending on the
Pacific Ocean from
the forty-second de-
gree to ffty-four de-
grees and 40 minutes
North latitude, be-
longs TO The United
States, Sit is the inaper
atiue duty of the Gov
eminent to occupy
the same, and extend
its sole jurisdiction o.
yer said territory,
without unnecessary
delay.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-08-01

IL The Vermont Patriot and other loco pa
pers are out again trying to CANNON the wool
growers, by commencing the Polk tariff on
wool, which proposes to take off about one
half of the protection now afforded by the law
to Vermont wool, as better than the Tariff of
1912, We should think these prints cheat
ed the people enough in 1914 without making
another effort upon the same subject so soon.
According to their logic no protection at all to
the wool growers would be better than 42 to
rs per cent. Go ahead-there are MANY in
your party just fiat headed enough to take the
hook us often as you want to throw it at them
bait or no bait.
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S4,O45
Total

The compositors and pressmen who per
formed the labor on this work received for
their services about $1,000, and the whole nc
tual expense to Messrs Richie ~ lieiss, the
Government printers, could not have exceed
ed $4,000 the balance 'ofthe ninety fec thou
sand being so much ".fa" for the Government
printers. We hope the country will soon
wake up to the importance of economy IN this
branch Gifts public expenditures. lfthe Gov
eminent printing was given to the lowest re-
sponsble bidder or ifCongress had its own
printing office, as it might and should have,
the country would be saved the annual en-
penditures of some hundreds of thousands.
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ter. The fact is the specific duties upon -,
large class of imported articles are the onlv
guards against constant and habitual fraud,
upon the revenue, and upon the home produ.
Ger of similar articles"
That the above is an instance of very com.
mon if not the common practice, we have
GOOD reason TO believe.--N Y Tribune.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-08-01

MAINE Quite an excitement is springng
up concerning the election of James w. Brad
bury to the u. S. Senate by small majority,
when only 10 ballots were returned for Hon.
Geo. Evans, Wing, while It is said .ftty.threc
Wings have signed a solemn declaration that
they voted for Mr. Evans on that ballot, as
four more did for T.. l.. Allen and w. p Fes-
sender. They, if so returned, would have
prevented Mr. BIS election. 1t is thought that
he should resign and have new election.
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Resolved, (by the
Locofoco State Con-
vention of 1866 that
although the Ameri-
can claim to the terri
tory on the Pacific O.
cean up to the paral-
lei of 81 deg 40 min.
North latitude was
one entitled to n Wig
orous assertion and
prosecution, that the
recent settlement of
that long vexed ques-
ton reflects high cred
1t upon the Admins
tration, and meets the
hearty approval of the
people of Maine.
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cost but little more than four thousand dollars!
As the following estimate made by the pro-
prictor of one of the principal printing es'ab-
Composition at 40 and 80 cts. per 1000, $1,000
Paper at 81 per- ream ll32
press work nj 40 cts. per. token GSS
Folding, stitching &c. ut II l-2 cts. per.
copy o%o
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y HE G A L. IL I'D ID N 1 A N l.

G-Jlf any locofoco doubts the bad character !
ofibe Polk Tariff, we have only to remind
him that il is so Lad that Mr. Dillingham; dare
not vote for il. He could swallow Texas
slaves and all; but it seems he thought TINS
Southern Tariff, too strong for his digestive
powers WatchmaH
Dillingham; acas to get better protection TO
Vermont wool, according to the locotocos' but
it seems he thinks Folks Tariff is not the
thing. Well he may-the reduction OF one
half of the protection upon Vermont wool is
not what was cracked up by the locos exactly
Yet he has not had the boldness to suggest an
increase duty upon coarse cent wool for
which his friends boosted he would oif'lect-
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The proceedings of the 4th ofJuly at Upper
Waterford came to hand month too late. We
should be glad to publish such accounts in a
seasonable time, but should really be a.
shamed to do it after they are a month old
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The Star intimatcs that Folks Tariff which
cuts off halftlIo protection upon all wool worth
over cents is better than the present, and al.
so that coarse cent wool, which alone is al
lowed to come in by the present Tariff at .
per cent duty, completes with Vermont wool.
Now, two years after the present Tariff went
into operation, buyer of wool in this region
sold to an agent of manufacturers the cOarsest
portion of large lot bought promiscuously-
the coarscst raised in this section, for 30 cents
pound. If the Stars doctrine is true the
wool that it thinks completes with ours must be
fine and let in under the low duty, and such
as the law exacts from 40 to IS per cent duty
let in by Folks officers, for, before they went
into Office the coarscst wool of Vermont sold
for % and 30 cents pound, To prevent the
finer half breed South American woods, from
coming in at the low duty Mr. Everett of
this State with Gov Slade and others, procur-
ed amendments to the bill for guarding a.
gainst their importation under the low duty,
and these amendments effected the object so
long as the Wings administered the law as it
is, as is shown by facts known TO all wool
growers, to wit-that woods sold at n fair
price before Polk went into office, and so
long as Wings held the offices Of Customs
There is no getting away from stubborn facts
like these
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IPT The Union--the Administration organ
speaks of Mr. Polk as a Free Trade man. Peo-
pie can see now, after'they have elected him
how his foremost advocates do not disguise his
character.
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npRiaur, FOR ONCE. The Green Noun
tain Freeman calls the Wing party the "Iruc
Liberty Party" 1t is just so. The Wings go
for keeping white men from becoming St@oes'
and for libcratng the black slaves too, by the
use of every constitutional means that Promls-
es success. For this reason they went against
Texas and are for abolshing slavery in the
District of { olumbiu, and did not go for Biz
ney, who said he preferred the election Of
Polk rather than Clay. And when the Free
man g "liberty party will do such things-go
straight forward for checking slavery, and
keeping white men from bondage to the South,
then they will go with the wing party, and
become true liberty men. Many of them
would do this but for the rotten locofoco lead
ers in their ranks, Their consciences and
judgments are with the Wings.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-08-01

u Appointed by the President and confirm
ed by the Senate-RUssELL G. HoPKINsoN,t to
be Collector of the Customs for the District
of Vermont and Inspector of the revenue for
Port of Alburg in the State of Vermont, vice
Archibald w. Hyde, resigned
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-08-01

ST. GG-zlGI GIEUATs
SATURDAY, AU G U S Il /, S46
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-08-01

u The Meredith and Plymouth Rail Road
folks held a meeting on Thursday at Plymouth,
and rescinded the vote of last year, combining
the Directors in their contracts to certain
points-desgncd to extend the road through,
and to avoid having it a Meredith road mere
ly-n"d the Directors ara 49, i~'' {" l'-'ld o.
Meredith or TO any other point, they may find
the means of building. The meeting resolved
to do their best to go ahead.
p. S. For the want of more SUBSTANTIAL
stock, the Bellnnp Gazette of the 2Sth ult. UNI
equivocnlly indicates that it relies upon ioo
HackguGrdiSm to buldt the Meredith Road.
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IL There is one point in which the Tariff
bill of lS42 should be amended Said Bill
provides that coarse wool only of the value of
cents and under per pound shall be admitted
ut the low duty, and all other wool, and coarse
wool too that has fine mixed with it, or fine
cents ,shall pay the highest duty. The amend
menti this: the law should make the disregard
ofits provisions by Polk officers of Customs a
Plate Prison offence. This would cut off the
importation of every pound of wool that
would Interfere with our Vermont wool
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-11-28
LATER FROM MEXICO.

The Picayune has received files of Mexican pa
pers down to the 9th instant. Through some cause
or other, that paper of the 20th which contained the
extracts has not come 10 hand but we are enabled,
through the medium Of the "Times' Of the 2lst, to
Law the following items before our readers:
The Diario del Gobierno, city Of Mexico, of the
9th contains letter of thanks from the minister OF
tho interior, Haro Tamariz, TO Santa Anna, for
the remuneration of oil pay as commandments
of the army which he makes in view Of the straight
ened condition of the finances Of the country. Gen.
Gutierrez Of Avarado presents 81 900 out of 900
owed him by the state, as donation to assist in
carrying on the war against the invaders.
CpuHuAguA.-INosi Interesting this head
Antonio Ponce de Leon writes TO the governor of
Chihuahua Don Angel Tras, that he has received
information from the commander Of the volunteer
company of San Carlos, that the Cumanches who
nave penetrated into the interior Of the department
nmount to upwards of 1000 men, with one piece Of
.rt;llerv or more and that they directed or i'm
n,ediatelv commanded by United States citizens.
This he Judges from the military order in which
thew march and encamp. They are chiefly on
horseback, and proceed forward and halt with reg
Mar pc<ets as ifthey were under perfect discipline.
They were evidently directing their route on Rama
da or Goaiosuilla, rohbing and plunderlng as 'hey
Advanced. and would arrive in those towns on the
9th MI. A. Ponce de Leon dates bis letter, Nora,
9Th October RI. ..,,;..
E,tcr,oss TO CoNeREss.--A list OF the deputies
elected NV the departments of Mexico, Puebla, and
aueretaro appear in the official journal OF the 81
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From the Baltimore Patriot
CAPTAIN RIDGELY.

We have received for publication the following
letter from Gen. Worth, relative to the death Of
Capt. RIDGELr, dated
MONTEREY, Mexico, Oct. 80, 1876.
MY DEAR STEUART: | feel that the obligation rests
upon me, although the bearer of evil tidings hath
but losing Office" to announce the sad affection il
has pleased an inscruable Providence to visit upon
our ancient friend, General Ridgely. His gallant
has passed from the theatre of his fame and
fulness to the grave, universally mourned IA he
was beloved and admired. An aged father, mother
wife, and child will, it is hoped find some mtga.
ton Of their deep affection in the mingled sympa-
thies of the country at large, especially the members
of that profession which his vaor adorned.
When borne to his lonely grave no "inky cloak, ~
but the heavy heavings of manly bosoms, testified
the depth and intensity of that grief which admon-
ished Of the final separation from loved and adj
mired comrade
Not associated with myself other than in relations
Of respect and social regard it will be the melan-
choly office of his immediate commander to com
municate the sad circumstances Of the untimely
death of Capt. Ridgely, recently and frequently
present at the harvest of death, and yet finding no
charitable messenger to give him soldiers DEATH
Than yourself who so fitting to break the force
Of this heavy, whitening blown Ridgey's manhood
must brace itself to sustain those who will have to
lean upon and look up 10 him for example in resig-
nation to the will of God.
Faithfully yours,
w. J. WORTH.
To Maj. Gen. GEORGE II. srEUARr, Baltimore.