The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-08-22
The Plainest Kind of Talk.

The Ohio Statesman, the Loco Foco STATE
Paper Mt Columbus, handles Folks Veto on
the River and Harbor bill aftcrn fashion of
which the following extracts will give some
flint idea:
"The Message in which the President sup
ports his views, is II shallow performance,
vulgar in its language, ridiculous for its false
logic, and paltry as the treatment of thesis
by some hair splitting 81 wire drawing school
man Of the Middle Ages, who thought him
self0 great. man because, like all small char
acters, he had mistaken cunning for wisdom
It is however, quite worthy the man whose
imbcciIiy has been so urilHppily displayed in
his action on the Oregon queston--first utter
ing boasts of'the oudest kind, and, then sneak
ing off to cover whclr the enemy's bay wns
family heard in the distance. There is n re-
murkuble similarity in the Presidents conduct
on these two subjects. As he mouthed and
raVcd about our 'clenr and mquestionable'
right TO the whole Of Oregon, like unto one
Of Nat Lees Bedlamte heroes--for we can
only call it mouthng and raving, when the
dnthOS of the treaty is known 10 us, however
much it pleased usat the time gifts urterance,
because we believed it TO be the warm lam
guage ofcarnesness and siuccrity-so has he
now vetoed n bill substantially recommended
by HIMSELF through the report ofthe Secretu-
ry of War, high officer Ofhis Cabinet. 1t It's
true that the defence has been set up for him.
that the Secretary, though reporting through
the President, really reports to Congress- i
Grantcd--but this does not in the slightest
degree nter the case. 1t has always been
considered-at least it was IN those DAYS when |
1t was thought that some degree of profound
craftsmanship WAS necessary in governing |
great nntion-!hut n Cabinet should support |
,,I,n ,Ipii,,rp, ,o1irI-
ments OF the party whose principles It was
appointed 10 aid in carrying out. Who ever
heard of high Cabinet officer recommend
ing to Congress, through The President, n course
objection directly contrary TO that ofthe Pres
ident HIMSELF and actually accompanied with
the proper estimates as TO the cost ofcarrvinr
il out, who ever heard ofanything ofthe kind,
wo ask, before these days of deception and
lMlpahle fraud? What President with a de-
cent portion ofseIf respect, ever practiced
such small intrigue! 1t is new in the history
of our country, and no doubt found its origin
and motive in the desire to deceive some
Members of Congress into the support of
measures which the Executive feared might
not otherwise prove successful. As the great
TorRS about Oregon were followed by the
smallest possible actions, and We're intended
only TO gull honest men, so was the course of
the President on the subject ofimproving har-
hors and rivers favorable, only with the design
of gaining votes for the new Tariff Bill, the
Administration not having faith enough to be-
lieve that one righteous measure could stand
without practicing little fasehood on anoth-
en- We most earnestly hope that the day is
soon coming when EVERY TRUE DEMO-
Graf WILL HAVE, IN BITTERNESS
OF HEART, TO ASK PARDON OF GOD
AND MAN FOR HAVING AIDED IN Ell
EVATING TO POWER, MEN WHO MIS- I
TAKE TREACIERY FOR GOOD CON ]
DUCT, AND PALTRY SHIFTS FOR
GREAT CRAFTSMANSHIP"