The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-11-21

lIle oncHny D uhttely was oDlBeu 10 retreat.
The force in the boats was exposed 10 heav-
y fire, but none were hurt. The M'Lane il
pronounced an ahominpbe abortion.
On the night of the 10th, the Gutter For
ward, with the gun boats Bonita, Refer, and
Nonata, under command of Com. Perry, left
for an attack on robasco.
Two prizes had been taken-the American
5arque, Cooza, and Yucatan schooner.
xplanations.
We know not how many weeks il will take
the administration papers to explain their late
immense defeat in New York. The difficult
ty will be the greater, from the fact, that in
explaining about New York, they will have
to unsay nearly all they have said in respect
to Pennsylvania. The reasons are doubtless
result in New York swept away the pretenceS
that have been offered for their deiea. in the
Key Stone State.
Come to the truth, gentlemen, at once Ad-
have, your Free Trade, your Sub Treasury,
your extension ofSavery, your wicked War!
Go back but a couple of years, when you
were all asserting in the ardor of Presiden-
tial campaign, that annexation would mol lead
to war. Is il strange, that now, when it has
evidently thrust us into most bloody, costly
and pernicious contest, that the people should
re act upon you, and upon the administration,
aud should vote in manner TO indicate their
dissatisfaction and dspleasure?
And upon those other questions fProtec
ton, ofCurrency, of the business interests of
the people, have you forgotten 1910? Did
you really believe that 1874 had effaced all
memory and all knowledge of the issues of
lS40' Is it not evident to you from your
own recolections, and your own partzan doc
uments, that in the last Presidential campaign
you encouraged great numbers of your party
to believe that no very great changes would
be made in the public policy on these ques-
tons?
On these points, we quote some inst re-
miniscences and comparisons from an eX-
change paper:
"The truth is, the Loco Foco party was
placed in power in 1874 through ignorance,
in the first place, of the real principles gifts
candidates, and secondly through blind,
vague confidence, that il would not venture
to carry into full effect the leading aud most
obnoxious measures of Loco Focoism. IL
was supposed that the overwhelming Wing
victory oflS40 would, ut least to some extent,
modify the measures which LocoiNocos would
bring forward. This belief was very dill
gently iostered by the leading men of the
party. Silds Wrigtt in this State, and BIZ
chdndn, Dallas and others in Pennsylvania,
encouraged the voters 10 believe, even where
they did not positively assure them, that Mr.
Polk would not destroy the Protective Tariff
of1S42,--that he would not seek TO renew
the exploded and condemned Sub Treasury
System. and that his whole policy would be
very essential modification of Loco Focoism,
as it was presented to the country in 1910.
Against these delusions they were loudly, but
unavailingly warned, by the Wings every
where. They acted under their influence
and contided the whole power of the country
to Loco Foco Administration. Now, how
ever, they have discovered their mistake.
They find The worst features of Loco Foco-
ism in the ascendancy and speedily carried
into full effect. The Tariff of 1919 is at once
abolished, and in its stead is adopted one
from which the very principle of protection |
is excluded. The Sub Treasury system, with !
its most odious and injurious provisions,is re-
enacted, in spite of the experience of 1910;
the Executive veto is rlithlessly interposed |
between the will fthe people,a represented
in Congress, g. the improvements demanded !
by the interests ofthe whole country; and ia |
every department of the Government, the |
most ultra and obnoxious principles of the |
Loco Foco party are carried into full effect" |
HENRY CLAY. A correspondent ofthe u |
nited States Gazette, writing from Frankfort,
KY, on the LIST inst, communicates the fol-
lowing in relation TO Mr. Clay
ale has been here for several days trying
an important will case from Louisville; and |
his closing speech was pronounced, by all
who heard it, to be one ofthe best efforts of |
his life. was told that he had made sever
al arguments during the last Fayette Court
to juries, aud it seemed as ifolden times had
His mental and bodily vein APP
pears strong as ever; and, having just heard |
the glorious news from the old keystone, he |
was i'll the very best flow of spirit"
Many Of the farmers of Dorsetshire and
Somersetshire TnglandD have commenced
the autumn planting ofpotatoes, in accordance
with the recommendation of many ugricu-
turalists and eminent chemists, who assert
hot this 10 tho hae al.