The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-08-15

dwellings but the most rude covering uhu
shelter. and their incessnnt toll lorplds h'i
possibility of intellectual culture. such may
answer as subjects for n monarchy, but sucn
must not be the condition of the ci'lHehs Oh
this repubic Whenever il becomes so, our
uolitical experiment will have filled. No,
Sir: no. We cannot make common lot WIN
the untions, of the world. We are, and must
| he, Deculiar people; aud such must he the
nature of our policy. Having almost en,erGd
on the enjoyment Oft the promised land, lev us
NOT, in the indiscreet desire 10 procure chcHP
goods, indulge n longing for the vegetables
and flesh pors Of Egypt. aud return therefor
apuin TO Il state of yussalugc md servilude'
but hold on our way, TO fulfil the performance
of our nations calling, IN actual lndePeh-
deuce aud prosperity.
II may be true that the growers OF cotton,
which cannot he produced in Europeand the
condition of whose r.-slaves--cnnnot DC
degraded IN social position, have nothing to
fenr in this experiment Of foreign conpeti-
lion; md this may account for their general
willingness that this free trade policy should
be pursued; but even they shoud remember
that their destiny is embarked in The same po-
litical experiment with ours, and must share
in the general result.
The sauds OF my hour glass arc nearly rum
out, and must close. | choose not TO leave
the impression that my hopes Of my countryss
final destiny depend on this bill, though !
doubt not, it this policy were adopted ana
persisted in, it would destroy our prosperiiyi
bur, sir there is an elasticity ndrecuperallVe
energy in ;hc Intelligence, enterprise, and re-
sources of this people, 10y which they Will re-
deem themselves If this is adopted, this peo-
pie will, under it, suffer deeply; but when
suffering, they will seek relief, as they have
heretofore done, by again abandoning the pol
lev. And though this people may he ngnn
deeply convulscd, and though that CONFUSION
may not he a death struggle, yet IN the par
oXisms Of their agony, they will CRUSH the
party and authors oftheir suilerlngS.
LAW MATRIMONIAL. The cases of clope-
mont which occurred lately in Long Island,
have given rise to many remarks by our broth
err editors, upon iusufliciency of the laws, u
bout which much more is said in our opinion
than the case requires. The editor of the
New York News, in the course ola well di-
rected article says:
"a man may take dog wherever he can
find him.--it is no crime; hut itthe dog have
n collar, or even n string around his neck, The
afliir Incomes n larceny, the string or collar
being considered property. although the dog
Is not. IN ike naNltr u Nllbdul ll'lI "'H''"''
a Wife from her welded lord, aud the poor
man has no remedy in n criminal suit for the
theft: but ifihr i0ithess spouse does not go
ont from her home to the arms other seducer
uutramm He'd with the property of her hus-
band, an indictment for felony can be framed
and prosecuted to conviction against the par |
" vic has thus been the cause of her dcgra-
datiou."
The law is about right III this matter. There
can he such thing rs stealing woman, or
wife with her CONSENT and, OF course, the
,hcti must he in regard 10 rah,1b'Cs. The Of |
Tending wife may break the heart ofthe hus-
band by her departure, hut she cannot heal
it by her return 1t is the aojH OF the virluous
woman that constitutes the value OLA wife, /
and the copemcnt utterly destroys all that
value. She is like good plaster 1--WE beg
pardon for the LONELINESS of comparison, hut
certainly she is friend that strketh nearer
tllon hrotherand so is II plaslerA the closer
Tint adhcrcs. the more good it does; hut when
once it comes off, it is utterly vnluclcss.
Laws. then. that set value upon the affections
and duties ola wife, ndervalne her worth.
Let sum be paid for the property stolen,
"hut for "a good wife, her price is above ru-
hies"--U s. Gn=.