The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-08-28
THE CAUsE---THE PROS

twill be learned by intelligence commu
llcatcd in these columns 10 day, that TIN
Wing cause is making gratifying progress
Politicians, well vGrscd in what has, and il
taking place, and who have apparently cal
fculalcd prudenHy for the future set it dow
rs certain us most uuuscertained events cal
be- that tho next U. S. House of Representa-
'ives will contain Wing majority; which
ifso, may properly be regarded one of the
most remarkable political results in this coun.
try for the last twenty years.
Without going farther into the past, than
The spring oflS4G, it is found that the admin
isirNton Of Mr. Polk was in the full tide of
experiment. and that the popular btanch of
Congress contained suchn an OVERLOOKING An
ii Wig majority MS to enable the admnisrn-
lion to carry all its measures into effect In
Nfay, '4G, the misunderstanding with MeXi-
co came to acts of open hostility Oh our
south western frontiers; war was declared to
exist "by the act of MeXico;" the country was
plunged ut once into conflict; a Loco Foco
shout ofthanksgiving went up from the far
,hcst bounds Of Texas to the eastern borders
Of Maine; and the party in power at Wash
ington apparently regarded the war ms an IL
gcncy whereby they should make certain
their supremacy for full twenty years.
These and succeeding occurrences Rrc
fresh in the recollection of all who read the
newspapers, and it is unnecessary to do more
than allude 10 them. Tho sneers thrown at
tho great, honorable and patriotic Wing par
~; the ceaseless reproach and taurts hc0pod
upon it; the vindctiVe epithets applied, snch
AS "McXicon sympNthisers,' federal traitors
"MeNican Wings" Aforementioned by ALL
How sadly they fhicd of executing their ma
liciOus purpose let the elections of 1916 and
ISl1 answer Never was party moro sig
nally bafllGd in its base design upon its oppo-
ncnts. The popular voice, heard in the cleo
lions. has carried dismay into the admins
tration, and is causing the knees ofLoco Fo-
coism to shake like those Of the Bubylonan
king.
We say above, that lift prove--as there is
now every appearancc-thut the popular
branch Of the next Congress contains a Wing
majority, il will be tho most remarkable po-
Iitical result transporting in this country for
twenty Immediately preceding years. The
elections Of 1876, and so far in 1917, have
taken place under circumstances unusually
iorbiding 10 Wing success. The admins
tration all the while has been lavshng mill
+Ons ofmoney upon party iavoritcs, and max
ing all the influence possible for itself and
tue party of whose views it is the representa-
live. The Loco Foco presses have attained
vlIeness never surpassed by themselves, !
and diligently lahored in the dirty work Of
throwing filth at the Whigs,--employing ev-
nry ngencyin their power to bring that par
~ into contempt and turn the War to poIit- |
cal account. In the mean time, the country |
(irougl. The ProviIencs Of Cod however,
rather than the forecast oi,meni has prosper
ed, in every department. ofindustry: prcsoer- J
ca, IN great degree, through those fnscrutn
ne purposes whereby famine overlook some
nations while plenty stl;;:,! -. our own But,
irrespective of all the untoward influences
WrorNlhS against the Wings, and.o multitude
OF circumstances working fiyGr,hlv fer the
lAanmi,nls'raton, the ELECTIONS-ihosc
''nlaIilhS tests of public sentimeut-havo de
I IiS III beyond cavil, that change has
~, inc VINE 1T, been taking plar@ ..,
,oopIe. lhls 'clian"e % amongst the
las SO Tar Frn"- # is now oprarcnt,
1lution i -, ~ ~ 80 w." | ,n - a,
. III the sentiment and wishes of the
country.
The prospect afforded by the elections OF
1heTal of 1876 and those that have occurred
thus far in 1917, is cheering in the extreme
4 severer reverse no party ever sustained,
than is now eXperien ced by that which will
hold power n little longer through the provl-
sions ofthe constitution, rather than the wish
of the American people. The bitter cup
they held to The lips of Wings, is returned .
10 their own mouths. Their jeers, their jibes,
their taunts, have failed of the intended pur-
pose; and the Wing party, too generous to
haunt a PROSTATE foe, has attained triumph ,
ut the polls, unparalleled in its extent icon
sidering the circumstances under which the
elections took piuce) and vitality important in
its consequences. May it be lesson the
craven towards who do the work of Mr. Polk
will not forget.
Let, then, the great Wing party be true to
the cause and the country, and stand fast by
the principles which bind them together, and
all will be well. Let it be just, be firm, be
bold, be true and a General Administration,
benefcent in its purposes, wise in its meas
,res, republican in its usages, may be form
ed upon the ruins of one whose folly is C
quoled only by the weakness Of its Head;
whose close will leave few regrets, even in
the bosom of its original friends, and create
COY, deep and abiding, amongst vast ma
iorty ofthe American people.-.N H. 'Sta'es-
man.