The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-02-12
Vol, II, No. 80. Whole No, $780,


him to Mcxiro and humanity is capable ofno
crime from which lie would turn, or nj which
he would shudder. Take him TO Boston aud
his manner will he as pleasing rs his CONVEX
sation will he original. Search his pockets
and you viii find plan for deiranding
neghbor ofhs farm, n most aflectonate let
Ter to an absent daughter, bowie knife, and
Paradise Lost.
Beyond him notice that face. How clear
the eve, how confident the mouth, how strong
and firm the chin! If he speaks you will
hear IA voice like the Eolian harp, pouring
forth words of such sweetness that the bees
might cling upon his lips. Ii he moves, it is
the Indians motion, quiet and strong us sun
light. In his mind the Higher Democracy
is forming itsefa home; and amid the con7
tests of politics lie will be, uncousciously,
acting as the messenger oflhe great FRIEND
of man. Another comes by with quick,
springy step, as if with ankle joints of India
rubber; lie stops, joins in the discussion;
words pour from his tongue more rapidly
than the ear can drink !hcm; lie looks round
his eye all seriousness,S his mouth all smiles:
men catch his idea though they cannot catch
his syllable, aud their mods, show TINT he has
hit some nail on the head. Tint man, slight
as girl, might safely be trusted 70 lead any
corps in any battle; and yctiu his life he ncv-
err struck blow. Go for ten miles round,
inquire in any household, and you will hear
of him MS the kind adviser, the steadIast
friend, the unosentutious helper; many son
has he fayed from the gambling table, the
race course, or the deadly duel begun with
rifles and finished with knives; aud lie, TOO,
is n child ofthe soil.
Now consider, that while the murderer
and the victim of assassination become
known TO you through the press, the virtues
ofthe patriotic politician or the village phaI-
thropist make no noise in the world. Be-
lieve us. also, that, while the TOWNS and t6v-
erns ofthese Western States, rocking with
symbols Of the evil Democracy Of our land,
and the DULLES aud cut tllroais, tie knages
and robbers, are It's true children; and though
you might, Oh first looking al such sQcteLS
as you may see in almost any Western town,
think anarchy WINS close nj hand, yet are the
villages ever improving, the Iaverns them
selves growing more decent, and anarchy is
going farther and farther and farther away.
Remember that this Kentuky was settled by
men perfectly their own nusters: 10 govern
meut, no religion, no police, no restraining
power of any kind, save the voice of God in
their own breasts. Remember that among
them were the most reckless, unprincipled,
and blood thirsty ofhuman beings. Rcmen-
her that for twenty years this population,
thus gathered in anarchy, was demoraljzcd
by border warfare, full ofatrocites on both
sides. Call to mind, that, without attach
ment to the Union, the people Of Kentucky
we're Courted by Spin, France.nn England
and were more than once nigh seycrirg
from the Atlantic States And
when you have recalled these things, observe
how out Of anarchy has come n regular and
governments: out of Indifference
or aItagouism 10 the Union, a true deyoiiqn
to il; and out ola population scarce cognzunt
of law, Il society which, even in its excuses
and violations of statute, aims, however blind
ly, TO obey the law ofjustice and PUBLIC good,
To understand the West, you must remem-
Der that it is socially youth, in a state of
TO be compared rather with Eng
land under the Plantngenets, than with Eng
lard now. You find, consequently, strange
mixtures of stature law and lynch law, of
heuiheu brutality and the most Christian en-
of disregard for human life, and
self forgetting philanthropy. But amid all
the confusion. you may find evidence. we
believe, that the Higher Democracy, the rule
Of God, is advancing.
"Honry, commonly called Harry Daniel, of
Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Ken:
lucky, shot his brother in law in open court,
March 9TH, 1916. Both were in wealth and
among the first men of The neighhoT.
hood Daniel was acquitted, and is now Qgatr
leader in his district.
This is not too strong term; in I776.
George Rogers Clark called the people to.
rether to take measures to procure
,ognition of their existence by Virginia, or TO
set up for themselves;-there then abso.
utely no government.-SeG Butler, MarShaW,
or CIdrk'S o,cn Journal, in DitiOn's
Indiana, J. 1913, SC.