The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-06-10
Matters and Things in Wash.
ington.

writes, IN reference 10 the PHILADELPHIA IL,
vention, and public opinion in regard 10 fl.
candidate, as tollows:-
"The strong and ! may say, the pervndOv
sentiment with the delegates and with MI ~
Wings, is to take the candidate who sballnn
pear, after deliberate and calm considorp
lion, TO be most likely TO prove successTnI,
and would beg of our Wing friends ofNom
England and elsewhere, not to be too bae,v
in the expression of disnpprobatpn of Ony
candidate who is now in the field We mu:,
remember who is our opponent. What ca,
lamity it would be to suffer defeat in mi.
campaign, and what blow it would bo 10
the best interests of the country, if General
Cass should be elected. 1t sometimes ham,
pens with parties as with individuals, tbnt h
order to accomplish a worthy end, we mus, ~
for time, at least, forego some personal pvo,
objection. The motives which uctuale and
the good gained, should compensate us Sy
the sacrifices we may make ; and we NAV saw
that the Wing who will not, in time liEs
this, when victory is every thing, and defeat
ann Initiation, make some sacrificess not trns
to the cause he espouses. Let him call n,
mind the hundred and fifty millions ocdoJlors
which has been expended, and which we
now owe the thirty thousand of our coun
trymen, who lie buried in foreign land, 10,
him think of the widows and orphans here
and in Mexico; of the wrong that has been
inflicted and the sorrows that have been on.
dured, in consequence of the war with Mey,
leo, brought about By the elevation of James K.
Polk 10 Tie Presidential Chair let him, we sov
call these to mind, land add thereto the Ger,
tainty that the election of Lewis Cass would
be considered by him and his party as n m,
tional verdict in favor of them all, and as mr..
ging him and. them to go on and pursue
like course, and then say if the importance
of victory on the Wing side in the coming g.
lection can be overstated. In our opinion
every thing that is worth preserving in our
constitution ofGovernment, every Thing that
is dear to us as Christian men, MS lovers of
PEACE, and Republicans, depends upon the
issue ofthis struggle. 1t is the Yorktownlbe
Waterloo, the Culoden, on which the last
stand is to be made and the last struggle to
be endured. If we fall let us fall MS good
Wigs ever have fallen:
"Wnh our back to the field and our feet to
the foe
five triumph, as trust in God we SHALL
pmans ofheartfelt JOY will burst forth from
every heart. No longer will our harps be
hung upon the willows, but we will 20 forth
rejoicing, rs people redeemed from weary
years of labor and of bondage, emerging, as
il were from the long, dark night Of Loco
Foco corruption and misrule, into the best
sunlight, bright beaming and gorgeous, of
Wing freedom, happiness and prosperity
What though a cloud darken our pathway;
what though the sun should not be so bright?
what though our every wish should not be
gratifed? Yet who, we ask, would give up
what we will have gained, and what we may
hope from the future, and go back to the
darkness and oppression from which we
shall have escaped?
feel that we have reached q crisis in our
history. when we are 10 have fixed for ne
next twenty years the policy of this Govern
ment We have already entered upon our
career Of conquest and of bloodshed, SHALL
WE GO ON, OR SHALL WE STOP? These are
the issues and they cannot he put aside
They meet us, as Mr. Benton said today, on
another question, every where, as the frogs
of Egypt meet the Egyptians. These are
truths; men older and wiser, and better able
TO Judge of the future by the present than my.
self, believe them. ] believe them. believe
them & no one here doubtS,no one can doubt.
] believe we have the power 10 give to the
right side an overwhelming and henif-
cent victory. BY uniting frmlB by Civ
ing up in some degree local and personal
preference, if demanded resting satisfied
with what is in our power aitalnable, we can.
land we can do it in no other way) drive out
of our political synagogue the corrupt money
changers and those who sell their conscen-
ces and country for place and power land in
the end, redeem our land from the control
of both master and parasites and place her on
glorious eminence, 10 reflect the light OF
genuine liberly,which would warm the hearts
and bless the labors of our own people, and
give assurance to other nations that Repnb-
lie can stand, and that the people can gov
ern."
DoUGH-FACEs.-Mr Root, of Ohio, in re-
cent speech in the House of Representatives
said =
"Now, sir, can respect man who was
born, and educated, and resides in the mldS
of slavery though he be in favor oFextendINs
that institution into our newly acquired Ter
ri,ory and when he claims that it is '6S
right ofthe shareholders to carry and hOu
their slaves there, though differ with MN
opinion, / can believe him sincere ana Hon-
est. But for man born, educated aOu 'os,-
ding in free State, and processing anlIs,J,
very sentiments, to chop about on the eycTa
election, and pander TO The slave power ln'Oo
miserable hope of political advancement W.. -
to deserve the name by which he shOGlue N;o,
after be known, doughtdce. Judas isca m,su
was gentleman compared wi sucl a,m""
because, when he had reflected on the e' o",
nifty of his crime, he had the grace 10 SOV''
and hang himself"
% Hon. George B. Upham, of Clnre~0Dt'
N. H., who recently died, left a properly s
nine hundred thousand dollars. The eu''O'
the Claremont Eagle has more recently A ,.,
ried n DAUGHTER of the deceased. All paFue'