The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-07-08


lie never slept in house. His home was
his tent, among his men. There is Il soldier
for yoII-tlIere is aciIiZen.
And this mnn--so pure, so plain, 30 up
right,-ils ready with n tear for the SORROWS
ola friend, rs with blow for an enemy
would he moi make n real, genuine old iasl-
toned, Democratic President? (Yes yes! and
HppluuseN Not spurious, pnrtizan Demo
tiratc-but a'renl Democrat would not his O.
lection be new light over our fading De-
inocrncy? Do you not think, my Grie nds, that
our Democracy has been falling in the rear
a little into the yellow leaf? Have not abu-
Sos crcpt in from the long continuance ofpow
or nthe snne hands, make no nlluson TO
my individuals? Are we not gradually get
ting into our government too many of those
little arisiocrutic notions? A voice--it all
comes of the loaves and fishes.) Yes, my
friends, there is good deal in that too. One
set of Presidents have held power long
wllile-l mean set of Presidents protesting
the same political prnci ples-and in this long
continuance ofpower in the same hands,
many abuses must have crept in.
Well, my fellow citizens, win make
few additional remarks, but they must nee
cssarily he brief wish TO say word on
one subject in regard TO which there exists
good deal Of feeling in this section Of the
country. Ii is objected to Gen. Taylor that
he is Il Southern man and stakeholder. Why
are these local distinctions made? ain n
Kentuckinn-but ! thank God cnn take
YOU, Pcnnsylvanans, by the hand and call
you cOuntrymcn. Separated by State boun-
diaries, being under different State govern
,lneuts, there is bond Of uniun-the Consti-
'mtion Of the United States-whch binds us
nil into one great country. am proud and
thankful to call youall my counrymen. Prov
ilcncc never allotted to any other people
.gt,s,l, a ~, Rnnn whom clio
had desolated halfthe world, and tnTed ey-
cry srepnirt and river with blood in her ca
rccr Of conquest, never possessed half the
power thai YOU possess, or will possess. Tint
power il for extending liberty to unborn mill
ions, and your influence 10 every portion Of
1hc inhibited world. If we but hold togeth-
.cr---IES and greater will be our ot--we will
go on increasing to incomprehensible. indie
errihable greatness. Over all this wide do
main, stretching from the Pacific 1000 miles
distant from us to the shores Of the Atlantic,
we are, ana can he one great pcope--Speak-
ing the same lauguage-goycrned 10y the
same laws. know not for what purpose
we may be reserved, bit so far, our progress
has been uncXampled in the history of the
world. Let us not then speak of n Northern
fnnn-a mnn from the middle States, or n
Southern man, what matter where he is from,
so he is tie man 10 subserve our inieresis,and
work ont our destiny. We are none of us
Peansylvnnians,no oi'us Kentuckans-we
arc Americans all. (Cheers.)
Cen Taylor is called n Southern man
well, in Kentucky, we call ourselves Western
men. However, let us enquire where has
Gen Taylor passed his life-in the South, in
the Norlh,in the Wesl? For 40 years he has
lived in his tent-for 40 years he has been
covered by The glorious thirteen stripes and
stars. Is not this answer sufficient TO silence
all objection? He has lived where his coun-
try's interest called him. He served the
whole country for 40 years-and is he now
10 be questioned rs to where he comes from?
(Applause. "Ilurrn for Old Zack."O
General Taylor has said. 81 will prescribe
no man for difference of opinion"-which
"fyou who now hear me, my friends, will
prescribe him? Will you prescribe him. the
gallant. warmhearted, kind and truthful
old sodier-the great warrior,tlI kind neigh
hor--the skillfiil General. the good husband,
the good soldier, the good citizen? VIII You
prescribe him, the indulgent mas'er, for the
holding of the slaves who are always the
most reoced when he returns among them?
mo! No! MOI
have always supposed you, Pennsylvania
ms, to he particularly susceptible to the
claims Of high military qualities upon your
regard. saw it in the days of Jackson-I
have seen it on many other occasions Al
though have said nothing from which TO
infer it Il have a sort of superstitious belief
about me--a certainty that when General
Taylor's character and achievements shall he !
known among You, generous enthusiasm
in his favor will sweep your State from the
Delaware to your utmost mountains. fCheers1
A voice-But what about Fillmore?
know him well-he is an excellent man |
man of great ability and of honesty and
sound principles. He aided materially in
the construction of that bill of which you
Pennsylvanians think so much, the Tariff of |
1912. Cheers.
] have dwelt but little OIL the politics of Gen. |
Taylor, but there is one subject of which l
will speak as il touches closely your interests |
here. You, my friends. may be called the
Spartans of America. The old Lycurgus,
in order to prevent luxury and avarico a
mong his Spartans, made iron money their
your enterprise and industry, have done the
same thing. You are workers in iron, and |
you have made your iron money. Ifin your
business you need some little aid-some lit
lie protection from your Government. and |
Congress sbaN pass allow giving it to you-it
willreceive no obstruction from Gen. Taylor's
veto. [Good good T
Providence has given us great advantages
and see not why we should not use them
for the benefit of our own people. Is it not
lawful TINT they should enjoy them? Good,
good.) In Europe, with her crowded popu-
Iation, Industry is enslavet here, industry
>confers independence and wea lth. If we
throw open our doors to foreigners-if we
sleep with them, and make them as our own
couHrymen, is it not lawful that we should
protect the latter, also, against the pauper la
hor Of the old world? (Yes, yesD II is the