The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-07-28
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] fllnM llllfE Hnt = 1897 " lllN FNANlN HNl
youliou 10 assembled uu hu Hubplclous day
aud undnr lappy hmeuH We 90 once con-
uemOrhla uig glorious Iinhl, celebrate Gur O.
Wanfiphiiun from tie dominion Of n paris
/ whose rule has heen scarcely less CALLING iliar
colonial feTvilude, and rejoice ~ our hopes
/ Of . prosperous Rud honorable future. The
tlironeh Hud dynnslieH which gave Inv "a
/ ChfisfeudOm az tie period OfOur separation
1sfan England, and which even ouIliVed the
cougusions ilAi followed ile French ReyO'
! laiioH, are crumllng. AZ Europe IL suffer.
inR dire disIfeHs,0r ngilaied wiIh fearful fore
bodngs, Famine md intestine whT lave
spread drsoiHlion and terror over wide re-
glons oflhe old world, aud lhosa portions
Of Europe which hnve Yet escaped these
sooprgeA nre trembling with we'll grounded
approximations Of like YisiiniiOnH while our
own Republir, strong Nv Tho equality OF her
ihtlilulious, aud In the pniriolism aud intel
liReuco other people, has resisted the shocks
OF faction aud amhilioni aud under wise
and Iuit head iA nav red0ublinR her energies,
aud promising soon 10 Rise ~ acknowledged
supremacy of influence lihough she nspiree
moi 20 duiho5ihl among christian nations,
liuf we aro net for no mere purpose of.
die triumph and mutual congrniulhiion. On
Tho contrary, the day II 10 bo regarded NJ tho
commencement ofa new and vigorous Sc
ries Of efforts TO aid tho Whigs 0fthe Union
In retaining their ancient and long lost po-
sitioH which IL las cost them a campaign Of
twenty years 60 recover. We hrH now 90 or
gnniIoi with reference 20 certain hostile move
menia of a ehafnclrf utterly unprecedented
~ American political history. The diseor-
dam elements Of faction, 10 lriumphablly
scattered Ia the election Of 1919 have raj.
lied their DISCONTINUED squhdrons, made
eommon surrender Ofoyery principle 10 tho
maintenance Of which the honor ofeach WINS
pledged, aud united all indictments IN co,
allii0n ~ inc0ngruouH aud na corrupt NJ that
memorable lenRuo Of old, when tho Trium-
yirH couapired 10 quench the last Apnrks Of
Roman liberty aud each agreed to sacrifice
his peculiar principles mud hts private friends
Ia he intcresls or the hatred of either ofthe
olher. WIFI like irofligaoy, the pro-slaysr-
y pro-TcNhu nnliiarifl' Democrats on the
one hand tho ulirn-hboliiionisH on tie other,
aud the merccnnres, who iight for pny indic
lctenlly on hll stiles, have joined In an unho-
" combination, agreed to bury their mutual
just huimosi,es, aud To sacrifice every ohjcc,
they have hitherto sought to accomplish, for
the one end Of securing tho spoils OF oiicr,by
the defeat Of the ancient Wing party, aud
that honorable remnant Of the Democracy
which, ~ tho conviction Tint politics nre
something more than struggle for Itltnder,
elill retains integrity. Tfinl The ofigiuRlorH
Of this movement have none lat marrow aud
selfish aims, Is too palpablo TO require proof
and who nro they, who, inoiho desperate
chance Of succrss, are To profit by the viclo-
~? Free Democrats look nj your leaders,
mud ask yourselves whether thrsn hre tho
men Sc love to honor whether your consci.
entious estimate of their. political integrity.
lhrir claims To prefrrment, ~ elevated Ivy the
ITurt ttiry take. "a the new aud shallow iugrlr
" th which they Hra now seeking to dctuuU'
you' Have you forgiven their participation
yet unrepenled Of, w the election Of James
X. Polk, aud The extension OF slavery by tho
of Ioxns' Have you forgotten
That they were The stufdiest champions orthe
notorious cog rulc' DO you not know that
they are, NJ this hour, ~ siiflly imposed 10
protective and discriminating duties rs o.
80;
Villa, hns q friend of Freedom to gain rby
nssoClaliug his political fortunes with those
OF That northern Democracy, which tic ullrat
pro.-ln'ory South claims us the "naLurul al
Hes of tie enemir, of cnsnciprirr? Whit
ran the Americas producer hope from n VIC
tory Under leaders, who rcpudaie di-criui-
milton ~ ih" Tariff. and the protection OF
Ilomrsiic Industry WHO NnNo WiTndfHWU
ltpm rlfculutiou, ny u'enuS of the specie.
clause 40 the sub-tfcasury scheme, the Whole
solid hnsis ofour currency, aud who have on
nhled the foreign manufacturer 10 choose his
AVN moment for flooding our markets aud
depressing our industry, thrn' tile operation
Ut the wnrc-houslng SYSTEM What conf
lcnce eau any sune man entertain in the pro.
icssions ofthoso new converts to Tho cause
Ut freedom, who, scarce six months since,
strained every nerve To secure the election
pf Lewis Cnss, and who have never, TO this
lay, proicssed oonrIion for their past polli.
rul offences?
Whnt Rro now tho great questions which
NPitaie- AID divide tho American peUplu2-
The protection of domestic milnsiry-,he
extension of African slavery. Aud whit is
the past aud present position Of the two great
parties on this subject? Let them be Judged
~ -tI.sis aeiE-- llaa moi ihn Ming parry alilaus
tho doatrine Of protection The
Tariff of 1912 was passed with the concur.
renee of the entire Wing party, aud against
The votes Of every New England Democrat
in Congress, sduo one. The Tariff OF 1916
was enacted by Democratic House md
Senate, in spite of The opposition Of every
wing in Congress, sape one, in each branch
of the national Legislature. Every wing |
state, every Wing convention Ia the Union,
il VIGOROUSLY pledged to the overthrow Of |
the Tariff OF 1876, based upon the principle |
OF nero revenue, discriminating, il at all, |
AdAISsT American industry, aud the restora-
ton of the great principle which character !
lied the Thrift Of lS42--PRoTEcrToN name
~, Ivy DETERMINATIONS But where nre our
The coalition of tho presen, wear
repeats The financial resolution
OF the Buffalo convention Of lS4S--u resolu.
ton so decidedly hostile TO protection as to
neot the approval of that swofii foe 10 a.
rnericnn industry and human liberty, Martin
Van Buren---which declares substantially,