The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-11-24

1--WE nre not bound 10 defend lhe admins.
ration of General Taylor we have asked 40
uvors Gom il,and have received all wn asked
aud 40 more, liul there nro tines when the
yiruleHGo Of party warfare ought Ca br ro'
buked even hy those who do mol trade Ia
politics, aud such line We conceive the
present 10 Ice, The attacks on tie present
administration have exceeded CyeD thug oi
rerklrssneHH aud yiruleuce iu lie hiatufy al
pnilIigM- pnfIleE ll MS CnnniEA IArD hcl
uf Gen. IuJ lor hoe lot uuly been druouua,
ed, hlH Ibisrsl'frseul-d and lulsitird mud the
purpose Inns boon openly nvuwrd 10y the
lendinng organ of The opposition, 10 follow
up mud denOuucc to The "hlurr end every
effort Of the administration to manage the
complicated affairs Ofthe county, No NUT
ter whether good ar bad, the administration
must bo assaulted, abused, ylliied, lllsihrd,
att,i irut duwIl. THIS h lie uyownl--lhls the
"bilor end' sought 10 Ice accomplished, aud
these lhc means to accomplish II! IN the
name Of heaven, what r. any human govern
neut w0ilh,ii such are the feelings aud pur'
poses of the governed? To oppose good
government iudlsrtininnicly, wholhcr good
~ bad, ~ hut 10 invite n bad one; aud 90 pave
tho wuy for n drSpotisU IA lho end, No
uHn who 0y0Ws such rul0 NJ Hcliua ~ that
adopted 10y the Washington Union, deserves
g. q
hle own nets nr1 nj war with such pri' ilrgcE.
To lie effective, u good goycrunieri must b0
supported, for the very suluc reason lhui Il
bud one ought 10 loo opposed; and the iden
thnt u republican iuru nf government can
exist whcu the people become IudHciriuniCd
with the idea HAT they are bound Ia resist
IT, acts, whether good ur tad, IL prrpostrr-
on, nnd absurd, Whnl, then, are wa TO say,
when the leading organ of great political
pnriy dcciarcH thnt ~ greatest far VIA, ihuI
Gen. Taylor woult administer the goyrrn.
mcrt IN n spirit oi liberldy aud Cancellation,
and thereby hccoulc popular.
We Hre glad 10 see hat, amid an HE ,iuI.
lence Of ilS 0ssuilnhls, the Administration rs
pursuing IA even Hud quot, got GrH apd
mnnly course, neither turning TO the right or
lcn, eilhcr TO mike friends oreurmrs. The
President aud hir Cuhuno, Ministers nrr cou.,
slaniy and 2rnlously ~ work fulfilling tie
high requirements Of Their tce.rCtiyr Offices
and not u single act oflhe administration can
be pointed 10 ns inlsiit iUg the priuclp Dies laid
down 10y Washington and the other early
Prrsideuis Under such state Of things,
wc cannot but believe that the opposition nro
-ogetagiiHH il., t.,tt ,-s34 -t4.'l'.I+1.F 4t..I4
strength tor Hought The ",ital oHsrgieH"
which they hru wasting now, they mny moi
I've able To- recover u year ar Two hence when
they will need ricn more Nencd Ia it,
present pitch, opposition wll "u'erlcHp itself
aud lall ou 'to,her side" Thrasulirr SECOND
thought" of many viii he very different from
the ircu2ird Impulse of the first feeling of
disappointment aud opposition. It is our
candid opinion that, II Gen, Taylor goes on
in the quiet and energetic way Ice has begun,
hS administration viii be IN the end MS pop
ulnr with the people ms that of any QUO at his
pr. tlpcrrsor~ not pNcputiUg TINT Ufthc "fuIli.
or U' his Country"