The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-07-07
From tho Waterman.
The Double Game.

The game Of coalition OF late attempted In
tile Northern States whs cooked up in Hash
ingi0n 10y tho locofoco leaders, aud II bat n
part Of The plan cunninEly devised 10 over
turn the present administration and briug the
locolocos into power again. The game IL
double; tho trlole plan h., 10 form SLAvo-
cRATIo CoALITIoNa IN the South aud pre-.
tended FAIR Son oNEs In the North, a. both
TO operate against tho administration. Tho
SlavocrAis have devised u; they are parties to
u; aud if they do not make tho Northern 10.
eoioeos their tools TO do alayocrn,io work, ms
usual, theS will bo mistaken. Thus Virginia
has bocon carried against tho administration
expressly on SiarVVaf'e gf0gHdI and thus In
the pending elections IN Tennessee, II enluek-
\, aud other Slave States, the t.orofoco cry
IL that the administration u opposed 10 .SiaverlI
AZ the same moment tile opponents Of the
administration Ia Vermont rnire precisely tho
opposite rTy, The object Of both ~ tire Suru-
their means Of obtaining II nre contradictory.
This fact must bo Kept IN full view, " you
would correctly understand tie coalition. Dis.
graceful M such political tfickery IN, 10 IN lust
exactly the gnmo Of loco(ocoisnt IN 1919. For
n specimen, take the Vermont locoi6eo papers
which are AT this homcnt accusing tho nd.
mini-irntion OF Pro slavery purposes, md
then read this announcement from lorofoco
paper IN Alabama. Tho Mobile RegiGler aud,
JoIUu1i lAlaA had an editor IN very snug
bcuh under Polk. Who Inns been relieved
from further official duty under Taylor Odd
~ 1t may seem. hr don't seem To like the
Presidents Cabinet whom hc calls Tho Hep.
nrcly' and saysi
"Gcu Taylor ucplcrting high opporimi.
ties, hns called around him the most msrra.
bic aud obnoxious Cabinet that ever linl/d
knees around the green bai2c and mahogany
of the White House. A majority Of Ihoni are
political lcpcrs- nboiiiouisls--whop poi.
son our national atmosphere with the foul
breath Of their pcrniclons principles. All of
them IRE high Tariff pr oleciionists, mud OPP
posed TO that beet of all fiscal systems. the
independent Treasury, under which our Gov
ernmcnl has pospered so happily through
the vlcissitudes of pence md war What
can the country expect from tho control Of
such politicians? What particularly can the
South hope for from lloptnrchy composed
OF such materials? Thousands of Our cid-
zcns aided in placing Gen. Taylor in the
Presidency, because they believed that ho
would use the influence ofhie high office for
the protection Of the Institutions of the sec.
ton orrh5 tutuu IN wriel, he spAs horn- md
because they thought, from the iron energies
OF his character, and the fearless fire Of his
spirit, TINT no detriment would come TO the
Where now are their hopes. where
their reliance, when they see him thus REIN /
gushing the privileges Of his station to his
Cnbinet-to such Cabinetl--and leaving the !
rights and interests ofthe South Mt the mer.
cy of men whose lives are identified with OPP
position to her welfare, and hostility to her
Assnredly, # they nre truo to
they will wake into active oppo- |
ton. aud hurly by the pressure ofpublic opin- |
ion, this unworthy ministry from the high
plnccs into which they have been improperly I
and have no right to occupy"