The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-05-18
Correspondence oflhe Alias.
The Com promise.

L. w WI 'Nf llHh ~
10 all present appearance, .rhcp t,,,,
waf sucl complete failure ~ thls aIirrrft.
compromise hl- proved NosonrrlFiIlr
report been read lhnu uiuc Fumrur. nre Of
whom were uIcWhorH 0t the tuuu...r.lofe
ruccc--trly s't,l announced thor duuulD..
alton not tp abide hy the tuUmIi'rr', Hsf,r.
meul, Two orihe-c, phclp, and C1arfr
d-Htuiud on Hrruuut of iiscXirrur s.lt.tfn
aspect The former ut ff-l inicndrd No. one
-"ul minority report, bat It wa, mot deem.
81 lc-. az the blntlug Wu. doomed 90 r,r.
isl among ils ffieud-. Il WIS thought b,f
not a. make such objection q. migl.f have
tendency 80 rerorctlr ilit. frrtrvv1r's r1 IT,
Bcsidrs these, Mason, Downs aud Berr,l.
members Of the COMMITTEE. aud Clemsn,
Iulue, BVrlnnd hud JET DAVIS, denounced
The scheme. Mr. foolc WIS IN great distress
of mind lie undertook 10 play the Whippsr
la, hut MI IN vain. Ills attempt 10 bring Jc.
20. Clcmsns into line whs n most lulicrnus
fuilufe. Ne hrfnu to- rrud INN u lrrmr Tor
hclug 20 hnslS- in hcrlAring lis L-aa!.l a.
immediately AFTER The report bad hrru u,N'v,
and before ho had time 90 consider IT, Clrm.
Gus tcintlcd that none nlilnAs- man 10 L.ln.
~ Mr. Footc lhd spent whole hour he day
beinru IN imprcsslug-6il IT. points upon him,
aud hc knew lhcm oil before lc came into
Tie S5UHtg. fiTi- efeaieI alaagh nj Eoolc.
expense, and placed hlm IN o remarkably
tight placc, mud from wliclrhc could not "a.
tricAlc himself With any grace
Amer this general nnrc-up nu the p6rt of
tho eNtrumo south, MIR Hale could ne, lofhru
the temptation To- lrt on some of his gaiua,
tory comments upon the exhibition. Auons
other HaaL lhiugs. he .nid That King Of ~
hama, was not 20 much out Of the way, wien
lao said the other dag hat 40 concr..pus 20
fanalicism would safety fanatics. That. Lo
said, had Just been demonstrated J., ll.-a
gentlemen To Ice true IN thrir own ra,cs.
Thus, then, IL appears certain that ilr ON.
nihus compromisc of Messrs Foo'c, Cay
Cuss u Co Is iikriv, uffrr M, 10 br rruug.
led at iis birth, 1t has apparently been de.
that Il cannot oven pns. the rvu..
ntr, in tie least object iuuuhIc form !, is Ike.
ly To assume. Tho Wprsr IL Is made, the
f,tetr ,'.rinit, j. "a nfe,l, &c being slrlsk dead
Ihe moment It crosses the threshold Of ilc
louise. IN It's present form 1t IL not probable
t,will receive the sanction ui one at lhos0
Who have. from the first opposed the otma.
lion of this Committee of l'hlrccu.-lrWo
add to these Cooper. Mason, Downs, lcrri.
m. Clemens, Nuleo. Borlund aud Jcf DAVIS.
We have ~ cerIhiU m uVru-tt,ef', -hesslfs
several douhtlul--n moJorlly Of e,ghiiu full
Scuntc.
For all this, Mr. Clay PROCESSES to be still
'auTuiuc TINT he will carry il. md is M rrso'
ute and determined To force it through as II .
here were no probability ofhis defeat There
ire some among our friends who yet fear
hat this southern opposition is all smm,a
lrclcucc nnda dccoy--ihut !; Is only The
ncAl TO hide the cal. for one do not he.
icvc this; | believe that Clemens, Downs
Davis, Mason, Nulce aud Borland ut least,
trc sirrcrrr- frey riurrit desire my settle
nent-thcy seek disunion, or, rather, they
eek results that would mako il inevitable,
md will defeat anything and everything like.
v To settle these questions, so that they REJECT
wen this proposition, which is so intensely
md Extensively Southern. What then, is to
~ tho result Of all this How can these
hings ever bc settled ? How, hy any Other
unInn means, thnn upon tho platform ofiR
'residcut9 I'M The dark aud troubled nigL
hat Is upon us that is the only star Hhors
he horizon;--hut that one is enough five
viii hut runtidc in this hcuign md propt,ous
eHcon light of hope, which, ic We trusted
will guide US TO safety, in the sheltered ha,'
n of peace, harmony, aud security. Much
me has already been lost--Too long nlrea.
" have we neglected to avail Ourselves Of
his, our only chance of safety Tod hong
ave prominent members of the Wing part!
cen blind and deaf to the voice'of wisdom
nj patriotism, that spoke to them from Thh
IAN or THE PEOPLE. II is not YET 100 Ia'u
pr them, even now. Forgetting their own
eltish aspiralons,und short.sichDrd rohc"s'
pom which quicksnnd they have wen n'En
ngulled, not only their own reputation anu
onulnrily, hut the safety and welfare OF '.o
hole country, also: and looking only TO t le
ommon good of their whole party, VIII"
'hichis Identified the good of our colnnly"
them be content 10 pu, 'pou
tuuitlrrs to the wheel, and urge on ihS 'a
state, through the ouly practicable pam
'hich they were long since invited ny wv
,rescolng aud prophetic wisdom Of Zachary
'aylor
ANoTHER STEAMBOAT DISASTER AND a.
nss or APR Bafdlo. Tuesday, May L