The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-03-26
FROM WASHINGTON,
WASUINGToN. March

will, ii YOU please, in Speakin. of new or
der of things here, speak first of him from
whom it is TO il0w-the President: AMI 50
BERN atop and at the beginning In a per
sonal sense. Mr. Pierce seems TO have mad.
and TO he making good impression in a
political one hut little. lis private feelings
are taken TO be kindly and fair: his ruiic
oncS.>tlll uncertain. as TO the degree in which
they will allow the others to Toe consulted
He evidently intends to be- in thr main. 4
patriotic chief magistrate; and. in order that
he may Toe 80. to hold the balance evenly be-
tween the two great factions OF his own par
Fogvi>m' and Young America :"
but 1t Is doubted here, and there Is great rea-
son to doubt, if his he a hand strong enough
to sustain the weights which Will Ice thrown
into these adverse scales. Nay. some think
he has already Dropped into one of them a
sword the declaration about Cu'a- which
mus; eventually Kick the IraM. And. indeed.
| ID not see how the mere makc-weigh;> oil
intentions thrown on the ether
SIDE can conrtrrha'ancc the tremendous .rav-
ItatIun which the Presidents inaugural de-
clarttIon giNc> AMI must soon hr .i.lt to have
givcn to Filli!nstcri>m. Even If left uncn-
corra-,el. that would haye zone on and dom.
rs utmost to drag u into an attempt against
Ia. Queen ii thu Antill.-> Anl - I ~-+aal-l
at hc>r. have been VERY difficult for an Al
min>trlton the most hostile Ia this move
mrnt ami the most um!cn'lin- 10 popular
passion, to withstand the abum,lan: resorts for
working Up the public temper 10 it. 10 moi
see how 1t Will hr possible for the president
I" avert this event. If even he desires 10 a
vert If. But. in truth. instead Of having any
right to ar-rc that he * avcr>n 20 Fillilm>ter-
ism. we must admit the contrary. lie has a
Vowed that not only DO W. desire Cuba rs
"ooi. hut that We require 1t for our safety
What more would any tulcrahlv discreet
member Of the Cuban Junta ask of HIM >
Not To say. in saving this that we wanted 10
Get Cuba !1y fair means only. would have
been nothing short 81 4 Presidential notice 10
SPAIN and all others that he meant 10 have
ii pcri"rrr. And a. We already know l-voul
a doubt. that We cannot get i;.unlc>> hy FIJI
ilu>icri>m. what docs still talking OF getting
it mean but that What else can Spain or
the world or the Cuban Junta take j, 10
mean:
will not aver that Mr. Ii"rcc meant what
Is the inevitable effect of villa; he ha> aid
1t is clear that lac wanted reach o. mind 10 see
i. Il he IaJar> 10 Lay" Cu'a au! 10 he'll,
his declaration IS most una.l
,i>rd; and equally - if he intends the coz
trary. Ii he wants Ia negotiate he could on
~ rspr' have '!i>inclnr'l SPAIN 10 treat with
him, by arowing open purposes OF rarine: if
he means TO get Cuba hy arms. it i anvtlin.
but >a"ariou> to rive Iii adversary such strong
admoniiion Of his designs In short.
he has clearly done Very foolish thing Is
1t not likely 10 prove a very fatal one. not OIL
~ 10 others, but to himself:
We have had but one Prcsidcnt-thr Dis
a>trouS Polk, who cane near running The
country, hnt compensated Us hy only ruinin.
himself and his partv-who. before Mr. Pierce
committed a like trnr pas of sticking into his
question srch as could not l,c
safely preached there: and, instead of rr>crv-
M 1t Tor the cOun>cl> O: time and ncrotiatior,
and his Cabinet. tied up his own hands from
the outset One would think the difficulties
and the shame which cn>uc,l To- Mr. Polk from
has silly s'ang-whanLing about Orr-nn.mirht
have been warning enough To Mr. Pierce.
think he will find he has made a mistake cy
cry way lamcntablc; and that tins turninr an
inaugural INTO stump speech is a thing not
to be done with impunitv The instructive
Polk might no less have pointed moral for
hun. as TO the party and personal benefits
which may accrue TO deniagogucS from yet
In% Us INTO even successful war. And who
: rash enough TO say that this for Cuba will
be successful Who can say that We are not
likely to have in 1t great part of Europe
combined against Us: Are wo not quite is
likely to lose California As To "ct cuba MEo
hail li.>a;rc that tn latter, il v, r,t II, will
not DC left upon onr hands another San b.
nlngn: How are VIZ to stop. until We
hail nave seized, first, ali the Islands, and
hen all Tie nc:ghhorin. Continent. And
what :-"rciean Power that has American
possessions, will shut Its ewes to the sare con
and sit snpine, while We are ~ciz-
- upon Cuba?
AZ 10 all Ike rest the Wing part, at LARGE
appears to be thus tar,quite well pleased with
with Mr. Pierce. At any event, they show
no disposition to create difficulties FOR him
He is more threatened with eml,arrassme.l-
Dy his friends loir>.
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