The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-09-22
4 O,f.w,r Of the PrC~idcmt's Cheek shirt


cn. even in mcdiocritv. we are disposed to
GIVE him due credit. if not tor his mediocrtv,
So, for his one virtue OF consistency. Eve
~ person. who has arrived at wears Of dis
,rr,ion. is presumed to know much better
tie mcasu," OF his ability than those around
hlm. and, while he keeps within the limits
~, his capacity. is certainly entitled to his
own proper modIcum of praise. Prc.entious
men are almost universally di>lkcd for. in
..>umnr to BE- That which they are not. eve
~ one who is deceived feels cmtittcrcd a
.anSt the decciver. IL follows, therefore.
merely Is a matter Of shrewd policy. that 1t is
much better to conform to moderate stan
lard than TO risk failure and di>.r.c. IN vain
attempts to reach above it. Who Zoe, not
rcroect the fable OF the Frog and the Ok (?
Some Of our journalists have been con>d-
cratlv exercised, Of late, with little sunlt-
uarv affair connected with the recent visit
Of President Pierce to Virginia They charge
him with outracing executive propric'v by
wearing check OF parti-coIorcd shirt We
sec no reason in 'hr out-c'v. Every mar
ought to be true to III, instincts. and why
should We condemn that in the President
which W" would applaud in a panpcr:
- He should have remembered the higni-
,v OF his station, cries one. That i all well
enough; but suppose the station has been al
ready >horn Of its dignity, what then ? -
Washington would never have worn check
,hri," cxclal,n, second All friend for
'nna,ey the Howcry st no fashions in those
lav>. nor were under garments of that stripe:
and then. aHain. according t. MIS- MaIaprop.
comparisons are Oloro,S," for. certainly
President Pierce i no more like Pre- >i,!cnt
Washington than Hamlet to Hercules. We
lave practirel the sliding scale since that,
august period. and the political tendencies
Z :ul, sl.1!ing-scale have been ,lownwar,l-.
" lnt only consider the improprcty of the
thing" SAYS Mrs Grun,!v We can consider
no such ab>urcltv We contend that the
>h,.k slir, cyinrcd M, merely pronrictv.
f''f' vas - ''''
'ru:i"c ont growth il vas part and parcel
of all that had preceded tit was. in fine
check. or r9.ti-"oiorr'i, because it conf not
be otherwise. The administration is check.
or parti-rolor'H-'he hor'haT'.in'nt OF TREY
town was cheek shirt a'',ir it was Bow
.rv ov,Io;t AND m;,,I, Lcvo b.or rjro,.j
~" ~ f''
NUS ana bottled peer -" n'ni:''fl"i an
consular appointments with but t,.w c:crp-
,ion, indicate a check shirt roicv The
E ,lt ,I,ov.,Lor ,,,o r,,,l,
~, C.., ,,
81 ''"'N >"''' ''''''~'''S' '''' "''" "''N-
mo and hIhnG-,he Utah nominations and
rctrartions- tue exemplary fDravS into
,or,,.rn .rS .,,,or, N.;. III ;,,;o,,,
'''' ''' '"'''- Pf'"''P'' 'v "h''h our gov
eminent Is actuatcd y that OF the chr'k shirt
II is for ,hi, ,hornuoh consistency - this
err, determination, ,.o,.,
n'S Pr. ''''''' nor 10 ''S'' even ''r mo-
mcnt, abhove his appropriate level. that We
honor rrr>i,lrn, Pierce. He never surprises
,,,;.L..t =. s,,.....,,.t .,;,
tai.
'''''' VI az 90 '''> "''''''''''''S' Ms al
illustrative policy csrhcws iril!>. iurhcowS
and standing collars. Pnchbe,k icwclrv i
how.vo~ ,,j,,;..;,J, ,,, u;,h ,,,.,r ah;u..
sun ~
'"' il''i''''''
s!"'o"'S OF what VIII De >'@f'hranf'y "'nom-
mated in after times the Pierce policv.''