The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-01-20
GOV, GARDENERS MESSAGE.

a great MANY. most of which have at former
periods been acitatcd by individuals and par
ties. They NAV, nevertheless, be good ones,
and the peculiarities Of the times may give
to them new importance. Indeed, the press
generally speaks well of the Message, al
though some of its recommendations are
deemed impracticabc. This remark could
be applied with business to most of the pub
lie documents of the day.
The Governor speaks out clearly upon
subject that it was arprchended might be
passed over by him in silence. We mean the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise. lie
thinks the repeating clause of the Nebraska
bill should be repealed. We should look for
such an expression ofopinion by him. He is
Wing in his principles, and could do no less
than stand upon this ground. We have no
ticcd nothing indicating that he desired to
assume any other Massachusetts, would toll
crate no other sentiment. Upon the liquor
question Gov G, also avows his opinion. lie
will favor asy measure upon the subject con-
sidercd constitutional by himself and his lc-
gal adviser, the Attorney General.
In the paragraph that follows, the Cover
nor expresses sentiments from which no cit
zen with an American heart can dissent
They ar" Just. and oucl: 10 bc adopted by
the whole people of the Union. The emu
mcration would, if it had included protection
to American industry. been still stronger
We cannot be fully Amcrcanizcd ill we be-
come independent ourselves. The para
graph reads as follows:
ITO dsrc from popular use every foreign
language. so great preScrvrr OF unas>lmlat-
iny cIcnpnts OF characterize print all pub
lie documents in the English tongue alone
to or,!ain that all schools aided hy the State
shat! use the same lannuaoc-to di>hand mill
tarv companies founded on and developing
rNci;l>iv, foreign >ympat!ics to discourage
imported political dcmago-uc> the broken
down leaders Of insu!ar a.rariani>m or cont
mental re-: republicans II. who's" trade here is
10 pat III nlscl,cs at the head OF their 'lclu1rd
rountrv;f;.n. to organize pre- JUDGE, 10 vtallzr
lor'ign feeling and morbid passion AMI then
sell themselves 10 thc highest r.rtizan bidder
TO purify aud rnno',!c die elective franchise
to adop: carefully .uarsird checklist
tlrOnChou the ration. 20 cultivate "A living
and energetic NATIONALITY TO develop a hi Ii
anI vital patriotism 20 Am"riraH,zc Amr:i-
ca--to retain the Bible in ON common schools
10 kccpcn'Irc thc >.paratiou II church aud
state nat1,,;..izc before We ra.uialize.
a:.i c''uri> tc'ntt. ,ithcr-to guard against
citizenship be, oninr cheap al lhc-e cots
tue n work trln>rcndinr the ordinary plat
form of party. and ranking with the great
mo, rmrn,> TIA, originally founded nations"
BANS AND HaNKIN.,-Fcins cons.an,
reader Of TIE Cd'odonta1.. and having motto cd
with pleasure, your remarks upon the bank
question: during the recent session of III,
Legislature, it may not appear too prc>uninc
even Tor Or,' who has l.tie time or lncina
ton for newspaper >cliI'b!ing. TO add to tho>,
views.
The STAR. Bank, Bennington. was a lar.,
loser hv the failure ol the Canal Bank. Clcvr
and. and tie Akron Branch Bank and it
,ro>,ctt of rcsu.niny business depends upOi
these banks which prospect is spoken OF a:
being "a very dark one" This paragraph i
Going the roanhs in the money articles of The
newspapers. and it NAV honestly be asked y,
every friend of Vermont and It's institutions
how it came to pass. that the usually Soun'
currency OF vour state is thus dependent up
: on the tender mcrcie> of wildcat" banks
= T. there any special provision in the chartc
of this particular bank, or in the laws of YOU
state. authorizing such doincS
Tho Hon. Thomas Reed of Montpelier,
gentleman who may truly be SAID to kno,
something about bank ing, from having so lon
and ably discharged the duties OF Prcsiden
n of one Of yonr most respectable banks. an
who knowing, darcs to maintain his rights il
such matters, seems to think this practice
! not strictly legal, to say nothing of its c1na
!, ;ty. \ bank in which he was stakeholder
). must needs send its money to Ne,
J. York. to be used in Wall Street, and lik
G. the dog and his shadow, they lost the fund
:. but cot some well shaved notes. Mr. Rec
sued the officers of the bank for transcend
inc their powers, and gained his cause.
:, The people, who may Justly be SAID to max
their own laws, in the creation of these char
!, tcrs, have in view mainly the Accommodate
of the public, through the regular channe
of business, and the agency Of honest an
1t faithful men, and not the special alvanccmcr
of the interests of set of sharpcrs.
: The whole arrangement is founded upo
10 the principle that certain individuals. have
a surplus which they can afford to loan, say
20 six per cent, while others not thus favored
y to capital, car afford to pay this rate and r
D. more, in ordinary times thus proving Of m,
tuai advantage to each other Allow inc
# relate case. A friend of mine held no
r. against country customer for few hundrt
- dollars which had been discounted at a ban
,r An extension of thirty or sixty days w
,e wanted, and on making application, my tricr
to was grayely asked what claim these people
ii the country, who had signed the note, had u
is on Boston banks for money at six per &c,
20 when they could get fifteen or eighteen pc
II cent in the street. This was poser. al
No. 'he prayer Of the petitioner could not be era
in ted ; but it might afford a fine argument