The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-03-31
ST. JOHN BURY,
SATURDAY. MARCH 81. 1885.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Some people are afraid that the .rca. canse
Of freedom was too much overlooked in the
recent New Hampshire election. Our cor
respon'lencc AMI observation Ito 70: cncour-
n.c this apprehension. but sustain the contra
~ opinion. Very little was said before the
election, b. more than two An'i-adminstra-
tion papers in the State. or by the orators on
the same upon any other subject than the
strange proceed ngs Of the Administration
and is pros!avcrv p,oclivities. More or less Of
tl,r democrats who had long been dissatisfied:
with the Pierce administration went into the
Know Nothing organization as they would
mount horse to ride ont of the camp Of an
enemy. II, then, the attempt Of certain New
York andSoutlern Know No,lincs TO bring
the or .anization into the service OF pro-sla
veryism fails. az we hope it may, we shall
look for COOL to the cause of liberty as the
result Of the New Hampshire election. As
confirmatory Of these views We quote the
following letter from the New York Iadeprn-
dent. TO which paper, if VIC are right in our
,urmises, it was communicated by dstin-
guishcd clergyman Of Manchester
MANCHESTER. N. IT. March lG. 1855.
MEssRs EpIToES.- Rejoice with US in
our great moral r;c,ory. Our election has
been a triumph Of prinrirlr. which only those
in the midst Of it can fnIIy appreciate. 1t
has bc, fought and won on the great Ne
braska issue. Know Nothinsism has been a
mere circumstance. Which has rather crubar-
rassed than facilitated the result. The great
issue has been the Slavery extension srhemc
of the Administration. Had that naked qucs-
ton been presented through the State. thou
sands more Of the cid Democratic party
would have broken from their ranks; such
is the statement Of many who actually aban-
.loned the Administration. The more intel
licent Of the Know Nothings freely admitted
in private, lefore election. that the result
would have been far less doubtful, had the
real issue been Iliscntangled.
In proof Of the fact, look at the mcr cleo.
ted: a Governor publicly pledged against
Slavery extension. the three Congress men
fourths Of all the House, Anti-Nelra>ka-
Consider the arguments employed: all the
eif.ct;cve s?cakirethro'thc StatetOok that sub
iect for its great theme. The stump speak
er whose labors accomplished threc-fo!d more
than those Of any other man. Daniel Clark.
invariably carried his map with huge black
vatch to represent K.nzas- :Stb'">k, "=s.r.-
sion, and lecturctl from that map. The Pres
i,lent's orators let the subject alone severely
in fact, it is we'll known in these parts that
the Presidents friends were originally as bit
ter against tho monstrous bill as any mon in
the State. Their evaporation against it on
its first appearance knew no boun1s, till they
received orders from Washington; and then
,hcv swallowed their Indignation. Such men
fall unpitei.
believe the cloud has rolled o0T from
New hampshire, not 10 return. There IS
great fxcdncss Of purpose and stability Of
character among our population. The men
that have broken their party ties. for princi-
pie. have done it with an effort which a more
tickle population do not appreciate. Party
prescription has had terrors here. such as it
has had nowhere else. The Intolerance Of
the old dynasty was Neronian and the men
who in our last Legislature bravcd that pro-
srr;pt;on. showed moral courage which we
on the spot can hest understand.
You can hardly imagine how desperately
the Administration fou.h; heir battle. ].
was desperate struggle. We are thankful
for the result. We have an admirable Log
islaturc of able. iudiciors and (manv of thcm)
experienced men Temperance end Anti
Slavery men. The victory, believe. is per
manent Know No.lin,ism Will soon blow
over, but the State Of New Hampshire has
come out her hon;lase, and ] trust will never
70 back into Egypt.
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