The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-04-28
S 7. JOHNS BURY,
SATURDAY. APRIL %. 1855.
a NEW PROJCCT.

In Name the papers have recently taker
notice Of a project for bringing about a unior
between those wings who dislike Know Moth
inci>m and the friends Of the administration
We infer from what we read ard hear. tina
very lille hcadway is made in this direction
: Wc&r.ard this scheme of the administration
leaders, to restore their lost power in tn,
down-cast State, as a failure. No doubt there
ere many opponents Of the admin abstraction in
Maine, who entertain no very high regard
for secret political societies: but a union
vii be defenders Of the Pierce almin;s,ra-
tio'S1Gn'!cr existing circumstances, they can.
not but look uEon as highly rcrrehcnsibIe.-
No aid or comfort should be extended to men
who violate sacred obligations and nationa.
compac'>. and for :!ic sole purpose ofsurren
d"riny free sol! to be cursed with human bon
di.c.
But we I'D not expect that such a project
would ever be suggested in Vermont. Yet
so'tis. We learn That son,a prominent. friends
OF the Pierce administration in ,!,isS,at. have
broken The s"'i'rt to certain political orpo.
ncnts, and solicited their <; sna,urcs TO a call
tor Convention "a Convention of the
friends of General Pierce and certain of ri.
opponents. TO enter into union fo~ the nur-
pos" o; smn'hrrin" certain ul:lii::ous per
sona"r ca!c! .S11g The >,r..r reason cxi>.s
in Vermont, as in Maine, for the oncc-holI-
ers under Gen. Pierce 70 desire recruits
They are hopeless minority here and c!,c
where in the free States. They are in ius,
the position their political deserts have r!ac-
rd them. There let them remain. The mr.-
>ureS they support, for the reason that they
are adm nl>'ratiCn measures, are more 70 be
deprecated than anythin. else likely to airs,
in the political world! The crca. Gn.s.iou
before the country is one Of freedom or >lav
cry. This is likely to be question di.i,lin,
political parties for wears to come. The a..
mission Of Kansas and other territories. thc
requirement of Cuha. and perhaps other for
rign territory. are questions immediately or
remotely pending. Underlying these is The
purpose cntrrt,i,"l by The S,rth, of c>tah-
fishing the dominion of the slave power in
the nation. Il is therefore no t::nc TO for,n
unions or to take ur other questions, That in
any manner can possibly tend to weaken the
ranks ot' the .iicn,ls ot freedom. We plant
cnr>c.:cs on :his position a:.l mean to resist,
all influences that NAV arise to divert the at
tcmtlon o! trccurn from such momcn:ou>
c0n>ii ,raionS, and We would warn al, fr;,n Is
ot freedom TO beware OF cn.aneIinc alliances
aiiorlins corntcn,lcc to tAc ailcrs and
abrt.ors Of the slave power.
But. inquiries an anxious politician, what
shall be done what shall The enemies of
slavery and the opponents Of the a'!ministra-
ton in Vermont do Why. 20 ahead in the
plain path before them. y platform was a.
dol'cd last year, by the opponents of slave
~ which is Just, ri.!1; and true, and if no,
broad enough make it so in tue future. II
IS platform which no republican need b.
ashamed of. Let cal. in due time be issued
fora State COnrcnt;on-to all the oopoucuts
o: III" Pierce administration to nominate =
State IirSet. Our present State officers.
having receive! but one election, and hav-
Ing Done nothing that we have heard worthy
OF political death, should, of course receive =
denomination by the same party by which
their names were broug ht before the pcop,c
last year. And why should not this ticket
be reelected? Can any one sucycs, a in :,
reason to the contrary
Bat, it Is suggested, new oro,r;za,;or
may arse .or TIE purpose of defeating this
ticket. If party should spring un from the
ranks OF the enemies of the Pierce admins.
tra'ion, with this design, it would evidently
be idctious in its character, and We are NOT
yet ready to fall into the belieith such prin.
c'ples as were proclaimed at Rutland and
Montpelier last year by the enemies of slave.
~ extension, can be voted down for some
time to come in the Green Mountain State or
that the successful State ticket of last wear
Is destined to be struck down this, by its pro-
tesscd friends.
The platform Of last year is good one -
II imperfect, perfect it; the ticket nominate
was good one-why then, should opponents
OF slavery propagandism travel out of a high
way so plainly marked out, and one which
patriotism, consistency and honor alike die
tate, as the true one for them to walk in
he opponents Of the admins tration in Yer
mont are mostly American in birth-certain.
~ SO III sentiment. Ii they have not adyoc-
a'cd all that is good in The new party pertain.
ing toAmcrican principles it has been because
past occasions have not called for distinctive
avo"aS. That the naturaliza laws are
imperfect and need reforming; that the
country should be ruled by Americans or
men OF undoub'ed American principles, and
that measures should be adopted to prohibit
The enptylns Oh our shores the contents Of
lie loor-hoases and pcnitcntiaries of the old
world not a dozen men among the opponents
d the administration in Vermont, for a mo-
nen' doubts however muny thousands of them
nay LOOK 'iOn secgc: !oi:i!.s! organizations