The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-06-02
ST. JOHN S BURY,
SATURDAY. JUNE 2. 1885.
GLAD TO SEE 1T.

mIttcc, for the usual annual County COnvcn
ton in Addison County, to nominate County
officers. The call is addressed to the frccmcn
Of Addison County who are opposed to the
pro-slavery policy of the present National
Administration, and who adhere tc the prin-
ciplcs proclaimed by the Conventions held at
Rutland and Montpelier, on the 9TH Of June
and 18th Of July last. We approve of the
language and spirit of the CALL 1t means u
Mon this year like that Of the last, among
the opponents of slavery extension. Last
year called for such action this year the
call is still more imperious. The schemes of
the South and the dOuShfaccs of the North
are more fully developed now than they were
a year ago. Then we were told that Kansas
would be free if free men would only go
there. They have gone there, and what is
the result? They are met by armed ruans
from Missouri, deprived of their right to vote
for freedom, to speak for freedom, or to print
for freedom, and their lives threatened if
they do not leave the tersitory. The popu-
lar sovcrcg nty said to be conferred by the
Kansas and Nebraska Bill is construed to
mean nothing more than the contcrmcnt of
the right Of the friends of slavery to DO Just
as they please: and in doing as they please
they 10 not 50 much as incur single rcbukc
from our National Administration hut on
the contrary, men in the pay Of the Admin
are permitted to become leaders in
these outrases upon right and justice, and
still retain their official positions.
1t is then no time for divisions in the ranks
Of the enemies of slavery extension, and we
are glad to see disposition manifested
among all such in Vermont to make this. as
it truly is, the paramount question of po;ti-
cal action in the ensuing election. There is
no occasion for disagreement, or the intro
'luction Of irrelevant issues. This is the
great question Of the day, and is likely to re-
main so for years to como, unless the free
North is ready to become slaves to the slave
power.
In like manner We hope to sec STATE
Convention called. The platform Of the lut-
land Convention is sound one; so is that
Of the Montpelier Convention. The latter
is more full than the former, and in some re-
srccts pre::rablc. !, is rather more Amcri-
ian in its principles: it fully recognizes the
just doctrine Of protection to our own labor
We shall look for an early ca, Of sn'h Con
vcntOn, TO be issued in the usual form, Wv the
Committees Of the two Anti Administrator
Conventions Of last wear
SAUT STE. MARIE SHIP CANAL.
Our readers will rccollcct that some two
years ago Congress made an appropriation Of
7joooo;c scotland for the pnrposc ofmakirg
a canal from the outlet of Lake Superior to
connect W it'll the navigablc head waters of
Saul Ste. Maric's River. and thereby to open
an uninterrupted water communication from
Lake Superior to Lake Huron, Lake Erie.
&c. These lands, all located in the State of
Michigan, were exempted from taxation for
five years by the Michigan Legislature: or.
what is nearer the truth in point of fact. The
State became responsible Cor The payment of
the taxes, and is obliged to pay them.
y Company was formed, and proposed to
build the canal for the 10000 acres of land.
andto complete it this Spring. The proposition
was accepted, and the work was completed
in time, and the Board of Commissioners
have formally accepted the work The 80, 900
acres Of land now pass into the hands of the
Company. The lands were selected by the
Company from the best timber and mineral
locations; 100000 acres of mineral, and the
remainder mainly pine timber lands. The
mineral lands have been examined, BY ccolo-
gists, and by them pronounce as good as are
to be found in the copper regions.
The work cost the Company about a mil
lion Of dollars Its dimensions are as follows:
Length, one mile and an eighth; width
20 feet depth, ~ feet and Of sufficient
to admit steamboats, of 1000 tons
burthen.
The work is one Of great public Importance
as it connects by easy communication, the
richest mineral regions of the country, if not
Of the world, with the populous sections of
the Union.
Congress has since appropriated lands for
the construction of Railroad from the heal
OF Lake Superior westward, to strike the
and whenever the con.emnla-
ted canal around the Falls OF Niagara shall
be built, vessels will pass from Liverpool to
the western shores Of Lake Superior. Who
will say, in view Of such advantages, that
works Of internal improvement should not be
SUDDEN DEATH. - The Rev. Stephen
Morse, Of Thetfo-'l, died suddenly on the
22d ult. liz had not enjoyed good health for
several years past, and had not been quite so
we'll this Spring, yet had been able to attend
to some business. On the day of his death
he became suddenly worse, and a physician
was called. lie lived but half an hour after
The arrival Of the physician. lie was 81 years
Of age.
u The report that the Cholera was in
Kansas, is said to be incorrect. The Nilsson.
'lans have the credit Of originating the re-