The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-04-26

SIGNS Of TnE TIMES.
We have placed on record in another COL
umn few out Of the many significant facts
which serve to show that the administration,
in it's abandonment Of a national attitude to
ally itself with a southern sectional interest.
can not hope, in the coming presidential e.
lection, to draw after it the more intelligent
and independent of its former aihercnts-
The change in political doctrine since the in
auyu ration of President Pierce-a change so
complete that not a single northern State
would now he likely to support the very man
for whom the electoral vote Of them all save
two was given in lSj2--is the natural and in
evitable consequence of the course pursued
by the administration upon the question Of
further extending the limits Of Slavery Its
violation of covenant faith has been SO bold
and unjus,ifiahlc; its prescription Of its ven
cradle and faithful servants whenever sus-
pectcd of the least faint of free soil opinions.
has been 50 vindctive its schemes to force
Slavery into the new Territories have been
so desperate, illegal and brutal and its acts
have altogether shown such a sut>crvicnt
Welding to the dictation Of Southern po,iti
clans. that nearly the whole North beyond
the influence of salaricd officials is ready TO
renounce old party allegiance aud vote with
and for those who seek to raise the fedora
government above the control Of any inter-
est less broad than the entire country.
1t may, then, be safely asserted that the
candidate who shall bc nominated at the
Philadelphia Convention, Il the ight man,
standing on just and reasonable PLATFORM
will be largely supported by men who have
hitherto supported the regular nominees Of
the democratic party. This accession to the
. Republican strength will net be small, nor
without great influence. Its an additional
evidence that the issue in the coming election
will be widely remote from those which have
hitherto divided parties. Ii candidate can
be found who shall fully represent Mis issue
| and o,ly this, he will be reasonably sure of
receiving the votes of every free State But
if the questions of former years are allowed
to hang around his name, accusing old preju-
Dies and rcvving old enmitics, the result
will be a complete triumph Of the pro-SIave-
ry party. TO prevent such a disaster the
candidate Of the anti administration party
. must be a man not hitherto known in parti-
IAN political life. lie must stand square and
4 strong on the ground Of mo more slave ter
ritOrv, and restriction Of government to the
. legitimate functions marked out for it by the
e Constitution. lie must be an honest imam.
bilious man, who will not plot and counter
y plot one term Of four years with view to an
:. election for a second lie must bc sturdy
;, aud independent man, and not a cunning and
! ingenious lawyer. lie must be vigorous,
;, impartial and fearless executive, rather
h than scheming. INSCRIPTIONS demag ogue
5. In each and all these particulars he will be
the exact opposite Of the Slavery candidate
J. whether it be Pierce, Buchanan, Douglas, OF
!; some less conspicuous, but equally pliabe
tool of the Slave Power. Against such a
l. candidate it is highly improbable that the
a pro-slavery party could carry single free
D." State, and the utmost exer:ions would have
n to be put forth to carry two or three Of the
e Southern States. There are numbers of
d conservative men in all the slave States who
. . regret the repeal Of the Missouri Compro-
mise, and who are indignant at the course
y pursued by the administration to destroy pop
e ular rights in Kansas. These men are pre-
= vented from joining openly with the free
State men of the North through fear Of Civ.
ing power to those fanatical men among u:
who advorate the immediate abolition of S!a
!: very whether projected by State laws OF
not. Could such men liz the South be as.
n sared that no such danger is impending =
r, that the Republican party seeks nothing
q, more than the Constitution sanctions and
their just rights entite them to demand; that
- the rights of Shareholders in the States are al
e sacred as the rights Of freemen in the Terri
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