The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-09-27
How the Candidates Look.

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rolor'd miniature. and a HE sized portrait
How do they look -!
fnrhanan looks old. oid-very old. 4
.arce honcd, heavy old man. with !, massive
head quite grey. forehead, all pucker.d h,.
tween the eyes, and the skin drawn tightly
over large, !ivid tarr. lie looks like a
dead mana dead old man His mouth shows
age in every line. II is mouth that looks
unused to smiling: an irregular. Jagged hole
IN his face. Unhappy old man who threw
away all the good Of lie in schenir. for pIare
and now. tottcring on the brink of the grave.
IS doomed to see the prize for which he
lost his soul, aFproarh only 10 glide forever
FH9mnh hlS grasp. Stand before tha, picture.
politician becomes. Not that the iS;hemins
bad lace 1t Is an unhappy face. an uneasy
face, an un mobile face. an old, bu, not pleas
ant face. 1t IS the :ace OF a man who ba.
missed TIE true iov of life. and is wi,in, to
>acr'flre the tranquility If his last wears for
the sake OF that which profiteth NOT: an "Jd
man who is willing a. three score wears and
ten. to cease to be James Buchanan. and to te
come only the representative and tool of GER
tam office e-hoders and oifce-srckers, com
monty called the 'democrat,r party"
Breckinridge is quite the dandy black
haired. smooth faced. brardleSs vonnc gentle
man OF thirty. lIjs face. a> drinearei lv
Mr.. Brady and the sun is devom OF e>or,.,
sion. lie is some what prin,~ dressed. and
locks most competent 70 do all that NAV h..
come a man-In the drawing room II he
should be called upon-which he is rot goin,
to be-to preside over the Senate, he Will h..
Of all living men. tn" most out of place. H..
will have to grow As never mortal man or.w
before. or he will not bc able to nil the char
once occupied by Adams and jefferson.
Fillmore Is man whom We 40 p.ofoun llv
dislike that We have no right to saw worI a.
bout him. Think Of a candidu. tor the
Presidency telling crowd OF pco,. that if a
certain rival candidate was elected. "our
Southern brethren would not stand it. and
uyM no, to >tandl. rhink of ararII,te
tor the Presidency coming ont on the h.Iro.
ny o! hotel IN Brotiwav and >irma,iz,n,
a gentleman a> a TRAITOR" comparing hi..l
with Bcn-ai.t Arnold b-ran>c th, SAID ven,
tlrman had recently resigned The Ch .irman
ship ot Fillmore Club. ard declared tar
Fremont aud DAYTON Could ini,!icarv 90
farther:
Donel~on-tn tndrcw J,k k>on D,nriSon-
has nothing in comHIon with Old Hickory.
except his name. His picture presents to Us
a PLAN. farlncr-lookinS man OF fit,v. witt,
hight. thin har. r,d. round face. a cold eve.
and remarkably cxprcs>ionlr>, ,.ountrn-
an'". We have seldom seen a hi,nker face.
We doubt if he can doa sum in the rule o.
Three. ofttll wha, a protocol is He would
make very Dogherry of a President OF the
Sena'r. or there Is no truth IN Brady.
DAYTON Is 4 handsome well knit man, in
the very prime OF manhood. Hair black
ana inNull9ni 2 Good mm'Tl'at. inl>s'v..
forehead. Al oI"ri. gul!elc>>. and fearless ex-
prc>>ian OF cou...lnance. lie Is "A manly
looking man. one w." would toe fit. or coud
,ea illy make himself fit. tor anv place lie
would be called the hanISomc>: man in the
Presidential group.
In the cOuntcnance Of Fremont is seen
that blended expression Of strength and Sc
renity which make the hero. Soi. hne ewes.
hair brown and proiusc: m,.u>tach> ,na
beard: rosy ta;r. not wi.hout scr,n lines
stamped ni,on his face 10y toll. exposure aud
rarr 4 con,I0>. ! :','-liircn. look earnest.
Tho :rIiui, anruiii"1. and not ea,i " io b.. ru.-
He'd the open aud somewhat flowing shirt
collar lmis,'ina careless grace 10 the up
per part ot the p"~>on. II is the picture ot
a man VINO would be coolest when nearest
destruction. and under whose assuring eve
towards would become brave 1t is the p,c-
ture OF man with whom it was inevitable
that Jessie Benton should run away. No
girl worthy OF him could help it,
The Testimony q: .ss &c rsor nm.: Naasi.ou.
Perhaps IT NAV he of advantage ~ some
democrats in these degenerate davs 10 pcrusc
the few following extracts from the writings
Of Jefferson and Madison on the subject of
slavery.
I'm .G'." avs .|,ir-son. in his Autobi-
o"l aI,hy. Il became mrmh,r Of the l-Yi>la.
tn,r. | made our effort in that body for the
emarci PATTON Of slaves. which was rejected"
Page 1? o! his Autobiography, he says:
"Notlling is more certainly written in the
book of tate than that these people are to he
free"
In his Notes on Virginia. he saws:
1.-The whole commerce between master and
slave is a perpetual exercise Of the most L,is.
ferrous passions. the most unremittiny dr>yot-
ism On the one part aud degrading suhmis-
sions on the other. Our chi,Ir. ste this
and learn to initiate it-fcr man is an imita-
tive animal. This quality is the germ OF all
education in him. From his cradle to his
grave he is learning TO do what he >.ps others
do. The parent storms: the child
looks on. catches the lin-ancnts of wrath.
puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller
slaves. gives loose to the worst ot paS>inn~.
and thus nur>cd. educated aud daily exerciS-
cd in tyranny. cannot b't he stamped t.: It's
pcculiarities. | trembie for NV
country when reflect that G"! is Just,
and that his justice cannot sleep forever"
May 20, 1926. in reply toa letter on the
subject Of slavery emancipation, MIR. Jcfl-r
son wrote -
"Persuasion. perseverance and patience
are the best advocates on question. depend
ing upon the will OF OTHERS. The revolution
in public opinion which this case requires is
not to be expected in day. or perhaps in All
aye; but time. which out,veS all things. will
outllve h's erd also. Ny sentiments hare
bee" tortq year. beto,c HE pritr. Hod I ro-
prdted h'm joriy TIMES th'y wou'd on!y hare be-
came The more stale and krtad bmre Aihomyi
J .baN not Hre 10 see htm con<umn'ed. M.y
not die vih mr. =: bm liring or dyi"g, M,y
uW erer he IN my mast ,frrem Trnyers
Page 1929. Madison Papers. Mr.. Madison
thought it wrong to admit in the constitution
the idea that there could be property in men.
In 1791 Ee writes to Lieutenant Governor
Tucker in favor Of emancipation.
In 1915, ne thus writes TO Mr.. Barrow
'The mind Of the master is to hr arpr,sed
by reflection and strengthened by the encr-
gips of conscience against the obstacles of SILT