The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-04-11

she may, like Titan WITH a God. lis VAIN
Guilt feels its desert of vengeance. and has
an indefinite lurkin. fear. that 1t must some
tim. come. 1t is in suspense lest The next
moment be the moment of its rholre- The
shadow OF an over bruuling Nemesis falls ev-
er before it. on its pathway. The night Wills
psrngs OF the forest leaves are busted with
its tale OF wrong For it. Nature has lost her
charms She has struck hands with eternal
Ju>'ire. that she will worry ii from It's bor-
ouSh up to tn. light Her earlier - various
language has become narrowed down TO an
arrusin. monotone. Gull, works within us
like poison. We must rid ourselves OF the
dark secret or it will fire.: us mad.
The closing scene of the tragrdy-the IN
tervlew of Faust with Mar"-rv in person.
must be read. not once. or twice merely. II
we would comprehend lis full " SCOPE AMI
verge" We participate in the mighty though
fruitIrss struggle of Faust to bear that misrr-
able wreck OF her former self from that dark.
cold, dank cell to some nook q! the world
warmed and lighted by Love. and thus re-
deem AS h. NAV. the evil his own trearhrry
has wrought In Mar.rry. We find not the
fresh. glowing GIRL we last mrt. We miss
that in.lrscr,hab. lo,-lines> which we could
trace. not 10 her bearing, which WAS at onrr
noble, yet full OF native he>Itanrv; not to
her ewes, which were so inclined I" ri"i>'rr
beneath lids oord-rr.l with trIngr o. shi-
. ming brown, as though sh" had learned TO
fear they had power she did not rightly I'M
der>tand; nor TO her ha;r, with ITS wavv.
rolling turn. As IT was parted from her brow
ami finally tumbied like a >ikrn torrent IN
needless richness on her shoulders: nor still
to her mouth, intent anticipating. a>'
though cleft by the riprn"SS of the th"n1ht
she would utter: not to one of these. 1t so,
which one: 1t is vain to ask. Not one of
'I...o was II that --~-~.'mtrd her genie
Charm nor so much al of them. as something.
purrr and higher, whirh seemed an c'h-riai
condemnation CT beauty understandable. As the
atmosphere which surrounds the throbbirg
marble of the Greek Slave. Thus Goethe,
aided by Imagination, pictured her to us.
Not thus We find her. Grief. despair. and
the foul dungeon air. have "starved the ro
SEES in ler cheeks. and pinrhed the lilly tine
ture of h-r face" The mctomorphosi> is com
pete. Changed. all changed. except in a
lingering love Cor Faust. Goethe fingers over
these characters nor does he leave them fili
We see the one borne on angels wings Ia
heaven-the other gone to his own r'are.
FAUST.
Daniel Webster mud Judge story on the
L. 8. Supreme Court.
In conversation with friend in 1871, up
on the character of the Bench, Mr.. Webster
said -
"The time was. sir. when a well real law
yer, who thoroughly u.i;lesfoo,l his ease. could
form an opinion As to is result before th.
Supreme Court but rot now. sir. not now.
The court has become a court OF expediency-
/ Jud Se Story, himself member of the
Court, the predecessor Of judge Curtis, il
letter dated April -. 1915. sad -
Il have been lonr convinced that the doc
trines and opinions of the old court were To-
sin. ground. and especially those on great
constitutional qrt>fi"nS. Nv .nrn ard new
, opinions have succeeded TIE DO .trinr> al
the C"r>ri'nton, vital Ia "a" country.
which in former times r-r.vr! thr >noinri
o. the whole cuurt. no lun-:.r MAINTAIN tl.t!r
a>c-,h~nrv. | am rE- last member ROW liz
inc OF the old CONT. a'i | rar',rf cn,.-:-''r "a
remain wh-rr AN no lon"-r >"' th.'>.. Dor
:riir> rr''osn'z,.i and enforced. For ~. IL
turr | must i,- IL: deaf minority at rh..
rourt. with ih, nalnfn ALTERNATIVE OF either
expressing An open dissent .r,m Ia" oi'ir.i"f>
( OF TIL conrt. ". hv my silence, sre.nin. io
Il, u',.>r, IN them
Th,. Boston journal adds this exp,ani-
ton -
Under the inf lerca al these views ) dc
Story came 10 the conclusion d.-iimIr,l, T" -
sign his >raf in rh.. >nprrm- C"nrr x tai h.,k
on IN. law 5,uit>>u:>',p AZ Harvard: C"ir.-
/ station winch h.. ha.! urru,Iti ;or >..,,'.l
wears; and with this view he r'urn.d 'r
! his last term of >rr>lre AZ the session 81 lNiJ
/ HIS d,a'h however. occurred h--turr h.. h,i
an opportunity Ct accomplishing HI d->rrn-
/ With such authority As this for withhold
ing conf l..n''r from the Smlrrme ruaIt. a
now constituted. III" iroii- Il The tree STATES
NAV not hesitate 10 MAINTAIN a freedom o.
nrIiiun >iiil on the slavery question. AMI d.
+, the authority of The "ohr In fashion th'-
holding isarchv How fully are nov r,,il
/ z"d the pr"p'''l" judgements ot Webster
and Story . Tru V Is II a mere court ot"N
;rdi-nrv" when II travels out of the record
Ia declare the narinn,iiy of slavery. Aud
sadly have the old ,ip-trin-S of the con>rIiu
run and of our fathers lost ti..ir a>ctni.-n,-y
when the IN ,rl,, o. rh,. court deny TO Con
srr>> the power which II exercised IN r,r-s
occasion for seventy-five Springfield
Republican.
/ Th- ST. E.Ouis Ecmaor:nry on Eman-
ciE..tiOn.
The democrats (Btnton) Of ST Louis. AS
>emhIrd to roommate CITY Officers. recently.
passed the following resolutions
Whereas, The rr">lavcry party of this
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