The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-12-19
Presidents Message.

This lengthy document. the more impor-
t.nt portion Ct which We have already pre-
serted to our readers. was received too late
fer any SPECIAL roticc il our last week issue.
With tn Presidents views respecting the
source @: or present financial embarrassment
ans! hard times. mcst men Of all parties will
substantially a.rce. There can be nc doubt
that The present system o. excessive and ire
>pos:hlc Banking authorized by the several
States. and resulting in alternate expansions
and cortra,t;o;.s Of credits. furnishing to-day
facilities AZ! temptations to every form .!
Extravaganza III living. trade and speculation.
ard to-morrow Withholding the Necessary
means Of ..cct.n% commercial exchanges and
keeping tie Wheels Of industry in motion. i,
a prominent. ii not the chict cause Of ou.'
present adverse conditions. Tie rem,dF for
Ills evil. Is the Message suggests is ma:!l!y
in the hands oI the individual States AID i;
viii be fortunate if the commercial disasters
and embarrassed condition of all classes
throughout the country, Shall rc~;it il such
legislation = VII. e., c'r:.lly proven; x "
renee Il similar conscqurncc~ from the same
cause il coming years.
The onl, to;..c discussed in TIE Message
that vii lc likely to rect with an; Special
aninla,:y:>;on Yc.ta;:> to ;hc sct:lcmcl, Of
he Kansas question. Tie positions assumed
by the President i. relation t. the action Of
the latc Convention for framing a State Con-
>tic:tion. viii inevitably produce il Congress-
< out Of It. intense t>ti;cmc", and prolonged
discussion. BIZ: u"lil,c tin controversy here
totorr. the co,'.in. contest threatens to divide
into e; posing ranks the Hitherto m!!iuchins
supporters of a, measures having 4 demo
cratic President tia! sanction. The Doctrine
Of Popular Sovereignty. the cardinal pri:ci-
PIE of the nlo,!cr:! Democratic creed, La, been
suddenly found to admit of vac:yi interpret
tatiorS. In his instructions to Coy. Walker
communicated the 2>,h oi March last. the
President said that y hen 81 constitution S!.u'Y
he submitted to t." peoi'5 ot Ii, Tn,iio. y.
Hey mu% be prot,rf'} ia tie r.nci<r a. Mrn'
rig't IL rating f0,, or ny'inS' il. oa| Elr .t"js
rrp.'c<xi"" Of tx" I4"I,f '~W t.,1S' net b. in
t'rfl:FFl hy ',aui Of rioIeare." This dcclar-
alton Of his views il relation to Kansas af-
fairs and the use made of it by Gov. Walker
in lis various addresses to the people of the
Territory. called forth as cur readers will
doubtless recollcct, the most decided express
sioil> of dissatisfaction from the entire south
crn Press and various political conventions
having an interest in tlc extension of the So
called Peculiar Institution" In reply to
these Southern complainngs and threatened
Gcnunc"tions, the government organ, cyi-
dcntly speaking by the Presidents ,!ictaton.
on the 1t.l of iuiy said -" inter these ri,.-
c"mxt.tnccS. there rem be pa Surh Mi0./ as as
c"rtaining ci"ujy end pithrM do"Lt. tic wi}
; :f lie prnrlc If homsf<, il cry ray. rrccJt
/ by their ORR dijert expression 81 Il ut Me
joi'Is. I. constitution not snLjo,tcd Ia Mm
i.:t. 10 mGtft1' rh6t Il cpnfuiaS, ,rW ncrci be
aci,%,'~|sdye" BY lis opponents to be mythiny
T.. lat q f,oai. !! l,I,wxilic ro!or might be cir
en- IN this c@S.,f1A III TIE orynmcM MM the
memleys q the ro"rention co"!d hare no n:o-
ire fan rctHsiny to eabmi their ~orh to Meir
r"mslfue';iS s}relt Il e,.,:S1iousnesS that tie
mojorHy ~ou!d cpad'ma it. jj'e ia mast Dr.
to"t!y b,|itrs that "AiesS he constitution If
Aons.'s be submitted Ia diret .,te of the
re"pls, the "nhopry controversy, which has
h're'"f"r ro1ed in tie Territory ~iN be pro-
lYny'' for az iadcfinite time to Gomez
In the meantime the Convention author
lied BY the Territorial Legislature and elect
ed by small minority Of the people. have
completed q constitution 60: the proposed
State and enacted that only one of it's pro-
visions shall be submitted to the choice of the
people, and that upon terms so odious to in
tellisent Freemen, that they viii Indignantly
refuse to participate in the election. This &C.
ton of the Committee the Message, while it
does not affirm it to be just what the Presi~
dent woald ha,c chosen, labors to show to be
in perfect accordance with the principles of
the famods Kansas g. Nebraska act, accord
ing to which 1.-The people of the Territory
are to be left perfectly free TO form and reg
ulate their own domestic institutions in their
own way" The domestic institutions" in,
tended. the Message at'irms. to be nothing
more than the solitary institution of domestic
slavery. am. consequently argues that the
Convention was not bound b: the terms of