The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-02-06

unaion, or relieving themselves from resPon'
sibiIiy for its continuance und ezlonsion. il
b true chat the Federal Government has been
and Is uow, made suhsenient % o desperate
purpose ou tba port Of Southern Shareholders
% ratsnd and peVrluatr the unrighteous boz
stimu0u But r. need mot bee so, and in 30
Gar as r. has hrau hitherto, che Constitution
has been perverted from its original intent
and operation. u may yot be restored ln
fulfil that intent in the guardianship Of hu-
man rights and the extension u civil and re-
ligous freedom. For the attainment Of this
end the frrcmeH of Vermont are PirdFru m
persistent labor, They will resist hy every
legitimate means the h7Teicr extension OF
slavery under the Constitution, bat If they
uil Of Immediate success they vii neither
despair of rbr Republic nor attempt by par
ucdr 90 di,c.t themselves Of al power Ip
future 20 co-oplmtc with tho other free States
In efforts 10 restore the Government 20 it'
ugbtul office, and make 10 ultimately the dis-
pcnsor Of justice % the cusInyad and The
patron Of only free institutions,
We have said that the resolution quoted
above represents the sentiment Of nobody
In the State, There may possibly be some
few exceptions, hut they are too few and In
Significant 20 be- counted and whenever or
wherever thh, or gny similar propositions shall
be presented to the consideration Of the intel
Ilgcnt Geemcu ~ Vermont, Il viii be voted
down with au emphasis Of indignation, We
aro aware that IL has been charged, and will
Doc again, chat the Republican p4rty Is sec
tIonal and unpauioiici that it, ltadiug mon
are iomontcr- of national discord and the
advocates Of disuuiuni and We shall doubtless
hear that this And-slayery Convention at
bradford, Ia which was discussed certain ia
nutical abolition resolutions was a ycritable
Black Republican aoyemcnt, headed by the
Governor Of Vermont far ohceling a Northern
secession from the Union. liut lCt all this
be- so Il rs false, aud will ultimately harm
mo- one, for time viii Vudicllc the truth from
misrepresentation,
SrWTWN sTNr1Ns LTum-Wc give
to-day tuc lcUc. r1m i.>-Scrl stanton, Civ
iug h,, tp.,impny TO thc great wrongs which
have hru committed n Kansas. When IL
3, remembered that stanton is aNirgiuau,
aud that he went 20 Kansas with Walker to
carry QUO the plans Of the Administration, his
letter will commend itself TO the mind, Of all
thinking men.
TIM MuNi1>s-1hc last gossip from
Wr.hrrtou 600 relation 90 aGairs at salt Lake
IS, thpt M, buchanan ,outcmplatcs with
drawing thc troops from Utah Dr. Bern
ho,Dl, the Mormon delegate, has submitted
propositions 20 the Administration, indicating
the wIlingucs, ct the Momons 10 acatc
Utah aud culoniyc ON some of the islands Of
the sea, outside Of the jurisdiction Of the
United States, provided the Government will
purchase, at a. fair valuation, the Snh Lake
City improvements Dr. y. asks that Com
missioncrs be sent ont 10 arrange terms and
details should these be agreed on. Salt Lake
City is To become grand military station, or
depot for our Western troops
WILLIAM WNhIH-lhc Grand Jury at
New Orleans refused to find bin against
this pirate and Judge McCalcb refused to
put him on lrial for violation of the ncu,rali-
~ laws, unless new instructions were re-
cciNcd from Washington.
FINANCuL.-Thc accumulation Of specie Mt
1S5rw rurr rUUrTuurv, rirr tut7t IrrTuuut m tr
city banks being S3l,273,o23. They have
only about six millions Of their bills ia circu-
latiup, and have therefore in-lhcir vaults IRE
dollars u Yrrie to redeem each doiior tpa-
pc, tlml ttey may have Issued.
lion. E.,P WALTON, who j., in Washing
ton attending TO his dutic, as member Of
the House, in letter under dat, of Jan. /.
speaking Of receptions by the President, says:
Receptions are ridiculous better rig up a
pump Ia represent the President; clap on il
a sto,c-pipc hat, with a spread eagle on top
aud let every man, woman and child take a
turn az the pump handle in honor Of the Pres
idcnt. Wouldn't the President be- honorcd ?
Muullu1 lie save p!bew-FFeBse and the rhru.
mat,m7 Wouldn't he be gr0Efcd into the
bargain The pump is just thG"thing.
What Does tho President Want with
More SoldIorsp
In an article under this head, the y, Y. Post
discusses Senator Davis Bill to increase the
L. $. Army nearly onc.third while we arc at
peace with all foreign powers, and pertinent
Jy asks why il is donc;-
There was time when proposal to~=sc
federal troops, however Few, for any warlikc
purpose within our borders, except to protect