The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-08-07
"arin and bear it,"

At the late Democratic State Convention
at Bellows Falls, some Of the speakers seem
cd tu.hayc been exercised with mixture Of
anger and grief that their party should be 40
pci,iuaciously accused Of giving ils influence
to uphold and pcrpctuate slavery and as IL.
Illustrating the habit Of their Republican neigh
hors Of telling the truth so frequently ~
their expense, one OF them had the following
which Is too goot 10 Withhold from our read
cts;
"A minister had promising son, and in
structpd him so that he wa, authorized 10 go
forth and preach the gospel to all the world.
The dotiuE father was listener 20 his ir,t
discourse, which was from the text "And Pc
tcr's wilc's mother lay sick with a fever
The father was delighted with his sons sue
ccSs and the nest Sabbath, Without the
knowledge Of his son, was again one Of his
auditors before another congregation, but
much TO his surprise, found he again preach
ed from the text, And Peters ,G,r's mother
lay sick with % fever" thagrucd by hi,
unsuccessful effort to witness the success Of
his son in new field he determined again
10 he omong the noNt Congregation adsg+-~,-,i
r by tiuI aud accordingly on the next Sabbath
repaired 10 the church, aud YOU may imagine
uuuurrd as MS t5Xt-"Hnd refers Wifcs
mother lay sick with a fever Writhing uu-
der the agony of disappointmcnt,Ah o father
arose and much To the surprise Of his sons
attentive hearers exclaimed. I'm the name
of Heaven, my son, mint that old woman dead
Vet 2" tAppau-r.) he truth was The old
woman was long since dead But The text
still lived, and SO it is with slavcry-thc sub
cct is still Kept alive, but slavery long since
ceased to have any such controlling influence
in our government, as to disturb the nerves
of the most irstidious pcrsons, on that sub
icct The democratic party have always
been ussailcd MS the pro-slavcry party. Still
we have grown from thirteen slave states to
thirty-two states, seventeen of which are Nir-
tually free, with "A majority of representatives
in both branches of Congress from tho free
states"
We can think Of no better philosophy to
commend to these gentlemen who are at
present too sensitive to bear with cquanimity
the frequent illusions, which they see and
hear, to their completely with tho villainous
schemes of Southern slavery propagandists,
and yet too much under the fear Of party cx-
communication, too subserycnt to party dis
cipliro to retain the consciousness Of being
altogether just aud conscientious men, than
what is presented in the caption above, "Grip
and bear IL"
At another time, years ago, when it was
not so obvious to every man that the demo
cratic party was sold to work henccforth for
the pcrpetuity and extension of negro slavery
with all its concomiiant crime pcrpetrated
under the sanction of our so called free in
sttutons, some other style of address and
cxhortation to the rank and file of the party
might have been more appropriate; but now,
when the fact and conditiors of the sale have
become to the dullest apprehension apparent,
when the influence and patronage of two
democratic administrations have been ex-
haustcd in efforts to force upon Kansas n
slavcholding constitution when most men
conscious of rcctitudo in their political CON
duct and associations, and uncontaminated
with lust for official promotion, have yielded
to the convictions of conscience, abjured the
party and arrayed themselves With tl.s-..t.t,t,--
sition, ard when the remnant in Vermont
seem disposed to belle their professions of
former years and stand upon the rotten prin-
oiplcs Of the modern democratic platform, we
can only say to them when occasionally they
manifest some computations of conscience in
facing the music of their democratic organs,
and standing up to defend the policy of the
present administrations Gentlemcn.your ca&c
la hard one bat don't be diShcartened, the
task will be easier, by aud. byrF GJsH and bear
IT," You will doubtless continue to see in
the Black Republican papers something about
The Presidents wonderful 'prcdilcetion for