Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-08-07

points in our case is, that Mr. Choate himself
seems to allow them the one merit of knowing
something of Geography, he says they wish |
to elect geographical President, but, per-
hapS, as they did not succeed in doing so, he
will forgive them the possession of that accom-
plishment, so hostile to acknowledge of America
We confess that we are surprised to find Mr.
Choatc rcyiying, on "thc serene and secret
mountaintop, which being interpreted, means
the rather prosaic fremont Tcmplc,-the for
gotten slang of bygone political contest. as in
the instance we have just quoted of the "geo-
graphical President" We think that Colonel !
Fremont might be allowed to rest in peace, now
that California court has decidcd--with log |
ic worthy of Mr. Choatc himsclf-that he has no |
manner of right to the gold in his Mariposa
mines, because he owns them. But we should |
like to have Mr. Choatc define when he has leis- |
urc, where an unfortunate can take up his abode |
in order to escape the imputation of being 'geo-
graphical 1t is a grave charge to be brought |
against any man as we see by its being coupled
with those dreadful Ielluric Influences and Cos
mlcal fought We not to deic the 3 y Unities and
since the most harmless man in the world may
become candidate before he expects it, it would |
be charitable to warn him beforehand what is |
an allowable hdkaat in such a contingency.
We said we were surprised at seeing our old |
friend, the typographical President" again
but we soon found that he rcappcarcd only as the
iilc-lcader of a ragged regiment of kindred
scarc-crows, hay, with others SO battered and
bcdraggled, that they were scarce fit to be the
camptollowers of the soldicry with whom Fal- |
staff refused to march through Coventry. The
sarcasms which Mr. Choatc vents against the
anti-slavery sentiment Of the country are 50 old
as to be positively respectable,-we wish We
could say that their yivaety increased with their
years, and as for his grayer Indictments there
never was anything so ancient, unless it be an
American lad of eighteen. There are not a
great many of either, but they are made to re-
cur often enough to produce the impression of
members. They remind Us Of the thcatric ar
my composed of the same old guard Of super
numcrarics and candle snufiers. and which, by
marching round and round the paper forest in
the background, would make six men pass mus
ter very well for sixty, did not the fatally regu-
lar recurrence of the hero whose cotton armor |
punches at the knees, and the others whose legs !
insist on the un-Grccian cccntricity of being |
straight in profile and crooked in a front view, |
bring us back to calmcr estimates
We use the word indictments with design both |
as appropriate to Mr. Choatc's profession, and |
exactly descriptive of the thing itself. For as
in an indictment for murder. in order to close |
every loop-hole of evasion, the prudent attorney
TINT Nllt uNtuHtl Nlu int NtcN Win ui |
awfully destructive, 10 ,rd with a knife. axe |
budgeon, pistol, bootiack. six FOUNDER and what
not. which were then and there in the liriarcan
hands of him the said What s-his-name so Mr.
Choate represents the Republican Party to have |
attempted the assassination of the Constitution !
with n most remarkable medley of Instruments. |
lie does not indeed, use the words "kepubli- |
can Party" but it is perfectly clear from the |
context as in the case of the Typographical |
President" for whom the charges are intended |
Out of tenderness for the artist let him for
whom the garment is intended put il on though |
it may not fit him,-and for our own parts, as
humble members Of the Anti -slavc-trade, Anti |
fbuster, and things -gcner- |
ally Party, we don our Josophs coat ltor Mr. |
Choate could not make one that was not of many |
colors,l with good-humorcd serenity
Oi course. Sccliomaiism is not torgotten.-
The pumpkin lantern, that had performed so |
many Offices Of alarm, and but little wrinklcd |
now, was TO valuable stage property to bcncg-
lectcd. In the hands of so skiliul an operator, |
its slender body tlutters vouminous with new
folds OF inexpensive cotton, and It's eyes glare
with the haleiul terrQ.s Of unlimited tallow.-
Mr. Choatc honestly confcsScs that sectional |
jealousicS are coeval with the country itself but
it is only rs fomented by Anii-slavcry extension |
that he finds them dreadful When South Caro- |
''" "''"''loii "'l'eHH NHI III III Va lIlt
party 10 Wncn Mr Choate then belonged was
modlhed' dId he think 1t necessary for the Pro-
tecuonSts to surrender their policy There is |
not ana there never was, any party numerical |
~ considerable at the North, IN favor of disun- |
ion Were homllies on fraternal concessions
the things to heal this breach, the South is the
fitting place for their dcliycryi but mouth-glue,
however useful to stick slight matters together,
is not the cement with which eontederacies are |
bound to common centre There must be the
graVi'ation OF interest as well as OF honor and
uutf' We "Ohu.r thHt the parallel case ol Scot |
lahd ana England did not occur to Mr. Choate |
i'll speaking upon this point. Scotland was |
clamorous and Envlanl iealouSlv rontenntnous
f,r nearly n cnntnrv III .;,oa ,bn ,,,,;o,,
,I, Is''I = y WV e4i0S 'no u'noN
,"e liiio vi '"Aes mas neeh IN reoellohi nut as
long as Il pound scots was only a twentieth part |
Oh pound Ehghsh'-as long as the treasury |
was hlieu chieh! irom south the Tweed, and the
sons oi poor and proud Scottish lairds could
maze Sht'erihS distractions from t,--as long |
as pace was 10 oe won and hoped ior-there
was no danger 80 wish us though Jacob
ana hSau 9uaffeiied already IN the womb, yet
so long as the weaker and more pohtc brother
can sel the e!uer brothers portion. and simple
rSau hunts ms whales and pierces his untrodden
lofcsts, content with MS mess OF pOttage,--hOn-