The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-05-14

81. Johnsbury, May Ia, 1859,
ConHrsrospEscE,-Ws solicit roiuHfary COM
m,mioafiOHs from al psrts of the country upon
matters u interest ~ Items Of Neifs, ~ par
ticular, win be thankfully received.
Il Is evident that che Democracy the more
they aru pressed by udvHHFiUg public sepIl-
menl, the more their fortunes sink under the
weight Of public odium, the more desperate
and rresless they become Ia their conduct
and avowals EsiHyagsnt expenditures
both proceed from, and 10 turn produce pee
ulalion and plumber 10 every possible form
Oaieials no longer think Of eonliring their
views 70 The legitimate fruits 10 be- derived
from on honest discharge Of thsIr duties
Too many of them obtaining office through
di.honorRbls and unworthy means, By the
most degrading service IN aid Of pprly sue
fccks, very uHturuiiy srri rrutauvfai'sH isF
partisan outays, and compensation for die
honest services by the practice 10 public Of
Zee Of oil the vile arts ia aid Of thelr'own for
tunes, which they resorled to IN old Of those
Of their party,
Moderation, reason and common sense
seem 10 have deserted the party leaders and
party organs, They scarcely affect 10 have
any regard for either They erbibil most
lamentabs Decentralization, and eyiuce 10
depth and character By assuming that the
whole party nay the whole country, IL ss
thoroughly debased as themselves,
We meet every day In well established
aud accredited democratic organs the ayow-
OIL Of sentiments political and moral that
would have, twenty-five years ago, 90 shock
ed the public sense, that their authors would
! have been glad TO have Withdrawn Into igno'
minious obscuuty
We do not alude here 10 the new doctrines
which have sprung up IN the south that
slavery s no evil political or moral-that the
| African race was destined by Providence 70
be the servants and bondsmen Of the white
raee--ihat they have no rights which the
latter aro bound to reapeoI-Ihat they we're
not eomprehcnded by our ioreiathers 10 the
phrase "all men" IN the Declaration Of Indie,
/ pcndenee--that the constitution recognized
slavery, not merely ~ o state institution, but
a, an institution coc2tensiye with the whole
eonlrderacy, entitled to be protected and ios-
| tered in every foot OF land the United States
may ut any time own, unaffected by any reg
ulalion, ereepi IN hs support, that either
/ Congress or the Territories may adopt--that
! the laws Of Congress denouneing the foreign
slave trade az piracy, punishable with death,
are unconstitutional and vod--thot the slave
trade ought to be reopcnrd and prosecuted
as before the Revolution, Ia order to supply
lhborors TO the rice, sugar, cotton and tohac-
co growing states, and many more Of n like
7 kind. Such doctrines Of devils" arc now
accepted very generally as sound Democracy
south Of Mason and Dixon's line,
Our northern Democrats, to a considerable
extent, shrug their shoulders nj tho ayowal
Of such sentiments SO they did once OF
lbGP 'Sorhpg6GhIc- az the right Of Congress,
TO prohibit slavery in the national Terrific.
ries--at the doctrine that the constitution
/ protected the slave owners right to his hu-
man ehattels, in all the broad domain,
Of the country, in the same manner and
to the Same eztOnt "a it protected his
/ right to his horse or ox-,hat the ne
gro, though compelled to pay taxes, can.
not vote or be a eilizcn-that he cannot
sue IN our r5uTrg whVr his rights HTo iirvayi-
ed, oven though he be freeman.
These infamous doctrines were once % de-
tcstnblc in the eyes Of our northern Demo
Gratis as they now are in those Of all Rcpub-
lcans. They are no longer s6. To a great
extent they are now swallowed By them at
the north as well as at hS.south. How far
or how soon they will accept the new thco-
ries above alluded to, remains to be seen.
! These reflections were suggested by seeing
an intimation from the New York Day Book
a pro-slayery paper as ultra as the Charleston
Mercury, to the effect that the Democracy Of
Connecticut were defeated at the late cleo.
ton, because they assumed az basis that
slavery was an evil(
Had thoy just marched straight up to the
modern southern theory, thst slavery is both
politically and morally blessing, diyincly
instituted for the glory Of our country, and
for the happiness Of mankind they would
have been sustained by the good people Of
Connecticut. Perhaps they will take the
hint next year, and thus carry that state in
favor of the candidate Of the Charleston Ma
tional Convention. We shall sec.
The Two Years. Amendment.
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