The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-06-04
Vlrgiuia and KENTUCKY. Elootions,

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- we pen This article, the Virginia cleo
lion closes Il has been on arduous, spirited
contest, add has demonstrated ~ fully as
has been demonstrated elsewhere tho utter
di,ipleHalion VI the dominant party This
fact u course we have Witnessed with sails
I E0ionf tut We hive fpit no sympathy uua
could feel none as Republicans aud hltors Of
slavery in every form, with tho pHutiples
and views Of Whist Il there called the Oppo-
silio0. II Is made up Of Wings, Americans,
and Independent Democrats, with q pretty
smart spruhlipg Of DhgpioUsts-all bitter.
| y opposed 60 Buehanau's ndmiuistadon,--
So far they hre right But they out llerod
IleroI on the slavery question. They are
one and all % incorlsIhly pro-slayey ps the
party thoy seek 10 suppaull they even affect
10 bu more 40,
One Of the main grounds on which Lelch.
or has been violently opposed Tor Governor
was That some years ago ho ayowed himself
/ friendly 10 ultimate emancipation n Virginia.
True, IN this canvass ho entirely backed
down from that position, and ayowed him
self Tic unyiclliug friend aud supporter Of
the eoruer-slope VI 0IT TTTUiirurr--,s.-s.sa.-
| tious but 20 have filtered once, was 10 have
cast doubt upon his sincerity now Goggin,
once a whig member Of Congress has pro-
claimed every where on the stump, that he
shows a cleaner record, and perhaps be does.
In this state Of the controversy We cannot
DO otherwise than wish them one and all the
fate Of the Kilkenny cats.
/ In Kentucky, whore the election takes
/ place In August, and where, from ia being q
border slave state, wo ought 10 expect to
| tiud an element 10 least Of auti-sh,cfy sgnti.
msn', the aspect Of things Is scarcely better.
| The opposition 20 the administration. com.
! posed Of the same materials ~ IN virginia,
except that there are no disuniohi.ts, pre-.
srnu bold fronts but they have pl.ccd
themselves altogether in a false position.
They attack, With good reason and in,in,iLlc
argument Mr.. Douglas squa,tcr soyercignt,
heresicai but they adopt the more pcrncious.
,f not more absurd, corollary Of the bred
Scott deeision-tha, il Is the duty Of Con.
| grcs' TO intervene aud protect by adequate
''H'la"9n' the masters right and power over
his slaves INCUR territories This is the doc,
trinenuuountodipihe Senate by Dayis,Nlason,
Brown, Hunter GNin, Bigler and others, and
which will be Enormously urged aud perhaps
he adopted as plank ia the platform Of the
Charleston Convention.
lis preposIerous to the last degree
What can be hoped from an opposition foun.
ded on such basis? The North can never
have the slightest sympathy with them
Ihoy are as mad as the maddcst. That op.
| position cannot bat know that to expect any
such legislation, while the free states occupy
their position in the confcGcracy is as wild a
ehimera as ever disturbed the fancy Of an in.
ha6'Iont OF Bcdiam. And yet Mr. Bell, The
opposition candidate for governor, boldly as.
sumes that position in bis addresses from the
! stump. The Louisville Journal, his able,t
! supporter, defends it with great energy, and
with all its acknowledged ability. The adj.
ministrotion party and candidates seem 10
hesitate a little what course to steer; but
| they arc firm believers in Chief Justice Ia
ncl's bred Scott doctrine, and are no,
exactly satisfied with Douglas interpolation.
Ailg in for slavery and the slave iatrrs., -
they only differ as to the mode.