The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-11-16
Sympathy with Treason.

If the Union survives the administration
of the "old public functionary' Who is now
at the head of the government, without the
secession of one or more states, We have no
fear that Abraham Lincoln will not deal firm
" but Justly with the crazy heads of South
Carolina and Georgia, and re-establish do
nestle tranquility. The danger is from the
weakness and imbecility of Buchanan, and
the active sympathy of portion of his Cab
met with the secessionists. Weare told that
Fort Moultrie, upon which the fire-eaters OF
South Carolina propose to hoist the Palmetto
flag, is garrisoned by only fifty men that it
! is in defenseless state that seventeen
thousand muskets belonging to the United
States have lately been conveyed to Charles
ton, and lodged in the government arsenal,
where they are almost entirely unguarded.-
The N. Y Evening Post we'll says:
ut is impossible to imagine anything more
conveniently arranged for tempting the Sc
secessionists TO put their scheme into execu-
ton than has heen done BY the old public
{ functionary.' When the lawyers Dodson and
Fogg offered their noses to Mr.. P;ckwick to
pull, they did not present fairer opportuni-
ty.
Other Presidents have taken different
course. In 1852, or the year previous, when
Senator Rhett had dropped some threats of
storming the forts in Charleston harbor, and
Colonel Erving, then commanding at Fort
Moultrie, had excluded from its walls the mi,
litia who came down to hear the annual ora
ton on the anniversary of the evacuation of
the fort by the British troops, and the senti.
nels were reviled and insulted at their posts
Mr.. Fillmore privately withdrew the military
stores from the arsenal in the city, and filled
the forts with troops. The Governor of
South Carolina demanded an explanation Of
these proceedings. Sir replied Fillmore
the President of the United States is not re-
sponsible for his conduct to the Governor of
South Carolina
When the nullifers, during the administra
ton of General Jackson, threatened sepa
ration of South Carolina from the Union ,ant
claimed the right to make Charleston free
port, in which the Federal Government
should collect no duties, the President sent
down Gen. Scott to the forts with thousand
men, A vessel laden with sugar from thu
West Indies, chartered by Governor Hamil
, ton, who told the people in speech that HI
was sure that they were ready to 60 to thu
/ death for his sugar. was entering the harbo
with the design passing Fort Moultrie ant
, paying no duties. A gun fired from the for
across her bows convinced the owners of TIL
cargo of their mistake she was brought to
she paid the duties required by the revenue
3 laws, ard there was the end of notification.
: We do not accuse the President of com
plicity in the designs of the secessionists,b u
it is evident that his cabinet, and particular
ly the Secretary Of the Treasury and tn
y Secretary of war are in sympathy with then
v and are aiding them indirectly in their trea
S sonable designs. Mr.. Buchanan himself
t entirely unequal to the occasion. Defcien
t in firmness, but with certain degree of dog
e ged obstinacy which he himself mistakes 70
: that quality, he tolerates the treasonabl
: movements of his cabinet officers in order t
n enbarrass the incoming administration, whic
: has hurled him and his party from power
1 We shall look forward with anxiety to tn
fourth of March, which will terminate tn
l. rule of this corrupt and imbecile administrs
e ton, and inausurate a government whic
l. will be equal to any emergency that may {
S rise, and will be the safeguard of the Const
= ton and the Union.-Boston journal.