The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-03-08
Letter from Paris.

The following is an extract from private
letter written by an American gentleman re-
siding in Paris, and dated February =:
"My opinion of politics on your side can
express in few words. Mons. Buchanan is
little, if any, less than a traitor. South Car
olina is stark mad, and ought to have good
dose of Jackson administered to her-then
to be put to bed with mustard plaster on
her abdomen, some leeches put behind her
ears. with bottles of warm water at her feet.
After this, catnip tea and low die: would soon
bring her all right!
The rest Of the Cotton States are fools for
having followed the erratic course of Palm-t-
todom. 1t is burning shame and deep dis
grace that We have betn ruined by such a
state as South Carolina.
However, hope the free states will all
keep together. and if niggerdom wishes and
insists upon going alone, "let EN- ,re,t." If
they don't find hard road to travel, why,
am very much mistaken. A slave nation
pure and simple, in this age of the world ,and
built out of Anglo-Saxon materials. is some
thing that will puzzle the politicians and his
,orians Of 1861. The doom of this new ma
ton is already written-and if Rhett, Toombs
Yancey 4 Co. could see an inch beyound
their noses, they would be very slow to do
what they are doing. am sick of the whole
affair. and hope to heaven the quarrel will be
settled, in some way or ether, before many
weeks.
Here We are laughed at by the governing
ars,ocracy, and pitied by the people. Oul
prestige, however, is gone. The question OF
secession-viz., at the North it being gener-
ally held not right to secede, but yet that
there is no power to coerce, and at the South
it being held as right, with the same doc
trine on coercion that the North hold-this
has ruined US. Ali see that either of these
doctrines are destructive of our Union and
strength. and in future We shall be treated
accordingly. What fate for thirty millions
of frecmen
Things are going forward here very quietly
and very satisfactorily. Napoleon moves on
in his silent way-mighty as silent-and
sec daily evidences of his gigantic intelec,
and power. and have no fear but that he will
do everything in his power for the benefit of
his own people. and will aid the Italians in
all their Just and honorable attempts.
have great faith in Napoleon. He is fan
wiser, better and greater man than he gets
credit for being. For my own part, believe
him, in craftsmanship, head and shoulder,
taller than any man in the world. AS Il war
rior. and in purity of morals and sel:-abnega
ton, Garibaldi stands without peer; but in
the affairs of state, Napoleon is first and fore
most
At Gaeta. Signore Bonlba still holds out
but now that the French fleet has departed
he will probably find i: convenient to step W
to Rome and see how the Holy Father is
and keep him company. And this latte,
parsonage is in :: bad way. Money is light
with him, and the demonstrations in nj.
city don't suit him. Poor old man. His in
taliibllity does not give him any aid, ard hi:
people would pitch him, neck and heels. ou
of his temporal power if it were not fo
French bayonets. And these will not alway
be there. His end is fast approaching"