The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-03-22

form permanent government for themselve
and their posterity, they mistook its nature
and embraced sha,low rather than a sub
stance? Democracy says 50. Itremain
for The party coming into power to say wheth
er the lie shall be given to their answer.
our government has any strength or vitait,
1t ought TO be made to appear; if it is
cheat, deluslon, and incapable Of governin;
the country, let if 90 by the board, and on,
be adopted that will be adequate to the task
The border states are willing to enter into
proper compact of this kind with their Nor
thern neighhors. They have but little sym
pathy with the hotspurs tha: are controlling
the Southern pulse in It's secession scheme
Kentucky and South Carolina, for instance
are as far apart in every thing, save a com
mon interest in slavery, as the zenith from
the nadir and nothing but stern repulso,
on the part of TIE North, and sense of re
fused protection to its property in Slayes,wil
induce it to join its fate with the Southern
Coniedcracv.
The inaugural of jeff Davis, the Wes,
Point martinez and arch conspirator, row
raised to the dignity of provisional preSiden,
OF the Cotton Coniederacy, is looked upor
with but little favor in this latitude. 1t i.
believed that he will aim at the establishment,
Of military despotism in which the people
the real parties in intereSt-will have bu,
llttle to say or do, except to fork over the
tax money whenever the demand is made up
on tEeir purses. HIS address is clear, con
else and directly to he point, showing his
earneStncss in engaging in the movement
and his determination to persevere in the ex-
pertinent He has the daredevil courage
the restless activity, and the vaulting ambi-
ton necessary TO constitute Catalinc, and il
IS certain that he vii! resist all attempts at
reconciliation, wei! knowing that ifthe breach
BE repaired, "Othellos occupation would be
gone, and he would sink down TO obscuritv
cursed with the infamous traitor-doom of Ar
nod and Burr. His address is in many re-
spects a remarkable one. lie falsties histo-
~ when he says that the states reserved to
themselves the right of secession in the ordi-
n~rce> by which they adopted the constitu-
ton. tEr very reverse being the truth He
:'.>itlr> the record when he SAYS that tie Sc
Ct>slon ot the Southern states has been sig
nailzcd bv no act Of aggression upon the
rights of others. whereas the wanton attack
upon the forts and the seizure of public prop
erty were asgressIons upon the government
the firing into the boats on the Mississippi
river was an aggression upon individual
msnts and the detention Of merchandise be-
longing to Kentucky at New Orleans, thus
preventing the free navis ation Of the Miss
l>sippl, i.Sht belonging to all the states, is
an outage that Kentucky. as well as othc,
states should resent at every hazard. II,
declares that a union with free states is not
desirable, because the interests of tbs two
sections are antagonistic, thus taking up ant
carrying out the "irrepressiblc conflict" doc
trlne of Seward. that has created so great ar
excitement i'll the Southern mind. The mean
my Of his address is. that cotton is king, anl
must be permitted to lord it over the rest o
the world, without let OF hindrance. In hi
threat 10 carry the war, if begun. into th'
free stats. nc exhibits much shrewdness, a.
th> INVASION of Southern territory by hos
tile army would undoubtedly set the slave
in arms against their masters, and thus dam
age, if not essentially overthrow, the ''pecul
lar Institutions" 1t is evident from his speecl
that considerations disconnected with the n.
gro question, in a great measure induced tn
revolt ot the Southern states, as in fact tn
action of South Carolina has fully shown
and TINS very thing is doing more to intiu
enCe public sentiment now in Kentucky, an,
to pr, pare for future action, than evervthiu;
else in the field Of politics. The recent cleo
tons in Tennessee and Missouri, with tn
stand taken by the Kentucky legislature, con
lrary to the recommendations of our govern
or and the advice of Breckinridse is an au
gury OF good in the political horoscope. .
recent letter from the representative in Cor
sress from this district, Hon Laban I. Moor;
in which he takes firm ground for the Unior
and, II its reconstruction be impossible, the
.or the formation of central confederacv.
creating a healthy influer ce upon the peopl
here.
Oar legislature has adjourned, to meet
gain on the Goth of March. A large major
ty Of its members have proved themselves
npon trial. Union men, by refusing to call
convention to determine the status of ker
lucky. 1t is to be hoped that they will cor
tlnue to be such. when they reassemble. an
take re-survey Of the political field.
The weather is beautifully spring-like, an
the earth quite barren of snow, in strang
contrast of the accounts in the last CALED(
MAN, OF the severe cold and drifted SHOWS i
dear Old Vermont" How wildly sugges
i've of other days, was the mention of tn
huge barr;cades along the highways, with tn
tence-posts peering out from the massiv
dlitts, as faithful sentinels on duty, to war
the adventurous traveller to stop his jinglin
sleigh-bels. and retreat for comfort to home
cheerfu! blazing tireside. The reign Of tn
New England Winter-king is as rigorous t