The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-11-22
Observation-Disclosures.
Your atfectionate brother.

Tor the overthrow OF the Federal Cover
ment. was the senate of the United States.
Among the chief CatilineS in the ireasora'l.4
plot. none We're more active, treacherous. al!
virulent. than john NJ Mason and Js.g
Slideli. Davis was more plausible, Toom5,
more defiant. Brown more reckless. AMI BIN
Jamln more tacile: but for sour malisnity. no
one equalled Mason; for willy hypocrisy none
surpassed Slidell. Any time in the las, n
Years, if an intelligent observer had been
asked 10 designate the two most unpJp2la-
and repulsive men in the Senate, he would
have instantly pointed 20 the seats occupied
by the naughty, over5earing. insolent Mem
her from Virginia. whose face WIS cqroa,e
trown, and the member from Louisiana VIII.
turtlve chances and sinister visage As he -
tere. the Chamber always gave token TIA.
lie had Just come from a council OF Bcne,lc.
Arnolds who were plotting the overihrow a
their country. Mason. who religiouslv b.
ieved that every Nifgiaian was demi-go!
and every Yankee craven plebeian. never
tried TO conceal his contempt for his North
ern colleagues. With brain composed O.:
the mud,!lest materials ever Injected int
mortal skull, and with an utterance to IT,
last degree prosy and commonplace. never
theless, such was his overweeniGg se!Ecoa-
ceit that, while boring the Senate TO the ye.y
verge OF human endurance, lie never G1.l,-
ed that he was clothing the ponderol> la--,
OF Daniel Webster with the bri..!4t c;c.;o.,
Of Iailick Henry On tue other laa.. =
deli never e>sayed to lecture the Sen :
was the Won; Of Mason. WITH Tar IN.
for ia.r.sue, an aS>duity TIA. ueye. -.
and patience that worked thr Ugh a.. OBJ
>tacics that interviewed between him a:.l is
object. he Was cOntea, to be SIX. c1ut.o--,
cark, INSCRIPTIONS traitor leaving foIpo.>
Mason to maze himself ridiculous he. r-
the scenes. while he pursued his devious d.
signs behind the curtain There was or
point beside their common desire for the IL
solution of the Union. in which these hoary
traitors cordially agreed. They hated Dog
las with the intensity OF fiends. They 10.
every pains to thwart hinl-to humble lin:
they embraced every opportunity 10 snt,r :
nlm-to tepreciate HIM; and they to-.
night and day 10 depose him from The .e4.-
erShip OF the Democratic party. They wee
deep IL the plot which prevented hi. I7;,..,-
alton to the Presidency last year. and W
the chief in>tigators of the cabal wins.
broke Up the Charleston Convention. =:
two Democratic candidates in the field, az.
thus secured the election of Lincoln. A.
they did all this for the purpose OF mlA;.g
his success pretext for DESTROYING the | u
ion. In this raid upon Douglas the Diff
ent natures of these arch-apostates ~
made conspicuous. Mason. naughty. St:
important. and inSolent. treated Douglas ".
contempt-aS u upstart who was to be -.
down with scowls and sneers. But So.
mad 4 higher appreciation of the indum!ra
character ard vast resources of the l..,,.>
Senator. SO, he throughout the VIM :
lS59-6o, with his eye upon the ultimate -
memberment If the Republic. taxed a.. -
willy arts OF his venomous nature 10 prev:
Douglas obtaining, what but for this he "
sure 10 have. the regular and harmou.3-,
nomination of tbs party. with superior Cha
ces of success in the campaign. Slide. a..
Mason were selected BY the ColI:eLsra.e> :.
represent their desperate cause in E-r.fr.
because of their intimacy VIII our FORE.
relations. the latter having long been jl...-
man OF the Senate Committee on TIA, -
ject. OF which the former was also prem
ent member.
Gwin Is an offender of l,ss marked :
Throughout. the several stages OF tins >-.sa-
for destroying the Constitution. there e.,
been an inner and an outer circle G.. -
rators. While Davis. Slidel!. ana Na,,- 20
longed to the inner circle. Hunter. B-t-,--
ridge, ard Twin, more Cautious. and ~
more cowardly, lowered around tie -.
edges of the plot. Gwin formerly repre-
ted Mississippi in the House o: Repre-
uves. Mls;OltUnes overlook him liz -
igrated to California, taking with nm -
INSCRIPTIONS nature, and his str0.. r. -
dlces and atflnltleS for the South aua So
ern institutions. Failing 10 obscure ,.-
golden empire of the Pacific with Il, .--'
cloud OF negro Slavery, Own IL. N W. q,
/ popular current, and was soon borGt -
the nlted States Senate. An admire. 49,
so far as was prudent for tie represent. ~
of Free State, The follower OF h.> 90 ~
JEFF Davis, Gwin managed, by his sc,n.-tt
hearty advocacy of Pacific ka..go-.,
keep himself atioat in his new w,s;rrH .1'a-'
But all this time his heart was aaor-
cotton plantations of his old abode. W
IN the Senate. he was not 80 much IT,
sellor and contidant Of DAVIS IS ais ca'.:''s'
ate andto He helped torwart! the d.
scheme by indirectiUl. Holding 30.
as a Senator of non-slavt holding SIT
was the better able TO beiray 10 Ms SOFT,
masters the opinions and purposes O;
Nothern associates. But DARK and ca1.-
as are his crimes, as dupe and iEstrG'nr-,
worse traitors than himself. Ii : "
known and more deeply dr;e-isd =
cruel prosecutor of the brave art A..''
Broderick, whom he pursued with te;..',
fury from the moment of his rse n ta....'.''
! till he fell weltering in his blood. =.
TO bend the infiexible spirit of BroteE,-N
his base purposes. Gwin determined H., 90
should be sacriticed and doubtless H. n
than any other person, organized a,i e.
gized the murderous plot that tina.! g.
passed the death of one Of the MOBILES. -'--
on the Pacific coast.
Such are the faint outlines OF the car
ter and achievements Of the three rtot--
tors whom our military and naval forces 49,
just sent to our shores. The loyal Ata.-
the country. without stopping either 4 4
quire how :he feat was accomplished q II
calculate the consequences incident 70
way in which it was performed, VII oo--.
with e1ultation and JOY at the fact thai rs"