St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12

The Democrats will ,u1 .i.mc~ \.
Weston. the present incumbent : III"
labor lcfoImer~. i.rmucl I. t"oncl th"
Temperance men. pI. George Blaci.nc!-
The election o,rrl1~ thr ~,..nna Tuesday
IL Narrh.
The Murder of James Fisk, il.
We give elsewhere qnitr IHli details
II the assassination III a New ok no
tel of James FISH. il. la HI former
friend. Edward =. stokes. !, WIS! do
lihcratc murder. and the pclpctI;'t"i
should bc visited with it. fun pcAaity.
Whether he will "r NOS remains 20 ne
seen. II is not well t. hc To" -ansninc.
Tor strange things in the line of .In~tl'"
are TRANSPORTING thc~" day r'cl ~ New
I OK.
The cowardl} ntain,c, 81 H.. FISH :
Heath will have = tendency :" cNrit"
he aympathics Of the puhii' m"'" or
less in his behalf. And while it j. i
usual and perhaps good cu-t"n. Il"
speak charitablv Of thc dead. it Is nor
he duty of puhli" journals; t" gloss
over the character ri 4 man lie p"!nir-
iuus influence ~ whose lie has perhaps
lone more to undermine the chaitrt"!
If the Youth of this couNtrE thIn that
If any olhc, man living az dcHd Jim
Fisk life has been Il standing ldNVi
tiscment to the Nnuug men ot America
read aud believed by not = few hat
40 matter what a man : moral charirttl
*. if he puts on It hldIcn fac, and gets
wealth. he is al right. and "a" poNci
can ham him. Let ANY ~h" have
talked ol thought tli~. III" warning -
n life and death.
Fisk died - the tool dir,u. Hr-ctt-
ing the wife he had promised /" love
and cherish. lie lived in open shame
with iewd women. until oir. ni"ac Graf
y and designing than ti!, rest. tI"nght
ahout- Indirectly his assassination. II
IL 10 tNtt-t II!s4l HIS I!l'ti'i W - ''l'
the same picyc-tiiai he tno had u wife
deserted. aud that lie. Wa irving IL sup
plant and riTcilmvrnj Fisk in the alicc
ions of Mr.. Mansfield. Wc uOtic" thai
he better portion Of the secular press.
While it has NJ words tou severe fu:' the
.owardly and trcarierou> act of Stokes.
Is careful not to keep eilcnc" in regard
10 these bad men, lest the living bc led
20 interpret that silence into approval
Of their conduct Thr NpriapheiJ He-
publican SANS
There i no need of dwelling ou The
career o. the character III the murdered
man, who. III three ol four Years had
made himself notorious. the world over.
for reckless tinancicrin9, the corruption
of courts. and the pillage OF railroads.
Viewed III connection with Ills sudden
and violent death. his course of life
must be taken as 4 warning. Ind one oi
40 tritling significance. lie attempted;
10 win riches and fame and pleasure h}
lasting aside all principle and ali shame;
iii5 success for u few Years was brilliant,
and he hcganto he rnvicd by thousands
aud tolerated by millions. Wh"ii. nil 1T
once. in the midst of his luxury .tud hi
good luck. which had scarcely begun
10 Cbh. though il long since ,ctScd Ia
flow. his destiny overlook him cast him
down and stripped hiIu a oh"c of pow
~ and enjoyment and life itself ali
that he labured tol 50 crafrjly i gone
now nobody envies him. and nothing
nut the presence OF death. u guest whom
Ill respect. saves him from general con-
tempt lie has gained what he sought
he has reapcd what he h0d Sown.
Ills fate titlv closes the strange and vul-
gar story Of his life. and furnishes Il
sudden moral which nobody ,uUld have
expected.
The Boston Joam0i ha- quite an CA
tended notice of Nj. Fish. but comes !"
rhe same inevitable conclusions
There i IL mnmcutuus lesson in the
life Just closed: the whole community
l. ponderug upon il. and il would hc
worse than alfCctation 10 ignore. and Il
dcreliction of duty to seek Il suppress
it. What Tweed and his contuderatc~
were in politics. Fisk and his associates
were i'll railroad and stock circles. and
they denoted the low water mark OF the
morality OF that sphere. rather than
caused it. No one man. probably. had
done more III this generation to organ
izc corruption. To spread Il mildcW over
the business reputation Of the country.
and to surround life which might have
been useful with Il glitter tcartullN per
uiciOus to the Young, than he whose
ending ighteouS and lamcutahlc a.
il iS-may Yet do something t. arrest
the train of influences which had PIE
cedcd it. The drama is closed. Il had
its frivolous and its grotesquc features.
its dark and iniquitou> incidents. hat
through it all there ran 4 vein of weigh
ty. solemn and intensely practical IN
struction. which we trust the spectator.
the American pcople--will tr;lm to
account i'll closing up one national '':.
and III opening 4 better one.
AGRICULTURAL MEETINGS. The
New Hampshire Board Of Agriculture
will hold meetings al Lancaster. Jan
Is. and at Littleton. Jan. l.. Nj
Humphrey. chairman Of the Board. viii
read a paper on Roads; d.. Na>ol
viii speak of New Hampshire - :.
Farming State" Col. Walker viii spcai
on English Agriculture Joseph b
Walker will discuss lhe -jihicct {"
drainage" etc. etc.
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