St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-09-20

f'lI'N'' lBlltIIllHl To his
grave, and Mr.. Black up to the wear of
grace l-12, may he explained by the
Tact that their rejection of the pusilla-
hllII"u> plank of his secession platform
exposed him tn universal cuntrmpt.
w men he found his secession princi-
pies unpopular, and the subscription
liHl ni the i,1b""" falling off. that paper
suddenly advocated an eNtcrminating
and mtrcil'~> prosecution of the war,
notwithstanding Il vast majority of the
Southern whites. greatly encouraged bv
his solemn pledge, had drlihcratclv
resolved to e" ont"
suppose he hired somehudy rl~,. to
write the Tribnnc articles adNn coating
the prosecution of the war. l. he ire
>p"m>ii,lr fnr hiring SumcbodN else To
write what he WAS ashamed to write
himself | will 1t" him no injustice
have no doubt he did employ some
body else To write articles in his paper
advocating the Use of ''coerciVe meas
ures." He is. i'll principle. Il secession
1T to-day, ~ he Was hen he wrote
that article ot November 9TH, l-GO. |
observe he Is Stumpimg the country i'm
his own behalf. " hen he makes hi,
next stump speech. let ANY one ask him.
III the face of The world. if he still holds
the doctrine of secession H. stated hy
him on the 3j9th page of the first vol
umc of his History of the American
Conflict. and he may try I" rNade the
question hut if he is compelled tn give
Il direct. manly and truc answer. "lcs"
or NO. he will answer "lcs.' His
secession faith j. the basis of his whole
political character. On that basis he
urged the taxation of the country to pay
the Shareholders toT their SLAVES. " hen
hc knew they would not sell them
That plan wa> y pant of his ~ stem cal
"ulHtrd I" encourage secession hy con
Nimcln" the South that the North WAS
trembling with terror. and would do
anything hut light for national exist
tHCc.
Nv hcnr\tI amy considerable Scclion
of our Mon shall drIihcrltcl, resolve
to go ont. we shall resist all cocrciye
measures designed I" keep it in" SAYS
Mi. Grcrlc}. "Whcnc,cr" includes
the fnII Years ot the next Presidential
term. Supp">, that during that term
~ considerable SECTION 1T our Union
shall deliberately resolve to- 20 out. :"
Nh. GrccltN stands pledged to resist all
I
in. How much the election of such Il
man I" the Presidency would stimulate
secession. We shall ncN cr know. hrcaIISe
the honest mI>~c~ of the people will
never allow such Il man To isr elected
.Ihrl will never pat ih,. rI1mcnt
int" his hands t" enable him to redeem
that >rrc>>i"m pledge.
his durilinc of secession Is the only
article "t p"litical faith Ia which he has
shown any li>p">iti"m /" adhere. lie
Was >uppo>cd iu h,. AN untiimchimw high
tariff man: but. Ia get trcc-tradc votes.
hc pledges himself To smother and sup
press his opinions um the tariff question.
and I" give II" advice and use no intlu-
cncc on that question. which he has
pressed a~ of the most vital importance
To the country. lie has given no pledge
{" smother and suppress his opinions
ON the secession question. What such
Il pledge would hc worth. while his
pledge It" resist all c"clriV, measures
remains umIcdccmcd. l"u can Judge as
well IL |.
II such Il man could hr elected PIrSi-
dent. What woIld he do " hen his Sr,r>-
sion Views had encouraged the south to
>e''rlr again He would of course
again offer To hire them tu remain by
pay ing inr their Slaves. Knowing. hv
actual experience. the rnwaIdicc of the
man. they would naturally demand our
taxation Ia pay the r.hcl debt. and
pcllsiCms to rebel >oldirr>. a> the price
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We were all wrong in using ''cocrcivc
r.u ~ ~, "a 'N'" l" pay
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