St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-31
Among Our Exchanges.

Among OuI thCldllSts
The Manchester NtD .joHH0i. hay
inc been accused Of tenderness towards
the Cincinnati movement. removes all
doubt OF where it stands: AS he
tween the two men Grant and Greeley.
We prefer the former. lfiree-
ley is elected 1T all il will Ice done. III
Il great measure. 10y the votes of those
at the south who were lately in arms
against our government and their sym
pathilcr> at the north. They vote for
him partly hecau>c they hate t'rant.
and they have reason to ifanl body has.
partly because Greeley has shown. on
different occasions. signs of tenderness
towards them. hui chiefly because they
think il he is elected they can ride him
and make, him Ito as they rhou>c.
Ia an article un tn" passage hl the
senate of Nj. Willmd'> Supplemental
Apl,oItiunmcnl hill. he Burlington FIRE.
Press SAILS: "Iu the discussion over
the original lpp"I1iunmcut hill ii WAS
clrarl, shown that the app"rti"nmrnt
adopted WIS unjust To Vermont and
several Other States but at that time,
il WAS impossible tn ha\" Hu amend
mcnt which should remedy III" wrong
That remedy has. however. noW been
supplied 10y Mr.. Wilmd'S supplemental
hill and To Mr.. Willard Is due TN. chief
honor of securing tins result. In Ihc
original contest overt he airport l"iriutnt.
ali of oar Vermont delegation resisted
earnestly. hi1 Intellectually. tn" cutting
down of the representation of The state.
They were aided greatly in this effort
10y som" rlahurat" calculations. made
by Hon. l.. i. " alton. of Montpelier.
which were printed 10y order of tn" sen
ate. showing the inequality ami iuiJi>-
ticr of tn" basis of representation in the
original hill. When voted down in
each House. most otthc delegation con
>idcr"d the matter settled. But Nh
Willard Was NOT willing T." give it up
50. With very faint hopes of success ut
thc outset on his own part. and very
slight encouragement amy here. he in
troduccd his bill. increasing the number
a, the House to Dob. and giving an adj
dlrional nunhcr to Vermont. New
Hampshire New York. and six other
States He secured the passage of the
Till 1T the House, mainly 10y personal
argument with members. Mr.. Ed
muud> took charge of the bill in the
Senate. and though the Senate had he
fore voted down an amendment similar
in il provisions and effect to the bill. it
passed with very little opposition. and
will doubtless receive the Presidents
signature.
one result of this action. we are glad
t" believe. will Ice the return of Mr..
Willard to the next Congress. We are
confident that nothing now can prevent
his denomination. and we trust that the
elements Of opposition. which awhile
ago were cUnSpiring against his renom-
nation. will now Squarcly and generous
ly Withdraw their "pp">iti"m. and let
his denomination. when the time comes.
he made unanimously 10y reclamation.
He is worthy of it.
The Rutland HcyuH commend> Sena-
tor Morrill, of this state for the manly
stand he made III the /. :. Senate
against granting Mr.. Thomas Scott and
the Pennsylvania Railroad one of the
public parks in Washington fora depot
1t says:
Senator Morrill, had the manlinrSS to
boldly resist the setting apart of the
public grounds to the SacIilegiouS pIIr-
pose of allowing the Pennsylvania rail
road Ia build Il depot thereon. marring
tine beauty and making babel of rail
way trains under the very caves of the
Capitol building. This project. after u
fierce conflict. passed the House and
went over to the Senate. While one of
the most important questions of the
hour the General Amnesty hill was he
fore the senate Mr.. Cameron of Penn
>ylvania. moved to lay it aside and take
up the Baltimore and Potomac Site
Depot hill. allowing the location of Il
depot for the accommodation of Tom
Srott's lines of railways on the public
grounds in the most beautiful part of
the city of Washington. near the Capt
toll.
Senator Morrill, fought this bill step
hy step. hut his amendments were vo-
ted down about two to one. After Il
discussion of the hill. Senator Morrill,
said this was the sixth time this Penn
sNlNania Central railroad had come To
Congress for favuIs. 1t never gave
for what ii bad received. ami
never Offered To give anything back.
Every visitor to Washington for the
next half century would go away de
nnunciug the Congress which had Civ
TN up to such indecent DISSERTATION the
ground which had been destined for u
public park from the very foundation of
the government. Congress Years ago
forced the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
to remove its depot from one side of
the avenue. and now it is giving per
mission to another railroad corporation
to come IN on the other side. Even if
the government did not want this land. !
ii was very valuable and should not he !
given away for nothing to an over |
grown and overbcarimg corporation
corporation which did not build rail
roads, but bought them. and for the
selfish purpose of making money. not |
Tor the purpose of developing or build |
ing up the prosperity of the country"
Although the Monitor takes back
nothing of what it said two weeks ago
relative to the action of the Philadel-
phla convention. it this week has an az
tlcle on the tleachery of Mr.. Greeley