St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-23

~lOlllu own IlOllSilluS ana thousands
of acres of land. He owned them then
for the benefit of others: he owned
them for his slaves, and for other peo-
pie. hut it would he the greatest mad
ness now for those old llmdholdcrS to
act upon premises or principles which
grew out of or were made reasonable
by slavery. when slavery is no longer.
Let 90 y"ur land cut it up: create a>
much interest in il ;i> possible. and Won
will do wisely.
But let us come To the great question
that we are here To di>cus> to-day. We
are going. in the course of Il few months.
to choose Il President and Vice -PIcSi-
dent of the United States. and Nuu and
| and all of lis are to have Il voice. IL
free voice. an uncontrolled voice. an
untr:lmmcllcd vote ON that question.
We are going to have it. and now il j.
what the choice of the American people
shall he in regard to that. hear from
several sources. that all the intelligent
colOrcd people of the South are going
to vote for Horace Greeley and Il. GratI
Brown. Well. | hope You won't have
many such intelligent ones in Virginia.
Now. | did not come here to abuse
Horace Greeley. didn't come here to
ShN "'iSi "i'i%S %, hi''' h''i "l "I"'I
Brown. can call IL man Il knave and
Il fool. or Il mean. miserable wretch.
and all that sort of thing. if want to.
hut that don't prove anything. should
like right we'll to hr able to vote tor
Horace Grcclcy. should like to do ii
on ,h' score 'i''l' ne l. N"rhllS-h'al'
anu on 'hI. score ',''' '' - an '','I"I: I"
hf"lh"i r"ltnr WIN me. >Il"'lid lkc
/" \"'c l"l Horace ''i'rr\ II ON,
knew Nll'h ''fttltN my \"ic would
elect. kut There l. Iu>t where the
tr"lhlt l. WIN me. lie l. Il many ->ldcd
man. mere nave been Il good many
Horace ''rrrI'.N>. lnu Know When
cough presented himself At the d""r "i
the ahrIlIHclc of New "rk. ne >dld 4"
the do"rhrrprr: LET me IN: am
Cough. ''Ill hr Il d if | do. said the
douI keeper: '.thcrc are mn less than
seven Coughs gone in here already"
| here have been Il great many Horace
GrcclrN> in my time. knew one once
who used to -aN red hot things against
slavery. liked that man. Capital
man he WAS. If my vote would elect
that Horace Grrrlcl. and was sure he
would stay put. why. | would vote
for him. But there L. just the trouble.
gentlemen. In voting for Horace tree
ley We don't know which Greeley we
are TRYING To elect whether it is the
Greeley of thiItN Years ago. uf twenty
Years ago. oI of ten Years ago. in the
van of the republican party. "r the
Greeley of to-day. at the head nt the
democratic party.
Now. my friends. | Will hr short.
w hat the south wants. what Virginia
wants. what the whole country wants At
tins time above all things. after tins
terrible ten Years of C"mn"tl"n. after
tins terrible ten Years "f agitation and
suffering. Is quiet and rcp">c. 10y which
all the old wounds i'll the body polite
shall he hcalrd. and the nation conn"
INTO one homogeneous Whole. hat l.
Niihi We Naii'- we Nhhl ihiit ah"N'
an tilhl%>' "u an" | KNOW A> wen h>
"" kh"" an\tlIm&. that there can h"
II" r'l,''>'' II" security Nltn"'li 'rittlh
~ Wy "'!'''''"i' I" MI It'I'E i lil''
nv - -, an "''''' tam "''i' ''l'' ne l. Il
\"'l'l''lilS man 'ila' ne i at the pres
fh' "l"h''h' III ""l"'i''l comp l."
,"' I" w. "'' ~ '.''''', ''''''
i''''' at 'i'' ''r.'' " "''i '''''IN I!''i''''
he other than disastrous L" the h!%her
interests "i TINS country. W NAT We
want al IN" hrilh Is Il clear h";td and Il
urn ana >''A"\ HHlIh' ANA THESE We
nave III lN>>''N :. ''lhht. We want
tL,t i n.i,h.r fish h.~L "' '", - 't;'I'''' t,nI
object tn Sh. I;r..Ic, ON th, ,,rnu,d
! i'!'' ''' i 'Ii'',i&'i"''>' Il >"f' "l am IN
pl'U> animal. lilS bH HtlIntl liiIu Ol