St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-07-05
American Battle of Dorking; or, H
G. at the White House
Rl MAN ApLLEI;.

gu d>h me l'' zen You. NV tHlltltll.
of the events which Immediately PIE
ccdrd the destruction of the once great
American mon. and the capture of the
country 10y lis present European rulers.
and to SAY something ais" of the c:Iu>r
which led to these dcploIahlc results.
undertake the task with a heavy
heart: for when revert tn that terri
hl, time. | cannot help contrasting our
proud condition up to that fatal year.
with the humiliating position occupied
NOW 10y the American people. The
story is Il short one. In the fall of l-12.
Horace Greeley. the editor of news
paper III New York. Was elected Pr>i-
dent of the niIcd States. The people
voted fuI him hccaII>, they thought he
WAS an honest man: and 81 hc WAS.
Hut he WAS also vain and weak. and he
entertained certain tanatical and pIr-
uu~tcruu> notions about agricultural
matters. tor instance which he WAS
determined tn force upon the people AT
all hazards and despite all opposition.
He believed. among other things. that
every man ought To 90 West To- earn
his bread and long hcinrc he was
chu~cu President. he used Ia adv i>c
cNcIN body To move To that region ~ Il
cure fur all the disasters that could he
fall the human family.
" soon ~ lc reached the Executive
Mansion. which We used To call the
" White House. President Grccl,.N or.
uani/rd an aImIN of tW" hundrd thou
sand men. and proceeded to force the
entire. population rt the. >,.i board states
westward At the point of the haN"nct.
Ia. ttt mast inl,tt,.,. N.,s I-,.,l l,>,
h" resisted we've shot down. and their
dead bodies WcrccarIcd of to- national
factory. which the President IErd -
tahli~hcd t"i making some kind of tan
ta~tical fertilizer. MI the large cities
OF the East. were drp"Pulatcd. and TIA"
towns WcIr cutnrlN empty. he army
swept Il, i"ic it millions "f men. WnnrIl.
and children. until the vast plains west
"f Kansas. Wrr,. reached. " hen the pur
suit ceased. and The army Wis dIdWm
up ia Il continuous line. with mdtI> l."
shoot any person VIII" attempted to
visit the East. Oi course hundreds of
thousands of tlr~c poor creatures perish
ed from starvation. This seemed T."
tlightcn President GIc,lrN. and he sent
Il mt>>IYc T." tnngicSS. rccumucudim"
that seven hundred Thousand Volumes
nf Il book OF his. entitled Nv hat Know
about Farming" should hc voted for
tI.. fnt,L,. .,.,,., .,t,,.,,.r. Thi.
,,,s Lnn, and f,r,uium iunIrm,.nts and
seeds urr,. sunnIirL md then ,h,. mill
IONS nt' vr,t,.h,d nu,,,,t, u.,L,. an ,ttn,t
tn tiII ,h,. ornuud or th, rr.uIt of mi.
will sneak further ON.
In the. mean time the President WAS
doing infinite hnlm to the country in
,uuthrr MAY His h,ud,,Iitiu" v.,s so
fearful, and Wonderful, had that uo
I;,.inr n,,n ,,uIL r,..,d il and :,
,,L,,, IL. l,.r, Iii. first animal u,,.IS,,,,
tn Cnn~rrssN dnrumrnt w;,s Jryoted
vb,IIy tn tb. t.uitt and ,,,ri,ultur,.
s.nt,.i,,.. .,nn.,,rd which suhs.uu,utI,
v..,s .,s,,rt.,in.d tn Ia. .I.,rr, ,.uItiy,,-
tinn nf ,ntIh,o,s and h.aus i the only
L,n. of th. American u,tion am
Srr,. -, Th,. nrintnr. mot hrinr .,hI. tn
;mt.,,,.t tIii nut If in IN. f,Il,win iny
farm in whirh il went to the world .
..TL.. ,,,.,, ,,f Ru.ui, ,,,uI,I,,t L..n ,.I,..r
if hr washed himself with the Who'll,