St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24

, stroying the confidence of the country
r in the integrity of its administration
Boston 4drertiser.
The party has but to shake itsel
loose from the cormorants feeding upol
it, repudiate their misdeedS, and re-
solve to take only those into its council.
who have clean records short, "meet
the demands of the country"-to con.
tinue to receive the support of the
masses. This duty. however, is impera
tive, and will admit of no dallying OF
compromise. The goats must he driver
out. or the alternative will he an exc
dus of the sheep.-ConcOrd. (N. II.
4 Monitor.
Il DR.. Leonard Bacon in IN open letter
tHattering to Congressman Phelps OF
.lNew Jersey, to whom it is addressed
u Proposes that the hard money members
\ Of Congress hold caucus, agree upon
i some plan for the preservation of the
,1public credit, and then stand by ii
4 through thick and thin, and, if beaten,
Il 60 to the country upon it. That is the
fYay to do the business surely. We
-tstiggeSt DIR. Bacon for Mr.. richardson
l.suecesSor.
IbaoDamicl Webster said that 'of all the
4 eentrivances for cheating the Iaboring
i classes of mankind none has been more
4 effectuIl than that which dcludeS them
kWjth paper money. This is the most
i,eAectUal of inventions to fcrtilize the
,tHich mans field 10y the sweat of the
peor mans brow"
.By the time New York has six or
eight bridges spanning the East River.
she won't have much of anything else
/ over Sj.UOO.uoO have been spent on the
one that is now building. and it will
take -. 900. 900 more to finish it. The
original estimate of the entire cost WAS
/ S1.JW.OIn. but. as it was Il public work.
of course the largest possible amount
WIS spent. with the least to SHOW for
it. Ho>ion Giobc.
The nation that puts itself out of re-
latinns with the world by refusing to
plovilc the worlds money for its trans
actions is too infatuated t" comprehend
that il thereby SurrcndcrS its foreign
commerce to eager rivals. that it i'm
r"yrri>hc> it, industry. wastes its re-
sources. imposes Il yoke of perpetual
ScrVitudc on the nrck~ of it, people.
and practically rcpudiatc> every com
"iit of modern civilization BostOn
Post
In Il word. i; provides tol lookup
of g!ccmbackS. while intended hv its
supporters l." make both legal tender
and bank notes plenty and cheap.
What u result for four months of de
bate What an exhibition of block
head ignorance in this final product of
Congress \ president who can resist
the temptation IL veto this bill must he
lit for an idiot asylum. Ncw York
Uorid
Ii Is ON conviction that the question
presented to our president is Il very
grave one. We do not pretend that it
il Il perfectly simple one but should
he veto the bill no harm can possibly
result. tor the hill Is in no eenSe the re
lici from uncertainty which the country
needs. should he decide to approve
the bill. lac certainly assume. a very
great rc>pou~jhiliil.-Ner York Times
II the president regards the interest
OF the people. the prosperity OF the
country. its safety. aud even its homer.
he must veto this bill. 1t is impossible
IL TIE blind to the fact that 4 CURRENCY
ring has possession of Congress. and if
the president i the defender of the
people against those Schemer> he must
stamp ont their project and veto the
bill that gives the pc"pi" into the hands
Of their natural enemies. Congress
Is vague political quantity that
comes and goes. and every congressman
may SHIFT the responsibility from his
own shoulders III one way or another
but upon the president who signs Il bad
law falls directly Il distinct personal
responsibility for all it, consequences.
-Ncw York Hcrdid.
When Mr.. ka>Snn held Il ten dollar /.
grecuhack in one hand. and IA ten dollar /.
gold piece iii the other. and asked his .
brother congressman which they would .
rather have. he condensed into Il speech .
of minutes length pretty nearly all /
that has been. or can he. said on the |
subject "f an irrrdrcmahle paper cur
rencN. Baltimore -lmcricdR.
The strong probability is that. with /
ont a hcalthlul scare. beginning at Tie |
WINE H"HSc and eXtcudim" down even /
to political c"rp"lals. the patty will go .
ont of power at the next presidential !
No party in this country is. /
or should he. strong enough To survive |
its own failures or corruption> or set .
public sentiment at defiance without its
own destruction. -NcW York Mdcpcnd-
eat.
We believe that the uui,k.r w,v
,v,nIJ IT,. - ,r.. H., .,I'I -, l''' N,' way
gauizatiuu out of the field, DO Won
the story of the school bouse
which had bccou,c useless hecauSe tlere
WIS such lar". pile of dead cats pr,r
ii ! The S,.hroi committee couId never