The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-08-29


LEWIS CAss How many recollections
cluster around the name.-Chapwan'S
Sentinel.
All, yes, how many recollections and
visions cluster around that name, to be
sure And then such recollections and
visions Just think of them Visions
of a nice young schoolmaster strutting
through the streets of Wilmington with
black cockade in his hat-visions of a
militia colonel breaking his sword over
stump rather than surrender it to the Brit
ish, but quietly surrendering himself I'M
broken-visions of the same militia colo
mel standing before court martial and
attempting TO procure the conviction of
an aged General by testimony under oath
directly the reverse of his own repeatedly
written Recommendations of Territo>
rial Governor with his arm up to the
shoulder in the National Treasury, draw.
ing out nearly 100000 in the shape of
extra pay, and helping himself. the un>
considerable glutton, to FIVE rations per
day--visions Of the same Territorial Gov
ernor, pen in hand, signing law 10 pun>
ish. with stripes upon the bare back, or to
knock down to the highest bidder, white
men and white women for walking at
night, or neglecting their work, or APP
pearing little sullen or stubborn toward
those claiming to be their superiors-vis>
ions of Secretary of War getting up an
association with capital of $4,000 to
speculate in Western lands, and submits
ting quietly and in silence TO a charge of
villainy from his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the
same Secretary of War, under the very
eye of his President, fleeing like guilty
thing from the house of distinguished
citizen of Boston at sight of an accom-
plished lady who had addressed letter
to him he dared not answer-visions of
minister to France seeking the royal favor
by prohibition to his own sturdy coun>
trymen TO appear in the presence of Maj
esty except in full court dress-visions of
the same foreign minister writing full
some book to glorify the reign of despot
who has since been driven forth an exile
from his kingdom on account of his grind
ing and intolerable tyranny-visions of the
same foreign Minister sternIy refusing to
give statement of facts, within his own
personal knowledge, for the vindication of
the illuminated character Of Gen. Harri-
son, but officiously proffering that state
ment in the strongest terms the moment
Gen. Harrison became President Harri-
Subdivisions Of Senator in Congress
raging for war and bloodshed on all occa-
slons, with or without cause, yet voting to
censure Gen. Taylor for his glorious VIC
tory at Monterey, and to degrade both
Gen. Taylor and Gen. Scott by vote in
favor of the appointment of a lawyer to
the chief command of the army-visions
of the same Senator in Congress literally
quarelling for ali opportunity to record his
vote in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, then
lodging the question of the proviso, and
then coming out openly against it-vis-
ions of a candidate for the Presidency
proclaiming to his own friends in very
audible tone that the noise and confusion
would prevent him from being heard if he
were to answer the questions addressed to
him by their chairman-visions of the
same candidate for the Presidency lend
ing himselfto the base and miserable fraud
OF the publication of two contradictory
lives of himself, one for the North and
the other FOR the Subdivisions of the
schoolmastet, the militia colonel, the
Territorial Governor, the Secretary Of