The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-06-11
The National Administration.

1ut NdIlUudl NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
We witness with pleasure, which
every true Wing cannot but share, the
very general aud decided approval which
the Administration Of President Full
MORE everywhere receives. Only us
trais,s of the very worst description, both
al the North and the South, have found
anything TO censure-amd their apPro-
baton, certainly, would 10 anything but
desirable. Fillibusters and Secession-
lists al the South see only in the acts Of
the Administration steady crusade
agains, Slavery while Free Sellers and
Abolitionists at the North profess to re-
gard It with utter adherence, as the
most pro-slavery" Administration that
ever held the reins of Government.
II Is manifest that both these classes
Of grumblers cannot he in the right. 1t
is manifest that both are maze up Of ex-
cited aud unreasonable enthusiasts, and
that both are altogether 10 the wrong
Each extreme asks the Administration
TO 90 with il, in all its demands. Each
extreme demands what no rational aud
sober mind believes to be consistent with
our Just obligations To all parts Of the
confederacy, and with an honest devotion
TO the Union.
The Southern Extremists wish the
Administration to bend all its energies
TO subscribing the special interests Of
Slavery and Shareholders. This one
subject, in their view, overshadows every
other. They are not even contented,
either. with what they can claim under
the Constitution, as they would inter-
pref it. Give them all they exact under
the Constitution, ond then. with Mr.
Calhoun, they would ask to have ii
amended, so as TO give them more. Now,
we believe the mass of the people at the
South to be reasonable men. Aud we
believe tina, such persons, in that section
of the country. will be content with a
faithful observance Of what the Consti :
tuiion requires.
At the North, there is undoubtedly a
nearly universal hostility to Slavery, and
with the majority of the people. settled
opposition to its extension, and to the
performance Of lis influence in the Ma.
iional Councils. They wish the sub
sect to be left where it properly belongs,
TO the local jurisdiction OF the states that
cherish it. We are bound to oppose It's
influence beyond those limits-and the
South. we believe. extreme fanatics ex.
Cepted. are satisfied TO have the governs
ment administered on such terms. The
ultraists al the North are not content
with this.
So far then, as the Administration
PhfSuSo u wa
course on the Slavery question, be,
tween these two vicious and fatal ex-
tremes, we believe it entitled to the sup
port of all true patriots, OF whatever
section. When il departs from this
course, when it yields to either of The
factious influences above-named, il will
be untrue to the Constitution, and for.
felt the confidence of the great mass o
he people. Blu, we have no fear Of sucl
change. Able, firm, unwavering mer
are at the helm, and whatever danger,
may threaten. we feel sale under sucl
guidance, and doubt not the gallant yes
sci Of the UNION will ou,ride the storm
On all the great distinctive principle:
Of WIG POLICY. the ADMINISTRATION i,
above reProach or suspicion. President
Fillmore, in this respect, has proved al
we expected TO find him-he has done al
we could ask.