The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-07-19
The Coming Elnctions.

w I'blNH Y NtH# HIIl ufitlllllU
contest. Elections are TO be held in
twenty five of the States within a peri.
cd of about three months. A majority
Of the members Of the next House of
Representatives are to be chosen. and
in Massachusetts, Vermont. New York.
Pennsylvania. North Carolina. Florida.
Louisiana Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois.
Missouri Iowa, and California. Lcgis.
%latures are to be elected which will
choose one Senator each, executing that
of North Carolina which will elect two
The Administration of President Pierce
is about to be subjected to its most try.
ing ordcai-an ordool which will deter.
mine whether the latter halfof its his.
tory shall be an experience Of power
and distinction. or weakness and dis.
honor 1t is the scvcrcst political or
deal that any earthly power is made to
undergo and Franklin PIERCE may
well take concord Ia himself that he gets
a good dcIivcrancc. No person ever
went into the Presidential Chair with n
prestige Of such popular favor; if it
proves that public confidence has been
withdrawn from him the reproach will
be so much the more deep and humilia
ting.
The Administration however. will
have one advahiage in the fact that it
will not 60 before the people upon all
of its dismerits. but on one singly-
and that one, calculated to give it the
general support of one entire section of
the country. It's prostitution of official
patronage, its bold interference with
elections, its weak and vacillating man.
agement Of our foreign policy, the cx.
tremely unsuitable character of most Of
its foreign appointments, its unexam.
pied use of the veto power in intcrdict-
ing a benevolent appropriation sanction.
ed by all preccdents voted by large ma
%joritics in Congress and approved BY
public opinion, its general barrenness in
all positively beneficial policy-thesc Of
fences will in a great measure hokept out
of mind by the South, and support will
be given to the administration. in that
section, simply in the way of acknowl-
cdgmcnt for service rendered in repeal
ing the Missouri Compromise. Rut its
agency in that same business will opo.
rate, with corresponding f%orce, against
il Mt the North. notwithstanding il.
~strcnuons oxcriions to conso tLo Vnh,as.
l., I'M IN ho r.cor1,1 L,1 ,nca,,.
Il, and kept ont from all discussion in
the Northern elections. In this at.
tempt the Almini,trati must fail
most signallv Tho monstrous ;ninrr of
rercolinr tho Missouri; Comnromisc -
ycrrides MI otbc con1ilorntions ,nJ h.,
tho decision of tLc nnbj;c m,;nd a, !,
fine Administrative mist sIonJ or f,Il
All otLor ~misdoinc, and all shor,corn
inrs arc ove~rsh9dowc1 he tI;s omo
MIGHTY wrorc
In cvrra Northern Statc nuhl;c min.
ion Il concentrating itself moro and
more unon this sinrle ,ssur Tho wiz
marty hoyc come mn 10 if r., u,osc, onI
in many n,rts If Tie co,ntrr ,1Lcro -
it 50 c%Iosrlv that ,hoc hall ,Lom.ol,o.
ronly "a oi1 in ro.cloc,;n, dnn,oo.a,;,
monitors 70 C,oorcss Who ,roroI ,Loi,
GInlitr "a tLn rrtI;c u.o,farro h.. ra,;ra
nrairst tnn Mi In noar:,. St"t-.
tic Democrats org,nigo,;nn ;..clr - H.
rcconc;l,bl, l;,;3nAon H.
so,rc ;nsis,irr nnon ssnn.
hostile ,,ti,nio .oy,rls l. - ,La wis
and o,bors maxine ,L, l.c',a, II
sn,rcmo tcst If fIoI,n - .Io Wv
%trotion ,uI tbo r,rt,. f., :. Iu",'r't
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, ,hc Njminis,r,t;nn 'a a~J ie'G'GnYu nl
kirr Jocnnr anJ sr II'! Ia
the minds If ,ho noo,In Naa, up''
lions irro.,oo,;ra - . va. '1o"'e'
4, hold in MANN If h S..3 oe
onno,rouce ;ndicat.. ,La. .u ~,
Of ~ronul,r n,nyo,aon,o "'i'
. m,rnitndo and sn;ri, ,L.aL m"'i"8 ~
UAnntsoy md CIV c"mn "l"o 'n'
,iIo !, o~r nnI,i,al 1e"
tima tho Son,L anonnm. '''""
c,lmncss md Silence Tho rn', mnial
s;gn,lized tbcmsaIyas Lv ,L. ";'o
{, in IS5o mud hnl,iy a5r u'.a.s"'
ara now considoraLI'. or ''cess.Hr
Demonstrations moJc onn, a., !" y"'
brosLo DiII Lmt ,ho "nu We,
Tho Sontborn nros 'r"' ";!'ltl ct
s;lcrco ~ ,r;,L o csn's I'st'' WIN
south ma No., ,horo ~ 'ne
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