The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-04-26

Sessions, who diligently forwarded an ne
count of everything -nid aud dono. in
GLIDING Tho dobatp with regard to bis
own exclusion m tho reporter Of TIM
TnlnrNE, but we have not found rub
stance enough In the proceeds 10 make
them worth inserting IN our columns,
except as they were Indicated by the
brief topographic dispatches we have
published from day to day But now
that the comedy is.ovor, it really seems
no more than proper that we should pay
little attention to body which honor
cd us with 50 much, constituted as il
was of so large an array of gentlemen of
distinguished ability and eminent worth
aud adorned as it was by all tho. genial
hospitality for which Charleston is so
justly famous, In so doing, We desire
of course, to speak, with gravity and
punctilio betting the solemn assomblagc
Of the chosen representatives, of dozen
sovereign States. But this, we are sorry
to say, is no triflng task Really it is
hard to discuss with seriousness the pro-
ceedings q body of spccch-makers
which gave so little evidence of serious
hess in itself, as our readers may Judge
by recalling the propositions harangued
upon. Of these the following were a.
mong the most important: /. To cx.
clude the reporter of TIE TRIBUNE, be-
cause we speak plainly what all northern
men think in their hearts. and endcavor
to teach the South its duty and interest,
not only as touching these frequent cpl
leptic fits of aimless Conventions. but
also as regards the great curse of Slave
ry ; 2. To build railroad to the Pacif-
&c by special southern combination-as
though the railroad could be helped for
ward an hour by all the palaver of the
score of disclaimers of the Convention ;
3 To trade directly from the South with
Europe,-as though such direct trade
were not wanting simply because capital
is wanting, and slavery cannot go to-
gether i'll sufficient quantities to build
up commercial cities - Newt Orleans
forming no exception, being simply an
outlet for the great free western valley !;
A. 10 print their own books and make
their own tools and machinery
Arts cannot flourish with Slavery, and
Inventive Genius sickens and dies amid
Chivalry so that whether it be Fitch.
Evans, Fulton, Whitney, or Blanchard,
the inventor must come from the North
the South meanwhile having the mo,
nopoly of great men, that is, poll
ticlans with exorbitant influence, grow
ing out of the existence of an ignorant
white population 5. TO "open W " .
trade with the region of the Amazon. a
river which flows parallel with the Equa-
tor, and whose banks are nearer like
Dante's Inferno than anything else we
know of, except that thoy are less popu-
lous.-hot, pcstilcntial, serpenthaunted.
insect-infested, death-dcaling, nasty, and
ridiculous to think of outside of the
tropical poetry Of Southern Convcn-
ton G. To establish a Commission Of
Three composed Of Gen. Scott, who
= has more brains than he gets credit for, :"
and is " n tall man, taller than the En-.
"peror Nicholas, Of Willard Fillmore.
and Of Mr.. Butler of S. c., to proceed
Forthwith to Europe to act as mediato.s
between Russia and her opponents, Eng
land and France I. To hear scentif
ic exposition from Parson Brownow of
Tennessee, Informing the world why
young gentlemen chew cloves and Gin
namon" which is to disguise the smell
Of liquor when they sit next to their
swcethearts in pews,-and also a story
from tho emma nolit;oo economical o,,ho
dox expoundcr on a young lady who
would not put her arm through Jug.
handle as she called certain Young A.
merica who was Incorporate 6, and
10, &c. To cause water generally to run
up hill, the Gulf Stream to 90 the
back track, the laws of gravtation to
cease, the canons of political economy to
come to an end, the virtue of the Dec
laration Of Independence to vanish, the
value Of Industry and the Respectable
ty Of Labor to be forgotten,
Alas, for human delusion We can
smile at the absurdlties of other coun-
tries and other ages, aud moralize over
political or religious delusions but
here is Convention which resolves that
the South must preponderate That
she must have capital Must have in
dustry Must trade directly with Eu-
rope Must build up cities such as the
North has Must trade with distant
lands, and especially with Amazonia-
that perennial Jackandhis.bcan of the
ineffable Lieutenant Maury Must have
railroad to tho Pacifc-when her
present curse is the want of concentrat-
ed and industrious population Must
annex Cuba-steal it, according to Par
son Brownlow
Well, the Convention has met and has
parted; has twaddled about capital aud
trade and progress and has sworn a
new fealty to Slavery, and poverty, and
weakness and deterioration. So they
will 60 on. They will meet, and meet,
and meet-and Norfolk and Charleston
will remain villages and the 10000
people just shown by the Virginia jour
nails to exist in that State ignorant of
reading and writing will increase and
the people Of small means, who must
live by labor, will continue to desert the
soil of Slavery for that of liberty; and
the 400, 900 immigrants will pour into
the Northwest and avoid the South
more and more; and the trade of the
North, East and West will augment along
with their arts and manufactures, and
polish and civilization.
Such is the sad and simple truth of this
matter, and we utter it accordingly. We
are sorry to have so disagreeablo du-
ty to discharge, but it cannot be helped.
II is plain what ails the South, but her
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