The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-07-12

THE Fnuus OF VIcroRY.-Tho Ne
braska bill has passed 4 solemn com
promise which protractcd our Union
thirty four years, has been trampled in
the dust the followers at the beck of
the Executive. in anticipation of profit
from its patronage, have raised the yell
. Of victory. and cannons have been fred
in the national capitol in honor Of tho
auspicious event Aud what, we ask.
are the fruits Dissatisfaction, grief,
distrust, indignation, and loss Of conf.
dence in Southern honor throughout half
the States Of the confederacy,-N o,
Crescent
Every word true, and the wonder is,
that every Southern mau,instoad Of here
and there an individual, did not take
similar view of the question while the
Nebraska bill was pending. Comment
ing on the above extract the Hartford
CoHram SAYS The repeal Of tho
Missouri Compromise has done moro to
widen the breach between the North and
the South, than any other step ever taken
in our national corncils. The land was
reposing in quietncss under the feeling
that the series Of compromises, which
seemed to have been entered into in good
faith would forever restrain tho ebulli.
tions Of sectional hostility. Parties
had acquiesced in this settlement as the
only means of preserving the Union
The President in his inaugural had al.
la, cd all fear aud new era appeared to
be dawning upon us. Suddenly, howev.
er, is this bright propect overcast by
this new measure Of DOUGLAS and
PnRcE. which was, in an evil hour,
acquesced in by tho South. The
policy was suicidal that proposed it
1t has not only weakened but destroy.
ed at the North the confidence felt in
the honor aud good faith Of the South
This is not merely newspaper feeling or
flourish of politicians got up for effect.
or an outburst of fanaticism. that will
spend itself in defamation. 1t is the
sober feeling of the enlightened masses.
Wherever we CO. we hear the same com
plant. To whatever party men may
belong, there is the same regret that the
Missouri Compromise has been destroy
cd. Everywhere is the feeling express
cd, we cannot trust the South 1t was
a wicked step, aud has weakened beyond
account the bands Of the Uuion. Is it
I" the beginning of the end -
TUE Know NorBlN6s ibis organ.
ization of which nobody don't know
nothing,'is thelast wonder. Politicians do
not know what to make Of it and are both.
cred to know whether to curse it OF pray
to it. In New York city it is said to
number $4,000 members, mostly Young
and middle aged men, great majority
OF whom are American born, and all
voters. Outside of the city, It's rami6.
cations reach all sections Of the State
1t will run its day, undoubtedly, but its
foundation is too narrow for permanent
political party. That il will have a pow
eriul influence in many places on the
elections next fall We have no doubt
JoHN II. b. LATRoBE, ESQ, of Mary.
laud the President of the American
Colonization Society, has written an ear.
nest letter, addressed to Senator Pearee.
IN regard to the proposition abou, to bs
submitted to Congress, withdrawing the
American Daysl force on the coast of
Africa, intended fos the suppression Of
the slave trade. The iinpolicy OF this
movement, 10 its bearings, and its iniu
tIous effects en tie long cherished svs.
tsn OF colonization in Africa. are all ar
gusd ably aud forcibly by Mr. Latrots