The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-05-03
For the Middlcbury Register.
=" Liberty and Union - One and In
separable,p

Drcautn OF tue land. There has sudden
ly burst upon the country an unexpected
and startling proposition made in the
National Legislature, of moment
Gus Importance q question having di
rect bearing upon the future policy of a
territory ten times as large as the "Em
pirc State" of the Republic attractive
in soil and climate, and promising at no
distant day, il secured to tho blessing,
of universal liberty, to rivul it in pros
perity and influence.
1t might be natural to expect, at such
a time rs this, that much would be said
and written, under the impulses of ardent
temperament. which is to DO specially 70.
grctted. A fruitful specimen of this, is
on article in a late number of tho Reg.
lister, over the signature of "ANri M.
BRAsKA." 1t is an article worthy the pen
of the most irritable Garrisonian, and
will, We npprchcnd, find little response
from the consistent, patriotic citizens Of
Vermont.
It is not unfrequcnt that men, riot.
ing in Indifference upon the hard earned
inheritance of their ancestors.arc wholly
insensiblc of its value, or Of the suffer
ing and labor by which it was obtained.
OF this class seems the author of the ar
ticlc in question, who speak, rs coolly Of
the dismcmberment of this confedera-
ton of States, and of the civil discords
and confusion attendant upon SO fearful
an event, as Of the most trivial occur
renee.
Dsunion cannot come unattended 1t
would bring with it many scenes of con-
flict and strife, which would lead to per-
ilous and disastrous results Tho dis.
memberment of this vast country with
out convulsion Tho breaking up of
the fountains Of the great deep without
rufflinG its surface He who sees these
States, now revolving IN harmony around
common centre, and expects to see
them quit their places and fly off with.
out convulsion, may look the next hour
to see heavenly bodies rush from their
spheres, and jostlo against each other in
the realms Of space, without causing the
crush Of the universe"
Happily there can be no consistent ar.
gument made for tho sustainment of SO
suicidal proposition as disunion. The
peffdious Nebraska scheme originated
from the North. 1t received tho sup.
port, in tho Senate, of nearly equal parts
Of one great political party, from both
sections of tho Union. Can the North
then claim disunion, wero it ever SO de-
sirable, from tho South ia the event Of
a passage of this Territorial Bill7 May
we not nationally suppose that the large
masses at tho South arc as much mis-
represented by their schcming politi
CLANS in Congress, as we AZ the North
There is no "fnality" attending the
passage of such bill as this. Abrogat
ing the most sacred compact in thehistory
of our legislation, it would await swift
rebuke and repeal at the hands of an in
dignant People.
THE WING PARTY OF THE NORTH
stand, as they have always stood, opposed
to this scheme, MS to every to every 9th.
er for tho enlargement Of the boundar
les of the foul curse of Slavery. They
will not falter, if it obtains temporary
triumph, nor rest from their labor, until
its final overthrow. Calling upon the in.
dignant sentiment of an outraged North
to rally around their standard. they will
place men in the Halls of tho Capitol
who are not traitors to their high trusts
but true interpreters and opponents o.
their constituents. The recent election.
evince with what uncrring certainty thi,
result would follow.
lie who speaks lightly Of the dismom
berment of this glorious confedoracy OF
States, to which the friends Of Freedom
look with hopo in the whole civilized
world, like him who speaks with irrever
ence of the classic battle.felds of the
memorable struggle by which their in
dependence was first gained, is to be
commiserated rather than regarded.
This Nebraska scheme may triumph
temporarily by a passage at the present
session of Congress. But even then
tho true Wings of the North need ask
for no ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of States, no de
ssruction of parties, and new politica
affiliations. They stand firmly ana
unanimously against IL. Let thel
every earnest friend of Liberty and Hu
mainly arise, and work with tho same
unfiiuching, untiring opposition to thi
schome ofiniquity as the NorthernWhigl
are certain to do,and we have no reason t,
fear for the interests of Freedom, o.
the prosperity of those cherished ins,i
buttons of government bequeathod TO u
by the brave patriots of the revolution
airy struggle. "
FATAL AccIDENr-Mary Bartholo