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American Meeting.

Alta meeting of the American Party and
such as sympathise with them, at No. 7, in
abe State House Nov IA, 1855, B Daven-
port in the chair,
james NJ, Shade, Esq, introduced the fol-
lowing resolutions
]. Resoircd, that in the principles pro-
mulgated by the seeding delegates of the
American Party representing nearly every
free State-at Philadelphia, on the l4th day
of June last, we recognize a comprehensive
platform, on which true patriots, through
out the land, should cordially and earnestly
unite, as presenting the great leading and
living political issues of the time.
Rcsoiccd, That we regard the minte-
nance of TIE | Mon Of the States to be, in
the language Of WASHINGTON, " the primary
ohjrct Of patriotic desire - and that it can
be preserved and made perpetual only by u
iithiul adler nee to tac Inincipl embodied
in the Declaration of Independence, con
irmed Wy the Constitution, and expounded
and proclaimed by the great patriots and
Statesmen of earlier days
g. Rcsoired, That the prohibition of sla-
very within the limits embraced by the pres
ent territories Of Kansas aud Nebra ska, as
expressly decrecd hy the tmo-honorcd and
sacred compact known ~. the Missouri Com
promise, was anu,iri in gro-S violation Of
plightcd faith, and In utter disregard of the
popular will that NO Plea for ~ continue
ance can Justify this outrageous act that
the positive guarantee o! that compact should
be Internationally restored md that we
will never. in any event, consent to the adj
mission of Kansas and Nebraska, or any
part thereof, as Slave States.
T. ResohrCd, That the rights of the set
tiers IN territories to the tree and undisturb-
ca cxcrcis" of the elective iranchise, guar
auteed to them 10y the laws under which they
ar, organized, should bee promptly protected
nv the national executive. whenever violated
ur threatened.
>. H,solc,d. That W. hold it to lee the
duty Of tie Federal Governments 10 free it.
self from all responsibility for the cNisfen
of slavery, and t'nt ~, adopt the motto
A" No MORE SLAVE STATES, ANp No MORE SLANl
TERRITORIES
&. R@1red, That We find in the Consti
tuition no provision which requires such leg
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The General Assembly. No. J.

We intend to notice particularly some of
the more important matters on which the
General Assembly took action. The space
which Wa give to-day to the report Of the
Senate Committee on 50 much of tho Gov
ernor 5 Message as related to Slavery extern
sion Sc, prccludes any extended remark on
that topic at this time-nor can it be
thought necessary The House of Rcpresen-
tdtives also referred the same matter to "a
select committee, and each committee re.
ported u set Of joint resolutions. One set
perhaps might be considered as covering the
whole ground but as there was no conflict
between them, and the reports came up for
action about the same time, both sets Of To-
solutions were adopted by both Houses.
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RESOLUTIONS.

l.-Raolvod, That on the extension Of slavery, by
the authority connvance Of the National Govern
mcnt, into any territory,'hy nature or by law free
from that great curse Of humanity, VERMONT has
no new doctrine to profess,-no new sentiment of
adherence to make known. She always has pro-
tested against it. She protests against it now -
and she intends TO resist it by all the lawful and
constitutional means in her power.
2.-RssolUed, That the people Of Kansas, invited
settle there by the acts of the National Govern
mcnt, Yet Lett wholly unprotected from lawess
invaders, who by force and arms usurped the
powers which had been given only to it, proper
inhabitants, did right to disayow all allegiance to
the body which their invaders placed over them -
that, in considering Themselves AS without law and
therefore proceeding to organize themselves as a
political community, they exercised the right,
which God has given TO all human beings SO placed.
3.--Resolved, That the people of Kansas, acting
under a constitution framed by themselves in an
orderly manner, and sanctioned by majority OF
it, adult male Inhabitants may rghtlully request
Congress to admit Kansas to the Union, a Free
and sovereign state and If il shall appear that
their constitution is Of = republican form, and
iuhbits slavery in that state for time to come
then such admission ought 10 take place, and the
senators and Representatives Of Vermont are in
structed and urged to vote for it accordingly.
i.--R4oired, That tho IugitiNo slave Law q
1850 Is violation OF the Constitution, insult t.
the Free States, M outrage on the rights of man
aud disgrace to the statute book Of the Nation
and the people Of Vermont will Indignantly rebuk'
I
National Congre who does not his influence t,
bring about its entire repeal, or that of its oiiou
and unjust provisions.
.. Resofu,d, That the act of Judge Kane Of til,
nitcd State, Court for tho Eastern District o
PENIS VI aua, in issuing witt Of HabclS oorpus, o
a means Of reducing again 10 slavery persons VIII
were lawfully made free by the acts of their iorme
owner, was gross nsurpniion of authority not Civ
en- 10 him By the Constitution or by any law what
ever that his committing to prison without bal
or munprisc, as for cont emrt, freeman who ha'
made true and respectful return to his writ, was
daring and unri ghtcous abuse Of power which de
serve. the condemnation of all lovers of freedom
and justice that the declaration made by him
that by national law STAKEHOLDER may freely taxi
his slaves across Free tate, aud yet retain hi
power as master ani owner over them, any Stat
law to the contrary notwithstanding, l. in deianc
of the dccisons of the ablcst jursts Of all state
aud oil times and all attempts to practice IN ac
cordduce with so monstruus a doctrine, should NEE
/ with determined resistance by all the inhabitant
/ aud authorities of the Free states
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The trial of otrahan, Paul * Bates bank
ers. charged with making way with the secu-
rites Of their customers, occurred at London
three weeks since. It terminated in II YER
diet OF guilty. Sentence of transportation
for fourteen years, the heaviest in1ction
provided in the statute, was forthwith pro-
nounced. They will be detained in London
for some time, until such information shall
have been procured from them as is necessa-
ry for winding up their bankrupt estate and
they will then be shipped to Gibrater to
work with the ordinary cony let gangs at that
station. 1t seems that the way of such
transgressors is considerably harder in Eng
land. than with our Schuylers and Tucker
mans III this country.
The news of General Simpsons rcsigna-
tion Of the command of the army in the Cri-
mea has been confirmed, and General Sir
William Codringtou has been appointed his
successor Sir William entered the sery;c
in lS2l. and. being Just under 80, is COM
pnrntiN"ly young. His physical vigor has
! been evidenced by the fact that he is believed
/ t. h" the only officer who has been able to
/ keep TO his post without intermission since
/ to report. he has not been absent from i'll
ness or any other cause for single day
With regard to military skill and the power
Of exercising influence over large bodies of
men, the best testimony in his favor is that
/ the appointment is understood to be thor
oushly popular one among the troops
The New York Independent announces that
it has reliable information, from French
source, that Russia has contracted with
Rothschild Brothers for supply of gold to
the amount of twenty millions sterling, for
which it has given Rothschild its bonds,
. bearing five per cent. annual interest, at 81
per cent. The Rothschids are said to have
negotiated these bonds in Germany, mostly
in Prussia, in exchange for English and
French credits Of all kinds and these last
they have used on the Exchanges of London
and Paris to obtain the gold to transmit to
Russia. Only portion of the supply has
yet been obtained but it is this contract
that has caused that extra demand for gold
which sustuins the necessities of the war it.
self Much of the gold spent in the East by
the allied armies is being collected by the
Rothschilds.
Advices from kars to the LIST of October
and from Trebizond to the llth, have been
received. According to these, it would seem
that the Russians, after the serious repulse
! received from btntTdl W llldlIs, liiu not lndut
any new attack upon Kars, which was, how
ever, very vigorously blockaded, and fodder
for the cavalry was very scarce indeed, The
Russians are said to be waiting for reinforce
ments. Cholera is making sad havoc among
their ranks in Georgia. Omar Pasha' army
is only 5000 strong, but reinforcement OF
5000 was looked for from the Crimea, and
n 600 more from Constantinoplc.
Difficulties have arisen between Austria
and Sardinia, which are thought to indicate
IL determination on the part Of the former
power to force general quarrel upon the
/ latter
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MORNING, NOV. %. 1855.

the West Indies, afforded ground for feeling
OF uncasiness on the subject. The Times con-
tinucd in series of articles to agitatc the
matter, and insisted that our Government
was striving to force matters to a rupture
with England. Other influential London
Journals, including Lord pdlmerston organ,
the Norn'Hg Post, took mp the subject
Central American aflairs-thc recruiting diff
cuty--and a report that American ships were
fitting out for Russian priyatecrs-werc sug-
gcstcJ as sources of serious trouble. The
English provincial press rc-cchocd and cNag-
gcratcl the statements, and the affair spcedi-
~ attained such dimensions that extras were
issued in Liverpool announcing that the
American Minister had demanded his pass
ports General establishment and regret was
excited by the announcement, and energetic
protests were heard against Government fore
ing the nation into 50 dangerous n war.
The Liverpool agent Of the n. '. As3ocia-
ted Prose. tolcGraphrd to Mr.. Buchanan, the
/ Amer lean Minister, who promptly sent him
/ the following explicit contradiction Of the
rumor Geo.
yo,J,, ui,.,,t orol Ii is NOT trrc th, +
the American Minister has demanded his
passports from the British Government -
lhere l. no i'uh''a''on ZOE s"cn report
The agent not feeling at liberty to max,
use VI '''7 H''''"''"o',' Rt'e ~ ", PuD''''' y
IN England. where at the time the Pacific left
rumore Ola rupture remained uncontrolled
T. nnrntr, Ia b., true that there are Sligh
dllneultlrs between inc Governments "' 'n'
two countries. Mr. Champion, the kngiisf
Niu,stpr in tins country. has been convicted
,.,r, -, o,,r soil =, f,,bt or,ir.
Vt ''''' '''"H ~ va ''' :,
nation WIN whom VIC arc II. peace ~
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Nevertheless, as an imputation Of tie
authorship of the " Memo letters. to MIR.
j. p. c. Cottrill the son OF " mine host
of the Pavilion" seems to have been tho
occasion of an uncommon flow of dark
colored bile in the Republican, whose bitter
streams fell not only on the assumed writer,
but on the whole establishment, land all
Montpelier besides, because it ruinod there
when it rainod in other places also) VIC will
60 so far as to say that the imputation aiore-
said is entirely undeserved. Mr.. Cottrill
knew nothing of the letters OF " Nuno' till
lie read them in the Free Press so "Specto-
tor" may rest easy in his mind, and come
back into good humor with Cottrill's' and
all that pertains to it,
" Spectators " TRADE about that we'll
with any who arc wont to frequent it. We
have not word of disparagement to utter
about other hotels and boarding places in
Montpelier, land for that matter, we heard
them generally commended by those who
lived at them) but " the Pavilion " VIC claim
to know something CT 1t has been our
" stopping place y for many years, and we
can testify to Its good conduct Year after
year improvements are made in it, and ior
the ncatuess of the halls and rooms the sub
! stantial and wcll-cookcd v;ands which the ia.
ble is always generously furnished with, -
/ the prompt and cheerful attention ut table
/ and elsewhere throughout the concern, il
. has long been notorious. And then thai
generous open fire Of dry maple which hal
sent its cheerful glow over the c0untenancc
AMI to the hearts also of 50 many thousand
who have set in the spacious, cl'sr, and
wel-ligbted har-room How could one re
fresh himself with its genial heat, and turi
away To indite IA fpult-fnding paragraph
Di.tppoiutmcnts in business, disappoint
ments in love, disappointments in carrying
favoritc schemes through the Legislature
dislppuntments in oiice-seeking, are all ba
for the spirits, and tend to chill the soul 4
the dsquieted but if the cheerful warmt
Of that fire will not drive Of the blues an
thaw the frost away, the case must be
hopeless one. indeed,
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tt. Is. IIfASE IoWn SupE
Westiord. March 9th, 1855.

AMERICAN MANurACTUREs.-TnE LADIES
MovING.-The imports into this country Of
manufactured cotton goods during the year
ending June 80, 1854, amounted to over
$35, 600 ,0O0-almost every pound of the raw
material used in which was carried from
this country, and every piece of which might
have been produced here. The imports of
manufactured silk goods also amounted to
not far from $35 900, 900 Had these goods
been manufactured here they would have
given employment to twice the number Of
looms now Running in New England and built
up half dozen cities like Lowell and Law
renee. In view OF these facts, the Boston
JopRai states that number of ladies'. of
high social standing, have signed the follow
ing pledge.
We engage TO employ in our dress and
furniture American fabrics in preference,
and, as far as we can with reasonable effort,
to the exclusion Of foreign productions,
They hope the gentlemen will follow suit,
and thus organize protective leagues, which
will do away with all necessity Of protec-
tive tariff We are afraid the scheme will
not amount to much
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The Session, " Nemo," CotunI's."

While the late session was in progress we
did the best we could to keep our readers
advised of the progress of the chief matters
which came before the General Assembly
Near the close the accumulation of business
and the rapidity of its movement is 50 great
as to make it impossible to keep fairly up
with it. As for the lighter affairs winch
draw the attention of the hy-standor and
serve to enliven the scene Of action, We have
left them to our correspondent " Man,, "
whose letters have been appreciated, as we
have abundant reason to believe. The various
specuations as to who the said - Neoto'
could be, have been quite amusing to us,
being SO wide of the mark. The YER
mont Republican, the Middlobury Register
aud the Temperance SandTd--or persons
who have written for those papers-seem TO
have been most grieved by " NGno's' STRIFE
lures. On what substantial grounds, we have
never been able to see, He certainly showed
great good humour, and though occasionally
1t was said by members of the three houses >,
she has given Mira hit we heard no ono
impute to HIM mistake or malice. The
splenetic remarks which the aforesaid papers
have INDUCED in-each after its own fashion
are not worth particular notice -
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isation as the Fugitive Slave Law Of 1880
and that as, during seventy years, all consti-
tutional obligations were enabled to he iul-
filled without its aid, and may be equally 50
still, we demand its unconditional repeal.
:. RcSolyed, That we are determined to
use all honorable efforts to secure such
modification of our naturalization laws, aid
cd by such an elevation Of public sentiment, as
will preserve the true interests Of the nation,
aud will guarantee the three vital principles
Of a Republican Government SPIRITUAL
FRErDoI, 4 FREE Br1tl, AND rBrE Scnoots,~
thereby promoting the great work OF iDilr'-
/ cdHjt,Hg imericd.
s. Rcsoired, That We invoke the arm or
/ legislation to arrest that growing evil, the
deportation, by foreign authorities, ct pau
rcrs aud cOnvicts to our shores, and that as
our national constitution requires the chief
Executive OF our country to be Of native
bitth, we deem it equally important that
other ii5h official functionaries, and cspc-
cialIy our diplomatic representatives, abroad,
should also possess no for ign principles to
bias their Judgment or to influence their Off
Chat action.
Q. RCsolJc". That ,re arr pot oppos.d to
the emigration Of foreigners tn oar shore
from tn: Old ori. who come imbued with
the spirit OF Republican Frccijm. who seek
not t. impose upon us tho DEGREES of a
} iol'lSh ''Slc'llSIl'hi Hi'I"I'lly - PlhlH'hiiJ
foreign and hostile to the spirit OF our re-
publican institutions, but who are willing to
labor with US in extending and perpctuating
the blessings of civil and religions liberty,
until from one end Of our land to the other,
all shall be- actuated by the high and holy
principles embodied in the Constitution OF
our land, aud in that Constitution Of prin-
ciples cmaua ting from the Throne Of God.
10. ReSoicfJ, That wc drom the present
prohibitory liquor law Of this state, part Of
it, settled Legislative policy, and that We arc
opposed t. any modification thereof, except
such ~ experience shall demonstrate to he
requisite. in order to its greater perfection
G aud efficiency.
: II. R.soircd. That We cordially invite all
-, our fellow citizens who feel that the above
principles are correct ana Just. and eminent.
~ called For by every consideration of jus
. tice and patriotism, to meet us upon thi.
IS broad yicUo,m and with us labor to secure
, their ascendencv in our State and Fedora
Governments. that we may hasten on th
day when our beloved country shall etan'
5 forth to the world, a model Republic 70
h reedoml rirtuc, Hteihge nce and PATRIOTISM
=. - Rcsolred, That the several Editors il
. this state are respectfully requested to pub
= lish the above resolutions
$ Which. after some discussion, were una
h nimousy adopted.
I, h. DAVENPORT. Pree't.
e. W WILLARD, Sec'y.
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- Hos. HORACE MANN's LEClURL.-Ihe
Town Hall held a very respectable audience
last Monday evening, in spite of the sudden
severity of the weather. The subject AN
nounced by the lecturer was the Common
Nature of Man and The Brut'S; man Hoblcr,
man baser than The brute. Starting with
the lowest form of organized existence. the
cell or stomach and mouth---ne built up a
type of man-addng successfully To his >ton-
ach arms, legs, brains, vanity. love 1f dis
play, relation of sex, acquisi,iycness clmha-
tiveness, conscience, heuoNolence, piety. MI
but the last three man shares with the lower
orders of crcntion-aud in the exercise of all
but these three, he sinks lower than the
brute. Man descends to the gutter with the
swine, but there is difierence-the beast is
able to get out OF the gutter when re chooses
Some brutes have fingers, man alone the
thumb, and of all ANIMALS man can pinch the
hardest ; lawyers pinch their clients, doc
tors their patients &c, and the miser pinches
his dollar till the eagle on it screams. Man
alone of all animals degrades himself to marry
iOT money ] ne lecturer t0uH ldh through Tue
various instincts and qualities above named -,
enliyening his discourse with hits. severe re-
Dukes, and cutting witticisms, aud enforcing
sound and useful lesson Of humanity ,bene-
violence and piety. The lecture WAS we'll de-
iyered, was received with frequent applause,
and afforded universal gratiGoat ton,
-CoLD SNAr.-lhe mercury stood at
L Tuesday morning at sunrise. which is
colder by two or three degrees than the cold ast
| temperature in Nov. lSjI
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From EurOpe-The Panic IN England.

The steamer PdC,fc arrived at New ork
on Thursday, The news brought by this ar
rival lrom the seat of War is unImportant.-
From England we learn that a general panic
prevailed among all classes, from the appre-
hension Of An immediate War with thus Coun-
try The excitement appears to have been
due mainly to the British Press The Lon
don Times, with all its unbounded resources
and great ability, occupies moral position on
the other side of the water, not unlike that of
of the n. Y. Herald on this. Its great aim
is not 50 much to tell the truth or do good,
or even to gain influence, as it is to cause a
continual stir, now in one way and now in
another, it matters little how, Its state
ments consequently need an endorsement of
some kind, before they are credited by men of
Judgment abroad, 1t suited the Times few
days since to attack the United States as II
nation of hlibusters, from whose invasion
the British Government must protect ITSELF
and it announced that number OF ships of
War were ordered to our waters, to prevent by
force the descent of an American iorce-ilea-
ven save the mArk-upuu Ireland! The idea 1T
such a movement has been received with A
shout of laughter by the entire American
/ public, and it appears to have found few
! believers abroad.
Bnt the fact that a 1ect OF fnslish
! War steamers were really under orders for
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UFMR. IIALE's LEoTrRE--Tho Lecture by
Hon. JoHN p. HALE. at the Town Hall last Fri
day evening, attracted large audience. His
subject was the last giddi0toriai ,lhibition At
Rome. This took place in the carly ages of
the Christian era, and ended by the self
devotion of monk. who, at the commence
mcnt Of the show throw himself between the
combatants, and in the attempt to part them
lost his life. The nobility Of the act SO a fec
ted the Emperor IIonorlus, who had been pre-
vlously importuned hy the Christians to re-
fuse permission for the exhibition, that he
ordered the amphitheatre to be cleared upon
the spot, and from that time forth such dis
plays were prohibited In the course of the
lecture Mr.. Hale repeated the desert ption of
Palroclus' funeral pile. from Homer, pope =
translation, We think) and Byrons dying
gladiator The moral drawn from the story
was that the spirit OF every age is self seek
ing, and the great demand Of every age self
sacrifice, and in closing the lecturer asked
if there were not gigantic and iuhuman
wrongs in our time, which demand the self
devotion Of the lovers of mankind. We cam
not praise the lecture very highly. 1t would
be poor compliment to Mr.. Iialcs eminent
talents, to say that it was worthy of him
either in manner or matter. 1t lacked ORR
ginality in its composition, and animation in
its delivery Mr.. Hale, On the stump, or
sustaining with forcible argument and ready
wit his side of a debate, isa very different man
frem Mr.. Hale reading narrative compiled
from classical dictionaries ond popular his
tories
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Respectfully submitted

GEORGE W, BENEDICT, J Co,,
JAMES W. HOTClIKlSS, C""-
JOHN PIERPOINF, ""''''