The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-05-09
The Vermont Press.

our own, as to the behavior of the Nun.
merry committee at Roxbury. a full in
vestigation shows that we were right.
The subsequent issues, as to the bill for
liquor at the Norfolk House. (which was
wrong, though according to the example
of the party responsible for the original
complaints,) and as to the unworthy con-
duct of member at Lowell. were not
before the public, at the time our re-
marks were made. We have never at.
tempted to palliato either offence, as
those papers very well know, nor have
VIC assumed the championship Of any new
party as they falsely insinuatc.
The Mortified Messenger. refer.
ring to the " three hours a.doy" move.
mcnt, says:
We rejoice to record that there are
decisive Indications of move toward
practical reform in the management Of
common schools. The time cannot bo
far distant when children will not be
doomed to a life-lestroying imprison.
ment of six hours daily under the name of
attending school," Abundant olsor.
vation has taught us AS it has every pruc.
teal teacher, that no little child does or
can give six hours, daily, to close, abb
siracted study"
Tile Montpelier freeman ur-
gcs tho propriety of lighting the me.
tropolis by gas. 1t warmly approves the
vote of the Massachusetts, Legislature.
asking the Governor to remove Judge
Loring from Office
-The Burlington Sentinel salts
fed that TIE ruling party in Massachu-
sets is strictly sectional and abolition"
and that the same party is ditto through.
out the North, and at the same time
pro slavery at the South The Sentinel
is greatly pleased with an attempt in
Putnam's Monthly" to demolish the
aforesaid party, and quotes some com.
mon-place passages from the article, in
justification Of its admiration.
The Burlington Ere Press has
an article in decided condemnation of
the proposed coalition between Anti
Know n othings (of the ITdtchman
stamp and the supporters of the present
Administration Il says
1--WE see not why there need DC. me-
ccssdyiIyany warfare between the Know
Nothings aud the Republicans or Union
men Of last year. who are opposed to Sc
cret political orders. Whether there
is to he such warfare, will depend mp
on the course which the new party takes
We are not yet ready to believe that it
will attempt in Vermont to shuttle or
disguise its position on the Slavery is.
sues. or to run State and local tickets.
made up by secret nominations and com
posed ofmen comparatively unknown aud
unplcdeed, save as they are bound by Sc
cret oaths to do the bidding of u Silver
Gray Grand Council"
Tile st. Adams Messenger OK
presses a decided approval Of the princ-
pies of the new political order called
Know.Nothings, apologies for its Sc
crcsy hitherto, and thinks it should now
take open ground as party, and come
out boldly in the light of day"
The Windsor Jomnai supposcs
Mr. Walton and oursclf to be " seeking
a remedy" for defeats last fall and
thus accounts for the course we take in
regard to the American party, So far
as we are concerned, it is sufficient to
10 say that we have taken no new posi-.
ton since the last September election.
when We cordially supported all the
Republican nominations. The Mont.
pelier P0triOt intimates that we Joined
the X. Ms, after the election of Secre.
tary Of State, last fall. from personal mo-
tives. This being false in point of fact
of course the reason assigned is equally
untrue. isn't it quite enough to invent
facts" without fabricatng motives to
match
Tile attempt of the Brandon
Post to palm off the opinions of the
Washington Organ as our own, will not
impose upon any sensible person. We
have never even real the platform" of
the Organ, from which it pretends to
quote-much less have we ever endors-
cd that,or anything else that has appear
ed in that paper. Our Vows have al
ways been distinctly declared, on the
Slavery question, and all the efforts of
the Post to misrepresent us will be
harmless with those who have been our
constant readers for six years past.
FIRE.--On Friday afternoon last, the