The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-02-14
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MIDDLEBURY, FEB. IA, 1855.
Senatorial Elections.

Since we last referred TO TINS topic,
there have been several emphatic tri.
umphs of the free spirit of the North.
which will carry joy and satisfaction to
the hearts of the great mass Of the pco.
pie of this state Viewed as popular
verdict on the great outrage accomplish
ed in tho passage of the Nebraska bill,
our sentiment of justice responds heart
lily and approvingly to these elections
We rejoice at the increasing prospect Of
fair representation of the Northern
sentiment in the Senate. a great issue
is pending. and must soon be decided
1t is no more nor less than the admis-
sion of Kansas as a Slave State, in con-
summation of the Douglas perGdy This
is tho only PRACTICAL question remaining
so far as concerns that territory, once
solcmnly consccrated to freedom, and we
hail every accession Of strength to the
right side ,whcthcr palatable ornot,i in 9TH
cr respects. All mere questions of an old
party character sink into ins;gnifcancc,
in our mind, in comparison of this.
In the election of Mr.. Seward and Mr.
Wilson. this side has triumphod, and
fearless champions have been secured
Wisconsin has nobly followed, by the c.
lection of Mr.. Durkcc. More satisfac,
tory STILL if possible, is the victory
which We scarcely dared to hope
achieved in Illinois Even since the c.
lection. it has been boast cd in Congress
that Douglas and Shields wcro sustained
by the vote of their constituents. But
what can they now say? Hon Lyman
Trumbull, an open and avowed Ne
braska Democrat. who was elected to
the lower House in Congress, as such, at
the late election, was, on Thursday last
chosen L. s. Senator in place of Shields
by three majority. Douglas will there.
fore stand alone for the remainder Of his
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term - his vote counterbalanced By that
of his colleague The same is true, as
we have already intimn.cd. Of Iowa, Mr.
Harlan coming in in place of Dodge.and
tying Mr., Jones, who is Nebraskiau
Every New England State will soon
be unanimous. in the Senate, on the side
Of free principles. New York, Ohio and
Wisconsin are equally an. The Michi
4 gan Senators have been instructed the
Same way, but find it convenient to rcpu
diatc their own doctrines. now that they
are personally affected, and refuse to re-
sign. Every other Northern Statc,w
the possible exception of California and
New Jersey. will have at least one true
representative of free principles in the
Senate In the House, we trust there
will be firm majority on the side of
justice, freedom, and honor.
County CoMMlssloNER.-We omit.
tod to state, last week, that the County
Convention at this place, called to nom,
mate candidate for County Commis
sionor, renominated Hon D.vls Rlcm, of
Shoreham, the present incumbent of that
office. lie has served, for the last two
years, TO universal acceptance, so far as
we know, and will doubtless be re.eect-
cd without opposition. The election, in
all the towns, is to be on the first Tues
day an March. by the statute of 1854
REELECTION OF Mr.. SEWARD Hon
William II. Seward was, on Tuesday of
last week, reelected United States Sen
ator, by fair majority in both Houses
of the New York Legislature. The
vote stood as follows: Senate. -lS for
Seward, for Dickinson. 7 scattering /;
IIouse-G9 for Seward, 10 for Dickin.
son, 10 for Seymour, s for Hunt, for
Dix, | | scattering.
WIscoNslN-Hon. Charles Durkcc tie
, regular Republican candidate, has been
elected United States Senator for Wis.
consin, in place Of Isaac p. Walker.
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: HORACE VS.. SAM.-Snce the rc.elcc-
tion of Mr.. Seward, Horace" is anxious
ly inquiring after Sam" We presume
that interesting individual still lives,
and will turn up somewhere again.
PUGNAcIous.-Gov. German, of Min
ncsota, has been arraigned before JUS
tice court, OF charge of assault and bat
terry upon man who had the impudenct
to call and try to collect bill of him
. The Jury could not agree as to tho merit
Of the case, and new trial is to be had
t A SMALL Fiour,-Hugb j. Hastings
Secretary Of the New York Senate, il
I charged with having made brutal as
sault upon a man named Jones, in tn
Y cloak room of the Assembly chamber
Words and fists were his weapons,
: TIE WRoNG wAY.-A lum Der dealo
l. in Greenfield, Mass, has sent, during tn
:; past year, over eighty thousand feet @
!, oak and yellow pine to Windsor, in tbi
State. This reminds us Of the old pre-
verb about carrying Goals to Newcai