The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-12-05
Tho Vermont Press.

The Montpelier Freeman is dis
cussing the propriety Of continuing the
r publican organization, and especially
with reference TO the duty of the "old
antislavery men," in this matter The
editor concludes that " if Republicauism
is to end as foreshadowed in the quoted
article in the 1riJunc,qnd as we have seen
iniimatod i'll oth,r St urccs these day.
that is with the admission Of Kansas as
free State, leaving the Au,i-Slavcry
enterprise no better, and perhaps worse
off than before the passage of the Ne.
blasla bill. We fancy they will not be
long in calling for their old muster-roll
And Of this their allies in the Rcpubli-
can ranks who came from tho old pal.
ties, may as well be notified in season"
--The Rutland Herald has an earn.
est and sensible article, urging Vernon
tiers to do more towards raising their
own wheat 1t says
Merchants are now trading in Rut-
land. who once bought large quantities
Of Wheat in Rutland, Windsor, aud
Orange Counties, aud toted it III wag
CONS to Trey to iud market Not
many years since, Vermont raised Wheat
to spare. Now, - how different !
Not less than sir manfred thousand
dollars are annually paid by Vermont
people to the wheat growers of the Vest
for Flour This is an enormous tax, ex.
ceed;ug the entire cost Of our Common
Schools, aud the cost of the Legislative
Executive, aud Judicial departments IF
our State Government There are e.
nough empty -four barrels in this State
TO store nearly the whole annual crop OF
potatoes, apples, and grain
The Brandon Transcript has an
article Oh the establishment Of Houses
Of Correction for the reform of Juvenile
Misunderstanding the recommends.
ton of Gov i ,yce, and emitting up, with.
out mercy, the report Of the committee
adverse to such action. We give tie
concluding paragraphs
Bat the practical climax of argu-
mcnt addressed by tie commit tee to its
cOmpatriots can scarcely be resisted
The offender is ono of those "rogues
who was but q moment ago supposed to
be 50 far suukeu in dcpravity as to rend
er all attempts at reformation uncer
tain" Now be is miraculously trans
formed into all angel Of the household
/ one Of the brilliant consultations that
reYOlvc around some sunctilicd hearth
! stone. How do the obvious dictates OF
Humanity revolt against tue babarou,
"youlh Of tender years" from his home
aud parents In the measured cadence
Of the emphatic language Of the commit
tee you can almost hear the sobbiugs OF
anguish-tbe wall Of despar-and the
audible Swapping of heart-strings, as the
unhcdged litile rascal is borne away to
tie House of Correction.
" But seriously, we fear that the very
practical recommendation of our worthy
Governor. I whose long experience gives
peculiar force to his opinions) was but
specifically considered by our late leg
islature. We are firm in the faith that
the mere idea of House of Correction
should give place to real superstruc
ture in and about there should be com
bined with the sirictest rules of disci
pine, the grace of manual labor, ant
the conveniencies Of home. The dc
tails Of such au institution is yet to b.
matured. aud we trust that future leg
lature will at no distant day make a
mends for the omissions Of the past