The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-09-24
BY the Governor,
Wilbur =. DAVIS, Secretary.

Il The telegraph on Saturday fash.
cd the news that Convention Of all the
Southern States was in contemplation in
the event of Ffemon,'s election. Tho
following statement of the Washington
correspondent of the New York Courier
AMI Enqutrtr is more definite:
/ am informed on the highest Demo-
cratic authority that several Of the Dem
ocratic Governors Of Southern Statesare
engaged in an active and grave cores.
pondence with one another aud with
leading Southern politicians, the object
OF which is to agree upon a call for gen.
eral Convention Of all the Southern
States, dependent upon the event of Col.
Fremont's election. This is simpl, a
plot of disunion and treason suggested
By the doctrines Of the Cincinnati Con-
vention and the incendiary speeches of
Mr.. Fillmore a. Albany and elsewhere,
recommending secession to the South in
case the North should reject both of the
sectional proslavery candidates
| have reason to believe that the
Southern Directors in the National Dem
ocratic Committee, Zone of whom gave
me the information) were about to COM
nit the madness of circulating a state
ment of this dsunion movement. as an G.
lectioneering document for use in the
campaign, in the belief that as soon as il
became known at the North. the con.
sentative classes there would rush to
tho support of Mr.. Buchanan, and thus
remove the danger of the contingency in
which the South would destroy the Con-
federacy. But the sounder advice of
the Northern members of the Committee
prevailed, who gave 1t as their opinion
that such proceeding wonld only arouse
sentiment of Indignation against tho
whole party, and promote the interests
of Col. Fremont"
There will be no lack of threats, from
now until the day OF election, to intim.
date the conservatives of this section Of
the Union, aud to overawe if possible the
masses who are determined to elect Free
mont in spite Of the Southern dctation.
| Tho foul birds of the South who have
been engaged in Matching plots agains.
the Union, will lay whole nest full of
eggs before the 4th of November, bus
they will prove to be added The Blu
chanan presses of the North will be fill
ed with howlings over the danger to
which the Union is subjected from tho
election Of Fremont, but all will be as
calm as summers morning on the day
after the election Not that the South
ern secessionists will give over their I'M
holy work, for it is ons in Which they
have been engaged for years, and which
they will not readily relinquish. But
the calm, sober, conservative people Of
the South will take care Of the secession.
lists when their rawlings will no longer
make electioneering capital The cor.
respondent of the Courier and Enquir-
er we'll says
The conspiraiors now dfsgracing the
! Executive chairs of the South, have fail
ed to take into aceos the Shareholders
themselves. that powerful class which
now rules the South. They cannot az
ford to allow the Union to be dissolved
they dare not allow it and the moment
these reckless and reasonable intriguers
develop their plans to enable these rul-
ers of the South to reach them. the Dis
union politicians will be preeipitated in
to the dust That rs the security of the
Union against Southern Traitors The
fears Of the Shareholders are the best
| guarantee OF the Union in that quarter
-BOStOn Journal