The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-05-14

man. Could you leugthen your vision
and clip the top of the mountain forests
you might see Arnold on his perilous
way to Quebec. You may see him
wounded. You may see where Wolfe
fell, and where Montgomery died. You
may track that army when pestilence
hung over itand death was dripping from
her wings. You will see Burgoyne start
ing bis career on the lake, and making
his way down to Saratoga Then you
will see him returning, and the splendid
presents for the Indians, brought by him ,
disposed of in manner and for a pur.
pose far different from that for which
they were intended, just as the marble
brought into Greece to rear monument
at Marathon. That monument went up
on the same spot, but it went up to show
the victory of the Greeks and the van.
quishment of the Persians. From that
spot you may see the battle of Benning-
ton. You may see that fleet going down
Lake George in the French war. with its
music, and its banners flying You may
see the battle of Plattsburgh You may
see the spot where Scott won his glory.
There is the place where sleeps the free.
man Allen.
There is another thing on which !
wish to speak. refer to the emigrant
aid societies The largest emgrant aid
society ever known is the Government
of Tie United States. 1t began its Ca
rcer to stimulate immigration more than
fifty years ago. How In protecting
squatters, making pre- emption laws.
homestead bills, and giving donations of
the public lands to actual settlers Just
to make the point clear, let me refer to
what has been done in reference to the
Territory of Oregon. In 1852 we pass
ed law giving to every actual settler in
that Territory, if single, three hundred
and twenty, or, if married. six hundred
and forty acres 1t was to continue for
two years but when that time had ex.
pired, it was extended two years more.
1t expired in December last by its own
Limitation. Look at it, Six hundred
and forty acres to every man who would
go to Oregon Two hundred thousand
acres wore pledged as gift to actual
settlers, if they would 20 there. Presi.
dent Pierce takes the executive chair
suppose he knows what has been done.
yet, Notwithstanding this, when a little
emigrant aid society is seen in Massa
chusetts, the President, and all in au.
thorlty, are in the utmost CONSERVATION
They are raising Signals of distress, and
sending proclamations all over the land
What for ? What is the mattcr2 They
want to stop emigration from Massachu-
setts to the West-an emigration which
has been stimulated for the past half
century by acts of Congress. Look at
the consistency Of conduct there is here.
But they do not care rush for these
aid societies. A bird fcigns to be wound
ed, and lures the hunter far from tho
spot where she was first seen. She goes
limping. fut'eripg. and screaming, to at.
tract attention. Why does she do so ?
She wants to prevent her nest and its
eggs from being touched That is Just
the case here. They do not care fig
about theso emigrant and societies. 1t
is only blind.
do not intend to occupy my fulltimo
now, for hope, if anything is brought
back in the nature of evidence BY the
commission we have sent to that Terri.
tory, may bo able to take part iu the
discussion then. Indeed. until that
mastery report of the minority in the
Senate, | could hardly see a single fact
upon which you could rest with any de-
gree of reliance whatever But, | ask
you, how were northern emgrauts treat.
ed On the 30th Of May, 1854, we
passed that law for the organization of
Nebraska and Kansas. just twenty.
nine days after that, the men of Nilsson
ri formed an association to drive out
from that Territory. to hurl out of it by
force, every man who came into it by
the assistance of northern emerant aid
societies. Tie plan must have been laid,
and the knowledge in regard to that law
must have been conveyed to that Terri
tory, before the law was passed. Now.
what was tho welcome which awaited
freemcn when they went into that Ter
rtory2 know it is said that " If you
do not like it, stay at home we will just
make that Territory So hot that you can
not stay there we will 90 and occupy it
ourselves, and make it slave Territory"
Bat how were they treated Did they
receive at the hands of those who had
gone there from the State of Missouri
anything like hospitality, anything like
courtesy, anything like justice when they
went to tho strange land Instead of
that, when the first election came off
they were driven from the blllot-boxes
by force, and those who usurpod their
places had things their own way.
Now, | maintain that the Kansas peo-
pie are to blame in some measure.
They were altogether too modest. They
bad way up IN Vermont, of dealing
with intruders from abroad, which is
worthy of imitation in spirit, if not in
form. New York claimed a portion of
that State as her own, nearly to the
mountains They sent there officers to
execute the process of that State. Tho
Vermonters told them they could not
have such matters going on in their
State, and that they must stop, They
did not do it They caught one of the
officers and tied him to tree, and laid
upon MIN what they called " beech