The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-08-13

STRANGELY infatuated"
Tho above is tina heading Of an article,
r ferring to myself 10 the Vermont Pat.
si0t, of tho 25th inst In this article, |
the editor represents me, AS Sdeeming
/, my duty, as minister Of The gospel
OF peace. to stir up strife and con tenticn.
AMI civil wut, all to aid the disunion
lists toelsct Fremont. Selling my ser.
Woes to political party, installing facts
and trsducing cmocrats FOR pay, and be
longing TO class Of men Of few brains,
ipdsposed to work, who preach only
when they cannt get a living at swap
ping horses and making patent whiffle-
trees !" .......,... .
The above extracts contain only some
OF, the rare gems of the Majors article,
in which, he exhibits Ike spirit of caudor
and courtesy with, which he is trying to
serve his country and develop the glory
and purity of the present administration.
He accuses me Of hard things, but [ de-
~ him to show in any particular wherein
/ have misstated facts. and traduced dem
ocracts for paw or without II. L defy
him also to give the namo of any re-
spectacle republican who heard my re-
,parks in the State House on the 4th
fpst, who made that remark about my
being taken for " greenhorn." which he
seems 30 anxious now, to father upon
some anonymous person OK that party
Tbs Major ought not to suppose, that
because he is paid for serving the pres
ent administration, and for the same rca-
con could servo a certain Literary lusti-
tuition. which before. il had been his
pleasure to oppose, that, therefore, all
other pe,sdns in serving gooc cause.
aoit ffoFh motives equally sordid. -ec
But what have J. in rcolity done to
merit such ttcaimcn from the Patriot!
When returned from Kansas contiu
usd my correspondence for the Messeh'
ger, by giving an account of my tour in
the Territory, and the abuse | received
from the o.Slavery party, for the
crime Of being Vstmonter. Some of
ny friends Of this village, without dis
tinction of sect or party, wished me to
give in public lecture, an account of
lay Kansas experience, and | complied
with their request When in attendance
at the session Of the Vt Conference, my
brethren there desired me TO do the
same, and l consented | did it. in the
first instances to crafty personal friends
who wished to hear from one on who's @
statements they thought they might re-
ly, in relation to the actual state Of af-
fairs in Kansas. l have since continued
70 lecture on that subject. when | could
find leisure from my other business, with
,he hope thst might serve the cause Of
Freedom in Kansas, by raising materia
aid, n assist the company that now pro
pose to 90 from Vermont, to become &C
tual settlers in that beautiful Territory
and as yet, have doue this work with
cut fee or reward a''...
While in Kansas, was frequently re
qHssted by those whose lives and prop
erty were then in peril, to do something
for them il my life was spared to reacl
tho States. l shall not soon forget tn,
request of DR.. Graham and his wife
whom I saw at Prairie City. But few
days before the DR.. was going, quiotl,
aud narmcd, to Palmyra, and some 0
the scents of H. G.. Pate's party tool
him a prisoner AS his captors wer
:. soon expecting an attack from the fire
state party, they threatened to shoe
him. The Dr. watched his opportunity
aud made an attempt to escape, but b
was discovered, and they shouted afte
him, id abolitionist, shoot HIM
shoot him and some half dozen ME
shol at him, and three of the shots too
effect. | had conversation with the DR.
and his wife, who with toarful anxiet
was bending OVER his mangled body
stretched upon the couched of pain, an
perhaps of death. The. DR.. said 10 NJ,
g you 90 back to the States, / hop
you will say something for Kansas, fo
an afraid We. shall all DO massacre
here.n L
While the image of those hOrril me
who took me prisoner, and brandishe
weapons Of death about my person, an
threatened my life, lives in my imagin:
ton while l recollect that my ow
brother was harrassed into insanity. b
the dogs Of war which the South hay
been letting loose on the Free State pa
to of Kansas-and while think of thoS
bleeding and dying, from wounds infc
ed upop them, for no other crime bu
their aove Of freedom, so long aoiH
speak for Kansas, if there Is prospe'
that my feeble uttcrauce may help
vindica,e. the right, and save 50 fair
portion Of our country from the. bligl
Of slavery. I will 90 this, alihoug
Northern men. with Southern principle
call me politician, and geek to bla'
that reputation, which is only esr,hl
treasure / have garnered from tSept
years of untlring devotion to the labo,
Of the Christian ministry.
1t is telling circumstance that ougl
no. to be overlooked, that person cal
not give simple statement of what "
know to be facts,9 in relation to the q
fairs Of Kansas, without becoming obno
io,is to certain mud throwing politician
who, through the medium Of the pres
will seek to bold him up to public co
.tampt. -; .5r.a' a57a- So.
did not originate those facts whic
l cannon oonscionIiously con ,ea,, aud
the simple statement. Of them is an i
jury to- a certain clique of. paid pqlil
,.;ans thu "a g osibiliJv .r.sk. On, hn