The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-07-07

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M.. Howard thought there was no pro-
priety nos necessity in his making q SPEECH.
rroTric;y because raj Of the Rem
resentaiYes Of Vermont were nro nt Vic
uld he called on before himself; no ne
because Vermont always has necn
hit and always will be right.
- q remark Of Nr. Cola' 9s5
he was horn in " York
5 whom he ~ ,oo younr to
lA- .l Z r- to be horn ont Of
Vermont, sud that he corrected il bv
coming to Vermont as soon rs he could.
Nh IL. ia that, though he had commit
ted many faults there was one lauit he
pevnr WIS guilty of ; he mere, fai1e{ Ia
be 6orn IN Fermot.
Mr.. Howard vindicated the corrse Of
the Republicans Of Congress in voting for
tho Crittendcn Montgomery amendment.
IL had been charged by some that, ia so
doing side by side with the popular SOW.
ereignty men, they had abandoned, 50 far.
their Republican principles He would
say to his audience, as he should say to
his own constituents. that the Republicans
had yielded 1othi0g. They had voted
that the people shall have the right to
form their own Constitution grhcu bcc9p7.
l"g a STATE But who ever denied that
right ? The distinction between the de.
NAL of the right Of the people of new
State to form their own Constitution, and
the denial of the right of Congress to con-
troll the ferrt0ri's, is as palpahle rs the
distinction between the liberty allowed
young man when he becomes of age. and
the authority of father over his family
of young children. We said when Kan.
sas becomes Of age-when she comes to
the degree Of a State, let her have the
robes of sovereignty" We stood up for
that right. and we accepted willingly the
aid Of all who would help us, and in so
doing, we yielded not ot or title of
principle
Mr.. Howard went on to speak Of Kan.
sas. He depicted with the freshness and
interest of an eyewitness the reign of
terror. which the Committee of Tnvesti-
| cation found there he described the
thorough method of the Investiga ton he
narrated some Of the facts disclosed he
gave the well known figures, (which cam
not he too often repeatedly of the second
invasion, when by the side of caucus
list showing 2905 legal votes in the ter
ritory, they placed poll list showing 633l
votes cast, and developed the fact that Of
the 633l, but S3l were thrown by legal
voters, the rest being cast by over 1900
| Missourlan scoundrels who went over into
Kansas to help the people to be per-
tectly free to form their own Institutions
in their own way" He described the Or
ganized system OF misrepresentation which
formed Part Of the organized system of
violence and oppression. He would cali
the Missourians of the border, if he must
describe them in word, not ruffans, but
liars. Fasehood was if possible q more
prominent characteristic with them than
ruiianism. Such utter barefaced. heav-
en-deiying falshood as had marked their
course and the course of their organ the
st, Louis Republican, in reference to
Kansas, he could never have believed pos
sble, had not the proof of it all been
brought before his own eyes. As single
instance, Mr.. Howard mentioned the fact
that Mr. Oliver. member of Congress
from Missouri, declared in a speech in the
House that he din not kuo71 ofa tori-
ETY. that n single Nissoul}ou bod cler
ro'cl In Kansas" those we're his words
uttered by him, contained.in the report of
his speech in the Congressional Globe and
published by him in pamphlet A few
weeks after the declaration was made, Mr..
Oliver accompanied the Committee of H.
vestlgation to Kansas, and it came out
that this very Oliver had raised COM
pany OF about 300 armed men in Ray
County, Missouri, who marched into Kan.
sas two days journey, to a place in the
Territory called Hays" where they
drove away the legal voters from the polls,
and ali ro'c6. These facts we're sworn
10 by witness after witness, who were of
the party, before Mr.. divers face, as he
sat blushing to his ears, las well he might
unable to gainsay the testimony by word.
So much for the past. For the future
the course of the Republican party was
plain. We must stand by our principles,
adhere to our platform, without a thought
of wavering, Vlck n tbc hcIa1. till the
Old Ship of State rights herself.
Mr.. Towards remarks were cut short
by the arrival of the time for the adj
journment of the Convention. He spoke
with the heartiness and effect characters.
tic of Western oratory-and would have
been listened to with interest and atten-
ton for an hour longer had the time al.
lowed.
VANDBRBILTs NICARAGUA NEGoTIArIoy.
From communications in the New York
papers it appears that the government of
Nicaragua has made a deed of concession.
dated the Sth of May last, which grants to
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Horace f. CLARK,
and their associates, the exclusive right of |
conveying passengers across the Isthmus
of Nicaragua by the lake Nicaragua by |
and the river San Juan A supple |
mentary document called'' The Act of |
Incorporation" incorporates the grantees
in perpetual company with power to
create and issue stock, and transfer or |
sell the same. II exempts them and
their property from all taxation and
government dues, aud places them on