The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-03-03

agents towards Kansas, are the ones whose
calculations have been nearest correct
Almost everything that has been done, has
been first indignantly denied, then coolly
perpetratcd. thenl Anblushihz y defended,
Nothing in the whole course oil all tn -
iquity, has been more shameless thai
positit of Johnr Calhoun, who hold the /
returns, genuine. and fabricate f, Vi the |
election, and ofers,to conn' in one set Of
officers or, another,sas The emergencies Of |
party may aolt.ld Propositions are
made that it,thelFree State men in Con-
gress viii acceptthe Lccompton constitu-
| ton, with certain amendments, the men,
bers who were really elected shall be coun-
ted in If not, then it is threatened that
Lecompton shall be forced through, or
bought through, and the Democrats shall
| be counted in by aid Of the frauds, and
nobody denies that they are frauds, at
Delaware Crossing.
The administration continually COM
plains of the agitation Of the Kansas
question, and calls upon reasonable and
peaceable men to submit to anything in
order to settle the trouble. Yet this Cal
houn, with the returns all received and
examined, long since, refuses to declare
the result which is to be governed, not by
the facts. but by the arrangement of par
ties in Washington That such things
can be named without exciting universal
indignation. that they can be defended at
all, shows how great is the decline Of pub
lie virtue.
But while Calhoun is hesitating what
measure of iniquity will be necessary to
carry out his plans, the people of Kansas
have made up their minds that consti-
tuition which they never adopted shall not
be imposed upon them, and that Legis-
lature that they never elected shall not be
permitted to meet within their borders.
They can be conquered by the United
States army, for which an increase is now
demanded, for this very purpose, as de-
clared by Jefferson Davis ; but they can
not be reduced to submission in any other
way. When this is attempted, when the
hired soldiers Of the government fire upon
the people for attempting to exercise rights
: that the consultation and the laws solemn
: " guarantee to them, the collision that so
many politicians in the South desire will
! take place but the result may not be &C.
cording to their wishes.-Rhod Island
t Journal
t GEN. WASHINGTON AGAINST LRcoMPToN.
4 The Father of his Country was capa-
] Bile of achieving wonders in the line Of
1 duty, but he never could have received
d. any favor under the present Administra.
1 tion-for he says in his Farewell Ad.
: dress
!. THE basis of our political system is
the raght of the g,eople to make and to
8 alter their Constitutions Of Government. "
MODERN DEMocRAcY.-The Washington
e Union is the central organ, and its lead
: ing editorials are supposed to be suggested
!. or dictated by the President and the mem.
|. bers Of the Cabinet. Its democracy bears
u the stamp of authority,a here are speci
mems of it, taken at random, from the
leader of January %: "the brute pow.
g er of the majority '-" the ballot-box o.
=, - the mob" Away, then, with the dema.
!, gogue appeals for the 'riH Of the ma.
;. jo,ity,' with which the country is now
rife"
: LOUIS NAPoLEoN's AssAss1NArIoN--
. "a European writes to the New York
= Tribune that the " Carbonari " of Italy
= planned the late attempt on the Empe-
l. ror's life because he is renegade mem
:. Der Of that society. He adds
l. Louis Napoleon has been tried by the
= chiefs of the society, formally condemned
y to death, and received not ce of the doom
: which surely awaits him. Those now II
> prison may suffer on the scatfold, but they
- know that thousands are ready to avsng,
-, - them; and even though torture be triet
- (that it was under Louis Philippe i
proved in Louis Blancs History of Tel
= Years they will die without making
sign.
a At ball at Paris, not long since,
Is Senator, great friend of the Empress
was congratulating her on her gaiety ant
$, good spirits. Yes she said, seek t.
J. forget myself; know that one of thes
ut days we shall all perish together. Poo
" woman she is to be pitied Her grac
r. and goodness merit happier fate. Tn
crown is indeed to her composed of thorns
IS As for the Emperor, he is as thorough
n. fatalist as any Turk What will be, vii
e. be- is his motto, but yet it is thought tina
as much of his confidence is assumed"
~ people WHO LIVE IN GLASS HousEs,
= &c.-The recent conduct of the Empero
~ Napoleon in encouraging the hostile flu
:" limitations of his army against England
=, has aroused the spirit of John Bull, VIII
~ retorts upon little Nap" with some kee
home thrusts. The London Times re
ne minds him that his uncle left legacy o
IS, $4,000 to Cantillon, the soldier who ri
" tempted to assassinate the Duke of Wei
I'd lington, and that he, Louis Napoleon, i
~ said, shortly after his seizure of the throne
c. to have sought this person out, and to hav
IL paid him the legacy with interest.
CHARCOAL SKETCH OF CALHOUN
y Us correspondent of the Chicago Tri5un
n gives the following picture of the grea
~ Lecompton conspirator, as he appeared il
L. u his late visit to the Capital of Illinois, hi
: old residence:
&c John looked shabby and rufhanlike
u, His inseparable companion-a revolve