Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-01-22
Far the Vermont Phoenix.
:, ,nrER ON SIGN

rich, veteran ue'',o'''' ~
r"I n',s;dcnt of the Convention now sit
Fo ,,.,rolicr. Vermont !" all which is a
sovs the Democrat but what i'm
o. n,v he attached to it, the conductor
wv .,n,oal very wisely keeps to himself
%J Ill, he would fain have his readers
p' %,, the good people of Vermont are
:" Ihosls for Van Buren,, simply because
r a had the honor Of the appointment of
.I.n, 70 Convention whose business was
w., =, not alter the Constitution of the
ave 81 with which party politics had moth
M Aud for the honor of the Delega-
l., nat believe the members thereof
,;.olv ever permitted political considera-
l;.,orb their deliberations. That some
,r;dnals felt an itching to mingle polit
.,o,s with their ''yeas and nays" and
1,s did 50 minglc, was apparent TO every
to,b within and without the legislative
rho aid not look through glory specta-
II was a "signn--and a sign of some
,,,,da,ion-a kind of falling OLA kind
a;og from ones dignity, when the hon
' u.p,e,ident of the Convention came dorm
n'I hi, higb station on Monday morning and
W. a, reconsideration of the vote Of Sat
h, evening previous, constituting Senate
,eorjinate branch of the government of
.noo, and assigning only as reason there
A,, an absent member had been guilty Of
s.y and corruption, and that the vote was
,s,d through the influence Of that member;
.,. he had been informed that such was
,,i Now all the facts relating thereto
=, we'll known to the honorable President
Saturday previous TO the taking of the yeas
nave on the resolution for which the homo
,IL President asked a reconsideration, and
ubicb he gave his vote in the affirmative.
h, facts are these: Rumor with her hundred
,,ne. buzzed about that gentleman had la
+ ,u seat in the Convention without being le-
|,Iy chosen by the ireemen of the town from
hence he came. Therefore he was condem-
i ID unhearl BY the President, & charged with
rbqy and corruption. And for no other
asOn assigned was the reconsideration asked.
b, notwithstanding the high station Of the
,uER for the neutrality-suspicious.
I pr be was secretly backed in every possible
k,y BY the Ex-Governor Of Vermont, yet to
Ne credit of the Delegation be it spoken, they
we're unawed by the roar Of the Lion, or chea-
Jed into acquescence by the cat face and oily
Ioup.of distinguished political mountebaukl
|The motion was lost by an increased majority.
81 much for the honorable President Of the
Convention to whom the democrat" attaches
] sign" simply because he was elected Presi-
f.nt Of body whose deliberations had nothing
% do with party politics.
We dropped in to the Antimasonic caucus
At Montpelier during the sitting Of the Conyen-
lion, and judging from the ''signsn there given,
he party is in 10 enviablc situation. The
'pliaiers are flying in every direction and if
random shot does not knock out the Other eye
81 Martin Flint, we will acknowledge there is
'uslake in signs Mr. Barber of the Mid
debury Free Press came down in a thunder
ing speech against wings, whiggery, and-so-
l'rh, and ended by knocking off few mason
noses and Jumping heels over head plump
INTO the bowels Of Van Burenism Mr. Knapp
81 The State Journal let of a few percussion
fapsi but IN an opposite direction from Mr. Bar
'et he was more wary-'he did not like
Judge White or Mr. Van Buren-he thought
Ien' HARRISON in his answer to the Antima-
ionic Committee, did not dirk masonry quite
'AOugh but 1t would do very well-and were
le called on to choose between White or Van
'u'en be should choose. ..nether. Mr. Web
'' ne thought The better man-but his pros
'ec' was small &c. &c. The Hon. Titus
hutchinson was willing to go the whole swine
VI AN'masonry; but he thought il best not to
'a ,' any decided course at present-hc was
,".ns 10 lay on his oars and see whether a
v D. Convention would be called'-or in 9TH
""us 10 see which way the wind would
"" "a very sage conclusion. The Hon.
Tuse ware wanted Gen. Harrison nominal
S'U' PRESIDENT of the U. States. He is said
~ earned Judge, as much opposed to mason
"i am was always opposed to masonry
v, Auce ! gave four mink skins for joachim
" Doaz-lsalah Thomas printed two tons of
" W. purpose TO cheat folks. always said
> ,Sed Glncral Jackson ever since he hung
" nOyaI Arch Masons and | want to see
~! ueSll Of 'em hanged; and | believe Gin
=, :, harrison will stick TO Antimasons like
- " sAeeP.' "Mr Miller of Greece came
:, "''n such shower of words we could
> nv a'aAe head or tail TO his speech. But his
. .'4D' was so truly theatrical that, had his
's s. Oeen Ineligible, we should have lost it
~' summation Of his movements. When
'O"'menced he was literally in the centre
- ''V"u which somewhat annoyed his free
~ y speech but he threw his body into
W Elld extravagance, and nourished his en-
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