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COUNTY CONVENTION.

AT Convention Of the Wings OF Chit
tender. .. County, held at the Eagle Hall in
winston, on Wednesday, the 29tl day Of
June, 1S42, Hon. JOHN VAN SrcKLrn was
called to the Chair, and EDWARD A. SrANs-
BURY, Esq. and Gen. HEMAN r. SMITH
were appointed Secretaries.
On motion of F. G. Hill,
Resoired That a committee of brsc firm, ZACH
town lie appointed by the delegations of each toxvn r.,
make nominations of candidates for Senator and
that where there is but delegate from nv town.
such delegate shall be entitled to three votes in sprh
committee of nomination.
The Convention took a recess for the APP
pointment of the town committees.
The Convention reassembled, and after
appointing the following gentlemen as a
committee of Resolutions, adjourned to half
past two o'clock.
Geo. X. Plat, ABB. Maynard, T. Galusha,
w. B. Viele, Orvlle Shaw, F. G. Hill.
Convention met at half past two.
David Read, ESQ.,, chairman of the NOM
mating committee, reported that said com.
mittee had unanimously nominated Dayid
French and Truman Gahusha as candidates
for Senators and the said report was ac-
cepted and adopted, and those gentlemen
we're severaIly nominated as candidates.
| Mr.. Plat, from the committee on resoiu-
tons, reported the following, which wers
unanimously adopted
l. Resolred That the presen, crisis in our ma ion
al affairs, which calls for all the frmness, energy and
of Of
and that the Wings Of Chtenden county are resolved
that it shall never be said of them that they orsoo
the post Of duty at the hour of their coun,rys peril
q Resolred That the present unparalleled ernbar-
easements under which this whole nation is laborinv
her bankrupt treasury her ruined population her I'M
paired credit and consequent disgrace abroad are in
no wise justly attributable to the Wing party,
but their causes to be found in the profligae and
reckless INSTRUMENTATION Of the reign Of terror
in the wasteful extravaganza and shameless corrup
ton of Jackson, Van Buren, and their toos and the
relief which we sought and hoped to obtain by the
| triumphant election Of General HARRISON has been
frustrated and destroyed b, the of President
who came to chief magslracy of a great nation by an
unior seen dspensation of Provldence-but who since
his accession entirely regardless of the will of that
nation, expressed thro their representative councils,
has arrogaed 10 himself the right 10 Judge tire
heads of those whose servant he is, by unwarrant
able use of the veto power
3. Resolred, That John Tyer, having perfidiousy
deserted and opposed the party whose III directed ia
vor warmed him into consequence, and having pro-
mulgaed through his mouth piece that all connection
between him and the Wing party dissolved forever
we are fully prepared 10 take him his word and do
declare, for ourseces and those we represent, that
such dissolution perfect and entire that which
separates the said John Tyler from the respect OF all
honorable men. And we hold ourselves totally alb
solved from all responsibility for the acts of man
who basely uses position for'uOusiy Obtained by
votes, oppose and illustrate the great
to further which he was unfortunately elected.
4. Resored, That in the lIlustrous son of Ken
g. lucky we behold all that goes to maka up the char-
arf Df DObn. IN n,
tie able experienced and far-seenp statesman, the
powerful, eloquent and polished orator-aDd hat
when add these qualifications, the sefsacTit-
cling devotion with which be has labored for forty
years to further the best interests OF oUr eIoved
country, ready to unite IN giving him the Sore
most place in our affection and esteem
g. Resoircd That political experience has taught
that the prosperity of the nation requires adequate
protection to American industry, and that this can
only be obtained by electing men 10 Office who are
above lreachery and uncontamnaied with the false
and delusive abstraction of free trade, bat who will
take early and efficient TO adopt such
, if az shall eecually prevent foreign nations from
Cutting our markets with what our own people eau
v produce
6. Resoired, That we 20 for protection as such TO
every branch of industry, whether mechanical or
agricultural, believing them a ~ intimately cORnec-
ted that no one can either ENJOY wont protection
} without producing corresponding effect upon the
others.
l. Resolred, That the new born zeal of Ioccfoco-
ism IN favor of protection to wool is sudden and
its motives too notorIo3s to blind any man of com
mon sense, and we fee il OR duty to declare lha, il,
little 1roor' :!
s.. .Resolred That we cali upon every Wing within
the limits of Chli,enden coun'y to be up and doing
from this time till the first Tuesday of September
l We eXhort our friends 10 remember that whatever
disasters may have suffered in our national poli-
tics, we are yet MS strong ever here at home. We
have the principles TO fight for which neryed our
arms in lSi0-Tha, by the act of Providence upon
our revered Harrison, those principles have not We,
had trial but that hehoyes US to 10 it that the Y