Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-08-25
LIBERTY PARTY CONVENTION.
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.


Pursuant to call, the Liberty Party Of
the FIRST Congressional District met at the
egational Meeting House in Manches-
ter, on Tuesday, lst inst, at II, A. M.
The Convention was called to order BY
Dr. J. w. HALE, aud
On motion of Reuben r.. Thrall, Esq.
Hon. Judge SKATER was appointed Chair
man, and d. S. MURRAY, Secretary.
On motion Of Timothy Goodae, PRAYER
was offered by Rev J. w. Sawyer.
On motion Of r.. r. Thrall the follow
ing gentlemen were appointed Committee
on Resolutions ;-Dan'l Roberts, Jr., II. II.
Thrall, d. S. Murray, and r. Goodale.
On motion of ]. w. Hale, committee
of five were appointed from each County to
nominate candidate for Representative to
Congress.
On motion of r. II. ThraII, the Conven-
ton adjourned to . O'clock, P. NJ.
At2, P. M. the Convention convened.
agreeably TO adjournment.
The Committee on Nomination for Rep
resentative to Congress, reported the name
of REUBEN II. TRIAL, Esq, and the re-
port was unanimously adopted.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
as follows:
Resolced, That slavery, as the most out
rageous invasion upon the rights of the slave,
and through him upon the rights of the
whole brotherhood Of mankind, as the most
cruel of all possible expressions, as the rank
est conceivable insult TO Heaven, as a sys-
TEN of heathenism the most heathenish,
should be opposed by the humane, the reIi-
UlOuS tho UOOd nf al ianIs
Resolped, That the slavery Of the United
States requires of all Americans a peculiar
opposition, as it is at Uncomfortable war with
the foundation principles of our free institu-
lions, and threatens 10 eat out the heart OF
liberty
Rcsoloed, That the aggressions of slave
power upon the rights and interests of the
free North, demanding sacrifice of the
freedom of speech, Of debate, of the press,
OF the mails, aud OF locomotion, an immola-
ton Of the right Of petition, an exclusion
from Office in the Government, a surrender
OF the right of proper representation Of
the free, moulding of all governmental pol
icy aud administration to the end of falten-
ing itself upon free labor, demand Of the
North united and universal oppostion-so-
iSiakiCtoi( anu
ResOiUed, That there is an inconsistency.
which ingenuity cannot reconcile, in those
who profess hostility to the growth of the
slave power, and yet are eager to place the
reins of government in the hands of the
STAKEHOLDER, or his abettor
ResOloed, That in this inconsistency.
bringing discredt upon such mems profess
sions and neutralizing their influence. lies
an invincible argument for the organization
of the Liberty Party and if the great po-
litical parties Of the North would deprive us
OF the apology for distinct organization,
they must square their practice by their pro-
fessed anti-slavery principles.
Resoioed, That as both of the great polit-
ical parties Of the country are in their COM
position and inherent structure, pro-slayery.
counting slavery, conceding to it, and rely
ing upon il for their victories, in order to
exert an eliectual influence against slavery,
aboitionIsts to be uncontaminated by il are
Obliged TO separate from the parties which
sustain it.
ReSoiocd, That no true republican can
consistently support for the first, or any Of
fee in this nation, the man who holds il TO
be visionary dogma" that man can not
hold property in man, who advocates the i'm
pious doctrine that ''that is property which
law makes property" and regards the legis-
lation of two hundred years as sanctifying
of crime; who is Opposed to emancipation
immediate or prospective" and in his own
person illustrates the wIckedness of his prin-
cipes by holding in bondage sixty men as
good as himself
oI,,<I 'rh.t ,.o ho....t.,
the freedom of Vermont for election
Charles X. Williams for Governor, Aaron
Angler for Lieut.. Governor, Hurry Hale
for Treasurer and TO the lreemen of the
First Congressional District, Reuben Il.
IhrdH, as their Representative to Congress.
RcS0tocd, That we commend to the Ma
tionu Convention of the Liberty Party, for
nomination as Vice President of the United
States, Hon. Titus Hutchinson, of Wood
stock in this State.
Resotced, That we approve the system
attempted by our Central Committee, of
monthly distribution Of cheap anti-slavery
tracts, and recommend an energetic prose-
cution of the scheme.
On motion, the following gentlemen were
appointed delegates to attend the National
Convention to be held at Buffalo, N. Y, on
Wednesday and Thursday, the 30th and 3lst
inst. Col l.. Bottom Of SALISBURY, DIR. |
]. w. Hale Of Brandon, Cyrus Armstrong,
Esq, of Dorset, Daniel Roberts, Jr. Esq. OIL
Manchester, and Charles Hicks of Ben
nington.
On motion, the Convention adjourned
VIM. II. SKATER, Ch'mn
d. S. MURRAY, Secretary.
"Ive Just ben up to the Prescr0atory to
see the IeleSpOke," said a highly accom-