Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-01-27
CONNECTICUT.

The Wings of Connecticut held State
Convention at Hartford on the 18th instant,
and nominated RoGEn SHERMAN BALDWIN,
OF New Haven, as .he!r ncx, candidate to.
Governor. A committee of nine persons
was then appointed to procure an extra train
Of cars and proceed Immediately to New Ha-
ven to inform Mr.. Baldwin of his nomination,
receive his reply, and report 1t 10 the con-
vention. The committee returned about
ten o'clock in the evening, and announced,
thu ough their chairman, that Mr.. Baldwin
had consented, (,hough with extreme reluct-
ance), 10 accept the nomination. This an
nouncement was received with an outburst
Of applause, which made the old hall in
which they were assembled rock to its foun-
dations. Reuben Booth of Fairfield county
was then nominated for Lieut.. Governor, and
Jeremiah Brown of Hartford county, for
Treasurer. OF this ticket the Hartford Cou-
rant speaks as follows: ave present to the
people of Connecticut list Of candidates of
whom every Citizen of our State may well be
proud. The deafening cheers with which
the Information was received by the Con-
vention that Mr.. Baldwin accepted the NOM
inaton for Governor, will be responded to by
the people in every part of the State. Such
name at the head of our ticket, is in itself a
tower of strength, and gives US assurance of
success. Called upon by the people contra
ry to his own wishes to head the column in
the attack which is to be made against the
enormities of locofocosm, he will receive the
united vote of the whole Wing party of the
State and we think il will be considered
no small recommendation that his nomina
ton was unsought and unexpected. The
other gentlemen on the ticket, stand deserv.
eddy high, and merit cordial support from
the party. From the character Of our ticket
and from information received from every
section of the State, we anticipate with the
utmost confidence glorious victory"
The following are among the resolutions
which were adopted at the convention, and
from the spirit which was exhibited on the &C.
easion, we have doubt the Wings will
carry the State triumphantly next April.
Ill. RESOLVED, That protective tariff directly in
teress every class OF our citzens-the Farmer by fur
nshng him with home market and good prices -
the Mechanic by protecting the products of his ngen
uty against foreign articles of the same kind-lh
Operative by raising him above degrading compet
ton with the oppressed and -rewarded labor Of tn
old world-and the whole community by the mpuls
which Il may reasonably be expected to give 10 every
kind Of business, and the general prosperity which
will dlffuse throughout the nation
". Resolred, That the exer,ons Of the VIII
members of Congress IN procuring the passage of III
present tariff merit and receive our warmesl approba
zion, while IN the perseverng opposition of III
loco foco members to protection in every shape,
new proof of their opposition to the true interests
Connecticut.
v. Rssolred, That a currency of sound and un
form value is indispensable to the prosperity Of II
nation and like the lifebood in the human syste
is needed to give vitality and force to every neasu
of relief
vi Resolred, That the theory of a metallic currer
cy which is advocated by the leaders OF the Loo
foco party is ruinons the debtor class of the con
munty, and opposed to the interests of industr
Gus population and especially TO the hopes and c.
pectaons of the young men OF the state,
VII. ResOred, Thai the lime has arrived when Il
great battle against the radical and destructive mea
ures of locofocoism is to be renewed and that Il
elections of the next two years are to decide the gre
question OF a protective tariff against avsonary fir
uade-of n sound currency against The runous final
eal schemes of locOfocosm and Of the interests
the country generally against that policy which h
brought after years Of suffering TO the verge ofru
VIII. Resolred, That refer with an hone
pride to the pnges Of the statute book and 10 the &c
era condition of the State while under the direction
nWhig government, as an evidence u the sonudae
Of WING PRINCIPLES and of the ability aad PATRIOTS
OF the public agents elected by the Wing party
TX Resolred That the extraordinary career # O
opponents during the brief period that hns elaps
since they have been in power IN Connecticut, h
more Than ever convinced rs that their principles a
utterly ructive of the best interests Of the Sta
and that they deserve what we believe they will
ceiye in April next, total overthrow by an ebus
and indignant people,
A or the convention, the Couran, says,