Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-08-29
MASS MEETING AT BRANDON

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Wings Of Brandon, Salisbury, Leicester and
Goshen called meeting to be holden at
Bunlon IN tho 2ih Inst and invited their
brother Wings Of ROLAND AMI ALLISON
counii's TO attend with them 10 Mass Meet,
ag. The WhiSs cf Brandon had previ.
ovsly made preparations COR a large number,
and IN this they were not Disappointed for II
is estimated that there were over two thou.
sand present from the two counties, besides
full delegation Of one hundred or more
from the town Of Rochester. !, was near
II o'clock before the Rutan1 and Middle
bury delegations arrived, for which reason
the meeting was not organized until after
noon 4 table had been set upon the west
side OF the pleasant street running south Of
the Baptist meeting house AMI was very
boun,iuly loaded with provisions which
more than supplied the large assembly who
were prcsen, upon tina, occasion Immedi-
ately after dinner procession was formed
under the direction Of Gen y. w. c. Clark,
assisted BY Judge June Col Capcn, Mr.
WIN. A. Dana, AM Ward A. Lincoln, an
marched to the stand which had been cree
ted upon the Seminary Common. The
Prcsiden, Of the Club, DR.. A. G Damn, then
briefly stated the object of calling a Mass
Meeting at this time. Two letters were
read from gentlemen who had been invited
TO address the meeting bu, were not able TO
attend, one from Eek Governor Peters Of
Connecticut, who passed through Brandon
a day or two previous to the meeting, an
other from the Hon. Alvah Sabin of Frank.
liz county. well known faithful and true
hearted Abolitionist A. Song from the
Rutland Glee Club followed which was
received by the audience with great APP
plause. This Glee Club also composed the
Rutland Brass Band The President then
introduced the Hon George p. Marsh of
Burlington 10 the Convention, who
delivered an able address, which we
think has not often been cxcelled in the
State Of Vermont Mr. Marsh was very
fair and gen,lemanly in his treatment ofthe
Locofoco party, but If those who heard
him have sensiblny enough to feel the force
of argument, they will never again attempt
TO support or justify party whose policy
is so decidedly opposed to the well being
and Interests of our country. He showed
conclusively that that party were opposed
to protectiveTarf-tha they had selected
Mr.. Polk as their candidate for the Presi-
dencv instead of Mr. Van Buren,, for no
other reason but because Mr.. Polk was op-
posed to the protective policy, in favor Of
free trade and the outrageous scheme of an
nexng Texas to this Union. He examin-
ed the position Of the two parties upon the
currency question and the question of dstri.
button Of the proceeds Of the sales of the
public lands He was as completely sue
cessiul in the support of the Wing princi-
pies, as he was in the overthrow ofthe rum
Gus policy and measures of the Locoloco
party. After Mr. Marsh had concluded,
thePresdent introduced to the Convention Z.
D. Culver Esq from Union Village N. Y.
Mr. Culver addressed the Convention for
nearly two hours, and was listened to with
much interest. Mr., Culver was not only
humorous, which is characteristic of him,
but he was argumen,ativc. He made use
of some arguments, which we are yet to
learn how the ingenuity of Loco!ocolsm
can avoid and we should be very happy to
see the third party, Abolitionists extricate
themselves from the position in which he
placed them. Mr. Culver has done homo TO
himself and the Wing cause, and will be re.
membered by the Wings of Rutland and
Addison.
Perfect order, harmony and good feeling
prevailed during the whole day. The pro-
ceedings were enllvened by the cxcelloi.
music of the Rutland and Middlebury Bands
Besides the Songs which were sung by the
Rutland Glee Club, anothrr was sung by
Mr.. William G. Benton, Mr.. Ezra and
Milo June, which without intending ayy
fattery to the gentlemen, was a superior
musical performance.
Much credit is due the Wings Of Brandon
for the extensive preparations they made for
the Convention. Every thing, the table, the
stand the flags &c. were as they should be,
and perfectly satisfactory to all. Such a
meeting canno, fail of doing good.
B FRIsBIE,
S. b. JUNE,
NJ Fl RANNEY, Secretaries.
is MEssER,
J. N. DART,
WING CONVENTION AT BEN
NINGTON.
10000 Wigs in council
One of,he largest Conventions ever as
sembled in Vernon, was held in Renning'
ton on Friday A moderate computation
makes the number presen, 10000; of whom