Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1845-07-17
THE WING STATE CONVENTION.

heard that the great gathering ofthe Wing
gerry of Vermont, was not the most har.
monioGs body that ever assembled. We
learn from the Patriot that upon The re-
por, of the nominating committee, !
J. A. Vail, ESQ.,, of Montpelier moved
that the nominations he taken up separately
and decided on by ballot. Opposed by
Messers. Stevens, Of ST.. Adams, Bell, OF
Walden, and others, upon the ground that
it was an unheard-of thing, and that,
though nomination might be made unan.
imously by committee representing all
the counties in the State, enough might be
brought in from this vicinity to vote them
down in Convention. Ut did not occur
to them, we suppose, that there may be
such a thing as packing committees, or
that, according to their doctrine, when the
convention delegate the power to nomi-
nate a committee, they part with it ahso-
lutely and foreyer-lhat all the rest is
mockery,) The mover was appealed to, to
withdraw his motion for the ballots, but
he could not be prevailed on TO do so. lie
had, he said, made the motion al the re-
quest of others who had not arrived in the
forenoon and had had no opportunity be-
fore the committee of nomination. The
proposition was finally rejected and the
nomination of Mr. Slade crammed down
their throats nolenS uOlen
Mr. Eaton for 1t. Gov passed nnscathed,
as we think he deserved.
The nomination of John Spalding, Esq
for Treasurer, came next in order. DR. j..
Y. Dewey, of this village, delegate to
the Baltimore Convention which nomlna-
ted Mr. Clay in 1914, rose and movdd to
amend he report by striking out the name
of John Spalding and inserting that of Jo'
seph Reed Esq. of this village. The mo-
ton was seconded by speech from JUS
tin S. MorriI, Esq, of Stanford, a partner
of Judge Harris and late a candidate for
Senator from Orange Co. pretty clev'
err fellow, bu, rank, bitter wing. Mr.
NJ. alluded to the prejudice which ex-
listed in the public mind against Mr. S. on
account of certain extra allowances which
had been claimed and allowed by the
Treasury. 1t furnished large amount o.
capital for the locofocos in Orange Co.
enough for them TO do pretty extensive
business on, and he wished to disarm them
of this advantage, this argument. To it,
lustra,e disposition he told Of an old gen
tleman in the Orange Co. Wing Conven'
lion who, in speaking of the death of Gen
Jackson, said, he didn't wish to say
anything against him, but the Lord had
seen fit to take him away and he acquiesced;
so, he, Mr. NJ. did not wish TO say any
thing against Mr. S. but if the convention
should see fit to amend The report and
place Judge Reed in nomination, he would
most cheeriulIy Ac-ouIEscE; (aying grea
stress upon this last word.) Capt. ii. N
Taplin, of this village, a uniform ant
saunch whig, evinced a decided and ear
nest opposition to oul worthy custodian o
the public treasure, his objection being tt
the length of his fingers, which the speak
err vas firmly convinced Mr. S. was toe
much in habit of slipping into the strong
box for his own private emolument. Capt
I. concluded by saying very impresslyell
that, if the party would persist i'll running
such men for places Of high trust and re
sponslbiIity, he must ,ohcel ont ofMc rank
but wherc should he go!
DR.. Dewey thought there was somcthin9
rotten in The management Of the State t.
nances and he wanted a change of officers
F He understood 500, had been drawn
from the treasury lately without authority
of law, or at least it was very question
able transaction. (When explained, i
turned out that this 500, was paid tc
Chauncey Goodrich for making an indie!
to the Revised Statutes when the appoint
ment had been given bp the Gov, to anotb
er gentleman, (Mr Sampson,) to perform
this service, and who would have to b.
paid, by the Legislature or otherwise NJ
J. A. Vail thought the fault of this trans
action lay with the Gov instead of lh
Treasurer, who had done his duty in pay
ing an order drawn coniormable to law
and so thought cverybod y.) The motion
to amend the report was modIfied%o as II
refer it back to the committee to investl
gate the charges preferred against the in
cumbent. Hon. Dorastus Wos,er, Of Mid
dIebury (the only delegate from Gov
SHADES town, as friend of Mr. S. thought
the investigation ought to be had. During
the canvass last fall, large quantities o
handblIls, or extras, cotalning these charg
es against the treasurer, came to their Pos
Office, and the people asked him if they
were true. He confessed he knew moth
ing about it, but from his knowledge o
Mr. S. 8 character he assured them there
could be nothing in it! He thought j
was time to investigate these charges now
in justice to the public and Mr. S. Mr. J
| A. Vail took nearly the same view of the
matter. On the Other hand both OF the
motions were opposed by Messrs. Stevens
Bell, Whuemore, of Milton, SKATER
Brown, Of Worcester, and Fairbanks
chiefly upon the ground that ii would SCI
bad precedent to over-rule the Judge
ment Of the committee, and that the fac
that the locorocos democrats, were ir
in the habit of railing against the incum
bent for enprossin too large share of the