The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-07-22

formal 10 succumb to the custom house
sbonIdnt wonder if they have word to say
about the business
The next interesting demonstration was
,som Mr. Barber He Introduced resolution
declurin.t substantially that Congress nus me
.coys,itutionaJ po,oer to ProhibH siopery Z"
ne,oIy acquired territory, and o"ght to exercise
i,ame9!afoly. A bunker met this with mo-
tion TO yaya on The taJIe. Bradley Barlow and
Judge Noyes were for thus killing the unwel-
come intruder. Messrs. Barber and Chit'eh-
den however compelled the Convention to face
the music; if they laid the resolution upon the
table, they declared that would be regarded
ns n rejection, and the friends ortreedom must
bolt. This settled the hash-the motion to lay
on the table was withdraw, andl direct vote
forced The ayes wcrei loud-some twenty
or thirty uttered a strongNo; and the resoiu-
ton was declared c ARRIED amidst storm OF
Kisses from one side and cheers from the 9TH
err.
Mr. Barber was not slow 10 avail himself OF
this temporary advantage gained by the Barn
burners. You have solemny resolved, said
he, that Congress has the power and ought u
exercise it--and now do yoO mean to stultIty
yourselves by voting for Lewis Cass-the man
who denies the power and pledges himself to
Veto any exercise of III True enough--St"t
HCy. But the Hunkers DENIED that this was
Cass's position, whcreupon Mr. Barber just
read from the Nicholson letter the very words
of Cass denying the power in question: uh'
eloouentlv invoked the Conyntion not 10 Ut
so grossly inconsistent as denounee III
doctrines and yet sustain tho man-Feto ah'
all. In one of his speeches Mr. b. INTRODUCED
a letter showing that Hon Jonn Kellogg G!
Benson, and his son Loyal G. are opposed u
Cass; whereupon Mr. Sawyer vouched tina
Rutland County Democrats are unanimous
the Kclloggs not being of them, but old Ma
tional Republicans.
This scene ended, the nominations weH
made: Dillingham; for Govefnor-ChurIes h
Field for Lieut.. Governor and !. T. Marso'
for Treasurer
The resolutions followed quietly after thu
r old sort, until up came one ratifying the n'm
| nation of CAss and BUTLER. Mr. Barber ros'
, the gag was at once applied, in The ShnP
ofthc precious question: Withdrawn tlterhar'
bcgging,and Mr. B. proceeded to speak aims
Cass. Hon. S. S Brown took the ioo'-bu
the gag was applied in his case uurlenngI.
. so also in the case of Mr. Poland If LmolIl
D County. The Barnburners having been thu
Y checked off, the question was put and -rcetc
e by the Hurkcrs with fierce ycll in he al
. firmative The noes were callcd-thi Barn
o burners yelled defiance in n round Ne, TIL
resolution was declared to be carried ann
. another storm ofhsscs and cheers and a
$ once a goodly portion ofthe Barnburnors too
= their hats and rctired from the COnrmtton'
IA Illvotors ut ldrgr were nomftated Nm V
d as and John S. Robinson, we beieveD NJ
y Dillingham; swallowed his mornings speec
y and came out for Cass and Butter; fey
$ HunlSers tried to smooth over matters, and the
e the Convention adjourned.
e AT times tde Convention was something Xix
d pandemonium-hisses, cheers, and curses, mir
= gled in strange confusion-and the Presidcn
. "a delegate to Baltmorc) naivcy rrmarke