Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-08-10
Washington County Wing Convention


The Convention was called to order by VIM
II. Burnham, Chairman of Co. Committee, and
organized by the appointment of J. l.. Buck, Of
Mortified, President pro tenn, and Geo. Mich
OILS, of Northfed Secretary pro TEN.
On motion of Mr.. Burnham, voted, that Il COM
mttee of one from each town in the county be
appointed to nominate officers for the more per.
manent organization of the Convention.
The Committee on nominations reported the
following persons as officers viz:
JOHN l.. BUCK, Mortified, President.
WM S. CLARK, MiddeseX,
ELIJAH HOLDEN, Waitsfeld, Vice
GEo. WoKrnISGToN, Montpelier, Presid'is.
JABEz ELLIS, Berlin,
& dc "a; yo Nichols, Secretaries.
On motion, committee of five were appoint
ed on resolutions, consisting of Messrs f. p
Walton ir., II. II. Reed, Grin Smith, Charles
Lyman, and +. A. Wright.
Voted that the dele Jates from the several
towns meet and appoint each member OF the
committee to nominate town committees Of Wig
lance, and Senatorial candidates
Voted to adjourn till half past o'clock, p. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Committee on resolutions reported the
following, which were discussed by Messrs. Ly-
man, Walton, II. II. Reed Carpenter and Vail,
and unanimously adopted:
Upon a review of the conduct of the govern
ment for the last three years, and of the present
condition of the county, we find that the doc
trnc of Protection has been abandoned "a Free
Trade Tariff has been passed the Sub Treasu
ny has been re estab ished-i the county has been
involved in War by the Executive in a manner
unwarranted by the Constitutional National
Debt OF more than one hundred millions has
been contracted and Dy the common treasure
of the country. and at the sacrifice OF the lives
of thousands Of its citizens, vast territory has
oeen acquired, with view, now papubly evi-
dent, of extending the accursed system of Sla-
very therein, and thus forever subectng the
country to the supremacy of the Slave power
This policy was the entertainment ordered by
the Locofoco Baltimore Convention of 1874 and
it has been furnished through an alarming sretcl
of Executive power, and the subserviency of d
party majority in Congress to the Executive will
We find that n continuance of this same wretch
ed and alarming policy has been decreed by an
other irresponsible convention holden in Balti
more in May last, and that LIS WIS CAss has beer
pledged to use the influence and patronage and
power of the Executive office, the Veto included
to perpetuae it. To defeat this policy. to pu
rfy the government and restore it to its true the
Dry, and to re establish the benign reign o.
peace and prosperity, were the purposes of the
Wing National Convention lately assembled a
Philadelphia. That body adjudgcd that ZAcn
AIRY TAYLOR was the man, and the principles o
the Allison letter the ground, for ensurng sue
cess, and the judgment of the great body Of thu
Wing party has already been given IN concur
renee. In this position we find the Wing party
its principles all unchanged its purposes pur
and noble and its success perfectly certain,
sustained by the voice and votes of the Wing
of the Union In this time of our country
deepest trial, we see no safety but in Wing prin
ciples no hope for deliverance but by gallur
stand and brave fight under the old Wing stan
dard:-
Resoiued, Therefore, that we concur in tn
nomination of ZACHARY TAYLOR, as the cand
date of the Wing party, pledged only to faith
full discharge of the duties Of the Executive Of
flee according "to The Constitution, in a striC
and honest Interpretation, in the spirit and mod
n (which it was acted upon by our earlier Pres
, dents"
, Resolved, That as the pledge o. our ne'
President, u. TAYLOR, requires him 10 rcspe
> and carry out The riH of The people as erpresSt
: through Their representatives, 1t becomes us
a Wings to bend all our energies to elect repre-
sentatives to Congress and to our next Leglsli
ture, upon whom will deyove the choice of
United Suites Senator,) who will faithfully carr
q out the principles we profess
Resoiped, That we deem the present a fttiu
! occasion Tor declaring anew eternal hostility
the extension of Slavery into territory now FREE
= that we adhere steadtastly to the principles
l. the Ordinance of ~, as repeatedly adopted
a Congress and affirmed by the decisions of Il
Courts and the assent OF the American peoplt
: and that, in the declaration of Gen. TAYLOR tn
"the personal opinions OF the individual who ma
l. happen to occupy the Executive chair, ought n
=. 10 control The action of Congress upon quesho
OF Domestic Policy, nor ought his objections
y be interposed where questions of constitution
l. power have been settled by the various depaI
IS ments of the government and acqulesced in
y the people," we find pledge that he will new
= veto any act Of Congress recognizing this We
Is established and righteous principle.
= Resoiped, That the hearty thanks OF this Co
d vention are hereby rendered TO the Hon. Tho
n AS CoRwiN of Ohio, for the able, eloquent Al
fearless manner in which he has defended Il
y principles of the Wings of Vermont in his la
= speech upon the miscalled Compromise Bill, al
it 10 all who have faithfully contended in the mob
=. cause; and that we hail the signal defeat of III
bill as a happy omen of the extension and pc
petuaton OF FREEEoM over all new territory.
ID RESOLVED, That in the re.establishment of
" Tariff, arranged with view to just system
\. protection to American labor and capitol agar
!, the world, and to the raising of revenue ad
~ quate to meet the expenses of an economic
& government and discharge the great Nation
Debt created by the present administration
% a healthiul, conservative and wise course
10 measures to restore confidence TO the people
ir the purpose Of the government to manta
D nooca abroad mud nroanaritv n home IN an