Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-08-25

WcNtHW ldNOrs tiidt was received by the audi
encc with decided expressions of - laughter.
Mr.. Chittenden (Loco) of Burlington, with
great gravity. thought the Buffalo platform
which says, not a word about the abolition
of Slavery in the District OF Columbia Il was
broad enough for every body. He hoped no
perpexng questions Of party organization
would be raised, bat that all would perceive the
harmonious beauty Of eisrNiag themselves to
the Buffalo PLATFORM
Mr.. Toby Q.oco) of lIinesburgh here ap.
pearo1 to think this "appc ofdiscord )" had been
thrown about far enough. and moved Commit.
tee of Nine g Locolocos, Liberty men and 8
WhigS) TO nominate officers for the Convention.
The Convention, all this time, was without a
Secretary j
Prof Dean Of Burlington Liberty was not
satisfied with this summary method of disposinr
of an imporan, motion. lie said he had care.
fully lead the Buffalo platform, and was not at
all satisfied with it. That platform lin tender
consideration Of the views Of Martin Van BIZ.
rem, doubtless comprchended opposition to the
erteasion of Slavery, but did not come up TO the
mark the Wing mark, Prof Dean might have
said of hostility 10 it, continuance. Prof Dean
was opposed not only to the ertenSion, but to the
existence, Of Slavery in this boosted Republic
The Buffalo platform might be broad enough
for some, but it did not come up TO his Standard
This was the wcttcst and the coolest blanke,
that had been thrown upon tie rye-and.ndar
Convention, and Prof Deans character and re
putation contributed not little to the damp anc
the cold J Mr.. Briggs of Richmond (Liber,y
maniiestly approaching the effect of Prof Dean.
protest, hoped the Professor mouH read h,
B90a'o Iiutorm againr' lie was sure the
abstract and trancendcntal declaration, in tia
platform, that Congress ought to abolish Slave
ry wherever it had authority to do so, covcre,
the District Of Columbia, and effcctually headc,
Mr. Van Buren,. The Professor is suppose
to be quite as competent TO decide on the inten
ton of the Buffalo platform. as the late Collector
and we learn that his objections TO the Kinder
hook fox have not been disturbed
This dsagreealle interlude was arrested b.
the Presidents putting the question on the me
ton of Mr. Toby, which was carried.
Mr.. Stansbury (anti-Clay) then moved that
Committee Of six from each County in the Dis
trct be appointed to nominate candidates fu
Congress and Presidential Elcctor.
Mr.. Briggs of Richmond thought this not SUI
ficiently democratic He moved that Commit
tee of one from each town represented be ar
pointed such Committee.
Whcrcupon Mr. Stansbury and his Lawful
Papa got to loggerheads Mr. Stansbury SAT-
that such an nnwiledly committee as that conten1
plated by his papa's motion, was liable to tw,
capital objections: IS LIST it could mt get out =,
the Convention; AMI I'd it could get in an
where else -
Pa thought Edward was foolish, as both thing
had been done by the great Wing Convention
of 1910. Of which they both were mcmbers
Oar Van Barren female friend of the Ga.eH
thought there was plain difficulty in the wa
of carrying out Mr. Briggs's motion. The Gre
Soil Convention was supposed to be compose,
Of boilers from the three parties, and unless tn
man selected from each town had, like the ia
bIed dog, Cerberns, who guarded the portals c
lIale> three faces, il would embarrass the tow
delegations to make a right selection,
Our friend from Richmond, Mr.. Briggs, ther
upon "caved n," and his son-in-a laws motion
with some modification, was Adopted prov
Ing, we think, that true wisdom does not nece>
sarily follow experience and green old age
Mr.. Briggs's motion had been adopted, Their
would have been nobolg but Locoloco and Lib
erty-men in the Committee
One or two significant incidents occurred du
ring the progress of appointing this Committee
a gentleman from Franklin County when call
cd upon 10 make nominations, cnquired yer
anxously if here mere any Who's fran ha
County in he Coarcntion! The ominous 81
lencc that succeeded was more honorable t.
l." Old franklin" than any woras could have
been.
A Grand Isle County man, too cnqnred
there were any delegates there excepting thos
from Isle n Mott We know not how tn
question was answered, but we do know tina
the Wings of Grand Isle were "missing
On the whole, the mixture, this morning, il
the Grand Free Soil District Convention, wa
L0cQf1co and liberty almost exclusively. Til,
party in these diggins of whom the Libertl
Gazette says it is idle 10 expect any ding to
Liberty," have swallowed up the "Liberl.
Party" and are going on swmmingly will
hardly as many Wings among them as Divin
mercy would have accepted as sufficient Il
avert the destruction from Sodom and Gomor
! rah !
p. S. We were not able TO attend the after
noon sitting of the Van Baren. BgGalo-p'1yorr
Coaremion, but are informed that speechc
were made by Messrs Chittenden, Barber an
other recent Lncoloco converts to the Free Sol
doctrines of the Wing party--in which bot
truth and logic were magnanmously sacrifice
to rhetoric and defamation. Mr. Barber hold
that Mr.. Van Buren's acceptance OF the Buial
: nomination binds him to Free Soil principles
doctrine, by the way, that the Wings insis
upon in regard to Gen. TAyLoR's acceptance G
the Philadelphia Wing nomination. However
we won't ask our miscellaneous friends to b
consistent. The Free Soil man that support
Martin Van Buren, must exhibit such pre-
ponderancc of Hope over EXFEEGENcE, that
is useless to argue with him!
p. S. No. 2. Asahei PEEK Esq. (l.oco) is nomi
mated for Congress, and Laurence BraUcr
Esq liberty for Presidential Elector. Mr.