Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-07-28

Thirty-fye Of the delegates to the late demo
cratic convention, representing the counties Of
Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoilc, Chittenden, Or
ange, Windsor, Addison, Rutland, Bennington
and Windham, have published call for a mass
State Convention, to be held at Montpelier on
the first day Of August next,
"To make n State organization-to put in
nomination a State ticket, and TO take such
measures in reference to the approaching Pres
idcniial election, rs may there seem best calcu-
lated TO promote the great objects for which We
propose TO unite our counscls and our efforts"
In their address they thus state their deter
mination:
Therefore. we the undersigned, in view Of
the utterly false aud unprinciplcd position in
which It is attempted TO place the Democracy Of
this State, ia relation to the great question Of
the extension of slavcy-the only question Of
principle involved in the coming State aud Ma
tionsl elcciions-fec il TO be- due to ourselves,
to the obvious moral sense Of the people Of the
State and 10 the spirit Of the country and age in
which VIC live, and the principles We have ever
maintained. to rcpudaic the action Of said Con-
veniion, and to hold ourselves entirely ahsolved
from all obligation TO abide 10y its decisions, cx-
cept 50 far rs they are in accordance with the
resolutions above set forth and to declare. as
We now do, ourselves in favor Of free soil, free
labor, and against the further extension Of sia-
very, as 10th National and State test; and in
the spirit OF concession due to the emergency OF
the crisis as involving great peril TO the inter
esis OF freedom and humanity, We arc willing
and anxious, for the purpose Of securing the
great objects above announced, 10 maize common
cause 'riih ne friends Of these principles"
The East Bennington Gazette, also publishes
letter from l.. C. Kellogg, Esq, of Benson,
and leading democratic member Of the last
LegislAiurc,-iD iS-ich he asks
"What should we IN Vermont do under these
circumstances? In my judgment, our State
Convention ought to r,.aiFrm and declare, ia
strong and unequiyocal language, the uncom-
promising hostility of The Democracy Of Yer
mont TO the extension of slavery into territory
which is now free that the power Of prevent
ing such extension is fully granted to Congress
by the Constitution and that il is the duty Of
Congress to exercise that power without DELAY.
As TO the nomination for President, do NOT
know Of a single democrat in my town who docs
not prefer Mr. Van Buren, 10 Gen Cas- but il
Is possible that the latter may get some votes, il
the Convention adopt his nomination, and pre-
sent an electoral ticket in his favor"
Tho same paper publishes letter from an
influential demoera, in Windham County, Of
which the following is an extract;
"You enquire how the democracy OF this
county stand upon the subject We had a
County Convention last Saturday. Resolutions
supporting Cas- and Butler rere laid on the ia
ole and several of our leading democrats, among
whom was c. X. Field, OF Newfane, and Asa
heyes Of Brattlcboro, came out against the nom
inanons. was not present, but am informed
mat delegate from Wilmington stated that not
democrat In that town would vote for Cass."
a letter from Middlcbury says
"Chittendcn County is on 6re--94 out Of $50
voters IN Shelburne have signed n call for free
sou convention week from to-day, at Williston,
erery democrat in forn bat one. There is said
70 De 100 on the same call in Charlotte so to
100 in Hinesburgh."
The East bennington Gazette has hoisted the
Van Buren, flag, and says:
ave have no doubt that in a few brief
months majority Of the democratic papers of
Vermont will be found ranged on the side of
freedom"