Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1849-07-12

ORANGE COUNTY.
j, w. d. PARKER,
S. Nj. BIGELow,
STEPHEN Thomas.
TIE STATE CONVENTION-- RELATIVE
POSITION OF PARTlES-ABANDON-
MENT OF PRINCIPLES NOT MADE
OUT BY TIE FEDERAL PRESS-AF-
FAIRS IN OUR OWN COUNTY.
In the last number Of the VI. PatriOt we find
Il most excellent article in relation to the recent
state convention, written in reply to something
which appeared in a late number Of the Bur
EHgton Scnhnrl So far as This section of the
State is concerned, we deem it entirely unnec-
essary to publish any thing to shoy that the
convention was right in The course it pursued,
for we have yet to find the first democrat who
does not cordially approve OF the same And
we claim to have as good democrats in Windsor
county that will stand by their prime pies
as long as any That can be found in this or any
other State. Yet, for certain reasons, we pro-
pose to make few extracts from the article in
question, and would earnestly urge upon our
readers candid consideration Of the facts there
in contained:
Again, the Seminal saws, "Democrals Of the
old stamp were allowed no candidate on the
State ticket" We first knew uoralo Needham
as the associate Of ileman Lowry, A. W. Hyde,
N b HaswelI, John Roberts, Nathan Smile,
o. G.. Merrill, Jonathan Jenness, L}man Fitch,
&c. Were they democrats of the old sIampi"
WIN some one inform us when Homllo Need
ham turned TayIorile-in what year he voted
federal in what year he had anything to do
with the lcderalsrs? II he was a 'Jemocrat of
the old stamp and has never turned wing what
is he nowhere is he now Mr. Necdham
left the democratic organization in 1874 because
Mr.. Van Buren, was not nominated at Baltimore
believing that the South threw him over,
Whether right or wrong IN this, Il Is true that
a very large portion of the democracy of Yer
mont agreed with him, though they voted for
Polk as the regular candidate. Mr.. Necdham
has acted in another organization, since, but
never as a wing. This acting in aseperate or.
ganIxaIion, upon the free soil question is the on.
| ~ objections, TO him and even this objccion we
ourselves, voluntarily, and fully removed the day
we adopted, in 1887, the WImot provlso as q
part of our creed, for ii was upon that principle
that he left our organization in "A, And again
in the convention of '3S we went sljll further in
removing this objection by adopting his no.
tons on The slavery question and declaring that
VIC would not make this matter test; that we
would not cast of any democrat on &C count oil
his notions on slavery. We even supported for
Governor Il man as strong on this subject as
Needham ever was or could be ! We then, our,
selves. have removed all objections to supper
| ting Mr.. Needham, aud the democrats of the
old stamp haze candidate on The ticket and
one against whom objections can only be found
because they are diligently sought alter, and
even these objections are III the lace aud eyes
Of our former professions.
We have no Cass men on the ticket, we ad
init ; and for this reason, There was a great
deal of iII.feeIing between US and the men who
left MS last fdll-none ever existed except il
certain locations, towards the old aboIltonsts
A fair union was desirable. The Cass men
would not vote lot free SoIer, nor a lrer soiIel
for Cass man. That was settled. We theI
proposed 10 70 behind the troubles of last year
and take ticket from the old Liberty ranks
hus bring the Cass men aud the free soil mcr
both into the support Of ticket not taken from
either of their ranks, and not giving either the
advantage or disadvantage We could not have
consented to stand second on the ticket, neither
would they. Some of US would not "rewart
traitors" so they said We settled the matter
as we did, in what secmcd to The democrats the
best way. The committees were as much a,
possible t0kan from the Cass, the Liberty ant
the Free Soil parties. Look at the officers o
the convention and The committees
The first committee appointed, for the nomi
nation OF officers, consisted of I'D. P. Noye
) and l.. B. Villas, CoSS 9; G. B. Harrington. Z
|. Walker, W. j. Hastings, free soil 8 Law
renee Bralnnrd. W. II. Sha(ter, Liberty,2. Thu
officers OF the convention were II d. p. Noyes
William Hidden, w. Walker Royal Hatch
} Richard Smith, Cass S; w. r. Shailer, Aus
tin Fuller, Titus Hutchinson, Daniel Roberts
} Jr,. S. A. Weber, Jacob Scott, Henry Lester
) Liberty I: Stephen Smith, Asahel Peck, Aaron
Cleveland, Jr Milton Brown, E. A. Stanbury
Free Soil 5. The committee reported two NOR,
officers, whose names do not appear in the pro
ceedngs, both whom were Cass men, SO ;ha
the officers of the convention as reported consis
tee of 1871 Cass, I Liberty, and 5 Free Soil.
The next committee was a committee of five
10 report resolutions and an address,, consisting o
l.. b. Villas, and ii. w, IIeaon, Cas- 2, c. /
Walker, G. 3. Harrington, E. A. SALISBURY
Free Soils 3. The next committee was com
mlee of seven TO nominate State and Dis,ric
committees. This committee consisted of Da
vid P, Noys, and Jacob Kent, Jr., Crss 2; ii
tus Hutchinson, lIoratio Needham, w. r. Shat