The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-06-12


in and reported
HORATIO NEEDHAM, for Govern
or,
DANIEL ROBERTS, Jr. for 1t. Gov
ernor, and
JOSEPH POLAND, for Treasurer;
| and the nominations were unanimously
adopted and honored with three cheers
each.
Mr.. Needham was called out Van Bu-
rem was killed off by slavery by the Polk
Convention of 1e44 and Mr.. N. said he
then quit the locofoco party and joined
the abolitiOnists. As an anti-slavery man
he was liberal, however, and might possl>
bly, in some circumstances bring himself
TO support even a stakeholder but the
case would be. avery strong one. He was
confident the union to-day was not coa>
liion in the bad sense Of the term, but
all would act honestly up to their profess
sions he should at least be faithful to the
platform, however much he might fall
short of others in qualifications for the Of
fee Of Governor.
Mr.. Roberts also spoke; he had been
long an abolitionist Though formerly a
loco,) and spoke enthusiastically of the
march of freedom all over the world.
Mr.. Poland was called out, declined.
and was then forced he Il ought tine force
in his case, sign that niggcrs are in
creasing This own term,) but still he de-
clined speech, and promised 10 get good
securitvif elected Treasurer.
The Platform was then formally adopts
ed.
The business now appeared TO be over,
and the members Of the Convention be-
gan rapidly to disperse, when Mr. Barber
arrested few by offering resolution
an afterthought, not embraced in the Plat
form declaring that the Convention is in
favor of a Tariff sufficient to raise reve-
nue. enough to pay the expenses of the
government economically administered,
and the interest on the public debt
Judge Briggs objected: this resolution
had cost them five hundred votes last
year.
Mr.. Barber insisted that they would be
called free trade men if it was not adopts
ed For his part, he couldn't go free
trade.
Judge Briggs said he would agree, if
Barber would amend so as to declare in
favor of incidental protection. That, he
thought, might possibly do The party ssmt
good.
Mr.. Barber refused, insisting that any
duty, no matter what, would OF course
oiva incidantaI nrOtectiOn
Mr.. IStansbury said the resolution was
Just the thing as it was, and he would de-
fend it against all the Wings IN creation
and that settled the matter, the dozen or
two present permitting the resolution to
pass.
Thus ended the business of the day, in
manner well fitted to cast suspicion up
on the motives of the managers of the
whole affair. If they have no purpose TO
subserve on the great cause Of Protection
to the interests Of the People of Vermont,
other than to sGUe the most cOteS and GuiLd
up their party, it is but fair to suspect
that their new professions for free soil are
based upon no higher or stronger founda-
ton. We speak of the leaders, who have
but recently professed to be free soil men.
Such were the leaders, as is evident enough
from the record we have now given. MIR.
Barber is the Magnus Apollo of the par
ty 4: he managed the correspondence for
months past; he arranged the wires and
he was the master spirit of the Conven
ton. We give him credit for managing
the thing very well. He was cautious to
have as many as possible Of the rig BIT sort
OF men for his purpose, and as few crook
ed sticks as possible. Hence, we think,
it was that comparatively few of the old
Liberty men were present, very few, who
ever have acted with the Wing party
and these were pretty carefully slowed
away as officers of the Convention.-The
main body, it was perfectly evident to ev-
cry intelligent observer. consisted of men
who were always active i'll the locofoco
party until June last, and who have now
completely disposed of the old Liberty
party by absorbing it. We have treated
the thing as mdrriage,-the locofoco
party as the husband, aud the late free soil
party as the wife. Perhaps some would
choose to change the relations of the par
ties. We don't object to that certainly:
Put them as you will, our idea simply Is,
that the locofocos will wear the breeehes in
that family. We counted the number
Just after the Hunker Convention had
Joined four hundred covers the whole,
and of this number we estimate that at
least three-fourths were locofocos up TO
June, Is4s. They have the strength Of
the new party, and will know how to use
it. In their State ticket the disposition
is manifest two of the three candidates
were old locofoces. 1t is essentially now,
what it was in 1910, the LOeofoco party.
But what of the coalition -? Two good
things. undoubtedly. The first is that
Vermont is clearly anti-sla7ery for the
present. There can be no contest, IN
Vermont, on that question, until the loco>
focos play false. They are prepared for
that in case of necessity the announces
ment of Mr. Thrall that the SldUe States
are to take care of emancipation the an
nouncement of Mr.. Chittenden, that no
free soil party is required to keep slavery
out of California and New Mexico; the
announcement of Mr.. Needham that ne
can possibly vote for STAKEHOLDER, and