The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-01-19
Constitutional Convention.

Nothing could have given more sst,,G,,.,,
a. The public than the signal Tehuks 49,,
lsgsred by the maj0fly OF lbe Consume.
Convention, now hsss mlrd NJ NoUii.-.
40 the petty schemes Oi The Inliirf dr,s,
\ gnes who attempted 10 make Ddyiy eapiaI
lhH organization at ihAl gFaga aHd dirrr.
body The man0uVerH Of the n,isetls,.,
Gus aud ineohgruous "lrHdefh" of"Trs "A
nocfsey" nl0sl emphaiically "felunsI /,
/ plague the inventors" The aiiemm sfll.,s,
/ spurious friends Of Freedom served ut0 N.
, expose. in The complrieAi manner, lbs,t ,r-,r
weakness "a the body over which ILey, p5
posed 10 ride We are thankful mr M A
any rats Instead ofihe 80 majority" clan.
ed ny the IermoHi Patriot, with loud Sound
ing phrase, Free Democracy las 40 mnlorr,
AZ oil IN the Constitutional Convention. IN
on this point the defeat 81 Mr VuAs. via
was The regular oauein NOMINEE Of "Free De-
mocrncy" for President, IL cupcluus,,e-
Free Democracy showed ils strength and
10 weakness when II gave its partisan nom.
NEE lO2 votes. And from that vote he ran
down, IN three ballolingH TO W-meensl,
The vote. on The first ballot, for Geystos,
CooLiDuE
The reason Of This IL apparent The mem.
hers OF tho Convention were not elected 90
amy party test nha'sper. Two.ihfds Of he
people probably, did not go to the polls
The only active elcciiOneeferr were lhe,s
newborn Free Democracy "lenderS,n wls
lssped disgfResiul and mendae,ous ~cirru.
lar |" Just kelotn lhe ElEelinn. lnell -Alass..-
ing that The wings were opposed 10 The 4.
niondmonts that n Wing Council Of Censor
had recommended This circular l. ~
oxiAni, signed by Edlnayd d. Bmbsr, NepAs
SmiM, Homer W. Hoaisn, .5sa u. .iidii anl
j. n. hiddsr, hs tho Free Democracy STATE
Commiilre, and headed "oonfdcnhainl These
patriot workers In ihc dark call on ''lhe DE-.
niocTney" 10 'secnre n majority of delegates
because a "THylor plot" was 'unnAskrdn
% To resist the amendments! Ifsueh AlAo,
was "uEnAAgED," why tins Aeerft aud seonG.-
drHfIai" proclamation Of u 10y these suffering
irce.democrncy saints? A plot that is "un
nihskod' already, u would seem 10 common
fankees,mig be met openly aud mAniully,
but there was no such plot, and these
"mouSinK politicians knew II, No pic, wr
either entered into, or unmAskcd, I'LL Their
own secret circular, NJ false As u was con-
leinpIible. was exposed The people Of
Vermont received u with silent ronlem#.
Ne IL deserved. IL hurried noI'ody 10 NJ
polls--it ulnfmed nobody lit excited nollpJ
but Disgust among right minded men. lie
people knew wlnt value To place upon Me
cry at "solf" Ia y partisan placnrd headed m
II. ~. Bd,Jer That notorious genileImu
had offered his invaluable services 10 t1rv NJ
country quite too often before National rain
always siares him iu the face whenever the
people refuse To entrust the pnriy to which
lac temporarily belongs. Wilh power lie
grows iraElic with The great trute o( tho
danger lo tho po,Ihlat lilcr,ies Of excluding 4
him from office So, ns We have sold, ~.
body was alarmed 10y his secret circular a0d
general impression I'Srrnils that "llic cuOn
Try ~ safe"
Bu, the circular IN q0es,ion did disclose
the fact That the "lchderSn of Free Druoc.
racy" Intended TO mike party capital of r
election of Delegates. Accordingly the great
organ of the disorgHnizers, the w. Pairo,
went into Mysteries of JOY over the result Of
the elcc'ion--seI,ing IL down ms uemerd'
Gus Ifte-demoTdcy triumph over "long.lean,
slnughler.house Mhlggcrl, at the rate o.
50 majority ~
The Convention assembled, md the ~
sult il before our renders. dfeo'
cd majority Of that Body, the hleO
sasI-knaAxn- Ln-Ihe Constitution 10th m
dignity uud importance. tor they mr. VifTuT' ~
" charged with tho duly Of altering OF -
pEHttuP riIe oFg6uIc thW OF rte sStUtr irt' t''4
purpose of afiirnIing the decisions of party
odueus;-they promptly repudiaied the srefeI
circular patriots aud their nominees .-helrg
no ways iniimidated l,y even ihe pnfnHn
presence Of that prince Of political poIlnlNN
Edlrdrd d. Barber, and the rest of the FREE
democracy Estate Committee" one al whom
(the unfortunate "SMfTH OF Weston'1 was
membcr oriho CoOVeniionI
We rejoice nj this result, and the whct
State reioices at il. The "freo demoerNS
leaders have the exclusive honor Of hMil
attempted to make party capital in the Cor.
yenlion--npd they are richly entitled TO M
disgrace which their failure entails. Ewn
"SMITH of Weston" n favorile pet Of ffT
Democracy, and one offs eaiielu uoH'a"
received tsce,tty.sir rotes less than MrSTalsh
TON, an old line democrat, VINO was nomm'
ated by CuANLEs X FIELD Esq, and eve"
ed. ..,-,F'
The Convention have shown that lhe'
hold themselves TO have higher duties 20 p maa
form than 60 aid in bolstcring up the '"l'e"
fortunes of n spurious pdrty-lha' 'heS We,
elected to consider grave & impos"ni lo ,h.,
tuIionSi questions that have no relation wa.
ever 10 party contests. We congratulate WV
Stale on their firmndss and independents
No better man TO preside over their de'uv,
ations than Thomas BARTLETT Jr, COW
have been selected, as, under the clr' uho.
stances, no ,royse one could have been 'u
sen than Levi II. Yitas. Partisansh'l c ~"
been sehuked, aud the dignity OF me w"
-vgutfoa vindicatrd. .,,
To the c0ansels Of such men as a. IT,
SABIN, CHARLES X. FIELD. LUTHER d. ''V ri,
CARLOS CooLIDsE, JoHN n. PoMERo'i
creditnbie result is doubtless greatly On pt,
Wehender them our thanks, nj teas"
hngton Free Press. .--
PATAL SEVENTY or TIE CoLp'-" ..o"p,
in the Toronto Christian Guardian III ',h an
of little boy having been frozen 10 ue"" me
Christmna Eve. nj n shooting match uPo"