Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-07-25

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The Wbis Of Ofleens mss on Tie lSsh and
had an excellent Coevention A plsssing inei.
dent i thus recorded IL ths Issbnegh 0szette
sDusine the Absence Of he Comnitises, the
Convention was favored with excellent speeches
from Hon. Portus Baxter and Dr. Damon, Of Bar
ton. The speech Of the latter vas listened to
with especial interest, - tho gentlemen took
the occasion Of general Wing gathering to q
vow his recenversion 10 the principles OF the
Wing party, which ne had LEFT in l646 for the
ranks Of the Free Soi:crs. On taking the stand,
the gentleman observed that he would not sand
here to-day except for writing certain things
which were wrong. He might be asked ere you
not the man who made free soil speeches. all
over the country in l646? He was ne came
down ON the Wing parry at that time-he had
never spoken against Wing principles. It was
possible 10 mistake the qualifications Of men
nominated for high ard responsible Offices. he
had distrusted General Tsylor, but was now vii
ling to confess that he had utterly mistaken bis
man. He had gone into the discussion with very
little consideration, like . swimmer into the wa
Ter; was happy now to make the avowsl: Had
mover breathed a word against the principles Of
the parry which he had deserted. The Free
Soil parry Of lS46 wac different thing from the
Free Sol psrty Of 1880. The principles Of
the Buffalo Platform we're laid in slncerlty-had
nothing TO say agains, them but no sooner was
this platform laid than It became rendezvous for
political stragelers from oil parties. There
soon came to be more discrepancies therein than
Tom Benton had discovered in the Compromise
Scheme of the Committee of Thirteen. in l649
the Locofoco party came en- ssasse and bowed
assent to these principles; but it was for no
good purpose; theirs was q hypocsilical CONVEX
sion. He had the honor TO say 10 gentleman,
soon after this, that he should 60 no farther in
that direction.
The Committee on Nominations made the
following report, which was unanimously adoP-
ted.
For Senator,
HENRY NJ. BATES, Of lrasburg.
Aes't Judges Of the County Cour',
SOLOMON DWINNELL, of Glover,
LOREN w. CLARKE, Of Charleston.
High Sheriff,
ELISHA WHITE. Of Brownington.
States Attorney,
JOHN L. EDWARDS, Of Derby.
High Bailiff,
SILAS SEARS, Of Coventry.
Judge of Probate,
ISAAC N. CUSHMAN, of Irasburgh.
County Committee,
MERRICK MANSFIELD, of Barton,
WM. N. DICKERMAN, Of Coventry,
JOHN NJ ROBINSON, of Charleston.
Town Committees.
.albamy-Dyer Bill, Guy f Rowell, Enoch
koxwell, Zuar RoweIl.
Barion-Merrick Mansfield, John Drew, Sam
uel Chamberlain.
Bloomington Samuel English, Whipple Al
drich, c. Stewart.
Chariesfon-Daniel Webster, w. B. Cole,
Ebcnezer Clark.
Corenfry-A. X. Cleveland, George r. Lane,
w. Mitchell. II. 5. Jones.
Crafts5uy-Hiram Blaisdell, A. J. French,
James PADDOCK, Adam White.
Derby-Hany Human, John Kelley, Ira
Camp, d. B. Cobb, Lucius Nelson.
GlsUr-Wm. Carter, Jr, John Crane, John
D. Graves.
Holland Charles Eastman, Leonard Clarke,
Edward Worth.
LrasJurgh-S. D. Conant. Joan Guild, VIM.
Kidder, j., T. B. Wh,pple.
Jay-Joshua Chamberlln, David Johnson.
LoreH-D. B. Davenport, A. J. Dod6e, s. s.
Hunlley.
Morgan-Cyrus Albee, Cur,iss Cobb, Ruel
Cobb.
.NsupoH-Joel r. Dagseit Hiram Lime, Or
vile Robinson.
.SaIem-David Hopkinson, Samuel Blake,
ROYAL Bayley.
Iroy-Harvey Elkins, Mark Curtis, Joseph
Bowman.
WcslfeId-Luther Page, %, A. s. Miller, w.
H. Richardson, C. O.Lombard, A. C. Hitchcock,
5. +. Miller.
Wesimore-Peter Gilman, T. K. Bruce.
The resolutions were of the true Wing stamp.
Among them is one to which we call the atten
ton Of the public, and also of our delegation in
Congress. The reciprocity bill has been sup
posed to be popular on the frontier: the frontier
men of Orleans speak for themselves different
language:
Resolred, That as Agriculturalists of Yer
mont, we protest against the enactment Of the
reciprocity measure, so called. as profered BY
the British Government, believing it 10 offer
bargain in which much is to be lost, and nothing
gained by US.