Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-11-07
Free Democratic State Conven-
tion.

Pursuant to a call of the State Committee, the
Democrat State Convention assembled at Mont
peler, on Thursday, Oct 32st and was temporal.
ly organized by the appointment of Hon. LAW
RENEE BRAINERD, Chairman and SrHLMAN
CHURCHILL, Secretary.
On motion committee of five were appointed
ny the Chair to to nominate officers for the Ter
manent organization of the Convention, and a
State Committee of five for the year ensuing
As officers ofthe Convention they reported.
For President Hon. LAWRENCE BRAINERD,
of st. Adams.
For Vice Presidents.-H TIrUs HUTCHIN-
SON. Woodstock, Rev. MOSES CHENEY, Shelf
field, G. J. Lock, Esq, Dandy, and E. D. Ma
SON, Esq, Richmond.
For Secretaries. CHURCHILL of
Stowe, and HERMoN D. HOPKINS of Montpelier :;
which report was accepted, and the persons
named elected
On motion of c. G. Eastman, committee of
five was appointed upon resolution, consisting
of C. g. Eastman, E. A. Stansbury, Stephen
Thomas, William Matocks, and c. B. Harring-
ton. Adjourned.
AFTERNOON.
The nominating Committee reported tor State
NOlHlllltCC lOl lllG CllSulllS 1OdIs
E. D. BARBER, Middebury, Chairman.
CHAs. |. WALKER, Bellows Falls.
J. p KIDDER, West Randolph.
E, D. MASON, Richmond, and
CHAs. REED, Montpelier
and they were severally elected.
The committee on resolutions submitted the
following
REPORT.
RcsolUed, That the Independent Treasury
having been adopted by the nation and being
now in operation under the present administra-
ton, without any serious attempt to repeal it by
The party once so fercely opposed to it, VIC will
resist any effort to change 1t, except by such
notifications as experience may show to be nee
essery.
ReSSlUed, That in common with the mass OF
the people of the United States, we consider
national Bank an obsolete idea and that we will
resist any attempt to re establish such an instl-
tuition.
Resolved That we are in favor OF a Tariff
which shall raise sufficient revenue to defray the
expences of the government economically adj
minlstered, to pay an annual instalment OF the
public debt, and that in adjusting the details of
such Tariff, due encouragement should be Of
fered to domestic industry.
Resolved That in relation to the institution Of
slavery, we still believe in the necessity Of its
being abolished by Congress wherever, Con.
gress, has power over it under the Constitution;
in the necessity of positive, prohibition by Con-
gress of the eXtention Of that institution INTO any
of the Territories of the United States, and the
necessity, also, of placing the government ofthe
United States in its executive and legislative
action, actively end perpetaaty on tue side Of
freedom.
Resolved, That we rejoice in the passage Of
the Bills admitting California as Free State in
to the Union, and abollshiug the Slave traffic in
the District of Columbia, but that we have wit
messed with deep regret the passage OF the Bill
settling the boundary of Texas by giving up
nearly 100000 square miles Of free Territory to
that State, and paying 10000, 900 of dollars to
satisfy an unjust claim to large portion of the
free Territory Of New Mexico.
ReSoiped, That we hereby express our un-
qualified dsapprobation of the Fugitive from
Service Bill recently passed by Congress be-
cause we hold that in some of its features it is
clearly unconstitutional, and if not that it is gros-
sly lyranica in 1 provisions and tramples down
all those safeguards of personal liberty which
have borne the sanction Of ages and have been
the chief glory of Anglo-Soxon Legislation from
time immemorial
These resolutions we're, in the course Of the