Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-06-06
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BUNTINVETVN, VI.
FRIDAY MORNiNG JUNE 6, 1851.
Convention No. =.


inspection, that the trucks of the Nerandah
were somewhat rotten and unstable, the Baptist
Church was finally determined upon, as the
place where the last conglomcration OF the
Free Soil Party were to 'curse God and de-
Accordingly at 10 o'clock A. NJ. the individual
members of that interesting fraternity, were
seen making their way with due solcmnity to-
wards the place of meeing.
The weather, though not absolutely dishcart-
ening was nevertheless what might be consld
cred wet. 1t rained all the forenoon steadily
but not Violently; the powers of the air doubt
Jess acting on the principle of "the small rain
upon the tender herb.'
The Convention was temporarily organized
by the appointment of G. b. Harrington, Chair
man, and ID. =. Thompson, Secretary. Alter
some unirnportant business motion was made
that "ths be considered Mass Meeting. and
that al vino consider themselves Free Demo-
Gratis be invited to participate i'll its proceed
ings." The Chairman in putting the motion,
substituted the word Jeftersonian" for 'Free,'
with the tact assent Of the mover, and as thus
amended it WAS carried. Somebody then
rose and suggested, that possibly some present
might consider themselves excluded from the
Convention by this resolution This called up
S. s. Brown of Underhill, who made quite
speech defining Jetlersonan Democracy as
now existing, and making it appear that there
was nothing left of it, save the Declaration OF
Indcpcndance and the Ordinance of 'S1,--that
:. IL in1
out by Madison, jackson, Van Buren,, and Polk,
and that so far as they followed and upheld
these principles, they were "truc b!pe," and no
further.
He said the party had been and still was
ruled by clique, who bad everything their own
way, and got all the government patronage be-
sides: lie knew them as well as the God that
made them, and they were not to be trusted, il
proof of which he pulled off bis Old rig anC
stood uncovered before the multitude. G. c
Briggs next rose and declared that he did no
bv the terms of the resolution consider hinlse
n member of the Convention, and moreover he
thought it unfair in the Chairman to put the
question as he did This gave rise to consi-
derablc debate in which the Chairman, StaAs-
bury, the Brandon post, and several others TOOK
mart. Most went for the resolution as put BY
the chair. The matter finally compro'
missed BY an ingenious fiction of Judge Thomp
son. who, being lied upon to read the resou
ton from his notes, rose and with pious ali
read as follows All who consider thcmsclve:
Free Jciersonians Democrats &c. This taM
Ill. 7, 4; ,,,,.
and soon after the Mass meeting adjourned
till afternoon
.qFT'ER.NOO.N SESSION.
The house was toerably well filed abou
half past one Just before two the Presden
called the Convention to order and introduced
the Hon. Henry Wilson OF Mass, President q
the State Senate, Gen. &c, naming all TIT
titles he could think of; while that gentleman
was making preparations to commence, th
Editor OF the Courier broke loose and bcgge
leave to add another, and more honorable ii i
than any before enumerated viz "That h
was the man who elected Charles Sumner +
the Senate of the United States" Alter thi
episode "spurge" Slansbury felt better an
rcired h,vcreu" with glory, The Hon. Gen
&C., then come forward and begun his speech
We have no intention of noticing all the re
marks of the man who elected Charles Sun
ner," but will give, briefly, some Of his state
,nen,s and leave our readers 10 draw their ow
conclusions.
lie begun by clarifying the Coalition trump
in Massachusetts,, and passed warm eulogiur
upon that portion of the Democrats who col
tnucd faithful to the end. lie said Massacht
sets was decidedly free soil and gave it hi
modest opinion that next fall the vote of thu
party would amount to seventy fire dousand
While the Wings by no possibility could eA
coed their vote OF last year. lie then opened
on the Fugitive Slave Act, and the Admins
tation, characterizing it as the most pro.savt
~ administration which has existed since III
foundation of the government. lie next pre-
ceeded TO say that the Wings Of Vermont wei
insncere in their opposition TO the Fugti.
Slave Act, that they opposed it upon false pr
fences, in short as Mr.. Micaw Der SAYS tn
their llabeas Corpus Act was all CANNON al
passed to keep up appearances merely. An,
acts OF the only legislature that has yet dare
TO protect the liberty Of its constituents, !
pitched into" Daniel Webster and pilcht
out again without doing, so far as we cou
discover, any very particular damage. i
c'o-ed his speech Of an hour and a half by e.
pressing a conviction that the distant Future
would do his party ard himself justice, thcTel
implying that he hoped posterity scme time
other, would consider the Mass Coalition
1851 an honest one, and the Hon. Henry w
son, President of the State Senate Gen. &C.,
greM man.
The Committee on Resolutions now ma
their report, whereuPon scene enSued to viii
no description Of ours can do anything Ii
Justice. There were several resolutions Il
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