The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-07-24
Correspondence Of the Ho,tou Alta.
CONVENTION OF THE FREE DEM
OCRACl or YER MONT.
NfONrrrI.irR. .Iuly %

agrceably TO u call the State Committee.
assembled in the Court House in this
place. to-day ut II o'clock, A. NJ. for
the purpose of nominating candidate
for Governor, in place Of Hon. Lucius
d. Peck, who had declined being can.
dilaic for that Office.
The Convention was called 10 order
by Edward ID. Barber, Esq, chairman
of the committee, and on motion Of
Judge Thomas, Of Orange county, Hon.
Edmund Weston, Of Orange county
was appointed President pro tcm., and
NJ. II. Session, Esq, of Washington
county, was appointed Secretary pro
tenn. On motion of M. Dickcy, n
committee was appointed by tho Chair,
to nominate officers for the permanent
organization OF the Convention
Mr.. Bradley, of Franklin county, Of
fered the following resolution:
Resolrcd, Tina, IL committee, CORES
pondins to the number of Senators in
each county, Le appointed by the dele
gates from each county, TO nominate u
candidate for Governor. Adopted.
Mr.. Dickcy from the committee to
nominate officers for the permanent Or
ganization Of the Convention. reported
as follows:
For President, Hon. Edmond Weston
of Orange county. For Vice Presidents,
Lawrence BraiII,rd. Of Franklin county;
ID. C. Grant of Chittenden county; Jo-
seph Sawyer Of Washington county /;
Harvey Stewart Of Rutland county, and
a. T.. Judevinc, Of Caledonia county.
For Secretaries, NJ. n. Sessions, Of
Washington county, and Charles Smith,
Of Windl,am county. Report adopted.
MIR. Bradley moved that committee
of five be appointed by the chair, to
report resolutions TO the Convention.
The Chair appointed Mcssrs. bradley,
. Kid,lcr, Barber, Redfeld and bingham
rs such committee.
The Convention was then adjourned
to half past one o'clock Z. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION Tho Con-
vention re-assemblcd at halfpa,t ono
o'clock. The President called the
Convention to order, and while waiting
for the report OF the nominating com.
mittee, the Convention was eloQucntly
addressed by VIM. T.. Briggs, Esq. Of
Chttenden County, and Hon. Paul
Dillingham;, of Washington county, and
others, in regard to the Fugitive Slavs
law.
Mr.. BrainnrJ, Of Franklin county,
from the nominating committee, report
cd the name Of Hon. TIMOTHY =.
REDfrELD, Of Montpelier, as the can
dida,s for Governor. The report was
accepted and Mr.. sedfeld nominated
unanimously. His nomination was re-
ccived with rounds of applause. Mr.. II.
was present and accepted the nonina-
ton in an elegant and very eloquent
speech, and sat down amid enthusiastic
cheering.
The report Of the committee on reso-
lutions was called for, when Mr.. Red
field. from tho committee, reported the
following:
Resolved, That W" here again assert,
Us we have heretofore, our unwaverin1
fidelity to Democratic principles; that
foremost among these principles, we
maintain that this Government was Or
dained and the Constitution adopted, to
protect all its citizens in life, liberty and
property, and that the Government
should be ever and perpetually active
in the discharge Of that high trust.
Resolved, That any attempt to foist
the institution Of slavery into territory
under the jurisdiction Of the Union
any legisItion Of Congress that exposes
.hc free citizens of sovereign State to
perpetual slavery, without due process
Of law--tlat denies the trial by jury,
and strips of the panoply Of the gre at
writ Of right, is an invasion Of the legit-
innate sovereignty Of the States, and an
infringement Of the guarantees Of the
Constitution, and should be promptly
repealed.
Resoiccd, That eternal fealty to those
principles which deny all these rights to
the citizens, we cannot recognise, us
others do, As the test Of Democracy.
Resoired. That we discover but one
distinctive feature Of the Wing party in
its present phase, as Swallowed by the
present Administration, fidelity to Sla-
very, the maintenance Of its supremacy
and inviolability. We shall therefore
oppose the Wing party; its principles
/ it has none.
The report was accepted, and the
resolution adopted. Near the close Of
the Convention. the following resolution
was introduced and adopted
Resoired, That the Wing, of Vermont
by cordially approving President Fill
more's Administration at their late Con-
vcniion at Bellows Falls, endorsed and
tender an issue upon the Fugitive Shave
law and that this Convention promptly
accept the tender, and hereby recon-
mend TO al! their political friend, aud
the friends Of freedom ard humanity in
this State, 10 NICE; the issue in every
political gathering, and at tho poli..
This WAS "a delegate on,ention, and
well attended. The proceedings were