The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-08-26
From the Burlington (vt.) Sentinel



The Washington Republic, unscrupuously and against
its knowledge has repeatedly attempted
misead its readers relation TO the position OF parties
in Vermont The Union has often corrected the mis-
statements OF the government organ. but the Republic
the wiser for The pains taken 10 Sc. II right
As 10 possible that paper though conscious OF lis own
diaingenuousness, may msead the minds OF others, we
will here for all, make brief statement OF the po.
son OF parties in this State We have in Vermont three
political organizations:
Ist The party styling itself whg-for many years the
dominant party here, and, like that party in all the north
States, largely Rbued with the aDtisavery senti.
men 10 fully and poniedly set forth in lis annual
legislative resolutions for several years past well by
the action OF it's conventional assemblies.
%. The democratic pary-an organization OF more
thaa twenty years standing, and known by no other
name, until the formation OF third party calling itself
the free democracy gave rise TO the occasional OF
the phrases oldDe democracy and national democ-
Iacy" or as the fire democrats pleased TO call
3D. The soil pany-formed in ls4s out OF old
fashioned abolitoniss," anti Taylor wings, and anti
Cas- democrats, united on the Buffalo platform, and
known only as iree-soileTs till May 81, 1sa9, when
they took the OF I" free democracy" which
they used until their convention at Burlington, May
10, 1851, when they dropped the " free" from their
party cognomen, thus assuming the time bonored name
OF the regular democratic party OF the State Since them
and now, called by democrat the free soil party
and BY wings the larceny party in alluson to the at
tempt 10 steal the democratic name The leading organ
OF the party however, still clings 10 the OF free
democracy" and of the county organizations call
themselves free-sol, thus protesting against attempted
and sole vocation" OF this party opposition TO the
slave power" In common with the wings, 1t opposes,
but with more violence, the fugitive slave law, and
a,ns the habsas corpus notification OF Vermont
ms party held it's fret State convention this year al Bur.
hnston, on The 2eth OF May. and nominated Hon L. B.
Peek Tor governor Mr. Peck declining and a. wing his
adhesion to the democratic party they me, al MONTPELIER
or NE 22d July. and nominated T. P Redheld Tor gov.
sana.
me first convention held in the State this wear WINS
thai OF the democrats at Montpelier on the ed of Nav
nj which Hon John s. Robinson was nominated Tor row
ernor and the following resolutions unanimously
passed We copy them again for the benefit of the
Republic, although they have appeared, and with ap
probation almost every democratic paper in the United
States:
Rssoipsd, That the democracy OF Vermont now stand
where we have stood since lSS6-upon the national plat
form drawn by S,las Wright ard approved by ever
national convention since that ime that The
principles therein forth sufficiently broad and spe
ciRc Tor ali true democrats and that will neither mi ks
nor receive any tests oil party latin.
Rsoivsd That the party s now, and ha
been, the scadfas friend OF The constitution and that we
as democrats, will abide by and sustain the sacred com
pact nj all times, under all such circumstances AND AZ ~
hazards that hold the Union OF the states 70 be o
priceless" value. and that in accordance with the advice
the venerated Washington. will y Indignantly ffown
upon any attempt 10 ALLEVIATE portion OF The country
from the oher TO eniebe the sacred ties which lnk to
esbsr Its various parts"
Rssoirsd, That the late adjustment measures OF Con
dictated not by the South NORTH but passed In
spirit OF patriotic concession by both now
pledge OF hdelity OF the several State. each other
shoud be observed by all with the obedience which Ia
to the nations VIII and with that good faith which il
REQUESTS fer the nations safety.