The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-07-30
The Montpelier Resolutions.-A Model
Candidate for Governor.

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reported except the construction of plat
form. Heartily sick Of the bungling work
which with n large number of votes in the
neeatve) they had agreed to tolerate at
Burlington, they now determined to have
something new-and novelty it is, most
certainly. We quote from the Montpelier
Patriot. A resolution is appended, it will
be noticed, which was not reported by the
committee, but adopted by the convention,
though not considered part of " the plat,
form Of the party"
Mr.. Redicl1, from the committee on res
olutions, reported the following, which were
unanimously adopted as the platform of the
party, viz;
lst. Resolced, That we here again assert,
as we have heretofore, our unwavering fidel
ity to democratic principles. That promi-
nenI among these principles we maintain
that this government was ordained and
the constitution adopted 10 protect all ciii-
zcns, in life, liberty, and property and that
the government should be ever and pcrpet.
ually active in the discharge of that high
trust.
Cd ReSolced, That any attempt to foist
the institution Of Slavery into territory
under the jurisdiction of the Union-any
legislation OF Congress that exposes the free
citizens Of sovereign state TO perpetual
slavery withou, due process of law that
denies the trial by jury, and strips of the
panoply Of " the great Writ OF Right" is an
invasion of the legitimate sovereignty OF the
siatcs-an Infringement of the guarantees Of
the constitution, and should be promptly re-
PEELED.
3D. RcSoired, That eternal fcalty 10 those
principles which deny all these rights 10 the
citizen, we cannot recognize, as others do,
as The Test of democracy.
4lh. Resoircd, That we discover but one
distinctice feature oithc Wing party, in its pres.
ent paa Sc, as Swallowed forth by the present
adminisirat:on,-fdei 10 slavery-and the
maintenance of its supremacy and inriola-
JHiy; we shall therefore oppose the lVhiq
party, as to principies-it noto processes none.
The following resolution having been in
troluced and referred to the committee on
resolutions, was unanimously adopted:
RrSoired, That the Wings of Vermont bv
"cordially approving President Fillmore $
ADMINISTRATION at their late convention at
Bellows Falls, endorse and tender an issue
upon the Fugitive Slave Law and that
| ii'S NpA'Nh'iNh lihhi'NN stttft Tue lblltl
and recommend to all their political friends
and the friends of freedom and humanit, in
this State, to meet that issue in every poili.
cal gathering and at the polls.
The committee reporting these resolution,
consisted Of the following persons:
Jepha Bradley, Of St. Abars; j. P. Kid
der, Of Randulph; L. d. Barber, of Mid.
dlcbury; T. p. Redfeid, of Montpelier
and George il. Bingham, of Lyndon.
Being reported by Mr.. Rcdfcd, we may
assume them to be the language of the can.
dilate himself. We are Hound 10 consider
this platform The platform on which he pre-
fcrred 10 staad The very dgniGed and
delicate course, Of candidate for Govern
or erecting his own platform, we pass with
out remark. The platform itself is about
the choicest specimen OF Locofoco dodging
we have ever yet witnessed. 1t shows an
! ingenuity, however, as marked as the stu,
pidity Of the Burlington concern, the re,
mains of which they SO uncoremoniou,ly
hurried ont of sight
The convention declare their "unwavcr-
ing fidelity 10 democratic principies.' What
these principles are, aside from a self>avident
E proposition, which lies at the foundation Of
; all free government, and is equally held by
all parties, they do not deign TO inform us
We are hound TO infer, however, that by
Democratic principles" Mr.. Redfcld
means the principles of the so-caled Demo
cratic party of the nation. To find out what
those principles are, VIC will turn to the plat
form of the last Democratic National Con
venion. This platform, as the record now
before us has it, received the explicit appro
baton of the six Democratic" delegate:
: from Vermont. We quote a few of those
Democratic principles
THAT all efforts of aboliionisrs or other:
made 10 induce Congress 10 interfere piI
questions Of Slavery, or 10 take incipien
steps thereto, are calculated 10 lead TO the
most alarming and dangerous consequences.
That the icdr riM Nerico, provoked on
her part by years of insult and injury, was
commenced by her army crossing the Rio
Grandc, attacking the American troops. in.
vading our sister State Of Texas; and that
upon all principles Of patriotism and the
laws OF nations, IL IS a just and necessars
pdr on om part, in which every American
citizen shonll have shown himself ON the
side OF his country, and neither morally nor
physically by word OIL deed, have given aid
and comfort 10 the enemy"
THAT the fruits Of the great political tri-
umph of 1874, which elected James X. Polk
and George VI. Dallas, President and Vice
President Of The United States, have full
filled the hopes Of the Democracy of the
Union; in guarding the money Of the
people for the use of the people, by The es-
Enlistment Of the Constitutional Treasury !;
IN me noble impulse giren 10 The cause ofFRrE
TRADE by Me rePed Of The 1WV Of 1872"
&c.
So much for " democratic principles"
The second resolution is made up of high
sounding words, meaning anything or moth
ing, as is most convenient. 1t does not con-
Tain even the old doctrine OF hostility to sla-
very, or to its extension except as 4" foisteti
into territory under the Jurisdiction of the
Union by Congress. 1t opposes any cgs-
latlon that leaves " free citisens of a soyer,
eign State exposed TO be carried into Slave>
ry without "due process of law" or that
denies Ito free cai-ens) trial by jury and The
writ Of habeas corpus. A very indefinite
and harmless resolution, surely. 1t does not
come up 10 the mark aud express an opin-
100 of the fugitive slave law, while talking
all around the subject. Every demo.