Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-12-05
The Convention.

The Convention.
The Convention of Delegates from different
parts of the State, friendly to the nonln rtion
o. \ r. Webster as andidatc for President
of the United States met yesterday in old Fd-
nruI Hall. Our columns are taken up with the
proceedings, and every ecctor who reads them
can Judge for himself of the proceedings On
the first page he will find the Address which
WAS adopted, aud on the inside the speeches of
McSSrs. AShrnun and Cholte. The Convention
in the highest dVgn'e respectable, and IL
good deal of genuine enthusiasm WIS express
ed in favor of Mr.. Webster.
The speech Of Mr.. Choltc was one of the
most beautiful we ever heard fail from human
lips. and it cannot fail to excite Il deep interest
throughout the country, and tn elevate the dis
tngulShed orator to a stii! higher niche in the
temple of fame, than the one, however h,gh,
whi' Ii he has 50 hour aud so honorab!v occu-
pied. We hay" Tor a long time accorded to
| Mr.. Choate the highest need of praise as an
orator and a patriot and his effort of yesterday
tOrtiiies Us III the correctness OF our previous
| Judgment.
The speeches, taking them as whole, were
of high order There was much of ch ,rac
ter, integrity, pltriutlSm AMI sound political
principle cvinccd throughout, and every man
! who took part III the convention was among
those whom we have known for mlnv years as
tmong the leaders ana the ornaments Of the
! Wing conservative party of the Commonwealth
| men, whose MINES are tower of strength,
and an ornament to the Wing party of MA>sa-
chusetts. It is l,!st, that they should be heard :;
1t is proper that IN free country they should
express IN the irccst and most tcryent manner,
the convictions which hay" an impetus within
| them. We ike in remark ble are, Ill re-
| 40 and u nts
crowd upon us. New Eras mark the years MS
hey pass, and the past, the present and the
future. cluster as 1t were within single span.
| Standing as we do a firm unwa\ erlng advo-
cate Of " Ing conservative prlnciples holding
| last to them as with the grippe OF Il wee, and
| determined never, whatcvcr the future may dis
| close of conquest or defeat, 10 relingulsh them
| we are free 10 say, that whoever may be the
choice OF the Wings of this Union their
standard bearers in the struggle which is so
| soon To beam upon us, we shall be found, If not
among the nbesr, at least among the most
Jealous to follow those standard bearers Oh to
victory.
In the Convention at Faneull Hail. we found
| many old familiar faces men whom we have
known IN the days that are gone by, and whom
we hope to struggle and labor with in those that
are yet to come. Through the haze Of the
| lll1lli we may ste IL uIl5ll uiNl VI me
We KNOW Of No Party BUT THE VINO
| PARTY. WE LABOR FOR TIE LECTION Of
| NO CANDIDATES But THOSE OF the VINO
PARTY.
| We have no belief in the existence of the
| ;gns fdtuus of no-partyisn; that l. chllnera
| If the ImagnitIon and can never have any eX-
'tcnce in reality. The Presidential struggle
which is now So rapidly approaching, is to be
fought under the old banner rallies Of t.ocoto-
colsm and Wing principles There will be but
two real armies in the field, and the great and
overwhelming forces of the people will be mar
Shalled on one SIDE or the other as IN the days
that are gone. True. names may chlngc bu
even tins we doubt but the principles and the
men, the uIdsSrS, AMI the objects, wll remain
substantially the same. We well know the
strength of the Tremendous forces which are ar
, rayed against the Wing party, but if we occu
ply the time which we now have between th
and the meeting of the National Convention
to serry our ranks, to allay our teuds, to consol
date and strengthen the graIm Conseruatir
Wing army Of The Union, we can, as we hay,
before, pass from beneath the shadow OF tn
, cloud, and enter upon and enjoy the blessing
, which an all-wse Providence his in store 10
us
, Mr.. Webster has now been formally put be
fore the people, as candidate for the Presiden
cy. The convention was large and highly re
spectacle. There was nothing said of char
5 acter calculated TO excite sectional animosity
| or to arouse bitter and unrelentlng party hatred
o Although nothing was said in relation to tn
$ decision Of IA Ndtlon,l Convention, yet we pre-
sumo that 1t was well understood that the de
. cislon of Nauonll Convention was to be tn
e final appeal, The distinguished gcntlema
who presided at tho Convention is himself
i delegate to the National Convention; and 5
was one of the Wee Presidents and so is III
gentleman who drafted the address. The IA
ton Wing Convention will, therefore, settle tn