The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-06-26
T!IEWHI.: y ALTON ENTION

\ larTc Ea inritv Of our readers. we ar.
confident Will he "ratitrd at the result ofth..
Whi4 National Convention the nomination
"f Ger. NI\T!FLn >,rII. of New Jersey.
tor President. ar,! ct i!tnW riLiAN A.GEA-
HAN. Of Nor'! Ctro'iua. nov, SECRETARY Of
the Nlvv for Vice President. T." fir.
chrirr o:' a ',r.c majority "t the Wins Of
Vermont ha> been respected in til" selection
nt III" cauliditr for President. aml IA" h'tr'-r
man O.. irucr Wig could have been found
for Wee President. Vermont viii honor the
nomination ~ an enthusiastic a"I triumph
ant >uHpr',
The 'aLors of the Convention were c"ntlri-
ned thrcr:"h five DAYS the sane length "t
time occupied bv tin loc"tocos and. though
highly cxritcd at different times. we have
seen no evidence of the existence at I'll feel
iur towards each other among the friends Of
the different canlidl'cS, The unr>r"ctcd
DEGREE OF nnauimity Of feeling manifested il
regard tn thu Ho!uinalo.,S hy the friends of
ali Tie cau,l;d1t,> au4urs well for their finaI
sfjrrt--.
Whatever NAV he the disappointment Ct
y the friends Of Mr. Webster and Mr. FIJI
more, there Is no apparent cause for attach
ING lame to the friends of Gen. scott Tie,
took an open. straight forward course stuck
t., H..
at the opening. finally succeeded. \ perfect
union o! the Fillmore and Webster men woulG
have effected "A nomination at any STAGE Of. III,
{ baIlotingS but this they could not do. for Z
MAJORITY preferred neither Mr. i:illnlor. MOI
Mr. Webster. The friends of these GENTLE
men controlled the convention in all thin-.
except III the nominations, and had things t,
their liking. Yet 50 soon As Mr. Fillmore ha(
been dropped with the view ofconccntratin.
, on MIR Webster enough of hi, supporter,
would have gone over TO Scott To effect III.
nomination. and rice r,,;>n Hence it wa,
the ballotings were rrotractcd. and throu"l
the gradual Gavin. in Of individual support
, erS of the other candidates Gen. Scott sue.
crcdod. The Fillmore and Webster Men
united to give all the contested seats 10 III,
anti scott contestants. But for this Scot,
you'd have been nominated certainly on the
third Or lioHrtn ballot.
The South triumphed in no one thing
not even in the adoption of the PLATFORM
They We're defeated in their candidate, and
IN their purl,ose to dec|,rc tie romD,os,js.
me"S"rc+ "a .Hnoliy--nat SMject 10 rcpem o,
""endmeh. They wanted to impose this a,
test upon the northern Wings But there
was sort OF compromise upon these meas
ureS. The Convention resolved to AcorI
. EsCE in them. and TRY IHFM-leavinc the
door open for future Legislation if any should
be deemed necessary There isa vast differ
snce between acqWcscinq for the time bcin.
in measure passed by Congress- and Icclar-
ING 1t a HtaTf4. nct rerealable or amendable
With the nominations we are eratiieh ami
shall yield to them our hearty support; and
we also rejoice that hnatup-tire southern
tea--has beea rejected bv Wing National
Convention.
!. s.The Maine Liquor Bill passed the New
Hampshire House Of Representatives the
18TH by a vote of l,2 TO los. 1t is to be sub
;nil'ci v,the people on the second of Novcm-
Der next, the day of the presidential election.
and il ratified bv their votes will 90 into effect
Oh the 10th Of November, On tie next dav
i wa called up in the Senate and its further
consideration postponed to the adjourned Sos
SION IN be I'll,