Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-08-11
Convention No. 4,

Convention No. 4.
The fourth convention of the season in this
county came off yesterday at Essex The
meeting was called to order at eleven o'clock
and organized with Mr.. Scorr, Of Jericho, as
President. two Vice Presidents and two Secre.
tares. Discussion Immediately commenced
on tine question Of making a nomination.
MIR. CROKER said he thought they treated
the Wings rather anonymously. The Wings
had made their platform right, but some up-
reared unwilling to trust them lie seemed
to think 1t best to give them at least one
trial. Mr. JOHNSON, considered nomina-
ton OF our own party, without distinction Of
party to be absolutely necessary. Nlr
bRIGGs spoke OF the grasping disposition
OF the Wigs. In all the strong Wing coun-
ties, he said, the Wings had asked No favor,
Of the free Sellers and refused to unite with
them. Ihls statement was corrected bv
Judge French who inst,nced the fusion of
Wings and Free Seller, ia Rutland county.
the strongest Wing county in the State
Mr.. BRIGGS went on to say that the Liberty
party had fought the fight we'll, with the ex-
ceptlon OF selling out their principles in a
few cases. He was in doubt whether the
best plan was to nominate 90 clean Free Soil
ticket, or to take the " fusion ticket with
the substitution OF rec Soil Senators instead
OF the hi-s, OF to make union ticket with
Loeolocos but WAS inclined to favor the
making oi d - clean Free soil ticket.
Mr.. PECK, Of Ilinesburgh, said he had
always been treated well by his Democratic
friends. lIe .clt them with great reluctance,
and still wished them well. Gen. Walton
would have stood if that - Iron journal, " the
Free Press, had not urged him into a de-
cline He illustrated his own position by
the story Of a man who had to swim rapid
river with his mare and Il colt. As he could
not swim himself, he fastened on to the tail
Of the mare and the three pushed into the
stream. The mare, weighed down by the
load at her stern, soon began to float down
stream, while the colt swan strong for the
opposite bank. The bystanders on the
shore, seeing this, urged the man to let 90 the
mare and cling to the colt, " My friends
said he at IS poor time 10 s,Cop horses -
So he (Nlr. Peck) was not for changing horses
lie thought such ticket as they had last
year would be satisfactory. The Senators on
the whole did well last session, though he
believed Mr.. Morse did vote once for Robin
son. Messrs Wheeler and Green, might
do for some place on the ticket, but were
"quiet men, too quiet, and it was not always
! certain how they voted For States Attor-
| ney Mr.. Smith of Milton, (Postmaster) or
Mr., Hard, or the present States Attorney if
/ he would stand, would satisfy him. Mr..
BRIGGs said that to his certain knowledge
not only Mr. Morse, but all three of the
Senators last year, went for Robinson for the
last ten ballots, and lie could never vote for
any Of them again on that account.
Judge French said it had been well I'M
derstood and oft reiterated doctrine of the
Liberty party that they should abandon the
distinctive organization Of their party as soon
as either Of the other great parties could be
induced to come ON to their ground That
time had come. The Wings of Vermont and
the North, had adopted the Free Soil plat
form, and the Frees1ilers could not consistent
ly turn them the cold shoulder. But in this
county the Wings had done more, they had
met the Free Sellers half way, and u union
had been formed. To withdraw from it now
was but to encourage Slavery by divisions
among it's opponents, lie went on to defend
himself against charges mad by the Sentinel
Short speeches were made by several others
On motion committee Of nominations con-
sisting Of two from each town in the county
was appointed A committee on resolutions
WAS also chosen.
The nominating committee, after a warm
and confused session OF over three hours,
brought in the following ticket.
Senat0rs.-lI, S, Morse of Slcl1urno,
Erastus Field Of Jericho, Ihoe, Browning Of
Richmond
SIDE Judges WIN Bowman Of Wt-tlord
and DR., John Work Of Huntington.
Judge Of ProJotc.--- Nahum Pee k Of Hines
burgh.
States AHorney.-E. ; Hard of Burling-
on.
Sh'r,f Humphrey Paul of Burlington
hgh Baihf -Alanson Bliss of Essex.
County Committee they reported the
Of Joseph Whipplc Of Richmond, 5
ton Of Burlington and " ) John.
lton.
1mittec on Resolutions reported
nd plain Anti Nebraska, AutI
law and Anti-Slavery resolu
ftcr little discussion about
ted and the Convention ad
numbered from forty tC
got EIcn whose position
MIR. Pccks apt illus
hig " colt is stem
direct course thu
y prefer still t,
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