Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-07-06

In another column we publish full report
Of the proceedings Of the State Convention
held at Burlington on Wednesday. The res
'a"n'"s' "ih 'he vNcenlinn 90 80 &C "a CON
plimentnry nature rel1tmg TO the ticket PIT
IN nominn'ior, are confined to two subjects
slavery and Temperance. The first five arc
devoted to an enunciation of the principles by
which the Frcemen Of the State proposed to
be governed in their treatment Of the subject
Of slavery, and they may be expressed in lew
words " No more Compromises, and no
further extension OF Slavery
The South have for a long series Of years
sought TO make the ex enson Of their pet IN
sttuton the cardinal object ei their states
manshiP; and they have been ennenlly sue
ccssiul IN accomplishing their purposes in
this respect. Slavery nud the desire for It's
further extension lei TO the annexation e
Texas ana the consequent war with Mex
leo II led TO the one-sidcd Compro.
misses Of 1850; it IS at the bottom Of our
difficulties with Spain, tue fllbusterins
spirit of the South, and the attempts to create
some pfeioNi for the acquisition of Cuba. l.
controls the government Of the nation and
Directs the intercourse of this government
with most of the foreign powers Every
question of national importance that has of
late years been agiialed m Congress has been
considered, argued aud determined, so far as
the action Of the South is concerned, nv this
standard. Slavery is the crucble in which
all their notions of politics aud government
are prepared it Is their test Of political or
lhodoxY.
TO such an extent haye the demands of
this local institution been carried, so com,
pletey has 1t permeaied all the ramifcaiions
Of government, that the North are compelled
TO lay aside oil other questions Of policy and
unite in defence Of the principles upon which
the government of this nation was founded,
and on which their own rights are based.
The position assumed by the State Conyen-
ton at Burlington in declaring for the Free
dom of all territory where Slavery does not
exist by local law, will meet with hearty
response from the people Of this and other
Northern States. 1t received the assent of
nearly all OF the delegates from the Northern
States to the National Council at Phadel-
pha. II has been endorsed by the people Of
Maine aud Massachusetts, and II will receive
the assent of every anti administration con
yention held in the Free States.
From present indications we cannot es-
cape the conviction that these resolutions
present substantially, the test upon which the
next Presidential contest will be made 1t
is the test that was first instituted by the
South, and has been presented by them at
every national convention for many years. If
the North accept the issue there can there
fore be no just cause for complaint.
From the antecedenis of certain individu-
ais whose names figured largely in the con.
yention We should supposed that had they
considered the prime pies OF the American
party Of sufficient importance to demand
national Convention for their elimination, they
would have made some movement for their
recognition IN a State Convention in which
they appeared as prominent actors, How
ever, we will commend the good that was
done and g bury the evil out of sight"