Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-06-30
THE BURLINGTON PLATFORM.


In another coluinY we publish full report Of
the proceedings Of die State Convention held al
Burlington on wclresllay The resolutions, with
the exception Of orc Of complimentary nature re-
hating to Tic ticket PIT in nomination, are confined
70 two mhiects--slay'ry and temperance. The first
Eve arc devoted 10 o. enunciation Of the principles
By which the Freeron Of tbs State proposed TO be
governed in their fcatneni Of the subject Of slave
4 ry, and they may Be expressed in few wor'ls-"No
more Compron,iss, and no further extension Of
Slavery"
The South hat for a long series Of years sought
to make the cytnsion Of their pc; Institution the
cardinal oiicciof their craftsmanship; and they
( have bccn emi.cn,ly successful in accomplishing
their purposes In this respect Slavery and the
desire for its extension lei to the annexation Of
Texas anil BIC consequent war with Mexico Il
| led to the olc-silel Compromises Of 1880; It in
duccd the r,pcal Of the Missouri Compromise and
It Is at the bottom Of our difficulties with Spain.
the fllbustiering spirit # the scnth, and the at
tempts to create some precxi for the acquisition q
Cuba. It controls The government Of the nation
and directs tho intercourse Of ths government with
most Of the foreign povus Every question Of a
national Importance that las Of late years been az
itatsi in Congress has beel considered, argnel and
determined so fir as The action Of the South Is
concerned, by this siaudafL Slavery is the cruc-
bic in which ali their no,ds OF poliies sud gov
ernment are Prepared II d their test Of political
orthodoxy.
To such an extent have DC demands Of this To-
cal institution been carried. 50 completely has it
permoaicd all the ramiicatsus Of government, that
the North compelled 10 hy aside all other quc-
tons Of policy aud unite in defence q the princ-
pies upon which the government Of this nation was
founded. and on which their own rights are based
The position assumed by the State Convention at
burlington in declaring for the Freedom Of all ter
ritcry where Slavery does not exist by local law.
will racet with hearty response from the people Of
this and other Northern States. Il received the
assent Of nearly ell Of the delegates from the
Northern States to tho National Council At Phia-
dclPhia. It has been endorsed by the people Of
Maine and Massachusetts. and il viii receive the
accent q every 1n,i-adninistratiou convention held
in the Free States.
eouvi'icn that these resolutions present suhstan-
TALLY, the test upon which the next Presidential
contest will hc made. Il Is the test that was irs,
instituted BY the soath and has been presented lv
them at every national convention i,r many years
IL the North accept the issae there can therefore te
no jus, cause for complaint
From the anloosdents Of certain individuals
whose names dgarcl largely in the convention Yc
should have supposed that had they considered the
principles Of the American party Of sufficient i'm
porIanee to demand national Convention for their
elimination, they would have made some movement
for their recognition in State Convention in which
they appeared as prominent actors. However. we
will commend the good that was done aud ''bury
the evil out Of sight"