The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-07-04
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The Convention rcassembled at the
hour fixed
The Committee on nominating a
State Ticket, reported by their Chair
man the following named gentlemen as
candidates for the several State Offices
For Gorcrnor,
Hon. STEPHEN RoYcE.of East berkshire.
For LieMt. Gorcrnor.
Hon RYLAND FLrTcnER, of Cavendish.
Tor Treasurer,
Hon. Henry NJ. BATES, of Mortified
These nominations were severally
adopted and confirmed unanimously.
The following gentlemen were appoint.
cd State Committee for the year en-.
suing
Hon. Lawrence Brainerd, Hon. John
Porter, Hon. Bliss n. Davis, Hon. Rol.
la Gleason. Da7id S. Church, A S. Root,
James s Moore
Hon. Alvah Sobin being called upon
addressed the Convention briefly aud
with his usual ability and interest
Hon. }. S. Morrill, addressed the con-
vention with much force upon the politi.
cal questions of the day.
Hon. Porius Baxter and Austin
Beecher also addressed the Convention.
The Committee on Resolutions re-.
ported tho following Preamble and Res
olutions which were adopted
RREAMBLE.-Calicd 10 renew our Of.
ferings on the altar Of Liberty, we find
no occasion TO nbnto one jot o, little
from the fervor which last year led tho
Frccmcn of Vermont to lay aside old
party organizations, sacrifice personal
and party Prejadices, aud merge all mi.
nor differences Of opinion il one brother.
hood Of Freedom. il new parties have
sprung into existence, which in ordinary
times would lead TO new divisions, SO
new and daring outrages npon the con.
secrated ground of Freedom have de-.
manded new sacrifices for its defence.
That demand has been promptly and no.
bly, responded 10 by tho minority of the
late National Convention at Philadel.
phia and We, now and here, in the same
fearless spirit, echo their response 10 our
own behalf, and for every faithful sou of
our liberty loving state To that peril
dy Of the repeal Of the Missouri compro.
mise, has now been added the crime of
civil war-tIe intrusion Of an armed
mob OF Missourians upon the free terri
tory Of Kansas, and the destruction, by
force, of the elective franchise The re.
peal of the Missouri Compromise, and
virtually Of the ordinance Of I7s7-that
charter Of Liberty, more ancient than
the Constitution itself-opeued the door
for Slavery to territory hitherto free
the Demon has now passed that door,
sword in hand. and its first victim is the
sacred right Of suffrage. Slavery icas an
accident-a wound which time was to
eradicate it now claims to be an insti.
tuition, member Of the body polite,
making war upon all the other members,
and exercising fatal supremacy over the
whole system. Sweeping away all par.
ties which do not tamely submit to its
bchests-divertiDg the Government from
all its legitimate functions, and absorb
ing the Executive, the Army and the
Navy in new acquisitions of Slave terri.
tory-Slavery Low assumes to control
the sovereign people themselves in lay
ing the foundation ofevery future State,
and thus steadily aims to make SLAVERY
sATioNAL-FREEpoM SECTIONAL As u
local wound, eosfined within the Slave
States, we would eheerfuliy leave il, as
our fathers left it, for medication. As
an aggressive power IN the pation, aud
90 unruly member, In the laugusgo Of