The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-07-25
State Temperance Convention.


election of Hon. BENoN Buck, of Road
ing, as President, - Mason. of Gas.
tleton and Il NJ. WRiGuT. of Orwell, as
Vice Presidents, ard o. II. Mackenzie
and Lewis Pratt, Jr., as Secretaries.
On motion committee of three on
resolutions were appointed as follows
S. II. Leonard. of Chester, II. A. Davis,
of Bethel, and DIR. p. Burton, of Lud
low
On motion committee of nine were
appointed by nomination, to present to
the convention the names ofsuitable per-
sons to be supported for State Officers,
by the Temperance men of Vermont at
the coming September election, and also
to report names for State Temperance
Committee
On motion Convention adjourned to
meet at one o'clock p. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The committee on nominations for
State Officers, presented the following
ticket, which was unanimously adopted
FIR Governor,
WILLIAM L. SKATER. of Townshcnd.
For Lieut.. G0Uernor,
Hon. RYLAYD FLErcnER, of Cayendsh.
Far Treasurer.
Hon. Henry NJ. BATES, of Northfiold.
State Committee,
Nathan Lamb, of Bridgewater |. N.
Northrop of Castleton; Joscphus Brock
way, of Middlcbury; John Whitmorc.
St. Adams r. NJ. Marley, of North.
field Il. Tutc, Il. Burke, Eli Ballou.
Montpelier.
Committee on Resolutions made the
following report:
|. Rcsoiccd, That the experience of
the past, has most nbundantly proved the
utter fallacy Of relying upon the aid of
old political parties, for the final accom-.
plishmcnt of our great work. And, we
therefore most unhesitatingly recon-
mend TO the friends of the Prohibition
in every part of the State, to guard a.
gainst all further deception of political
mancuvrcs, by forming distinct organiza.
tons ut the next. and all future annual
elections, and give their suf'ragos to
none but true and tried friends of the
cause VIC advocate; whose antcccdcnts
have always been right upon tho great
question Of our country.
. RcSo(vcd, That however hnmilia.
ting, or disconraging may be the fact to
the gcnutnc friends of the great reform
IN which we are engaged. that so many
OF its protcsscd Fl icndS men who cla,n,
to be shining lights in the galaxy of
Temperance should, at the return CT
each annual election, allow their love Of
office, with its glittcring tinscl to choke
out their temperance principles vet We
have abundant reason for thankfulncss
that some ore yet found among us, who
maulully refuse
To bend the hinges of the knees
That thrift may follow iawning"
8. Rcsolred, That We fully and most
cordially endorse the principles contain.
cd in the platform put forth by the Yer.
mont State Temperance Society, at its
session in NJ Montpelier on the 10th of
January 1854. and reiterated by State
Temperance Convention, on the 18th Of
July succeeding, and we pledge our
selves that old party subsorvcncc, which
,;"n "f a w ~ 'o:"i ~ :"c las' e.cc'
shni, No, ahsr "no a'.'u III US ''ioP'ioh'
paign before lis.
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Here follows the bill of twenty sec.
tions. switch contains some two additional
sections and slight amendments to tho
existing law.
g. RcsolccL That upon the question
of Human Freedom, we venture to
cnumcrato as the deliberate Judgment of
the entire body of the friends Of reform
in Vermont, the following plain PROPOSE.
tions which, in the discharge of our du.
ties as frcemen, we will observe with the
most scrupulous fidelity /. Slavery
must be interdicted in Kansas and Ne.
braska. 9, No moro slave territory shall
be acquired, 3, No slave state shall
hencoiorth be admitted into the Nation.
al Contedcracy. A, Tho Fugitive slave
law must be totally and Immediately re-
pcaled. D. Slavery must be abolished
wherever II now exists, by force, or sane
ton OF Congressional law. &, The
Free Soll' OF our State must,be made