Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-11-01

command. to a very great extent. the confidence Of
our freemen. For reasons then set forth by some
Of the ablest juriss in this county, touching the
unconst,uiionaliy o. the ordinance Of the Council
in fixing upon the manner Of electing delegates to
the Constitutional Convention, this Convention in
structed It's delegates as follows;
Resolred, That the Delegates from Winlham
County 70 the Constitutional Convention be- and
they are hereby Instructed to prutcs. against the
manner in which tie Council u Censors have call
ed said Convention together, and against the max
ing precedent thereof aud Furthermore to resist
the adoption Of each and al the amendments 10
the Constitution proposed by said Council Of Cen
sors.
The ticket nominated under such instructions Is
as follows
Hon. wN c. BRADLEY, Of Westminster;
CHAs. X. FIrLp, Esq, q NeHfane;
Hon. WILLIAM Harris, Of windham;
r. W. CLARKE. Esq.. Of Bra,tleborO;
Hon. AnIsnu sTopDAHD, Of Towushcnd;
srEruEN p. FLaoa. Esq, q Wilmington;
IlosKA =. BALLou, Esq. Of Whitlngham;
JoHN L. BuTLEn. Esq. Of Jamaica.
saeh Is the ticket nominated by the people with
out distinction OF party; such are the instructions
upon which II was put in nomination. and such
also are the principles by which its members viii,
IL elected, be guided in their action.
Another ticket has since been put forth under
Circumstances which, to say the least; renders it not
sniied TO the support II the freemen of this eoun
ty. We published the names Of which it Is COM
posed last week but had no time then for comment.
II is there called the "Union Ticket" In the Re-
publican Of the sane date under the head Of
Union Noninatons-For Constitutional dele
gates in favor Of Biennial Sessions. appear the
same names, which are a. follows
Hon. Frederick Holbrook Of Brattieboro Hen
~ T. stoughton, Rockingham Farley Starr.
Nottingham F; David Crawford. Putney Chas.
y. Davenport, Wilmington Vim. Harris. Wind
ham Horace Fletcher, Towushend John Z.
Butler. Jamaica.
For all these men we entertain the highest re-
sPect bu; in The position in -hiss>they are thus
placed generally We believe without their eonssn,
or knowledge. we cannot support them for dele
gates. Let US enquire how their names cane to
be thus brough, before the public. aad for what
reasons.
Por some time past the editor Of the Republican.
o. II. Plat, ESQ. has, through the columns Of his
paper. expressed himself ia favor Of changing the
present basis Of representation and the mode Of
electing msmbsrs Of the General Assembly, and
also in favor Of biennial sessions Of the legislature
lie has opposed the action Of the Peoples Conven-
ton Il September 18th. which nominated Vim. c.
Bradley aud others. Subsequent to the date Of
that Convention he addressed letters to the several
candidates then nominated, as he himself admits
in his last issue. Their replies he has no, deemed
it necessary to publish Elsewhere we supply in
part this omission. Not feeling satisfied with the
tenor Of these replies it seems, he called convcn-
ton under the speeious but dubious name Of
"Many Citizens This convention met at Fay
ettevie, on Tuesday Of last week and was CON-
posed Of Mr.. Platt alone. As the result q that
great gathering the "Union Ticket is given to
the public.
{ We cannot escape the conclusion that somebody
is to be deceived by this movement The following
facts lead Us to that conclusion :-Messrs Slough
ton and Davenport are on the Democratic ticket
for the same Office. According to a resolution Of
the convention that nominated them they are
implicitly bound to oppose all the amendments pro-
posed by the council Of ceusors- One Of them and
we believe both were placed on this 'Union Tick
ct" without their knowledge or consent. Messrs.
Harris and Butler are on the Peoples ticket
They are also opposed to al the proposed amend
ments. including Of course those favored by the
Republican, and will, IL elected, carry out to the
letter the instructions Of the Peoples convention.
as contained in the resolution above PUBLISHED
Mr.. Starr knew nothing Of the matter until he saw
his name in print. His position may readily be
inferred from his letter which we publish else
where. OF the position Of Messrs. Crawford and
Fletcher we can affirm nothing but we hazard the
opinion that they have expressed no desire for the
candidacy that has been so generously rendered
them by the self-constituted disposer Of political
Offices and honors in this county. Here then we
have eight men presented by the Republican "for
delegates to the Constitutional Convention In favor
of biennial sessions Ave Of whom stand upon the
record, expressly or implicitly, opposed to all the
proposed amendments. For these reasons we say
that this ticket is a sham, and its composition and
workmanship looks far more like an attempt to de-
eeve the voters Of this county and thus subserye
some personal interest, than open, fair and man.
ly desire to obtain an honest expression Of public
sentiment upon important constitutional provisions
Its incubation is worthy its author, but its sup
port under the circumstances Of the case will De
unworthy honest, independent freemen.
C5rA writer In the Courier who does not dis