The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-08-02
J nEMocRAoY ON YERMONT IN CONVENTION.

LgE DEMOCRACY OF VERMONT In CONVENTION.
N, democrats Of Vermont met in State convention at
.Oslisr on the 25th ult, and organized by the
ao,Iument Of Hon. Jefferson r.. Kiddsr as president
1, committee on nominations made report recommend
for governor Hon Henry Reyes for lieutenant governor
willis Lyman for treasurer James + Thursion, for
,ors al large Hon. John s. Robinson and Hon. Jefer-
L. p Kidder which report was unanimously adopted.
The committee on resolutions. through their chairman
Ii A. Eastman, reported the following; which were
Enthusiastically adopted:
II Rssclud That the democracy Of Vermont opposed
every species Of official exravagauce all assumption OF
towef not specially granted BY obviously inerabe from
H. constitution that they deprecaie every attempt 70
lbdge the civil religious rights Of any portion Of
kow-ctizens that they viii their best exertons TO
store the State TO its proper and original place in the
0on deporing the OF the dominant factions which
nd and designed, to put her in hostility TO onehalf
the eonederacy and render her citizens disoyal and
bat they will consent to have their representative
Enr erased from the American constellation.
RssOved That the declaration of principles made by
e democracy In National Convention at Cincinnati meets
I'M unqualified approval To this declaration refer
friend and foe for full specification of our views and
bbjectA
Resolved That rcafirm adhesion to the great
ncpe of popular sovereignty enunciated in the Kansas
sbraska ACT that this principle should be sacredly
uarded and secured 10 the actual settlers of Kansas and
all other Territories, without the upiawfu interference
Missourans on the one hand, or New England aboli'
onists on the other.
L. VI
bridge thegentlemen designated by the National Demo
aic Convention for President and Vice President
Resmen of the true democratic republican school, and
aios in whose sagacty and integrity the country
safely confdewbose election religously believe
necessary the continuance Of the Union and to the
ascendency of religious and civil liberty. We
pledge our best efforts to these candidates and to this
kause
Resolred That cordially endorse the administration
In Franklin Pierce recognising in all it's acts sound
american policy and the principles of pure democracy
a. by his enlightened foreign policy the American
Commands respectful Difference at every court and our
Commerce ready and free entrance into every that
Lis digned resistance TO English interference in Central
american affairs to the injury Of interests in that
knrer Of this continent entitled to the appreciation OF
Very American heart and judgment; that by the Me
a-valley purchase he has wisely extended the bounda
Of the republic thereby giving peace TO the present in
abtans OF that rich domain and securing homes for flu
lure generations OF freemen that the settlement OF the
eKed and dangerous question of State and territorial
lights by the Kansas Nebraska law was wise measure
Eose ultimate effect will be to permanent peace
the different members of the conederacy. We have
luessed with eminent satisfaction his resistance to
INSCRIPTIONS opposition, known as the know-nothing
publican, republican, whose objects once attained,
ould scatter the Union ia unhappy fragments and we
ave confidence that be will give unto the charge of his
prosperous people an unimpared constitution
Ind an unsulled Tag 44ea @ as
Resolved That Henry Reyes wylls Lyman and James
Thurston our candidates for State officers gentle
e of eminent ability and fitness for the offices for which
beg respectively designated /; and that pledge
lection. s 81. -. st .E#..sssa's
| The convention was addressed by Stoddard B. Colby
a, and Hon. d. A. Smsley, in stirring and eloquent
Deches. The following patriotic letters read, in
hch the true spirit of nationas and love of the Union
conspicuous
Mr. Peeps Letter.
MONTPELIER, July %, 1856.
GENTLEMEN: Circumstances beyond my control will pre-
from meeting with my political friends in
kol on the 25th instant
this day Of prescription and seconalis can unite
you in the belief that the true national democrat must
pleasure in the reflection that his vision extends be-
Dad State lines; that be rise above and look beyond
be isms Of the day that be stands upon platform not
ade of single plank, but Of many panksupon plat
m broad the federal constitution ITSELF broad
the land over which floats our national banner; that
stands TO the support OF flag on which is emblazoned
solitary star, but many starsas many there are
bates OF the Union each equally bright and dear 10 his
"a flag which upheld in the day of battle by our
rfahers-by of the North and Of the South by
the East and of the Westa flag under whose auspices
have become what great powerful and pros
people We do not stand TO the support of this Ian
NJ to do battle against foreign foe who has invaded
SOIL but stand to its support to do battle At the
3llot-box against nyidous foes within our own Dor
s-aganst who would array the North against the
olth and the South against the Northagansi who
ud tear asunder our glorious Union banner and scat
jH to the four winds of Heaven those which now
ne in bright and powerful constellation. Such is
" platform upon which stands the national democrat
)h the flag under which he rallies and let him beware
10 would pluck plank from that PLATFORM strike
N from that flag Every friend OF the constitution
Union must hope and believe that the time is not far
liant when the mad fansticism of the day will have
ased away and the Sober second thought Of the Amer
people will lead them to that II ia only in cor
union Of the States that continuance Of the prosperity
n happiness which have thus far marked
! Aion and people can be preserved. Z.
rod grant that the day may come when we shall
lbe "of mind one heart" in attachment to the
b0stituton and Union.
respectfully, your feow-citizen,
LUCIUS B. PECK.