Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-08-22
BURLINGTON:
FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST %, 1856.


FRIDAY MoRNGNG.AUGUsT %, 1856.
Vernon, in California
SPEECH OF HON. o. l.. SKATER.
Tho Alta Californian gives an account Of q
great meeting held in San Francisco on tho
Goth Of July, to ratily the nomination Of Free
mont and Dayton, and to indorse the Repub-
lican Platform. Hon. o. l.. Shaftcr, one of
the noblcst representatives of Vermont blood
and training, now in California, was called
to preside, assisted by seventy or moro
Vice Presidents Mr. Shaftcr is we'll known
in Vermont for his high personal, profession
al and Statcsmanlikc qualities, and was the
nominee for Lieut.. Governor OF the State by
the Convention held at Rutland, June 1854,
Judge Royce being its nominee for Governor.
Mr. Shaitcr having made arrangements to re-
move to California was obliged on that ac-
count to decline the nomination. Ills rcmo-
val from the State was greatly regretted, but
we lament it the less, when we see him in a
position to exert an influence for good where
1t Is so much wanted as in California. On
taking the chair MIR. Shaiter spoke as fol
lows THE report, Ivy the way, is evidently
Tar from an accurate one
TrLrow ClrI1rss tender you my ackuovl-
odcem, us for tho honor conferred upon by call
n, Oh, W,b tho dp,,es If III. r,.,,ior / an, r,o,
.p1ob,, rr,r,n,irtrI and tborcf,ro in advarcc
.hrotr ,p,selr I,r,.lv un-, vour ipdulcc,ca We
have a.. .cnb1sI Nero f tho rurrcso If r,,ifrip..
the nomf,,tior. made q, tho l9tb Juno /, + AZ
rIiI, .cf.hi, hy ,bo ErrulIir,, Convcrti.., ,r
foh,, cbi,Irs rr,,,ont ,r G,lir,rni, FAR PR. ii1r,
--l Willif, l. D,yt.p or Vow 1or.oy a, VIZ
p.o.ilapf If ,., l--iea state, .ul for iN. ,,,i',r
,.g-.a. Of r,,pif-.,fo. f,,.,-f .i,,-r ,rj g. ,ar
ron,,l.. n fine. -,,,. ,tl .r tbe Ipit.j .,,,s r.,
be borno r., the East. ~ tho country. and IN the
,vorIl am ai,roy,I Of tho rrinci, Mo. ,d,,,,od Ev
that Convention IN. the basi. If o,, EcrutIinau ,c
.ior Tho Rcunbli,au r,rtv. tell.y citizens. /.
new, hut ;,7 rrinctrlc, arc no novelties they are
old as old a, .in Constitution Of tbo c,iintrv and
,,ij,- avon tI,, ,t,t ttgl,,r ,b.vo i, rt'rr.t
b.r,,.r, ,v;,t tLc ,bi, ~ a.. ,,-,ti,i,,'. Il,o,.
arc a.oid as the Declaration of Independence, and
older oven than that. It is, iudcod, to them that
the Declaration ], indebted luT the sioris and lib
critics which constitute it, great value These prin-
cplcs existed before thcy were revealed truth
does not depend upon time it does not depend
upon Tlacc. II owes no allegiance TO uccasion-
truth is pure, iiunu'rbie. impcrishablc and ever
lasting. have said, fellow OIticn's tdat tue lie.
publican party !. tits go, and in that particu
lar il must Ic MESSED that the parties to
which we are opposed have precedence in tmc.-
We have the a--urlucc-aud a glorious assurance
II is, tnn--th1t our organization will survive them
all. md triumph over them all. And permit me
here 10 say, that IL will be no p1rti2nu triumph
cither it but TO your minds, a 70 mirA. it re-
vea- itself in the tramp of its coming, triumph
Of truth over error and njusticc-thc first 'onstu-
tl1ual triumph over uumitigatcd, Migrant ana wan
ton wrong. As this triumph, which have yentur-
no llf