Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-09-26

IHE WArcHNAS quotes from the Free
Press the official report of the 80 called
" Wing State Convention" held on the 10Th
inst, and after epitomising our account Of
what took place, adds the following. for the
full understanding Of which it is only neces-
sary for us to say that the editor, +. p. Wal
ton Esq, was the Chairman Of the committee
on Resolutions at the Rutland Convention Of
June I, 1854.
We take the liberty TO remind our reader.
that on the 9TH Of June, 1854, the Wing par.
ty met at Rutland, in a regularly called
Wing State Convention, largely attended and
representing the whole State. That Conven-
ton unanimously recognized the question of
the extension or non-extension Of Slavery as
the great question Of the day, demanding.
above all others, the instant and earnest at
tention of the whole people. 1t denounced
the repeal OF the NJ contemporaries pledged
the WING party against the extension of
slavery IN every iorm-and, fnallv. pledged
the Nhigst 10 cooperate cheerGuHy mith all
other men rho n0uld cooperate Nth them in
The defence Of Freedom. This was the yerv
foundation Of what is now termed the Renub.
lican party Of Vermont. and of the Union
Subsequently, July -, 1874, a Republican
Convention was called at Montpelier, which
adopted substantially the same platform the
the tickets of the two conventions were ulti
mately harmoni1cd, and in September, the
PEOPLE Of Vermont, embracing all the old
parties except the Democratic dough-
faces, fully ratified the pledges of the
conventions. We hold, then, that the
WING PAHRY OF VERMONT. by its own vol
uutary act. committed itself to the principles
and the very organization of what is now
bpyv.D .s +la R.ttIli,,p ,,rt- Al. :. u-
the trst to start this great and cminently
patriotic movement, and that those, and
those only. who are true to the pledges of
1884, are uoir the true, faithful and honor
deserving Wigs of Vermont. OF course
we set down Mcssrs. Wheeler, Ormsby IL Co.
as bogus Whigs,-because untrue to the
platform Of lSj4, and to the old Wing senti-
meuts on the slavery question; bogus Wings,
because they support Fillmore, an avowed do
scrtar from tho Wing party and bogus
Wings. because, by supporting Fillmore, they
arc contributing their mitc-.small indeed it is,
to aid Buchanan and the SlavOcrats. We
arc particularly sorry to utter this opinion
Of the Rev. DR.. hcclcr but we sincerely
believe lie deserves it.-Accordinr to cur re-
collection, and to the printed record. he at
tented the Wig Convention at Rutland in
lNjl, and svPpori,d the resolutions in a
speech in open convention. Our recollection
also is, that he approved of the resolutions
before they We're reported, and himself
wrote the second one, which was as follows
"RrsoIrcd, That we have regarded the Mis-
souri, Compromise as perpetually binding in
law and conscience, and the violation Of it,
in the passage Of the Nebraska bill. we look
upon as impairing the obligations Of a solemn
contract, and therefore lagrantly unjust in
itself; as treaoherous to the interests of free
dom for the country at large; as cruel in it's
hearing upon the Indian tribes; as hostile to
the peace, charity and unity of the country,
as emincntly ungentlemanly and dishonorlble
in the spirit in which it was conceived, 10 the
pledges by which personal responsibility was
sought to be, and was broken down, through
sectional prejudiccs. and in the "hot hast"
which would neither calmly listen to the
voice of the country through petitions, nor
dare to wait for an appeal to the people
through the elections; and we will, in all
ways, testify and struggle as we may be able,
against a transaction so iniquitous in it's
character, and so injurious in its effects.