The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-06-11
The Republican State Delegate
Convention.

To elect Delegates at large to repre-
sent Vermont in the National Convention
at Philadelph met at Montpelier Oh
the 80 inst, was called to order by Ches-
ter Spencer Of Rutland County, and or
ganiz d b. the following appointments
LEVIUNDERWOOD, Chittenden Co.
PycSidcn
FREDERlCK HoLpBRoOK, Windham Co.
CHESTER SPENCER, Rutland Co.
T1rc Presidents.
L p WALTON. Washington Co. }
A. = LYMAN, Bennington Co.
Secretaries
The roll of delegates having been
called, for'y.four answered to their
names
Ordercd That a committee Of five be
appointcd by the chair to report rcsolu
tions and Messrs. L. +. Walton of
Washington, 4. p. Lyman of Benning
ton, o. H. Plat of Windham, w, 7.
Davis of Franklin, b W. Bartholomcw
of Orange, were appointed for this pur
pose
On motion of Mr.. Lyman of Benning-
ton County, the Convention resolved it.
self into a committee of the whole to
nominate Delegates at large to the Ma
tiona Convention at Philadelphia
Adjourned for one hour.
AFTERNOON.
The Convention met pursuant to ad-
journmert.
Mr.. Spencer of Rutland Co from the
Committee to nominate Delegates at
large to the National Convention at
Philadelphia, made the following report.
to Wit
First Dist ict.
Hon. lIiland Nall, Hon. Ilcman Car
penter, Delegates Hon. Geo. L. Hodg-
cs, Hon Daniel p Thompson, Substi'
tutes
Second District
Hon E-astus Fairbanks, Hon. vii
liam skinner, Delegates Hon. Danniel
Neodham, Hon. j. More Flint, SubSt-
tutes.
IHird District
Hon. Lawrence Braineri. Hon. Levi
Underwood, Delegates; Hon. Portus
Baxter. Hon. Samuel Merriam, Substi-
tutos
On motion Of Mr. Weston, Of Chitten.
den Co., said report was accepted, and
! the nominations were unanimously con-
frmed
The Committee on Resolutions report
cd the following, which were unanimous
! ly adopted, to wit;
/ Rcs0lred, That in the late brutal and muir
/ derous assault by Preston s. Brooks, Rep
resentatiye Of South Carolina upon Char.ei
Sumner, Il Senator of MasSachusetts-by
! cowardly champion of Slavery upon fear
! less champion of Freedom-avowedly made
for words spoken in debate, we recognize a
/ fragrant violation of the sanctlty Of the Sen
ate, of the Freedom of speech, and. of the
Constitutional guaranty for the protection of
the representatives of the people and the
/ Stalcs.-a crime, which imperatvcly DE-
mands the instant condemnation If every
good man, and the prompt infection of the
highest penalties provided by the Constitu-
! ton and the laws.
Resolved, That This assault is warning and
a threat that no faithful representative of
| the North can do his duty, but at the peril
of his life and the fair, plain and irresistible
inference is" SLAVERY or DEArH |" thus
presenting the Oligarchy at Washington as
! II ~ VI hdllNsAS-ih NV
and in the lowest and most servile of its IN
strumcnts-as the deadliest enemy Of the
Liberties Of the People.
Resolved. That while We charge directly
home upon Slavery these outrages upon the
Constitution, the Country and Humanity, we
are not unmindfhl of the fact, that the cour-
age to commit them is borrowed alone from
the countenance Of a Northern vena Press,
and Of Northern yenal politicians, recreant