Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-06-24
TIE DEMOCRATIC STATE con.
VENTION,

The call of the Democratic State Commit
mont "who are in favor of non-intcrvention
by Congress" to meet in convention in this
place Thursday, to nominate a State ticket, a
choose four delegates to the Charleston Con-
vention, was responded to by an unusu-
ally large attendance of the present and
would-bc postmastcrs, who constitute the
party in this State. Several things have
conspired to produce this The Convention
has an unusual interest from the fact that it
initiates the action Of the National campaign
by the first nomination of delegates to Ma
tional Convention. The bitter wranglc be-
tween the two wings of the party, which has
been in progress of late, has aroused in a
measure the feeble sparks Of life which re-
main in the cmbers of the party, and last
but by no means least, a very uncommon
amount of effort has been expended by the
leading wire pullcrs, to secure full attend
ance. Messrs. Smallcy, Bowdish and Bar
low, have, as we understand, had occasion of
late to do great deal of trout fishing, in per-
son or by proxy, in every county of the State,
and the Town Hall Thursday certainly show
cd very considerable haul of fish. They
had the majority of the Convention, secured
its Offices and committees, and though the
result OF the convention might have been
written beforehand. 1t nominates State
ticket ofno matter whom passes resolutions in
favor OF non-intervention and fceby compl
mcnting the administration, and elects four
Douglas delegates to the Charleston Convcn-
ton at least, they will be men who without
direct pledges in his favorat present, will GER
tainly not oppose Mr.. Douglas in the Charles
ton Convention.
The Convention assembled shortly after
IL, and numbered, with a 'beral sprlnklinc
of Republicans attracted by curiosity. some
SIR or seren hundred men. Probably there
We're not far from fire hundred Of the .'u n
terrified which must be twice as many as
have been present at any previous Demo-
cratic Convention of the State for years.
They were called to order by Mr.. L.
Pllmpton, Chairman of the State Committee,
who read the call and nominated II. B. SMITH
OF Milton, for temporary chairman Mr..
Bradley Barlow of St. Adams, nominated
f. NJ. BRowN, Editor of the Woodstock Age.
for temporary Secretary, and George Hunt.
Esq, nominated JOIN MERRIrlELp Of St.
Adams, for Assistant Secretary. These
nominations were successfully adopted by
the Convention, when Mr.. Plimpton moved
that the temporary officers be made the per-
manent officers of the Convention called for
the ayes, and Immediately, ,cithow ppthaq
the noes, declared the same elected.
BY this summary mode of proceeding, the
so called Cowboy, were not even allowed
to show their strength, and their opponents
thenceforth had undisputed control of the
whole thing
The rules of the Cincinnati Convention
were adopted as those of the Convention ;
and II Vice Presidents, Zone from each
County,, were duly elected.
T. IT, Eastman moved the appointment by
the Chair, of Committee on Resolutions
ana the Chair appointed C. G Eastman, w.
W White, E. NJ. Brown, b. B. Smalley and
Henry Clark, that Committee
An earnest discussion occurred on
the mode of formation of the Nominating
committee, which we have no time to sketch
1t ended in the appointment of Il Committee
'qual in numbers to the State Senators, and
chosen by the separate Counties-oach Town
being allowed one vote in the choice of tho
same.
The Convention then adjourned till ppm.