Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-06-22
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BU BURLINGTON
FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE p, 1850.
TIE TIMES AND THE STATE
COMMITTEE.

kept up its character for inconsistency 9th
erwiss The Times says
Just at the heel Of the State Convention at Brat
;leboro, last Summer, and when that body on
the point Of breaking up, and portion Of its
members had sready departed for the cars, Mr..
BEvEDlcr, the Senior Editor Of the Free Press
presented a resolution instructing tho State Com
mittee, hereafter, to call Conventions the Dele
gate plan. With very little. no discussion, and
while members were impatient for the adjourn
lneut, ana consequently aUerSe TO discussion, the
resolution was adopted though in such n way
as mpart 20 1t great share Of the moral force
OF authority Of the Convention"
The Tines gives the IMPRESSION to those
who do not know the facts, thata resolution
/ to instruct the State Committee to call Con-
yentions Oh the Delegate plan was sprung
/ upon the State Convention Of 1889 unawaros,
and adopted in a moment Of confusion,
swith very little or 10 discussion" and in
such a way as to entitle it to very little re-
/ spect from the State Committee. Such an
/ impression is as far as possible from a Just
one The plain facts are as follows. The
subject Of having the Republican State Con
ventiOns called as Delegate Conventions was
/ first broached in the State Convention at
Montpelier in lS5S, aud D. W c. Clarke,
ESQ, the Editor Of the Times, was the man
who introduced the resolution recommending
/ it. It was referred to the State Committee
70 report upon They reported in the after
noon. recommending different ratio for the
choice Of delegates The discussion on it
was brief, and on motion of Mr. Merrill Of
Montpelier, it was referred to the considera
tion of the State Committee appointed for
that year to report upon at the neat State
Courmaou.
The subject was discussed in the Republi
can papers of the state generally. Most, If
not all, of them spoke pointedly in favor Ct
/ the proposed change from Mass to Delegate
/ Conventions for the purpose of nominations.
/ We are sure that not one Of them opposed it.
/ The subject was one of frequent conversation
! about the state. and it was notorious that 1t
was to come before the State Convention OF
1889 ior action At that Convention, held
at Brattleboro July l., at the opening Of
the afternoon session, the Chairman Of the
State COMMITTEES read the resolution on the
subject which had been referred to them the
year before to report upon. He stated that
there was a disagreement of opinion on 1t
in the community and in the committee, and
they did not wish to express an opinion for
or against it, and requested 10 be discharged
from its further consideration. The com
mittce, on motion, were excused according to
their request. and tho resolution quoted by
us the other day instructing the State Com
mIttee to call future conventions as delegate
conventions. was introduced and amply dis
cuzsed. pro and con. Amendments were pro
posed and argued in fact no other subject
was discussed so freely by the Convention as
/ that one was. There was abundance of time
. to discuss It. and the debate ceased SIMPLY be
cause no one wished to say anything more.
! The resolution was adopted by large maJo-
ritv. There were very few noes. The con
yention was not as full as it wasat the open
I'M, Of the session. but there was q large
number present, and the convention was IN
as orderly session as at any moment Of the
dav. After adjournment the points made IN
the debate and the effect Of the resolution, as
adopted. was a subject OF free conversation
among members as they sat around the depot
for some time awaiting the arrival Of the cars
Many Of those whose first impressions were
unfavorable, freely admitted that the primer
rle Of the resolution was undoubtedly correct
and on the whole they did not see why th'
change would not work benefcially IN seye
raj important ways. The voice OF the ke-
publican press was commcndatory OF the ac
ton. and nobody made the discovery that "n
great share Of the moral force or authorlt.
Of the convention, - accompanied 1t. Ina
can no more be said Of that resolution thai
Of every other act Of that Convention
We need not add to what we have san
heretofore about the Northfeld Convention
The motion of Mr.. Miner to have 1t TeSc'n
tbo resolution of the Annual State Conven
tion at Brattleboro, 1859, was objected to a
once. as out Of order, as aiming to do wha
was wholly beyond the province of Con
I, vention called for the sole purpose OF az
pointing delegates at large to the Natlona
, Convention. The objection was cvldentl
70 felt to be fatal no one attempted to rebu
4. it but D. W. c. Clarke, Esq, said tha
! for the purpose Of obriat'ng it he would NOV
e as follows
: Rssolpsd. That the next Republican State Cel
. yeution will be called upon, among otner tuIHs
10 respond to the nomination and the Poiltlc'
u platform Of the approaching National oohVentlG
at Chicago, and ought to be called lor lH0 r
d themselves, not for their Delegates only, and u
Y State Committee hereby ABUSED to call II aS
Grand Mass Convention
II Possibly some may wonder a little th'
= one who has been, as he says. ol'cdys in fl
st vor of Delegate State Conventions, who fir
10 recommended the measure IN the State Coz
3 vention of 1858, and who was earnest
y commencing the change which had bet
,e made bv the State Convention of 1859, shou
Us have been the one to offer such resolutlc
u as the above but let that pass.
- The Times says
le In April last, another and larger kepuo
ne ! can state Convention, composed OF the sam m
,rbo constituted the Brattleboro Convention, a
-oonv vAyy MORE 'of the same sort assembled
ToTtbfeld. and after fuH and delbe ate dIscussit
lie and consideration of the matter, ADVISED, tn
en- STATE Committee, by most EMPHATIC and DE
srvr MAJORITY, to call the next state Conventi
,, at Rutland, as a GRAND MASS CONVENTION
We Whether the Convention was larger
smaller than the one at Brattleboro,-
in whether it was composed of the ''sd"'e me'
ge I'VE know some of the same men were In bo
Conventions, and that is all the Tin