Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-06-29
STATE CONVENTION.

1t will interest many of our readers TO
know what other Republican papers in the
State say respecting the call for Republican
State Convention.
The Rutland Herald is rather glad that
the Committee called Mass Convention, yet
thinks it probable that the Republican
State Convention will organize and act nn-
der the rule agreed upon last year." and it
recommends ''that in each town delegates be
elected according to that rule, and that the
people in mass accompany their delegations
to see that they do their duty" The Mid
dlebury Register thinks that it will be ga
safe way for each town to elect their own
delegates and then to escort them en- masss
to Rutland"
The Woodstock Standard says:
"We had hoped that the Committee would
| follow the instruction of the Convention held
at Brattle6Oro last year, and call a delegate
| Convention"
The Brlttleboro Pienir-whOse Editor,
Charles Cummings Esq, is one of the State
| C0mmittee-says
with due Difference to the opinions OF
those Of our associates who have differed
from us, and who constitute q majority, we
believe that the Committee had no discretion
as to the Manner in which the convention
should be constituted. The convention Of
1859, under which they held their appoint
ment, directed the Committee 70 call Re
publican State conventions in future "a Del
egate Conventions"
In our judgment the State Committee mad
no authority or right to call any other than
a delegate convention, they have arbitrarily
assumed 4 power that did not belong 20
them.
We shall not ct this time repeat the argu-
ments we have so frequently advanced in ia
vor Of delegate conventions, nor reiterate the
reasons which lead US 10 regard mass conven-
tions for the purpose of transac;ing a repre-
sentative business, as delusiOn and cheat.
We could not. however, in Justice 20 Ourself
and to our often expressed and well known
con yictions upon this subject, let the oppor
tunity pass without disclaiming any respOn-
sibility for such call. further than the
it a. a mere matter of form
the Montpelier Freeman, with its eharac-
acJeri,ric had logic and propensity to impute
dishonest intentions 10 others without
shallow of ground fcr it, says
I'VE notice that the Free Press feels quits
sore u think that the people are to be al
A 4 - -
deesates The Bratt.eborO Phsair also feels
called upon TO regret the awful mistake.
This similarity Of opinion, at these two
geographical centres, leads US to suppose
that some unlocked for demonstration IS to
be made upon the Convention, iavoring the
interest Of these two localities" "
The s.. Johnsbu-y Ca1sdonian says
At the Republican State Convention held
al BrattlebOro, after many Of the delegates
had left, q resolution was passed instrueting
the committee 10 call future conventions as
delegate conventions. At the mass State
Convention held at Mortified this spring, a
resolution was passed instrueting the CON-
mIttee to call the convention at Rutland 4
mass convention, which latter Instructions
the committee have obeyed.
The CaLdoniaa i wrong as to fact 1t
should know that there were no delegates at
all, at the Brattleboro State Convention. II
was mass convention.
The mass State Convention at NOrthfeld
did not instruct the committee to call the
convention at Rutland a mass convention.
They did not pretend to have the right to
do 50.
The Bellows Falls Times says
"There is therefore no real authority for
the course the majority of the Committee
have pursued They say in the call, as a
reason for disobeying the instructions Of last
year, that they have called it as ''mass in
stead OF 4 delegate convention in order that
the people of Vermont may come together.
and express ,heir views upon the nomination
of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Ham
lin - Just AZ though delegate convention
was IN obstacle % such thing Now, the
delegates could have come together and done
the business OF she convention, as they prop
erly should, and We would like t0 ask our
dstute State Committee, what there would
be 10 hinder the PEOPLE from coming tOgeth-
ef IN thousands at the same time, and giving
vent 10 their enthusiasm over "the n0mina-
tion OF Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal
Iiamlin ?'
The Bennington Banner SAYS
We-can see no other way than that the
Convention will have 70 be organized under
the vote OF last year, and in order that there
may be- IN misunderstanding on that point,
We copy below the resolution adUpted at
Bra ttlebOrO last year, and, under the cir
would advise town Committees
to call meetings ami conform to the require
ments therein contained, and then and there,
If they choose, resolve that the town, in
mass, accompany their delegates, and see 60
it that they we'll and truly perform their
duty.
The Montpelier Watcamaa says
This action of the Committee has caused
some pretty sharp criticisms in some quar-
tiers, which are not without some slight show
Ut foundation. We are decidedly of the
opinion that all preliminary Conventions
should be Delegate COnventiOns-eornp posed
Of men chosen by the respective towns for
the express purpose of representing the inte-
rtS'7 u eu'se toWus IN tu Convention
In this case, however, while we should
have been better pleased had the COMMITTEES
adhered to the original Instructions OF the
Convention at Brattleboro', and called the
Convention at Rutland on the basis prescriS-
ed, yet we consider that they have sufficient
Justification, in the vote of the Convention
At NOrtbfeld. for calling it as they have