Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-07-05
From the Burlington Free Press.
The State Convention.

The Convention at Montpeller,June 20,
was called to order by Gen. Ii. ii. Bax-
ter. of the State Committee, who nomi-
mated Hon. f. E. Woodbridge of YER
gennes for temporary Chairman, and in
yited him to the chair. Messrs. Henry
Il. Miner of Manchester, and Hoyt A.
Wheeler of Jamaica were appointed Sec
retaries pro tenn.
Mr.. A. j. Rowell of Troy moved the
of committee by the Chair,
of two from each county, to nominate Of
fcers for the permanent organization,
when
Hon. Thomas E. Powers of Wood
stock rose to say that under the peculiar
circumstances of the case, the Republi-
can Committee having called conven-
ton not in terms Republican, he thought
it should be the first duty Of the conven-
ton to define its position. He regarded
it himself as the annual convention OF
the Republicans of Vermont. He be-
lieved that party had not yet accomplish
ed its puspose. The time had arrived in
the affairs of the nation to prove if Re-
publican principles would do to live by,
and to die for. He feared compromise
with slavery by the approaching Con-
gress, and believed that the Administra-
ton must look to the Republican party
for effective support, He was thankful
for the aid of the Democrats. In sus-
tanning the government, they were only
doing their duty. He could not see why
the war could not as well be prosecu-
ted by the two parties remaining separate
as by a union with but single point of
agreement. He was entirely opposed to
disbanding the Republican party, and
knew but one man in his county who ap-
proved the "no-party" idea. He thought
the Convention should begin by adopting
a declaration of Republican principles.
Mr.. Rowell withdrew his motion, to al
low the introduction of the following reso-
luton by G. B. Sawyer, Esq, of Bur
liDgton;
Res0lrea, That the history of the nation during
the last seven years has fully established the
prOpriety and necessity Of the organization and
pey,pettatg Of the Republican party, and that the
causes which called it into existence are para
mount IN their nature, and now more than ever
belize, demand its peaceful and constitutional
Triumph.
This resolution, the mover remarks,
was the first resolution of the Chicago
platform.
Hon. D. E. Nicholson, of Wallingford,
believed that the State. Committee would
have been willing to append that resolu-
ton to their Call, if they had been asked
to do SO. He thought the Committee
had taken an enlightened view of the sub
iect. There were men in that Committee
who, since the days Of the plaques of
Egypt,-which the speaker described in
a strain of pictorial elOquence, itself ut
terly indescribable, beginning with the
turning Of the waters into blood, and 60
ing through the ten plaques to the last,
when 1.-The dark Angel of Midnight
tapped his wings over the desolated land,
and slew the first born in the chamber,
and stole the linch-pins from Pharoah's
chariots, believed that God had had a
hook in their jaws. Whether it was in
the jaws of the angels or the chariOts
that the hook was not entirely clear, and
the orator did not stop to explain. For
the rest, however, he was quite intelligi
BILE. He justified the Committee fully
in their action, which he believed to in
volve no abandonment of the Republican
organization. He hoped the call would
be the keynote of the Convention. He
eulogized the late Mr.. Douglas very
highly hoped there would be no putting
up of bars, or Of two-cent, penny-royal
persecution Of Democrats, but that the
majority Of the Convention would take
heartily by the hand every man in the
Convention, no matter how he came
there, somewhere.
Mr.. Converse of Woodstock, moved
that the convention now dissolve in order
that other conventions may be organized,
but the motion being declared by the
President out Of order, was not put, and
the question being taken on Mr.. Ed
munds substitute 1t was adopted by de-
cisive majority. The hour for dinner
having arrived a motion was made that
when the convention adjourn it be to two
o'clock, p. NJ,
Mr.. James Mitchell of Burlington,
moved an amendment to make it an adj
journment without day, which was mega
lived and the resolution for an adjourn
ment to 2 o'clock prevailed.
Mr.. Rowell renewed his motion for a
committee to nominate permanent officers
for the Convention, when Hon. C. W.
Willard of Montpelier moved an amend
ment, that the present officers be the per-
manent officers of the Convention, which