Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-07-18
WHOLE NO. 29O9.

cd, and Oosyng hi' paper upon The ta1le across
the aisle with q significance which must have been
seen TO have been apprecialcd,) hc hardly thought
the people OF Vermont were quite ready TO put
themselves ON the record against the resolution
he had offered
w r Bascomb. Esq, of Mddlebury, said he
believed the proposition OF Mr.. Willard express
ed more nearly the sentiment of the people OF
Vermont than did the resolutions as reported hy
the Committee, and be saw no reason why they
should not give explcit utterance 90 their scnti-
meuts iu thi, Convention. He hoped the amend
mcut would hc adopted.
Hon. Daniel Ncedham said he was surprised at
the report OF the committee but when ho saw
Tint Che committee bad NOT reported the rcsolu-
tiou introduced by him iu Che forenoon paying
lust tribute t0 our brave soldiers and their gallant
leader ON the peninsula iu Virginia, hc was not so
much surprised 20 see that they had also refused TO
report thp resolution offered 10y Mr.. Willard. lie
spoke in the highest praise OF Gen. Mcclellan and
/ the officer. and soldiers undcr him. lie believed
that Slavery was the cause OF the present rebel
lion; 10 had been a curse upon the country and
especially upon the South; is had kept out emi-
grafton, and had comparatively dcpopulatcd the
South; and now that thc cause of our troubles
could he removed. be saw mo- occasion for hcE-
fancy in endorsing the policy OF Abraham Lincoln
NOT only in general but iu detail We was IN
favor OF plain talk, Let ms speak our minds fully
and freely, and adopt the amendment proposed by
Mr.. willard.
/ lerstood u the position be had taken. lie en-
dorscd the resolution, as offered hy Mr.. Willard,
now o. he had done both publicly and privately
for twenty years He was not opposed 10 1t, aud
would not bc placed iu tha, position The com
mttec bad in the resolutions offered 10y them' en-
dorscd the administration of Abraham Lincoln
fully liut, as hc bad before said, IL was evident
/ that the Convention had come together, not TO
pass resolutions but 20 prepare for roJk, 20 uom-
s inatr ticket for State officers that should be
true mcn-mcn whose hcaats were in the work of
b suuurussing this outrageous rebellion. The Com
mittoe had given plain statement OF what they
believed TO be the evident policy of the admins
r uatiun, leaving outside all collateral issues, and
looking solely 20 the ygorou. prosecution of the
war. He believed the doom of slavery TO be
fixed; aud we had now but one issue and that
was TO suuclch ont this rebellion. andhc heSought
an mcu 10 lay aside party chickering's, and shoul-
der TO shoulder, 90 move forward ia support OF
the Constitution and the Laws, and roll on the
O. work to final and triumphant success. The Con
q ycntou could pass the resolution II it pleased he
wa. NOT afraid IN politics; he was as good and
BE- true a Green Mountain Bow as any other gcntlc-
% man 600 this Convention. But he believed that
\ Che resolutions already endorsed the Administra-
j. ton iu iull. and he could not see how they could
do So amy more explicitly by adopting the amend
~ ment proposed.
~ Mr. Roberts, chairman of Committee on rcsolu-
tiuus arose to speak amid repeated cries of 'ques-
p tion :" "qucstonm Quiet having been restored,
s he said he simply wished TO say that the action of
, the Committee was official and hc expected that
, when they came before the Convention, IT the re-
~ solution fell short and failed 10 speak out the full
sentiments of the people, they would Ice added to
and made to speak out II they uNcr-rcachcd and
u expressed too much they would Ice toned down.
e The individual members of the Committee agreed
to- the resolution OF Mr. Willard but the same
a difficulty was experienced n Committee that was
? So plainly Co be seen here The great trouble
Il. 3
ie than boldly to cypress. There was however, nc
f. conflict in the Committee which occasioned The
q, delay in making the report, but they had witt
h abundant caution expressed even less than they
he felt.
rs Hon. James Green. of Waterbury, did not wsl
s- to make speech, but it seemed 10 him that We
ne might learn a lesson FROM our enemies. lie WA
opposed to any resolution that tcrded 20 make
~ lar We must now sustain this war; the business
' OF the Government now was to fight and our whole
lives aud property must be given TO this sngl'
'C question lie did not believe il was best 10 dc
" Just what our enemies wanted us TO do. lie be
e licycd that the adoption OF this amendment would
create q howl of rejoicing throughout the whoi'
A5 length and breadth of Joit. Davis rebeldom Jet
W Davis himself would approve of iti II was Jus
y what he wanted to incite his dcluded ullower
3" to unity of purpose and unity of action. Tie want
. ed 10 see the people Of Vermont united and al
%, working together, and lac did not believe tLl
ga Abraham Lincoln would wish COS To- adopt Oh
" amendment The resolutions already cover tl
' whole ground, and II it is necessary 10 specit
~ particular acts TO make them amy stronger VIII
not go still further and also say that We approv
nS the rcpudiation of the proclamation OF Gen. Hun
" ter, and also that we approve the modification O
"' the proclamation of Gen Fremont lie believed
e 10 safest and wsest to leave the matter just wher
o the committee left Improving the general poll
s cy of the Administration, and leaving all conten
' tious minor and subordinate matters ont OF th
qucs ION
IS Mr. Willard (Cries Of question, '"question,
question all over the house. several gentle
~ men moved that the Convention adjourn, aud thu
'' utmost confusion prevailed. Alter u short tim'
however, Mr. Willard said)-Whatcvcr else th
~ people of Vermont may SEES ht TO do he hoped
" haduot vet come 20 that that they would not to
~ crate free speech. He did not rise to make az
~ ~ other speech, but simply TO ask that the questlo
''' bee taken hy rising vote. llo wanted gontleme
N 10 be put on the record. lie wantrd to know VII
'9 they were that voted against this resolution.
." Il now being within about ten minutes OF th
time for the cars to leave, there was a constu
w., rush for the door, and those in the rear oi th
n. Hall could not be seated, so the vote was take
~, by raising the right hand
~" The Chairman (Nir Colby arose 10 put th
vote Before doing SO, however, lac trusted Oh
, Convention would indulge him in a single remnr
"O As for himscli-and he was quite sure hls t1er
U.S. Mr. Dillingham; felt the same--therc need bc
l dolicacy oe account their feelings. II dlseorla
" and constitutional questions were brought 70
' ward. he feared that there We're men who wou
'". drop oil by the way. II they were united 40
'oi harmonious IN their action, he believed all woa
. he well.
3u The vote was then taken, aud the amendmc
n of Mr. Willard was adopted amid the most q
~. multuous uproa
lne MIR Needham then proposed still further
'" amend the report of the Committee ON resolution
o by adding the following, which was adopted
Resaired That the thanks Of this Convention are Civ