The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-10
The State Convention.

The action of the State Convention at Bur-
Sington on the 9Th inst. was so entirely harmo-
pious, and so satisfactory to all who were pres
eat, that there is hardly any need to praise it,
TO commend its spirit and temper, or to laud
the results reached by it. 1t was very fully at
tended, and the State was very generally repre-
scented. The politicians, of course, were out in
full force, as they always are at conventions,
and there was pretty full representation of Of
fclais We should have been glad to see many
more of the solid men of the State, those who
hive no interest in a State convention except to
desire that it shall arrive at just and honest re-
suits but the Convention in this respect was not
unlike its predecessors, and not unlike those
that will cone after it to the end of the chapter
The people seem content to let few men man
age conventions for them, and while they are so
the few men are not to be blamed for taking the
business into their own hands.
And in this instance they did their work well.
The ticket selected is as good as any which
could have been made. Many men came to the
Convention hoping that Mr.. Dillingham; would
TO nominated for Governor. They desired this
result, not from any opinion unfavorable to Mr..
Smith, but because they preferred Mr.. d. But
Mr.. Dlllingam was not candidate and would
not suffer his name to be used, and those who
would have been pleased to see him at the
head Of the ticket, at once agreed with him in
giving a cordial support to Mr.. Smith And
while we dislike much of the fulsome commenda-
ton that is the usual staple of party notices of
candidates, it is but justice to Mr. Smith to say
that it was the universal opinion of the Conyen-
ton that he would make an excellent Governor.
Mr. Dillingham; and Mr.. Page the people know,
and their regulations stand in no need Of praise
We were very much pleased with the resolu-
lions adopted by the Convention without dis,
senting voice. This action shows q marked
progress in ideas, even in Vermont. We do
not forget what an effort it cost last year 10 get
d resolution adopted approving of certain acts
OF the Administration hostile to Slavery, andex-
pressing wish that the time night not be lar dis
tant when We should see this country free from
that curse. Some gentlemen quite conFpicuousin
this Convention, fought very zealously and val
lantly against that " radical " resolution last
year. They, however, had no words but of
commentator this year for this somewhat
- radical " resolution:
Resolcea, That the bondage of the black man
is rsot only crime against him, but is totally
destructive to the true progress and rocal inter
ests 0t the white man, demoralizing in every
way the society in which it exists, and corrupt
ing to the whole body polite; and we hail as
a consequence of the war, prosecuted to restore
the sway of the Constitution, as, under the Pro.
whence Of Almighty Cod the prospect which
the present wicked rebellion has opened, and
which rebels have brought upon themselves,
OF remoVing the curse and wrong Of slavery
from our otherwise fair and perfect institutions
The world indeed moves, and pro-slayery
conservatism in Vermont ha now but one refuge
left, and that is among the men who made them
selves everlastingly infamous by participating in
the Democratic Convention of the 2Sth of June