Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-10-19
UNION STATE CONVENTION.

JOHNSON, met at the town. hall in Bur.
lington, on Tuesday, Oct llth, 1864. At
IL NJ. and were called to order by John
w. Stewart, chairman of the State
committee, who read the call and nomip.
ated for president pro tenn Hon. John pOr.
ter of Hartford
On motion, George H. Bigelow of Bur.
lington, and Wilbur 2. Davis of st. AL.
bans, were appointed temporary secreta-
ries.
On motion of Hon. A. B. Gardiner Of
Bennington. a committee of one from
each county was appointed to present
names of officers for the permanent Or
ganization of the convention.
On motion of General D. W. G. Clarke,
of Burlington, it was voted that com.
mittee of members from the various coun;
ties, equal in number to the senatorial
representation of the counties, be appoint
ed by the chair, to present the names of
two electors at large, and that the mem.
bers of that committee from the differ.
ent congressional districts resolve them
selves into subcommittee to select the
district electors.
The committee on organization through
Mr. Hammond of ,Middlebury, presented
the following or.permanent officers of the
convention, and the same were duly ap.
pointed
| Presentation. John Porter. of Hart.
ford.
Vice Presidents-A. B. Gardiner, Ben
nngton, G. G. p. Baldwin, Bradford, VIM.
L. Sowles, Swanton.
secretaries-G. H. Bigelow Burlington,
A. N Swain Bellows Falls, Chas. M. Gay
Rutland.
On motion of G. G. Benedict, the chair
appointed a committee of five on resolu-
TONS
On motion of j. W. Stewart of Mid
Idebury the convention adjourned to half
past 2 o'clock
| AFTERNOON,
On the re-assembling of the convention
H. H. Henry of Chester, from the COM
mittee on nominations, reported the fol-
lowing electoral ticket
AT LARGE,
Daniel Kellogg, of Brattleboro.
Albert Catlin, of Burlington.
EoR DISTRICT ELECTORS
Fisrt District S. NJ. Dorr, Rutland
Second " Rylan Fletcher Cavendish
Third J. W. Simpson, Craftsbury
The ticket as reported was unanimously
adopted.
| L. B. Englesby from the committee on
resolutions reported the following which
were adopted:
Resoved--That the Union party of Vermont
lin this, the first convention since the nomination
,of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson heart
lily ratify their nomination and pledge to Them
a united and hearty support in the coming cleo
ltion.
| Resoved-That this election will declare TO
the rebels and, the World our determination
that in this government of the people, bullets
shall not overthrow ballots but that as in earlier
days officers lawfully elected shall be peacefully
obeyed
Resolved-That we congratulate the army and
its loyal supporters everywhere, on the glorious
progress of the work of putting down the re.
bellion. and that to the gallant soldiers of the
Union we offer not pity but praise, not care and
protection only but reintorcements and the
right to vote not sympathy alone, but e ateful
recognition and reward.
Resolved-That we accept the issue rendered
at Chicago, and declare that justice. humanity,
the canse OF free government and the public wei
fare demand that there shall be no cessation of
hosttties until the authority of the Uuted
States government is again acknowledged and
obeyed throughout every acre of the National
Domain.
The convention was then eloquently
and acceptably addressed by Hon. Rich
ard Busted, Hon. Rufus f. Andrews,
and Col. Frank E Howe of New York.
Paul Dillingham; of Waterbury, Ryland
Fletcher Of Cavcndish. G. W. Willard of
{ Montpelier, and L Z. Chttendeu of Bur-
lingtou
After music from Gilmore's Band of
Boston, and patriotic song from the
Union Glec Club of Burlington. the con-
vention adjourned sine die.
JOHN PORTER, President.
a. n \. s~si", Secretaries.
Chas. NJ, Gay.
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PhoTooRAPHY.--O: G.. Barnes. who has
recently opened gallery over II. D.