Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-10-14
The Convention.

The Convention.
The weather. sour and threatening Mon
.l,y. and raw and. uncomfortable {. Tuesday.
snl,nore than all the new arrangements Of X.
z rains. on both roads, which could hard
J., ave been made more announcement for
..,-. irsiring to attend the Convention from
,,.. ,,ath or East, have prevented as large a
.,-i..rinc to the State Convention as We had
n ,i-,i - sec. Still it was respectable IN num-
'.l-, nd hearty and harmonious in spirit.
3. eleven O'Clock the Union Campaign
,l4.I ,cmbled at headquarters, and headed
.. 'i..,ore's Il cndiI Band, marched down
Central DcPot,to receive TIE delr=a-
..a m t.e Na-th. The procession Jhcn
m-. i to Ihe Rutland Depot TO receive the
IONS from the South. They arrived
lalf past twelve, and were duly e.
,.r 10 tine Town Hall. The procession,
Is Was ,rs and imposing one. was
a. narsmliod 10y Chief Marshal y. b
an, aided by Assistant Marshals p :
> JOIN Bain, II. II. Talcott and D. II
a.. I'D marched to the Square, up St Paul
-. Pearl. ana then down Church Street to
wn Hail. ere the Convention wae
rganIzcd.
lis report of proceedings may be found in
.i,-uer column.
u's the assembling Of the Convention after
...1-r, the Electoral Ticket, adopted by
pit and UNANIMOUS consent in the Com
a.' &c, was presented aud adopted by the
tm.'enuon, with equal unanimity The
goo ;hes which Formed thc great feature of
lay, followed.
ion. Lew Underwood with appropriate
rk- introduced Hos RICHARD BUSTED,
made very a1.,, eloquent ami interest
speech. of winch oar abstract in another
..almn will convey some ilrl. We should be
dit oar iinited space i,-iIi,iel us 10 give
D., length. 1, Wa rcrri.cl with long aud
earty applause
Cd. FeANK E dow, ai-n.xs introduced
y judge Brstecd. %, -.t4, ,ulIicrs friend
lie spoke briefly 5l, caracr,i, aud eloquent
y, giving high praise =, Vernon; Tor tie
manner, equalled ~ "a otAcr STATE, in
which She aai responded 20 the calls of the
Government and the dcman of the crisis,
md urging the necessity f,r vigorous main
tenanco .. the war, Ia the complete over
throw o! t.r rebellion.
Hon. l.. f. CHIITENDEN was the next
speaker. lie made no set speech bat az
ter come humorous remarks, full Of telling
hits, which were loudly applauded, intro
duoed Hon. Rrfrs F. ANDREWS Of New York
who made an earnest and effective speech.
The Glee Club sang the song " The
Union forever The res buttons were re-
ported aud adopted, and lie Convention ad-
.iourned
These we're the indoor proceedings,
which were however but o portion of the
whole. 1t became evident coon after dinner |
that the Town Hall could no, hold half the
people, though it was filled 90 the last inch |
of standing room. \ large ani enthusiastic
outside meeting was accordingly organized |
in front Of the Union Headquarters. Ii was
called To order by Lieut.. Gov. Underwood,
Hon. 4. B. Gardner was appointed chair
man and some stirring and effective speeches
were made by Mr.. Underwood, Mr.. Gardner,
Ez. Gov Fletcher, Hon. c. W. Willard,
and Lieut.. Gov. Dillingham;. While Gov
Fletcher was speaking some disturbance was
made by tipsy soldier, who resisted Mar
shall Flanagan's efforts to restore order and
remove him, and being assisted by some of
his comrades, kicked up quite a row for
short time. The principal offender was ar
rested by Mr.. Flanagan; but released on
promise of future good behavior, and quiet
was restored.
The torch light procession of the Burling-
ton Campaign Club took place at : O'Clock,
and was a beautiful and successful affair.
Over tpo hundred neat campaign lanterns,
Of red, white and blue, with a portrait of
Mr.. Lincoln, and the words - Liberty and
Union" on each, besides a number of torch
es, were borne in the procession, which extend
ed nearly half mile, and formd
brilliant and beautiful sight Headed
by Gilmore's Band it took its
way round the Square.up College st. to Will
Iiams, through Williams to Pearl, up Pearl
10 Governor Underwood's residence, then q
Town Pearl, through Church ST.. down Col
ege, Champlain and King SITS. to Water St,
-ound by the Lake House and then back to
he Square. The residences of Messrs. Ira
shattuck, Burton, Hatch, Underwood. Henry I
oomis, E. c. LOomis, Horace Loomis and {
|. R. Fletcher, o. A. Dodge, Chas. Miller, l.
I. Parker, Daniel Roberts. and Others
long the route, were brightly
Illuminated. The Commercial College
looms and Commercial Block throughout
rerc brilliantly Illuminated with rows Of
perm candles in the windows. The Lake