Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-07-06

Orange County - Burnham Martin,
Chelsea; Geo. l.. Butler, Bradfordi John
Lynde, williamstown; Hiram Barrett,
Strailord,
The chairman OF the committee on
resolutions, and the chairman of the
nominating committee announced
meeting of their respective committees,
whereupon the convention took u recess
until o'clock, P. NJ
AFTERNOON.
Two o'clock having arrived, the Con-
vention was called to order by the Presi-
dent.
The Chair here read the report of the
Nominating Committee as follows;
The Committee ON Nominations pres
ent for the consideration of the Conven-
ton -
For Lieut.. Govenor-Hon. ABRAHAM
GARDNER, of Bennington.
For Treasmer-Hon JOHN d. PAGE,
of Rutland.
For State CoD,mittes-Burnham Martin,
Chelsea; Dudley G. Dennison, Royalton;
Henry Clark, Poultney; Geo. II. Bigelow,
Burlington Joseph Poland, Montpelier;
@. NJ. Stone, st, Johnsbury Asa r.
Camp, Stowe.
FREDERICK HoLBRooK,
Chairman.
HENRY CLARK, Sec'y.
The nominations were received with
applause, and unanimously confirmed by
| the convention.
Hon. F.E Woodbridge, of Vergennes,
was called upon for speech, amid much
applause, and he said he was not going
to make one, but he did, and an eloquent
! one too. He had just come from New
York, not stopping at home, bat when
| this convention was done he was going
| back, stopping at the Oldest city in Yer
mont, just long enough to give his wife
one rousing kiss and five babies, (laugh-
teri and must not stop here except to
! give one passing word of congratulation
on having arrived to see the day when
| our Union is saved, and slavery dead.
| (ApPlause.)
He proceeded to pay an eloquent tri
| butte to the Vermont troops, compliment
| ing in particular Maj. Gen. Stannard,
who, he said, was always found where
! he ought not to be, in the front, (and
not in the rear, where he ought to be
! to be safe,) calling to his brave troops,
not to go, but to come. (Applause,)
He claimed that our government was
now the strongest as we'll as the best
government on the earth, and believed
| that if all its people were like Vermont
ers, there could be no doubt but that it
last forever. But we have a great deal
| yet to do, but there are stout men to do
the work. He believed he could see at
least one such in this convention, who,
he hoped would follow him and make
speech.
He paid an eloquent tribute to the
memory of our martyred President and
| followed with an argument showing
that no circumstance was better calcu-
lated to show the stability of our gov
| eminent than the fact that the shocking
event of his death did not in the least
disturb our stocks in the market, nor in
any other manner disturb the confidence
of the people
He paid high compliment to Presi-
dent johnson, and believed him reliable.
He closed amid repeated calls to 90 on.
and throughout his speech was greeted
with frequent and hearty applause.
Hon. Justin S. Morrill, was called out
and declined making a set speech, but
| would endeavor to touch upon some
few OF the "hard points" that his es-
teemed colleague had omitted to no.
| tiCe.
we nave put down the rebellion and
abolished slavery, but we are now to
see to it that what our soldiers nave
achieved is not 70 Ue lost; we are to see
to Il that what we have won by blood
shall not be lost by apathy, or by al
lowing ourselves to be outgeneraled by
those who now penitentiy pretend 10y
atty.
We are sometimes doubtful of some
of the pretensions that we occasionally
hear nowadays, and history explains
the reason; we are to see to it that our
suspicious shall not be realized, and our
couhtry's liberties lost, when we know
that they can be saved by the ample
process of trusting in peace those dusky
forms that stood by us in war. ZAP
plause.)
We ought to exclude from suffrage
the men who had done most to bring on
the war; and ought to extend it to those
who, as much as any other, did all they
could to end it. (Applause.) He be-
lieyed that the President was to be
trusted, and hoped that like his glo
rious predecessor he would Law his
hand on the popular pulse, and act as
the country's heart shall beat. He said
the President was feeling his way along |
and taking his soundings, and he be |
lieved he would be ready to adopt such |
a policy as the loyal people shall point
out.
He went on at length with arguments |
of figures and logic in favor of negro |
suffrage, and against trusting entirely
to the pretended reconstructed rebels of |
the South. He said that in a recent trip |
South, he had found that the whites
had not all given up slavery. They
wanted its power, if they could not
have It's property, and would seek such
reconstruction as would give them
most of that.
He said, with regard to the punisb.
ment of the leading rebels, that he was
not blood-thirsty, but that some of the
leading rebels ought to suffer the ex-
treme penalty of the law. (Tremen-
dous applause.) In this connection he
related the story of the man who whip
ped dead dog, and gave as his reason
therefor that 10 pfaJ e., +aoaL |