The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-08-24
August q

declared the nominee. noa..
state OF facts, do you below" a such
people will regard Your That mat Tie
, dney would not. 1t was i lnnolloSl,
now to have a fair nominal, Impossible
convention had accomnlisb" up The
could do, and he moved '' n all it
adjourn mat 1t now
Mr. Royce spoke spiritedIv 49,,
great effect, and the cheers ,I Slu with
lowed his motion, showed ,b" "'l L, iot
carried most Of his hearers ";i ne had
j. $ Adams, Esq, in = WIN ~l'a hIn.
qqent and telling little speech ,'v se.. Go
ed the motion. WV second
MR.. ADAMS REMARKS
He asked when such G.,
that offered by this convent t;'acls a'
ever been seen in Vermont WI la
before had representative of Y, nael
ever been SO denounced, and d s,ulOl \
to face his accusers? Here in ,b .'l'
of the largest convention ever ' a '''
bled IN Vermont, honorable oeo, p,''u'
had branded Portus Baxter as ,'' l
terer of offices for money-and a' ul /,
him to offer the opportunity for nr ral''
and he, within a stones throw ~ fV u
stand and called for by a tbon.' ' |,
voices, had remained silent 1 W9
ever else they did, the people Of NJ.
District would never permit snail ~
man to represent them more n
/ applause. ''
The motion TO adjourn was mn, ..,
carried but the chairman dscl.,
himself in doubt. 1t was put aooir
The ayes were too numerous and FIN,
dering to be disputed or doubted q,
with extreme reluctance, Mr. Wll,,
declared the convention adjourned
A speedy dispersal took place n.
members of the nominating commfes
n portion of whom had COLLECTED /,
the Court House, were promptly pos
fed OF the adjournment Of the eoyso
ton, and of course dispersed likeFisel
We understand however, that The No.
tense is now made that they subseI
quently got together and made a nom
nation. The pretense is, however
too barefaced to be maintained for i
moment. The existence of the com
mittee, even if it had ever been prpl
erly constituted, OF course terminated
with that of the convention. and "A
action in any case could have No cosl
sequence till reported to and adop,sl
/ by the convention. Nobody Will prl
tend that this was done
The convention thus adjourned
without a nomination, to the utter dIsl
may of Mr. Baxter, who had been ri
ceiving the congratulations Of ID
friends and the cheers Of a drunAei
crowd at the hotel, and of his hangers
on. They had been proclaiming lid
as the peoples choice, They had ID
heavily on his carrying every Count
+ IN the convention. He had announced
himself that he was "as sure Of III
nomination as if he had has commits
sion in his pocket But he bad cad
ried but t,co of the SIR counties Of III
district beyond dispute. The Con7eH
ton by every fair showing had gonl
against him, and ten thousand dollar
c1c,,s -, ,a,.-s, -. II ! o~--- f~aiiless.
to the winds No wonder that tbea
faces heightened and that they separl
ted for their homes a sad and wear
crew, They know that Copgno
can be carried by money but that th
people Of this District cannot be bough
and sold
This issue now goes directly to ib
people, and to their verdict at the Poi.
we are glad to leave it; rs sure tina
the cause of corruption and yenahty 81
represented in Portus Baxter must g
down before the reused indignation o
the intelligent voters of this district q
that the fourth Of September vi
come.