Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-06-22
The State Convention.

\ Wednesday, last, was very pleasant
Iair and we regres that we
lxe not space this week for a full re-
az of its proceedings. The nominations
N give general satisfaction:
n Gov.-GEN. P. T. WASHBURN.
~. Gov.-HON. G. w. HENDEE.
Treasurer-HON. j. A. PAGE.
A presenting the name of Hon. G. W.
|463oe to the convention, Mr.. Powers
|nda the following excellent remarks,
Eidh were received with great applause
fhc Convention -
NH Presidents twenty-five years
I6t Christian minister proclaimed to
h 1ople living among the craggy hills
1moille the startling doctrine that all
were free and equal before the law
6ut distinction of race or color, and al
|0GSh this doctrine was regarded as a
ILical heresy by the people of that day,
I8 champion impressed it SO deeply
n f6e mind of his then youthful son as
1ke it the guiding and governing star
1I6 political action in after life.
4IfsI am directed to-day, by the unan-
nors voice of the delegation from La
ollie county to present to the considera-
bis Of this Convention for the Office of
lieutenant Governor the name of that
NJ, tie Hon. GEORGE W. HENDEE, OF
Iorristown, and in doing so need spend
. time in rchearsing the story ofhis emf
cnt fitness for the position, having pre-
dcd over the deliberations of our State
enate for two years past, as its pro tenn
pys president to the entire satisfaction OF
e people of the State; you will read in
~ record the whole history Of his quail
Q6tIons. know Of no reason that N be
/ 9d aEainst the propriety of his nomn-
l|o1 unless it be the one limited at by my
|I9l ifom Burlington when he presented
ll0ation for the same place of an &C.
ed gentleman against whom |
word OF disparagcment to utter.
MI insists that there is a well de-
~ historical Mason and Dixon's
g q Ne politics Of Vermont that should
III led in the selection Of our State
md that inasWuch as our distin-
~ nominee for the first Office on the
j. q kets, is from the east side of the
l16 a candidate fot tn, second
nd be searched for in the kindlie
4 of the west side. | regard such
unsafe in practice and unsound in
But, Mr.. President, how stands
question of geography? Lamoillc
IS in the forks of the mountain
endidate is neither an east slider
= slider but Vermonter. With
ester peaks on her eastern bor-
) Iansfed's lofty face on her west
> 2reen Mountain range seems to
~ I<tched out both its arms to enfold
Lanoille" in loving embrace.
The gateways to our thus in-
<eople are on the west side Of the
-our west line is some fifteen
l||cl mt from the waters of Champlain
! (|le (I<ams that wash our hills and drain
q Y4||aIl make their constant pilgrimage
n11r1@ darlington as place of rest I;
q o|If|S1E relations of our people are in
b a4I16 ERECTION in short, the Star Of
IMPURE lat ever guides our destinies is
INaJ6 zen BY us in the Western horizon !;
~noFeo<&f, just now remember that
N yeett6lnce when my Burlington friends
zIifed u fccure the location Of the State
lI6| a heir beautiful city, among 9TH
"a which they urged upon us
iorce and eloquenee, they for
II us that our location made us
II ally and friend. But now il
sidcnt, when we seek for the
our history in the deliberations
Convention TO put a man into
~, they suddenly exclaim against
oE[Icth and sue out Warrant OF
ninst us, ordering us over to the
The m0untain,-and 1t will be
q 10 US if We awake some morn
j ourselves dwellcrs in old Aris-
line, should the fancy Of our
friends SO decree.
We trespassed too long, and
= for your courteous attention,
b mplore you not to decree that
! y uncertainty as 10 our where
!. Re entitled to no recognition