The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-13
POLITICAL INTELLyGENCE.
Tk NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE FIELD.
Terrible onslaught on the Administration.
The Pennsylvania State Convention,
&C., &c., 80,
from the Phils6ei ahia Lsdger. August 1T
Native American State ConyentIon.

hauve American STATE Convention.
POLITICAL MOvEMENTs-THE FIRST PIRE-A RIG GUN
At 10 O'Clock yesterday 1raing the delegates to the
Native American State Convention met ia Ffa ,ka Hall
The object of the Convention w.s to ate ca add tss
Tor Judge OF the Supreme Court Surveyor General aad
Auditor General.
The Convention was temporarily orgsuizsa BY calling
Dr. Jacob Dewees OF Montgomery county to the chair
and appointing Curren PniIpot Secretary.
MessIs Morgan, Thompson, and Smith ware appointed
committees TO examine the credental, of delegates
General Smith moved that twenty delegates bs ad
mitted into the Convention, to represent city aud
county of Philadelphia. The motion ELECTED consdera.
BILE discussion and was finally adopted.
resolution was adopted to ALLOW the delegations from
the various counties Of the State fill the vacancies in
bsa a coss
swered to their names.
Mr. Gibbs moved that the Convention adj ,urn to meet
General Peter sken Smith who urged the necessity Of
immediate action and hopsd the motion would be lost
The debate was further continued and fasy was de.
cided In the negative.
The Convention then msds no min atoms for psrma-
nent officers, and the following Hamsd gentlemen
Plesident-Dr. Jacob Devices, of Monsgouery.
Vice Presidents--A. wadlow. of Allegheny county
Northern TSerSis.; a Z. Thonas, sshuykIl c,uasy;
Christie pher Wilson, OF Washington county; Charles w.
Folwe city OF Philadelphia.
Secretsry-F. Curreu Philpot.
Gen Smith, Dr.. J. E Harmed, r. c. Philp,t, Gs,. W.
Fsrr, I. G. Msyer, aud Dr. Dsress. were appointed
The following general nominations for State officers
then made.
fOr Judge oil Slpre ne C0urt-J1hu TITUS, William
D. Baker, John W. Ashusad and jacob Broom, Of this
city.
Canal CommissIoner-p. T. Morgan, of Ausghany
county, and Captain David M,DoDald, of Northa pton
county sari 4
surveyor General Ktmber Ce.ver. o. Northu
county, John Stoddart Of Allegheny county, AID Abra
Auditor General-John Stoidart OF Allegheny county;
Benjamin Rush Bradford, of Beaver county; Elliott S.
Neal Of Allegheny county, and Joseph Regel of Schuyl
An assessment of 81 from each delegate was made to
The Convention then p-ocselsd to the nomination of
ticket, with the following re3ult:-
For Judge of the suprems Court. jacob Brscms re.
ceived IL votes and John Titus T. Me- Broon there
fore declared nominated
Mr. r 7 G. Morgan decliaed bsng a c,ndldste for n,
declared unanimously the canddse the party for
said Office.
For Surveyor General, Kimber CIeaysr received 1s
votes; John Stoddart. votes; Abraham Bsas, vots
Surveyor General.
county, was nomin ated BY scclamstlon.
Gel, w. Farr re.surer Of ths convention, reported
that he had received from he delegates SIT to pay
General Smith. chairman OF tho Committee on an Al.
dress to the citizens Of the State submitted the following
report =
OF THE AMERICAN STATE CONVENTION TO THE
AMERICAN CONSTITUENCY, THE AMERICAN DEMO.
CRAZY, AND TIE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
The presidential election of 1852 will be In
history for the clearness with which it expressed the
will Of tbs American people in condsm nation Of fans
ci conte treason courtship of foreigners AMI
for the manner in which the chosen by the vast
popular vote to carry out the ,pusr will betrayed ths
trust and pandsred to the factions which the people
Thrice the Union has been in psril-n the presidency
Of Madison, Of Jackson and in that Of Taylor aud Fill
more
In General Taylor's administration treasouable de-
signs were ripenng and three States submitted the
question to the people whether they would remain in the
Preparations made for resisting the general 90.
vernment Forts of the Uaited States strength
e. snd It's troops marched to various points to b. in
Southern birth sounded to they would side
with Southern republics bat they proved trus to the
cared for the Union.
This result in their States war due il no small gree
to the patriotism of Cobb In Georgia. Clemens in Ala
bams, and Fooe in Mississippi adsi by pltrots Of all
parties After struggle ia Congress- In nich the ,be
assa aoa tas ag s's. Gy @ aud
u ise passed - fsXyN .E5H VI Z
In tie election Of 1852 the American pscre we're t,
pass upon this great controversy, and to sit
on the acts of States snd Of Coog-e3s.
Bsfore the election csme, every far reaching mind
could that thsre would unp ,rallsed unsuimty
in Its judgment ani b,th conventions approved the
compromise The too well koo xn to stated
here why the nomination Of the party for the Pre
other did rot 1t Is moro pertinent to inquire why
Franklin Pierce was nominted BY the democrats.
Inc susos. was g divided thst
unless IL took up unkno Ia 1913, Ne Hsnp.
shire brought forward Lsvi Woodbury. man kaova to
the nation, fog the Presidency. The Constitution and
policy of that State upon the WHOLE had been fsaves
and triumphant bsfors the country. Men born in New
England but scattered throagh tho stses we're pleased
with the ideas Of President from their native regions.
Is not therefore, very strange that even after tbs
death Of Judge wosdbury New Ham 3hire was reluctant
to give the idea Of President from ITSELF tn
Convention proposed for President whom, If the
true representative Of New England democracy had
lived woald have been thought of for that place.
His parzans calculated upon the opening that would bs
made for obscure person. by tho dssensious OF tbs
Convention. small number of dsega about twenty
appeared at Baltimore days before the Convention
working to prepare the other delegates in the last resort
to w tshs up ths Union man A. Of New H.mp.hire
avail themselves Of the chances which happened hs
writing letter, declaring that his was not before
by nomination he had done oil in his power to obtain
Though these facts well kuo yet he coolly de-
clared his nomination was unsought aud repeated
this In his inaugural That nomination he could
have have had without his that he for
the Union, and against faction These
repeated after his nomination and A .med In i'm
ing over the coffin of Webster, who died with
his armor on, fighting gloousy to the last In the de-
fence Of the Union In the derum of success ths
made President hiss forgotten what he has said and
more remembers the principles thu that elected
him. Nothing previous to the election caused any doubt
him. and the Of tbs whole people in this re
suit shown in the good feeling Of all parties Though
neither civil NOR In military life I'd he done any thing
great this made the triumph of tbs Union principle
striking II he were no. great man. 1t was said he was
a Union man, and that was enough. FAuaticism was
cowed, disunionism humbled, trucking to foreigners
frosned down, and it seemed nothing required
Of him but to orgaze cabinet OF Union men, and to
form his to his professions aud the expectations
of the country to make credable chief magistrate.
Before the President elect left Concord 1t that
he had the idea Of placing Dix aud Davis leaders Of sg.
ton and secession the heads Of who had do
their duty to the country The ambition for reelection
had thus early thrown spell over him, and the love Of
popularity led him to seek the factions farbest from him.
The gein indignation with which the OF
strange designs heard compelled him TO modify his
designs little. 1t seemed IL he thought that II
he talked like patriot in his inaugural he might act like
nrguer before the PEG pie they would no. It.
His was 1.-THE word Of promise to the esr but broksn to
the hope" Hegsve the gallant and faithful army Of the
United States in charge to one who If his designs had
succeeded, would probably have been placed the
army of Southern republic. On the bench Of the Su-
preme Court, to pass the contribution and laws,
he placed man whose sentiments are offensive to oil
Union men. Thus far In him lay, he surrendered the
sword and satutebook to secessonsts. He sent Minis
ter Mexico Gadsden Of South Carolina who I'D advo
Gated the dmemberment Of the Unon while he removed
Grayson who broke ground for the Union, in Carolina
and put In his stead William Colcock who had openly
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