Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-12

we intend To memoraliZe congress the ap
preaching session to organize new Territory
out Of the southern part of New Mexico, to b,
called Valverde. We would like to have tn,
counties of FL Paso and Preside, in Texas
7 This would give US a fine southern Territory, anc
1 think the people Of Texas would consent. II
would be their interest to do so.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE KNOw-NOTH-
ING NATIONAL CONVENTION.
We copy, with some omissions, the following
report Of the proceedings of this body on Friday,
which appears in the New York Tribune.
PmLApELpHIA, Friday, June s, 1855.
4 This mornings session provided for an election
of officers of the Grand Council for the ensuing
year, at o'clock, this afternoon, and authorized
the appointment Of committee Of one from each
State, to be selected by its delegation, to frame
| Platform of Principles, SIC. Judge Odell, of Ga,
moved this committee, and Governor Gardner, of
| Mass, seconded it in few acceptable remarks.
Now comes the tug of war. The restoration of
freedom to Kansas and Nebraska will carry a
strong vote and if denied, at least third of the
council will draw off.
| There is quite scrub race for the presidency
Of the council, and also for its minor offices.
Some dozen candidates are presented for the pres
idency alone, among whom are Governor Gard
ner, of Massachusetts,, Ex-Governor Colby, OF
New Hampshire, Barker, of New York, present
incumbent james b. Ricaud, of Mary land ,(who
is supposed to have the best chance for the south
efn support Bartlett, of Kentucky, and several
more from the South and West. Barker's chance
for reelection is only in long-continued division
salaries attached to them, and are very pretty
waiting places until the grand distribution of Of
| fees under 'Sam," ut the White House in '57,
rewards the hungry and the faithful.
| The Ohio State Council has held its meeting at
Cleveland this week, and its declaration of prin-
Al.
up the northern sentiment decidedly. The free
States would be willing to adopt it as the national
platform.
There was good deal of lachrymose sorrow
ing because Massachusetts sent none Of her dele
cation to speak at the grand American banquet
last evening. suppose there are two reasons for
this: LIST. None of them purpose leaving the
Union, nor believe there is any danger Of its dis
solution, and consequently had no words to say
| on that point, and any other sort of talk would
have been unacceptable. ID. The members from
Massachusetts have been treated with such mani
fest dsrespect and even insult since they have
been here, that decent self-respect demanded
| their absence from place where themselves and
| their State were likely to be exposed to renewed
! attack and contumely. The very fact that most
of these assaults have been made when the indi-
viduals making them were Sin liquor" was an
| additional reason why Massachusetts should stay
of the~art of Union-saying embraces utter
prostration at the feet of Bacchus. The means
for preventing the dissolution of the Union in
this way were varied and plentiful at the banquet;
and if the report made by the unsophisticated
gentleman from Neal BOWS State, who retired
early very much shocked, is reliable, they did not
go unemployed.
But Massachusetts, did not go unresponded for
at the banquet. Mr. Ely, of Boston, made
handsome speech, which was in the humor of the
occasion, and provoked the embraces of delighted
Virginia. am only sorry he thought it proper to
apologize for the s'indscretions" of Massachu-
| sets. She may have committed them, it is true;
but this was neither the time nor place to admit
| them.
Some curiosity and uneasiness are exhibited at
the full and faithful reports of the council which
appear in the New York papers, and more espe-
| cially in the Tribune. There was complaint
made about it in the meeting this morning.
| PHILADELPHIA, Friday night.-There has been
| fun to-day. Barker being sick, he had his ad-
dress read by his next friend 1t was hunkerish
to the dregs; he fairly crawled to the South; he
spit upon higher law, and denounced Stewards
election. The North now got mad and paid him
| (Barker) off by defeating his reelection. He
would have got it but for this. He had the ultra
Southern support all through
| There were six ballots for President. On the
first ballot the number of votes cast was lat.
Barker received. :. Sc Gardner ......... 80
Ricaud, of Md. ...l9 Bartlett. ......... IA
Colby, of N H......23 Dannehower, ofIll..
On the third ballot Gardner had 40, and ON the
fourth 3S.
On the sixth ballot his friends united with those
Of Z. b. Bartlett, Of KY, giving the latter "a,
and electing him. Barker had SO on the last
ballot, and Gardner 9.
G. ID. Freeman, of Pennsylvania, was chosen
vice president, having votes to % for Ford, of
Ohio, l6 for Sperry, of Conn.,, and 81 for others.
Corresponding secretary, c. w. Deshler, of New
Jersey; recording secretary, the last years man
over Booth, Of Conn; chaplain, the Rev. Henry
w. Rugg, Of Mass, Universalist; treasurer,
Henry Crane, Of Ohio.
The committee on platform are Thos. II. Ford,
of Ohio; Colfax, of Indiana; Foster, of Massa-
chusetts; Colby, of New Hampshire; Johnston, of
Pennsylvania; Lyons, ofNew York; Haughton, of
North Carolina, and one from each of the other
States. They meet at 9 a. m tomorrow to con-
struct platform.
The North will offer the Ohio platform their
doctrines in all. They will stick to the restora-
ton Of the Missouri compromise TO the death.
The South seeing the determination of the North,
talk Of accepting the restoration with proviso
in favor of actual settlers, but the North say
proviso.
Tomorrow morning, on motion to print Bar
ker s address, he will "gct jesse" fromth North
for his lower law doctrines, piquant debate is
expected.
Father Galand, the Jesuit, is still around, and
is suspected Of being the reporter for the Tribune.
Is he spiritual medium