The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-06-22

vould be repudisted from one end of the
STATE 10 tho other-the Empire State would
tromnle their resolutions under its feet BY
iro hundred thousand majority.
But all interest Is gone in the further &c
ton Of the Convention. Nobody cared for
Il save as to the position it should announce
as to Slavery. II has been made great
battle-ground on this question; and though
Slavery has been nominally triumphant,
Freedom has won the greatest moral victory
which the whole history Of the controversy
between these two great elements Of the
Republic has recorded. Henceforth. there
il to be q new era in that controversy
The great impoi lance Of the result Of the
mas, twenty.iour hours lies not in the fact
that they compass the destruction Of the
great Know Nothing party-the creation Of
a passion and day this is Of COMPARE
tiyely small account } but in the more res
dilute and enduring fac. that 1t has inauser.
ated North, and formed the rallying point
for those who would gather into one trium-
plant host oil in the nation who henccforth
would make Slavery sectional and Liberty
national: who would put in practice the
wise decision OF the United States Supreme
Court that " Slavery is mere municipal
Regulation, limited by the verge Of the local
raw"
It remains for the correspondent Of The
TRIBUNE to crafty the curiosity Of the
Council, andespecially Of his dear friends,
the delegates from New.York and Virginia.
The Slavery question being disposed OF, he
has no call for further labor in this field
lie has had an interesting, and he hopes not
an Improbable season in this vineyard. He
will tako quiet nights rest. and tomorrow
depart. He Is no member Of the Council
He has not seen the inside its walls. He
|, even ignorant Of tho grips, signs, wlnks
atdsnods OF the Supreme Order OF the. Star
Spangled Banner. Yet everybody knows
him. The members Of the Council have
and beg leave 10 say that in regard 10 the
measure known as the Kansas-Nebraska
bill. those within The council OF the State OF
Indiana. not the people, have awaited the
action Of the National Council in order 10
form their opinions.
Their opinions have been formed and
avowed. An issue has been made with
their political antagonists, and the sound
ness Of those opinions tested in public de-
bale and at the ballot box. The edicis Of
the National Council, however canonical
they may be, will be powerless TO change
those opinions, or 10 reverse The action OF
the people Of Indiana. Always conserva-
tive in their opinions and actions always
mindful of the Compromises of The Consii-
tuition Of the United States ardenily devo-
ted to the American Union, they will see
with regret The promulsation OF platform
BY this body which can have no other effec,
than 10 increase The fury of the conaagra-
ton which the passage Of the Kansas-Ne-
braska bill has lighted up.
The Undersigned respectfully express
their deliberate conviction that Immediately
upon The publication OF the platform adopt
ed, the Order in the State Of Indiana will
cease 10 acknowledge the authority Of The
National Council; and they respectfully
ask that this protest may be received as a
termination OF their duties as delegates from
that State.
James r. NJ. Bryant, J. S. Harvey, T. D.
Allen, Godlove S. 0hh, Thos. c. SlauSh-
ION, Schuyler Colfax, VIM. Cumback.