New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-15

"carr cd them now give us the majority platform and
eve viii sweep the South aud before your e'ec''cos
come round again the Kansas question will be set
tied
Massachusetts,, Maine, Ohio, and Indiana voted
gsinst every compromise platform proposed. YER
! 1ont voted for Kenneth Rayners as compliment TO
le mar they are heartily glad at the result. Gov.
Johnston and three Of the Pennsylvania delegation
we're in favor of the minority report two wore in favor
OF the majority reiort. II was understood by the
Northern Pennsyivanians that II they would vote
&C anst the minority report their Southern colleagues
would 20 against the majority platform, and so they
could keep the old Keystone together Pennsylvania
therefore gave unanimous vote against the minority
report to the great JOY Of the Southerncrs. But when
the final vote came to be taken, the Southern Penn
sylvabans having gained all they expected to by the
bar gan concluded that it woOld not be of any moro
use to them, and voted for the majority report
A dispatch was received from Know Sothngs Of
The Express Order, saying that the majority report
must not be adopted-tbat New-York would never
sanction IT, but Barker maintained that he knew the
State better than anybody else. He said that ater
eapelling 10000 members who voted for Clark, they
had $50 coo men whom they could rely upon in the
Order.
There was scene Of wild and terrible excitement
in tie Council between IL and l2 o'clock last night
while the votes being taken the main propo-
sitions growing ont OF base and calumnious at
tack by one of the New-York delegates upon one o
those from Massachusetts, The latter was W private
,elserspbic correspondence with friend in New
Yoik, and was ansiously waiting the taking oil the
vote mon the minority resolution after which he was
10 proceed by the midnight train to join his friend.
He had recorded his vote-the fatal but ex-
4 Al bali La1 hQap nm
rounced-be dispatched a message to his friend
by the telegraph runner who was wait
ing outside and then fastened to his hotel to pre-
poe for his journey. Some evileyed doorkeeper, or
| uaybap the New-York gentleman himself, had noticed
bis dispatching message to his friend; en- eager to
find oause for an assault upon any Of the Massachusetts
members, end thinking surely be had found out the
great troubling secret Of the Council he rushed nady
up the aisle to the Presidents chair interrupng the
proceedings in progress and screaming at the top Of
| lis lungs " The traitor is discorcred! The cor
{" respondent If The NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE is kaorn
"He has been detected sending of dispatches from t1is
shall! He as Mr.. - Of Massachasetts! En-
"pose the traitor!" The meeting was thrown at once
into wild uproar. hundred were upon their feet
at once shouting and howIing; some Out with the
"traitor," "Hustle him out :" Others that it was a
| "base lie" &c. rush was made toward the Presi-
dents chair, some drew their "cold stees," and a
storm of passion and confusion ragged that is indie
scrbable.
At this moment Mr.. Buffinton Of Fall River, tall,
large, fne-looking gentleman, of bold and fearless
Manner sprang to the side of the President, and In
| such peremptory manner demanded to be heard,
that he was at once accorded the foor He spoke in
st, le that soon produced comparative calm. Said
he
81 rise TO defend Massachusetts from these coarse
| assaults and base calumnes. ThOse who say che has
trsiOrs in her delegation say what Ia false and say
at their personal peril But there arc traitors in other
delegations and If this Convention has Indignation TO
expend upon those who have divulged what has been
said or done upon this floor il must fall upon other
| heads than those of the Massachusetts delegates
He then proceeded TO say that a note from Virgil
MIA delegate intended for the correspondent of The
Nc,r- York Herald, was, by being wrongly directed,
put into bis hands, that it contained promise to fur
nsh for The Herald a report Of his the deegate's)
speech, the evening before. Mr. Bufinton had had
no purpose of mentioning this circumstance; but the
unprovoked and unfounded assault upon Massacbu-
sets delegate, had justified bis course now.
The tide changed Virginia aud The Netc York
| Herald instead of Massachusetts and THE NEW YORK
TRIBUNE, were implicated in dshoncr. Or course
there was eager fury now to "out with the
"traitor." This q horse of another color
Mr. Burwel, of Virginia, frankly confessed that he
wrote the note in question: and that he furnished the
repoiter for The Herald with abstract Of his
speech for publication. He owned that IL was ndis-
Greet and improper but be did not mean 20 do wrong.
Kenneth Ra, ncr said he had been appro ichcd in a
similar way. and asked TO furnish reports for The
liz, add but be had thought it violation of the rules
TO comply, and had refused. Still he not dis
| posed to DO hard on brother Burwell. Mr.. Bufiu-
ton was not disposed to press the matter, and sug-
gesied that vote be passed relieving the Virginia
gentleman from censure, which was accordingly done.
Mr. Squires of Now.York, who had opened this in
terude by his attack the Massachusetts members,
now rose and spologzed for it, and retracted his
charge. Gen. Wilson then read note from the assO-
cia'e-writteD just he was lcaving-whose innocent
conduct had been so fouly mi, construed for venom
ous purposes, explaining the affair." and denouncing
the charge against him as false; and vote passed
relieving him from any dishonorabe suspicioni 30
ended this tompesuous farce, in the result of which
the oginaors got decidedly more than they bargained
for The prompt action of Mr.. Bufiinton was admit
rable in conception and execution, and saved the
Council from the seriously threatened personal col
lisons which mpended at the moment OF his inerier'
| ence.
Beyond what have communicated by telegraph
there is nothing to-day. The Council is consld-
.ring the details of lis platform, and will omit from 1t
| all opposition to Roman Catholics and the Pope The
exclusion of Catholics from the Order is also 10 be dis
continued and the ritual altered TO that effect. Its
whole value almost 10 many Of the Northern and
Western members win be thus Destroyed; and, in
deed it will settle down into simple secret c"nclavo
for the benefit Of the Black Power of the South In