The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-06-27
sweep every Northern State, with a
sound and i'll candidate.

Tho Brattleboro PhG,uia, after
speaking of the majority platform in the
terms it deserves, says:
The delegates who refused to be gov
erned by such a platform, aud appealed
to the people in n short and pithY ad.
dress spoke no moro than the settled con.
v%ictions of the North upon the subject
of Slavery. The resolutions of the gen.
orally dominant party in this State have
been fully UP to that standard for years.
In taking such a course these delegates
will be sustained. for the hearts of the
people of the North will benceforth con-
tinue to echo the sentiment, " Freedom
is National, and Slavery is Sectional
The Philadelphia Convention.
We have watched with no little inter.
est the proceedings ofthe recent Nation
al Convention Of the American Party at
Philadelphia, believing it to be one which
would exercise much influence Oh the
political compaigns for the future. 1t is
with no faint exultation and pride that
we witnessed tho noble stand made by
the representatives of the North in tina;
Convention, aud the firm, unyielding po.
sition which they occupied to the very
last moment.
For the first time in the history of
political parties in this country, the
Northern representatives of a party, in
a National Convention, have shown them.
selves true to the North aud to Freedom,
to the American Party of the North be.
longs the honor of first meeting the
South and demanding at her hands, face
to face. the position of equality and of
resisting firmly and successfully the in.
solcnt demands of tho sl~ave.driying oil.
garchy.
The assertion that the American Par.
ty at the North was a Pro. Slavery or.
ganization, which has been so often re.
peated with great JUNCTION, is demonstra.
ted empaaticnlly false, aud it is shown
that in the hands Of no other party are
the interests Of Freedom safer than in
that Of the vital and powerful American
Organization,
The manifesto signed by the Northern
delegates will be hailed with enthusiasm
through the entire North. and especially
will be gratifying to New England. 1t
will give new strength to the already
powerful organization everywhere in the
Free States, and will be y platform upon
which all who are. true to Freedom can
cordially and successfully unite, and act
together.
Tho cpithets of "nidnight cabals"
and dark lanterns" will be no longer of
any avail in the hands of disappointed
politicians against the new party it will
receive the unqualified approval and sup
port of the North, for having SO nobly
and fearlcss'y asserted her rights, and
rcpolled with proud defiance the i%nsoleut
aggrcssions Of the slave power.
In the decay of the old parties, when
tho new party was springing into life,
the secrecy it maintained was necessary
to its rape growth, and existence. It
kept its ranks free, in n great measure,
from those old party leaders who had al
ways ridden them. and who, in most
cases, proved unfaithful to Freedom in
the hour Of trial and who were also
ready at any moment to pnndcr TO for
eign Influence for the sake Of self-promo-
ton. 1t was thus cmphatically a pqrty
ofthe People; and tho rage aud mad.
ness OF many prominent politicians a
gainst it, heretofore, and the persistent
misrepresentation they have made con.
corning l.. have arisen from the fact that
it has ignored their claims to leadership
and political promotion.
Thor efforts viii no longer avail them.
The people bow are convinced that tho
American party at the North is true to
freedom and to the best interests of the
country. With such men as John =
Hale of y. H., Henry Wilson of Mass,
Lewis D. Campbell and Thomas II.
Ford of Ohio, and many others, well
known aud tried mon, 10 its ranks, it
will deserve aud receive their confidence
and support. The nick name of Know
Nothing" or " lIindoo," will iniurc them
no more than that of "Abolitionist,n aud
their future will demonstrate vet more
fully that they are the only party of any
cohesive strength at the North,-and
consequently likely OF success against tie
Administration and Pro-Slayery party.-
that is destined to merit the support and
favor which a party of the people can a.
lone, at the present crisis receive. -
Gov. Johnston at the K. N. Con-
vention.
70 The Editoy efhe ". Y Tribune,
SiG | find in your paper of this days
date an article rejecting severely upon
the conduct Of Gov. Johnston of Penns&
yania, in reference to his vote in the Ma.
tional Council on the Platform. / am
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