New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-11-29
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Hi solegrsph informed u, sons days since,
|that i grand American National Convention
vas ID session III Cincinnati This intellgeace
was somewhat surprising. az it was evidsns no
national convention could assemble mill fhc
arrival Of the day regularly sslectsd--ths 2sa
" February. We supposed II n be q *seesoils
Seward affair, as soon - ~ read the dispatch,
and so MAS It Intended, although the recent tri-
umphs Of the American party in New York,
Naasac husetts and Maryland, made several
streminent delegates much more moderate in
thsir rSo5ositions and movements than they
other ) IA would have been.
" objsct Of the Sewardites was to effect a
Dpisss division Of the American party, North
and South, hoist the Abolition banner and run
Mr., Seward as Northern sectional candidate
for the Presidency. This delectable scheme
was concocted long before the meeting of the
National Council in Philadelphia, last June,
and the boiling Of certain Abolition delegates
from that body was only a portion Of the game.
For time all things looked favorable 10 the
scheme; and the prospects Of Seward grew
brighter and brighter with each successive de-
feat of the American party IN the Southern
States for neither Mr.. Seward nor his friends
Ifeared any party il the country but the Amer
| loan party. They had carried Ohio, and felt
Isure Of sweeping in triumph over New York and
Massachusetts But they were destined to d
bitter and crushing Disappointment. New York
and Massachusetts,, their Wanted strongholds--
Through the gallant Americans Of those States
Iemphatically repndiated them, trampled their
doctrines under foot, and spurned their dark
and reasonable Vaccinations.
This was an effectusl extinguisher of the as
pirations of Senator Seward, and wet blanket
upon the Cincinnati movement The conse-
quencs was, there were only forty three dele
gates at Cincinnati when there should have been
one hundred and thirty, and but seven States
we're partially represented, when it was conf
IDENTIFY anticipated that thirteen States would
be fully represented!
But the proceedings OF the Convention, as re-
ported in the New York Herald, of the ed,
show the effect Of the late elections in manner
still more marked. Lieut. Gov. Ford, Of Ohio,
elected as Freesoiler, presided over the Con-
vention. In his address, upon taking the chair,
he urged union and harmony; advised the Con-
vention to make no sectional issues; and to en-
deavor to get the whole American party on q
common national platform. This is significant,
Mr.. Dawson, of Indiana, desired the adoption Of
resolution declaring that slavery was not d
national, but 4 sectional issue, and must be
settled as snch BY the States. Mr. Knapp, of
Michigan, offered resolution affirming that it
vas not proper for the American party to
trouble itself about sectional issues; and, to the
surprise of all, ex- Gov. johnson, of Pennsylva.
nia--a prominent Freesoiler made decided
national speech
ALI Of these facts 60 to prove that the strong
medicine administered by the sturdy Americans
Of New York and Massachusetts, is working
healthfully.
FL The special reporter Of the Herald concludes
in this wise:
The popular plan tonight is to recommend special
session Of the Grand Council at Philadelphia on the 18th
Gil meets At which the twelfth section shall be cut alto
geher and the principle of State Sovereignty substituted
allowing the South to hold nggers peace thu North
10 work on the straight native platform without regard
slavery at all Something like this will be done at any
cate There will be no attempt at forming Northern
party The chances for the party in 1866 are considered
too good to be imperled in that way The convention
hare s III the hands Of who think their distinctive
american principles Of more consequence than Seward
aiggersm.
Upon the account Of their reporter, the edi-
tors d the Herald make the following suggestive
remarks:
Have these Philadephia secedsrs discovered in the
results Of late New York election that the restoration
Of the Missouri Compromise s dead humbug that the
Seward abb lition league 10 dead failure that the
fsion Of the Northern with it In $50 will
Involve crushing defeat and that on the other hand
.he reorganization Of the American party North and
south the broad and general doctrine Of
on slavery as starting point foreshadowa
tain euccessf Or, Whist Is In the wind? What means
this absence Of Coy Gardner Of Massachusetts, this
nationality Of sentiment the part of Gov
juhnston, cf Fgnnsyl yauia-ths sudden revolution in
the mind of ueh Rord-this harmoni2ing union motion
q Mr Dawson what mean all these symptoms Of d
<hoiescme reaction they do not indicate the complete
ffeppng of AZ further association With the Seward a
4nce BY the othings all the North and their
junction with the Order In tho South in common Ameri
Gan party movement in both sections the
From the proceedings before can come to no other
than that they the beginning Of new