Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-15
KNOW-NOTHlNG NATIONAL COUNCIL
From the New York Herald.


IT,. I.,jc nm ibs Platform IN COmmRtcs-DeddfS on
1EJyd1y-NationM Sentiments m TIC +l'ceHdd"1-
4 SDIn InrrHablr, So. :.
In nv ,clcrraphic despatch of Yesterday. commit
ted M error Us TO the the platform IN Inc con
mittcc which now rectiy. The facts are these =
Tho measure adopted was proposed by New York, az
n substitute for plan proposed BY New jersey "'''
rs substitute. adopted by yeas H. nhys i ana
on the final vote i'll the committee, "as a""r'eu ~
uves IS nays is. ..,,.
Tn. course pursued in the committee. II am right
" uorred-nnd of that fact there i, but little DOUBT
notwithstanding the great dIicul'y Oh ooth''s par
tjculars since the institution" oi the committee 10 !e
out the leaky MEMBERSHIPS 10 can ~ uipnu"e''"
III, ,nomeptpus issues before IL Inc several States
rssponded or at least that portion ni Them VINO haa
snr6c and distinctive dngmns for the manifold Ills VI
the nation aud in that response. gave inc most Ph
pablc indications OF the views by which they were
..y-rallv influenced The majority presented nat!"n
uI the minority sectional, and the go.beweehs sort
of fish cllowder schedule OF principles ana parad"1rS
The report was submitted yesterday afternoon as
Won orc already advised, and elected most exciting
debate IN Ia the hour Of adjournment at = T. NJ
when th. members in body, and by special invita-
ton, visited the old Colonial Hall During tho alter
uuuus debate, led on by Governor Gar'ii!er. whose
sectional affiliations are, ii. feared, more papdbie
and apparet than his national obligations, Mallory &"
New York participated, and, III It speech nf great
pnwcr yindcu:cd the nationality OF the Order, aud
rcbukcd in wherng terms, tlo efforts now being III
ted tD GpnhtIoliliZt II,
mrnt of fana;ico additional designs and purposes
U.was followed 10y Barker of New York. who, i'll Il
speech OF thrilling power and effect cnriicd "thc war
;r;o africu" and i'll the most pointed TERMS scathed
,h, massachusetts, faction, which had sought To sub
lii. th. Order and To de;hronc its nationality, aud
~ er.ct upon its ruins Northern sectional pnr'y ana
1T;sT :eefGn ~sf ps 3"E
nn,nralilaon qnestion-ihe proper extension u" tiIn
,n, yb.hrr tnrrirnrrs nuturalized hereafter shall
o';o;h. 10 civil oilirc& &C. variety ofopnl"ns were
obiy expressed, anu iic hi"'' ".''''' '' r.
vailed the debate. ,
Tha Convention ms YOU perceive, hns been launch:
cd boldly uo the stormy and angry ocean ni scctohai
d.bute and during its further progress VIII present
ricL development of the conflicting passions and feel
iuos which umhapply divide tho extremes OF inc ma
tion The national sentiment is, however, IN the U.s.
cendant, aud when angry passions shall nave sIDs-
d-, aud moro sober patriotism, III us caiher uiVe
ratjous shall have e3eried its wunted sway VIII W
viudcutcd by O most decisive majority.
II has been apparcn, from the commencement mat
m, mos, rampnut faaticsn had invngled Itself into
the enerul deliberations and that " ilson and ms Be-
ward confrercs were here not Gs "natlohais ou' ~
mrr. dlsrupto aiding and nbetnR the issurs oil
a dvision-now made inevitable by the very agsn.
ces which they boastully Hrow they nave INSTITUTED
To produce the dire result.
IL were needles. speculate as to the extent OF the
d;vision: that it exists is painful fact and that II
will retard greatly the prospects oil the party ID 100
palpahle tu ne controvcrted. " ,
az ,be ihjrfy-two States composing this Confen-
tim incline to the opinion that not less than ten'
| uerhaps eleven, will withdraw upon sec'i"ha ISSUES
Th. yroat body headed by New York, Pennsylvania,
iucrbnns New Jersey, AMI the whole Southern Statea'
| Including Kentucky and perhaps one or TWO west
.rn States will constitute the national party; ana pos
sessng as it will the numerical strength of the coun
lry with the prestige OF moral power CONSEQUENT
,,,,, such nm ISSUE will battle successfully for the
supremacy Of tho constitution, It's compromises ana
rpuui