Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-12-07
Meeting Of the National Council.

Meeting Of the National Council
We publish to-day the doings Of the
self STYLED National Council, which re-
Gently assembled in Cincinnati. Be}iey.
'ng a. We do, tHat $ewardlzm and Be-
P4b4e7H.sH got up" this convention
We tutfear making any comments, les'
we give offence tn soma of our sensitive
patrons vino "dlSapproye OF Chaney's
coufsea aad threaten 10 stop the paper
Bat We can't help thinking if that assem-
/ lily Of delegates was a far representation
loi the strength Of the party IN the United
States that there has been a tremendous
falling of since last year this time, when
we net there with delegates frot-. every
State IN the Union no: excepting Cali
fornia Bai We VII not comment The
following from the .4mericaa Par OF, a
paper as true to the American cause as
steel 10 The magnet. Wi give our readers
an idea OF what they think Of disguised
abo!iti nism IN Massa h sts
The B'LvLRs' casvfNrIoy.
The erea, Boilers Convention IN Gin.
cInnaii last week was dead tailare. $,
iar as It's original object Was concerned.
Inc Convention, II Will be remembered
grew ont Of the one at Philadelphia a
short time since. al which a portion ui
Northern delegates Withdrew in conse-
qnence Of some difficulty of sectional
character with those af the South. I'hI-
asst Convention at CINCINNATI v as hatch.
"a up by the Freesoll wing OF the Know
Nothing party north, for the purpose Of
giving pubic expression of their opinion
an the slavery question: Among the
delegates elected from TINS quarter, were
~ Exesl.eneg the Governor and Hon
Henry " Benchiey. These genllem an
10 their honor be i, spoken. determined
70 remain at home and let this outside
i.sae a t.nd to itself or ie1n on the few
friends i, go1.d gather among ,ae rant'ne
e nagogaes fshe Northern and Wes.eru
States there represented.
Ex-Gosernor Johnson Of Penn,,lyania
was also delegate from that STATE. He
went there red hot" Seward man de-
ierMned 10 crowd through his abolition
sentiments a, all hazards. But after his
arrival, he ascertalned ihai the sen,imen,
u the Convention ran through another
channel that the curreG, vas setting
strong J in another direction, when Ia,
almost lnsianianeoGsly his whole aspect
Oh Tue sipSeFy Question. became ca an Ied
and, much ~ the astouiShment oi all
present, who expected from his radl-
Cal abolition, disorganlzng speech, from
hIs known and aYerred sentiments Oh
that suhject,-he gave utjerance 10 ideas
utterly at variance with those sentiments.
and in favor OF nnion Never was there
a more RAPID somerset turned, and never
vas the cause for it more apparent. -
The gentleman, In making up ms eSt,-
mate OF public sentiment IN that regard
had ''rekoned without his host" and
tndlng out his m,sts ke Sc, to work rlrht
zelously to jump ab4ord the barge and
iioat along with the popular current.
As We have said before, the whole
thing SO far as carrying cut lis orlgiral
intentions was concerned, was a dead
failure, and tended, in the end to build
up the vefy object they calculated to des-
troy. ii was another side wiuder" cor
fusion, another nall 10 It's coffin, and will
tend very much to shake the confidence
OF the aholltonist in the flexibiliiy Of the
know Nothing" organization"
Still avoiding all comments, fearful
that some one might take offence and
pay up for years subscription, a cal
amity greatly TO be feared these easy
times, while money Is so plenty and pro-
visions so cheap and hoping the poor
fellows will gradually become familiar
with the tern Black Republicans" We
copy the following from the Anssi saa
Organ
The Commute on Resolutions report
ed a CONSERVATIVE piati)fm, and The ten
minutes rule vas adopted fhis was
victory for the conservatives. The Biac.
Republicans are IN small minority
The platform, which requests that the
Nali4na CounciI " ] expunge the welfrl
section, denuunce tho kanzas aci, and
claims that no more slave States shall b.
admitted into the Union.
Mr. Allen of Massachu sets. offered a
resolution asking the CIR and Council to
blot on. the twelfth section and make "a
platform upon which the North and Suulh
could both stand without violence to the
principles Of the majority Of the people
IN either, lhr Allen thinks that the
Grand Council mex. February might tx