The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-06-16
The National Know Nothing Con.
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no further details han are furnished b
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: below
I The Convention a sembled on Tuesday
9th. The Tri5une's respondent says
only one hundred and fifty members were
; in at tendance, the vacancies being mostly
from the North. sai that the District Of
Columbia IS represented By seven dele.
gates, and thereby las Tie potentillty u
State, making the Free end Slave States
eqdal in numbers, namely, each sixteen
Among the politicians gathered at
Philadelphia by this interesting occasion
are Prentice of the Louisville Journal,
Ridgeway of the Richmond Wig, Neil
s Brown Of Tennessee, Kenneth Rayner
Of North Carolina, Lewis d. Campbell Of
Ohio. Schuyler Colrax Of Indiana, Judge
Hopkins OF Alabama, Albert Pike OF Ar
kansas, A d. Sperry, Secretary Of State
Of Connecticut, Senator Richmond, Coun.
I cIlor Foster and Mayor Bufinton (Fall
RIVER OF Massachusetts, Governor Gard
ner, Elk Governor Johnston Of Pennsyl-
4 fni'iot ~hSosic. h1uUtcs lldiiIS anu OQN-
nngham Of Missouri. joan Claysbornc
Of New Orleans. and others The Caro-
llnans are here strong A. g. Ely, Of
Boston, represents the aboriginal natives
Of Massachusetts, and is l4boring jealous
~ 10 counteraet The influence OF Senator
Wilson and Gov Gardner.
George Nj. Sanders represents tie 10
terests Of George Law Hammond, Of
the Albany Register James Brooks, of
the n. I. Express, and Mr.. Shear Of
the Hlrtor, are also here New York
too furnishes two candidates for the
Clerkship of the rext House of Repre-
senla'ives, Eere laying pipe for December
next. Their names are Bryce and Rug
giles. George Laws runners are numer-
Gus. The story gees that he outbds
Com. Stockton's standing offer Of Sl00,-
900 for the Presidency by $50, 900 Tie
Ulman and Barker quagre! goes on
Barker is in the interest Of Law. and
Law is fatal 10 Mr. J.Imans ultericr
purposes. Hence the eoolness between
them.
GOV. Gardiner was received by The
Southern men with great heartiuess. He
was cheerei in The Council on Wednes.
day.
Objections were made 10 the credentials
of the Massachusetts. Ohio, Mississippi,
Arkansas and Louisiana delegations. The
Massachusetts, delegates wire let in first;
those from Ohio were 1t in, tie Herald
says, after ticking tie Third Degree !.
those from Mississippi were also admit
ted, though it is said there is no Know.
Moth ng organization in that State-the
delegates being the representatives. Of an
Order founded on Tie same principles.
and known as the . Stars and Stripes -
the Louisiana delegates we're objected 10
because some Of them were Catholics.
On Wednesday afternoon spirited dis
eussion arose, Of which the 7rbune's re
porter gives the following account:
{" Tie question Of admitting the Louisi-
ana Delegation, who are part Catholics
was up. But the boiling blood Of Vir-
ginia, which has been seeking vent al the
r senator
Wilson, could hold in no longer, and NJ.
Bowlln OF that State opened upon them
IN long and abusive TRADE Tie whole
afternoon session was thus devoted TO a
tree talk on Slavery, President Barker re-
iusing 70 entertain point Of order. but
throwing the gates wide open The tide
poured in torrent for near three hours.
The Union went all 10 smash several times.
But Albert Pike and others gathered IN
The fragments fer use 10. morrow, when
the ball is TO be re-opened Mr.. Bow
I'm S speech very much annoyed the better
part OF the Souiherners by its iuappropf-
. ateness, coarseness and yulgaritv. He
came close to Gen. Wilson while making
II, pointing at HIM and putting his hand
into bis face. He chorped W ison with
defeating the Know Nothings in Virginia
-sald niggers were but one remove rom
monkeys, and acquitted himself generally
) IN the ht'est style Of negro-drivisg.
Gen. Wilson replied with admirable
coolness and bold frunkness. He said he
was the last man 10 shrink st home or a.
broad from the frank ayowal of his opiu-
] ions, and he was the last man on earth "a
submit TO dictation and threats. The
gentleman from Virginia charged him
with indorsing Burlingame s speech il tie
fremont Temple and thus striking him
down IN Virginia. He did indorse tina,
speech. tie now Endorsed ii, and he
: should live and die by il, and Massachu
/. sets will stand by that speech. An effort
had been made in Virginia 10 strike him
down IN Massachusetts. but he was not "a
be stricken down there By the slave power