Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-06-15
rha Know Nothlng National convention.
SEVENTH DAY-TCksp4js
Correspondence Of tbe n. :, Tribune.
q d PniIbsLPIliG, June IL, 1855.

quite calculated on the Governor and coutled him
With much NSsiluity, The story Of the hotels Is
thai illpy Offered 10 run him f0t Vice. PfeS'del' y
he would turn his back upon bis colleagues anu
follow theslimy coutse Of iie New, iolkets, They
thought Thai because no resisted ant'savefy ullfa'
Ian, al home he would moi stand up SgaInsI 70.
Slavery ulttaIsm al Philadelphia, aud 50 piled
lief sedlo.ions upon him. When Tie New f0lk
insult was given 10 The minority, thtrsoFe, on lbe
tlv resolutions rs 10 Slavery, alIl
Inc Governor got The floor, much interest was man
Tested 10 hear him speak,, Silelcg prevailed rs
he remarked thut tho QUESTION Of the gentleman
from New Ytrt was pertinent i'm Il polite one,
and should Le calmly looked In iile face, and
itankIy. clearly and decidedly answered. II was
asked whether any man Of The Convention icll
tlat ie vas moi b0dn by The decision OF q mojor'
ily OF lis members. lie would answer II tot hin.
self, for Massachusetts,, for an all but unanimous
NotltI, and, lutning 10 tte New York gentleman,
liz would Il were OH entiEely unanimous Moth,
iot then lie Council could not and would lol
lnre deny lis demands, Ills answer then wss that
they teouM mol be bound by The ocilon OF that OF
any O,l,et body NJ men for a single moment 10 o
declaration OF principles that were false 70 The
Constitution, 10 Liberty and 10 The rights Of the
hltmblest citizen Of this Republic. On Ihe pto.
I,o,ed platfUm they wouldnot stand fot moment
IN q single village cf New England, and they
ought moi ifIIley could The New York gentle
mem deserved lof oul.lletoding The South 10 be
swent away, as they were doomed 10 Ue, by al
Outraged ami indignant EeOple. The South itsell
WAS ashamed Of New Hotk i0f theit elIJTtS here Il
reject lust concessions 10 The Moth. New.Eng.
land, Tie North, lie West, asked the only bVon
OF lust anil honest platform, aud that they would
have or shake lie dust oil tEeir teet as testino'
ny against them.
Gov. Gntllntt ptoceelel in this stain fot some
minutes amid profound silence, interrupted only
by cheers from the Free States and olOsell with oil
eloquent appeal 10 ille mngnaninlyS AMI chvalry
of The South loconeeds lie restoration Uf the Mis-.
sUurl Compromise.
Gov. Fletcher Of Vermont handsomely responds
Ell 10 his Massachusetts brother, saying that he
spoke lle sentiment OF the Free States uOblyj lla
lie thanked himIfor Il, and was proud Of hun Io
II. Gov. Fletcher plainly told The Convention
thai the wishes Of lie North were mol consider
ed lie popular Indignation Of lie Free States
would Ireak down every TeliU Of SlayeTynOt r.
strained by The bulwNrk Of the Constitution, aud
what was quite as desirable, eStnguSll the whole
iriUe Of NOtlbetn dOughlaces.
1hete wOs another many speech on MONDAY
evening. Nj. Clement VI Dea%aie, who hnt
signed lie minority reno In favor Vi The rtSlUra
ton Of lie Missouri COMPROMISE was denOunce'
by lis associate delegates Tor 50 DONG aud charged
will, lniSrehttSenling them upon llle committee
lie exntuNed This 10 the Council, and ASSUMED Il
himself tie responsibility Of his q. reeInent will
the minority. liz lad acted conScientiouslI
after catefil ilelibtration ns 10 bis duty, aud Ii,
Sl,uuld stand by his oct now aud brewer, lie be
lCyeL what tI6 demanded 70 be light, aud IL
would DO true 10 Ills belief whatever tie opinions
Uf oiheis OF the result in The Council.
TIE resolutions or the majority OF the Commit
lie ! were drawn W Mr.. Burwell Of Virsinu, anr
submitted by Alt Lyons of New York. The Com
millee adopted them, II 10 li--tllg Nays btiD
those who signed The minority report, PteriouS
another set OF resolutions had been adopted by III,
Committee, whiciIif anything were more oDjec
tiOnable still. They wele lie production Of YES
nasan Kills OF tho American organ al Washington
and proposed In one Of tile series 10 Io!Uid tile dis
cusSiUn Of The Slavery quCsliyn, IN OF oul Of II
Councils. IN any VI its forms Oy tie American par
t.. This was adopted by the Commntee-Y Yeas
is; Nays, Il, Another OF this series propose,
that The Constitution aml Laws Ut Tue Genera
Government sIlutild bt fgdly Obeyct and enforced
anil was intended 10 apply particularly 10 III
Fugitive Slnve Law. Flee Stale member pro
posed un addition extending lis application 10 IlOs
laws which guaranteed "pUpular sovereignty" 1
tho actual settlers in tho Territories, aud this wR
vDleh down by New York and The South, Is 10 lG
Thus You seq the split aud purpose that cOntft
lIeIe.
ITLtfc tss been gteal debate all this forenoo
on the Slavuiy question, 10 which Judge ilUpkil
Of Alabama, john W. Foster Of Massachusetts
$. Spuifes OF New York, Senator Wilson u Mas
saclIllsetts, Mf, N, tse u Alabama, MI Galley 4
Massachusetts,, Mr.. CunlbnCk Of Indiana, aud MI
llaIhtt Of New Yntk, have participated. Jnds
Hopkins inaIlU nn ciabbtale, SpeclOHS legal HTsI
ment ,or Slarcty wherever II Garfield lis own su
rEelne uulhcilly.
Tile SpreclIeS OF Aiessrs. Foster md Wilson c
Massachusetts, wee give with effect, They wei
detected largely against The NotIhera dOUshlpce:
nM embraced n withering exposition Of the Shat
pielenliOnS VI the New IUfk delegates, AlnsSa
Cluselts comes hote, said Gen. Wilson, with so,
700 men nj her backs but these nlen Of The Ell
pite State have nothing Of their backs bul Il eli
clothes. William II, Seward las his heels mo
theft necks aud will ctlSl then, out so SoUn rs III
people gel chance IL them. they ate IS impO
ienL IN influence as they uE6 Geggarly III character
New Yotk Is thoroughly Anli.NebfaSka, aud la
80 exhibited herself IN lrl elections VI CorSlesS
men, and III The unanimous declarations Of hv
Legislature. Mr.. Fosters speech emltuced tom
passages Of great beauty and effect. lle spoke q
Daniel Webster, OF his concessions IL The South
which then betrayed him aud turned hun on wit
not even Tie poor compliment Of nomination II
lie Presidency. Then II was that the iron enlete
his great soul, and Ie went hume 10 die. II liz
with his gtral talents, his commanding reverence
could UveTcOilr mud turn back the Anti.Siavef
feeling Of Massachusetts, how eau we expect |
iguOls llet sentiments, now IleepGRed BY lies
Southern orgies, aud slold up fOt moment With
her bOttefsl
Tie speech Of Mr.. Morse in defense Of tlIs South
rtn REV was fine one, and That u MT. Cumbnc
was yeiy effective, ll9 Stood Up boldly IOt Ill
position Of lllu Moth. Nj. q. is yauns ma
(but 26 yeats Oily lOimetlya democrat, and
elected 10 tie next CUnEte'S from Indiana o. III
Anti.Nebraska issue. liz hus been prominent on
veIy effective here III CONCENTRATING tue Moth
eth feeling, and stands fully upon lhs MassacIill
sells plullOfln, os DO oil his colleagues.
NJ, llafkels speech wos bitter reply 10 tie al
laekSuIon him ffoln tLe Massachusetts II eIHbeIS
lie undertook 10 cotty tho wat into AiIic,h
The debate goes on this evening. II is believe
the South will propose uildet Slavery pllllon
Us compromise with thu North. IIut Il will Nc
dc, Nothing shut Of Tie Substitution OF the mi
notify Massachusetts resolution will prevent o
explosion, The North grows StilIst and sitter .
that ulIimatum.
lily TeleEJhplL1
Special Dispatch 10 tLt \. Y, Tribune,
PnlLADELPrllA, June ", lSb5-SP.M
THE debate Oh Slavery hns tagged all day wit