Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-06-18
LATE NEWS BY THE MAILS.
From the New York herald.

n;,,yssion of the Sidyery Question CoHtinetd
PHILADELPHIA June i3.-Mr Jennings oil
rinois. opened the discussion in a speech ct
If an hour His views were ultra abolition
i;s manner " Bombastus Fnrioso,' and his ef-
st :. sound and fury -ignifying nothing
Io was followed by Mr.. Burwei OF Virginia.
,-b5 advocated the majority report, because t
.Isdged the Order Ia quiet agitation upon the sub.
.,.tof slavery. Il offended none ny eondemnIng
, dir npinionz bun bound the Order To maiatan
ba lava This was d shanor, but daty-
lie could moi consent to pretermit some express
ion Of opinion upon the question OF slavery. IL
r.,. the main purpose IF the order 10 maintain
The Union. aud this the only question which
threatened it. The convention had harmonised
upon every other subject. The foreigner was
bound by Limitation of his political rights
The Catholic was restricted in the abase OF his
religious doctrines; but proposition To quiet do
nestle discord amongst the Safes and people was
TO be ignored. draped under empty generatles,
or left open for local agitation. He could con-
sent to no compromise which disturbed existing
legislation With others he had enteredthe order
honing 10 find patriotism which neither of the
old parties possessed. To the interests which
he repre- sented the questions OF Americanlsm
and Catholicism were comparatively un1mpor-
tant. The professions of regard for the Union,
the pledges not to permit the agitation OF any
question which should disturb it, had attracted
I.
pnwer but peace. If he was told that by re-
o5enining the agitation the party could acquire
the control of the government, he must reply tor
those for whom he acted, that Offices and hon.
rrs had not sufficiet charms to induce them 10
abandon their country and rights n few men
might be rewarded, but this would bring no com
ensation to those whose property and rights
were made to constitute the price paid for those
bonors He concluded by repeating his deterni
,,otinn IN pons IL - other concession than to
maintain existing legislation, as embodied in the
report of the majority. Mr. b. spoke Cor two
hours. and elaborated the views presented in
speech of ability and power.
He was followed Ivy Mr., Poe, of Georgia, who
conceded fully in every doctine advanced by Mi.
Burwe, and endorsed every sentiment and feel
ing uttered by him.
Mr. Rayner of North Carolina, next succeed
cd He presented series of resolutions. en-
bolying and asserting that the representations ct
the South that the order abolition, and the
abolitonists of the North that it was pro-slave-
ry had no warrant in tact-that 1T was neither
the one or the other; thatit ignores tho whole
questions; that it recognizes the mon and the
laws under it and that it left properly belonged;
10 the localities where it existed-the entire leg
-latiou on the whole question. These dis
tinct propositions elaborated with great
eloquence and power aud. being eminently CON
ciliatory in tone and temper addressed them
selves, if not to the general appreciation, at least
10 the general attention.
The debate was continued by Mr. Williams. of
Kentucky, who favored the majority report, by
Mr.. Johnson of Pennsylvana, who was against
both the majority and minority reports. aud IN
favor of the restoration of the Missouri Com
promise; by Mr. Pitcher, of Kentucky. opposed
20 both, aud in fOvor Of the realiirmaton of the
compromise measures of 1850: by Mr.. Peck. OF
Maine, in favor of the minority report: by Mr.
q L g ,.4tir- ..4E
provided Massachusetts, in her present delega-
ton was opposed to it, as Texas could stand ON
no platform whichever with them;by NJ. Booth
Of Connecticut, against the majority report and,
the matter now stood, |ould vote, but was
willing to concede the right of tho several states
10 their peculiar institutions and even the apecn-
liar institution itself to the District Of Calum-
bia, and was opposed to the interference b. Con.
gross the admission of new slave States, pro
vided their form of government was republican,
&c; by Mr.. Desher, of New Jersey. against
both the majority and minority reports, and III
favor of the programme advocated by Mr.. Ray
ner because Gifts milk and water tcndences-in
fact, he denied the right of the Nctional Council
to erect any platform, &C.; by Mr.. Barker of \.
York, in defence of the right of the National
Council to erect platform. and the necessity of
the erection, &c. The speeches were generally
animated.
AT I o'clock the Convention adjourned to meet
at : +. NJ.
THE MINORITY REPORT VOTED poWN-ALL COM
PROMISE RFJECTED-THE MAJORITY REPORT
SUSTAINED.
PHILADELPHIA. June l4-l2, SO A. M.-An
intense excitement has prevailed throughout the
session. The debate having closed, the minority
report on the platform voted down by Forty
majority. Rayner's programme shared the same
fate, as did also the other compromise projects
and the majority report was adopted by a very
decisive vote
The final vote stood-ayes, so, noes, So
Thirty three States and Territories were repre-
scented. The Convention then adjourned.