The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-22
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND DAY

The Convention re,assembled this morning and
| proceeded to the business before them.
On motion of Mr. j. t. Anderson, the two reso-
buttons i'll the partial report of the committee sub
mitted last night were separated and made to read
| as follows:
| Resolved, That this Convention adopt the Phila-
| delphia platform.
ph platform is intended in the opinion OF this
| Convention, to exclude any citizen from political
station account of his religious faith, but only
such may have reserved paramount allegiance
| TO foreign potentate
| Mr. Crane, from the Committee to prepare Reso-
lutions, reported in full as follows
Resolved. That in the 18th section of the Phila-
delphia platform we recognize true national and
constitutional adjustment of the yeXed question of
slavery and we pledge the American party OF Nir-
ginia an unyieldng resistance to any change or
modification III Substance or spirit, of that see
| ton.
Resolved, That the wholesale prescription re-
| commended by the organs of the Democratic party
of this State, OF than half of the native eiti-
zens Of Virginia deserves the most decided repro
baton of every honest and patriotic citizen that
| the hypocrtjcal reason assigned for this proscrip-
| ton, viz tie false charge of prescription against
the American party, is insult to an intelligent
| people that such charge comes with a bad grace
| from party who have always prescribed their po-
litcal opponents and who disfranchised nearly one
half of the frcemen Of this State by fraudulent
system of legislative gerrymandering unparalleled
| in party legislation.
Resolved, That the open interference of the Fed
eral Government in the recent elections of Virginia
| deserves the indignant reprobation of every good
citizen.
Resolved, That in vindication of public morality
and of the necessity for the formation of new
party we hereby recommend a rigid inyestiga-
ton of the manner in which official trusts have
been discharged by The Federal and State Govern
ments, and a publication of all facts developed
thereby.
Resolved, That in the opinion of this convention
the nominations of the American party, for Pres-
dent and Vice President of the United States,
should be postponed TO period not later than tho
LIST of June.
Resolved, That this committee recommend to the
| convention, the appointment OF committee of
three whose duty shall be to prepare and publish
address to the people ~of Virginia. setting forth
the principles of the American party, in accord
| ance with tile principles of the PLATFORM and the
resolutions adopted by the convention at their pre-
sent session.
Messrs. WIN. NJ. Burwe, A j. Crane and Robert
Rdgway. on motion the President WAS added to
the committee)
Resolved, That in the Judgment of this conven-
ton, that all ceremonies of initiation into the Amer
lean party be discontinued and all obligations of
secrecy removed-that its meetings should be open
and public, and its proceedings conducted in ac
cordance with the usages of political bodies-and
we invite the cooperation of all good men who ap-
prove the principles and objects of the party.
were adopted without discussion save the last one
which was strongly opposed by Mr.. ID. j. Woodfin
of Buckingham, who contended that the party had
already yielded too much TO outside influence
Should the ban of secrecy be removed, the cry
would go forth that the order had changed into an
open wing organizations cry which had been
often sounded during the last canvass He said
that in the last election there were withdraw ais
until the party commenced yielding to outside in.
fuence, and relaxing their strict secrecy. Then it
was that theft anniversaries found out who were
members of the organization, and commenced
operating upon them. From that time Withdrawals
commenced
The resolution was supported by Messrs VIM NJ
Burwell, of Bedford; J. T. Anderson Botetourt; s. G.
Staples, of Patrick; w. r. Staples, of Montgomery;
and j. ID. Imboden, of Augusta. The principal ar
guments advanced were the utter uselessness of Sc
crecy and tho great efforts made by the democracy
in the last campaign to bring the order into dscred
on account OF It, The principles of the party had
not been attacked, and instead the enemy had
rdiculed and condemned the ceremonies, secrecy
&c, of the order
Mr. w. I. Suthern, OF Danve, offered the fol
lowing resolution Substitute for that of the
committee
Resolved, That this Convention recommend TO
the American party of Virginia an open thorough
s and complete organization each county in the
Mr. S. afterwards withdrew the resolution as an
amendment TO that OF the committee, and offered il
as a distinct resolution in which form il was
adopted
The vote was then taken on the committees
resolution, and y was adopted without dissenting
voice. sn #a
Mr.. lmbodea, of Augusta, offered the following
resolution. az af
Resolved, That this Convention recommend to the
American Party Of Virginia to hold Convention