The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-06-13
Know Nothing National Conyention.

THIS convention assembled for the purpos
of nationalizing the Know Nothing party, al
! now in session in Philadelphia. The counc
} met on the morning of the 9Th inst. Up to tn
present time they have done little else tha
dispute about the admission of delegates tn
south endeavoring to shut out portion of til
northern members, and rice uersa. The fol
lowing is taken from report in the New Yor]
Tribune:
! Ono was kept out until near 12 o.
clock, but then rather grudgingly let in
The objection in her case was that thir
teen delegates were elected, though bu
seven (the rightful number) were here
But the most important case decided wa
that OF the Mississippi delegation, wht
were letin by vote of 80 to 80 although
they are the representatives ofan altogeth
er bastard organization. There is no reg
ular branch of the K. Ms there. The,
were put through the third degree afte1
reaching Philadelphia, in order to sweeter
the admission which their pro-slayer,
friends were determined upon, but hav,
not yet taken either the first or seconc
degr ees.
The Louisiana case remains undisposed
of, but is next in order. Alabama occu.
pies similar position, but her delegation
is in under protest or explanation. In
those States the organization has disre.
garded the Protestant test laid down in
the Constitution of the Order. This Con.
stitution expressly declares that nobod,
sAa1 be a member Of the party ,cho is no,
q protestant Another provision as ex-
! nlressiy ! states chief object of its forma-
ton to be the countsraction of the influ.
ence of the Catholic Church. Yet in two
States named, the State Councils have
"split nnonn and crushed out" these
provisions. In Louisiana a great pro,.,yr.
tion of the Organization is Catholics, and
one of the ablest of the able delegates
from that State to this National Council
is himself Catholic, and openly avows
1T. There will be an earnest effort to ad.
NIT them, nevertheless; and though the
committee on credentials has unanimously
reported against it, tits possible the vote
this afternoon will carry it.
This vote, if given in the case. of Lou
isiana, or practically the same, by the con-
tinued retention of the Alabama deler.,-
ton, will strip the mask from the Order,
and exhibit it to the world as only anoth-
er contrivance to help on the war of slave
ry against freedom. Whatever its name.
whatever its pretended objects, the real
purposes of those who control its ma
chinery and direct its ends are to make it
an efficient ally Of slavery, or as they call
it here, to save the Union.
As yet the Council does not number
more than $50 members, and the vacan-
cies are mostly from the North and West.
Two-thirds of the whole are the merest
nobodies in character, position and tai
ents-weak tools of political gamblers
and slavery propagandists. The free
States have not more than 80 or 40 faith
fnl representatives. While this is the
state of things at the North, the District
of Columbia is here as distinct State,
with her seven delegates This makes
the slave and free States nominally equal,
16 each
AFTERNOON SESSION.
No progress has been made in the coun-
Gil this afternoon. The question of ad-
mitting the Louisiana delegation who are
part Catholics, was up. But the boiling.
blood of Virginia which has been seeking
vent all the week against Massachusetts
and Senator Wilson could hold in no long
Grand Mr.. Boiling, of that State, opened
upon them in long and abusive TRADE.
The whole afternoon session was thus de-
voted to free talk on slavery. President
Barker refused to entertain point of or !
der, but throwed the gates wide OPEN
The tide poured in a torrent for near three
hours. The Union went all to smash sey-
eral times. But Albert Pike and others
gathered up the fragments for use to-mor-
row, when the ball is to be re-opened
The convention had not organized up
% the adjournment this afternoon. The
session thus far has been merely prelim-
nary.
The convention will probably organize
tomorrow if it does not succeed in doing
10 at the session this evening.
The Tribune has the following reports
# Thursday mornings proceedings:
The Louisiana delegation were exclud-
d this morning by vote of 78 to44-
All the votes in their favor were from the
south. The North and West and part
+ the South went against them. No
aoyemMt has yet been made to disturb
ne Alabama delegation, who stand upon
ne same position with that of Louisiana
throwing out the protestant test.
Sad Meeting.
A seaman of the feet before Sebasto-
ol, whose family live at Polpero, Corn B
all, (England) was ordered on shore for
le, purpose of assisting in burying the t
ain who fell in late attack of the Rus
ans on the British batteries at Sebasto- h
ol, and almost the first person he met I
ith on landing was one of his brothers, /
whose presence in the fleet he was not t
efore informed, and who had been severe t
wounded in q late engagement. From h