The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-06-23
SAINT PAUL. MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, JUNE %, 1855
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 10. 1855
National Council of Know Nothin...

National Council of Know Nothings.
The National Council of the Know Nothin
party at Philadelphia. having concluded il
preliminaries of deciding who were and VIII
were not delegates, ON the first, second an,
third days of the session, the proceedings O
the fourth day open with business of NOR
public Importance, and Of a character whicI
requires more than passing notice at ou
hands. We have before US copies of the N
Y. Daily Tribune, containing the proceedings o
the fourth, fifth and sixth days-all interesting
We shall make free use of these repofts-frst
because they are more full and gotten up il
better shape than any others that have reached
us; and second, because the members of tht
Council themselves have been compelled to &C
knowledge in debate they are more accurate
than any that have gone forth. 5a
On the morning of Friday, jane Sth-the
fourth day-a committee of one from each
State was appointed to frame Platform >
The move came from the South. and Georgia
man was made chairman The election of gen.
eral officers for the ensuing year was also made
the order of this day for four o'clock P. NJ
The excitcmen between Northern and Southern
delegates increases ; but the North is getting
more back bone. Connecticut says the
Tribune reporter. I" is improving. This morn
ing's Tribune acted like a plaster to a weak
back. There is ali old Whig editor in Vermont
who does not act here as he would have his
readers believe he acted. lie votes against the
North very freely, and shows no disposition to
stand up with the rest of the true North for
what is just and right. - President
making is failure We hear more about it
press than here" ....
We make another extract farther down the
column
''There was good deal of lachrymose sor-
rowing because Massachusetts sent none of her
delegation to speak at the great American
banquet last evening. l suppose there are
two reasons for this: lst, none of them propose
leaving the Union, nor believe there is any
danger of its dissolution, and consequently
had no words to say on the point, and any other
sort oftaik would have been unacceptable I'd.
the members from Massachusetts have been
treated with such manifest disrespcct aud even
insult since they have been here, that decent
sel-respec demanded their absence from a
place where themselves and their State were
likely to be exposed TO renewed attack and
contumely. The very fact that most of these
assaults have been made when individuals
making them were in liquor was an addi-
tional reason why Massachusetts should stay
away on this occasion, for the highest perfec
tion Of the art If Union-saving embraces an
tarv efc,t t-r,, Of flo faot 81 Do
Some uneasiness was exhibited at the full
ness and accuracy of the reports in the Tribune;
but the reporter tells the members that if they
desire to stop the leak, they must adopt a
strict Z" Maine Law among themselves.
The election of officers took place in the after.
noon. per order. Barker, of New York, the
former presiding genius, was anxious for re +.
election. He was unable 10 attend the con-
vention at this interesting moment, but had
his address read by his next friend. It was
Hunkerish to the dregs; he fairly crawled to
the South he spit upon Higher Law and de
nounced Stewards election. The North now
got mad and paid him (Barker) off by defeat
ing his election. He would have got it but for
this He had the ultra Southern support all
through.
There were six ballots for President. On
the first ballot the number of votes cast was
I47:
Barker received sc; Racaud, of Md, 10 ;
Colby, ofN. H., % /; Gardner, 30; Bartlett, IA
Dannehower, of ILL.,, 2.
On the third ballot Gardner had 49, and on
the fourth 38.
On tie sixth ballot his friends united with
those of E. B. Bartlett, of Ky, giving the latter
"a and clecting him.
Barker had 90 on he last bal lot and Garder q
c. d. Freeman of Pennsylvania was chosen
Vice President, having II votes, to % for Ford
of Ohio. l6 for Sperry OF Conn.,, and u for
others. Corresponding Secretary, c. W. De-
shler of New jersey; Recording Secretary.
last years man over Booth of Conn. Chap
lain, the Rev. Henry W. Rugg of Mass, Uni
versa!ist; Treasurer, Henry Crane of Ohio.
FIFTH DAY-SATURDAY.-The proceedings
were of little Importance. The Catholic ques-
tion was rt-opencd and freely discussed on the
motion to admit to seats as delegates two men
from Louisiana, who claim to represent that
branch OF Know-Nothingism in that State which
Ives up to the Protestant test. They were
not regularly elected by State Council, but
were nevertheless admitted. The Alabama del
egation remain still IN ouched, though in vio-
lation of the position taken by the Council in
the Louisiana case. Mr.. Cary of Massachusetts
made a strong speech upon the Catholic ques-
tion, contending for the rigid exclusion OF all
Catholics from the Order. This was undoubt-
edly the feeling of the organization. Tie wri-
ter goes on to say:
'It is believed that Catholic spy has been
discovered in the Council in the person of one
of the members from an extreme southern
State. He is observed taking full notes of all
its proceedings, is exclusive in his devotion to
silence and inaction save when the Catholic
question is up, when he is quite on his taps;
has been seen going to the room of the Jesuit
Father Galand, who is stopping at one of the
principal hotels; and finally and conclusively
in the eyes of those who are watching him, be
was observed to make his dinner exclusively of
fish on Friday, There is good deal of burn
ing Indignation getting up in bigoted Protest
ant hearts on the subject. and threats of an
explosion in the Council over it are muttered
in various quarters. IT the Northern members
who are not dough-faces leave the Council for
its action on the Slavery question-as do not
see how they can help doing-they will issue
brief address to the nation. stating their prin-
ciples and calling for rally of all the oppo-
nents of the Administration upon 1t. Look out