Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-07-14
The PHILADELPHIA Abortion.

ton. The Convention assembled for the
purpose Of proving the nationality of Know
NotAingism. The charge had been grave
ly made here and elsewhere, by dema-
gogues and trickstrrs that the two old
parties had been a5ol;tionized, and were
powerless TO accomplish any national OBJ
ject. CAS- far as the charge referred to the
Democratic party, it was false.) Hence
the necessity of a national organiza ton,
such as was claimed for the Know Moth
ings. Common eense taught the promul.
gators Of this statement, that some nation
al demonstration to prove the verify OF
their assertion, was necessary. The mas
es Of their own council would distfust the
justice of the claim without il. Thence
sprung the Philadelphia Convention. Its
object was to disprove the charge Of abo-
litionism brought by the Southern Demo-
cratic press against the order, North. II
was presumed that platform would be
adopted which would be alike acceptable
10 the South and tn. North. The effort
was made, and notwithstanding the in.
deiniteness and want Of directness, in
some OF the important re solutions, and the
evident purpose to thus pander to Northern
sentiment upon the Missouri Compromise,
the attempt proved failure. A numeric.
al majority Of the Convention carried the
platform which made a sickIy pretenson
10 nationality, but the real, substantial
strength Of the representation repudiated
It, and spit upon it. The strength of the
order, IN the States and Territories which
voted for tile platform, was 677.9I1. Its
strength in the States and Territories
which seeded from the Convention, and
repudiated its action, was 697 366-mak-
ing clear majority tor the secessionists Of
1886. Here is presented the singular
spectacle Of substantial minority ruling
the majori.y-a spectacle of the minority
ola Convention adopting platform over
the heads Of majority, and claiming that
the minority has the better right to rep
resept the order :han the majority. This
was novel procedure, and strikes us, and
must strike the intelligent reader, that it
is the most lmprudent assumption Of pow
er, ever registered in political annals
Notwithstanding these facts, the claim is
earnestly set Up for the nationality Of
Know Notllingism. When the Southern
delegates are asked for the evidence Of
their nationality, they point to the plat
form adopted by minority of a national
Convention. When the Northern dele
gates are asked for touchstone of their
faith, they point TO the report Of the Sc
ce.sionists ofthe convention, which direct
" conflicts with the one assumed to have
been adop'ed by the Convention. They
point you to Wilson, Gardner, Bullingame,
Hale, Bell, Ell i'd omne genus, as the taith-
full and truthful opponents of their princi-
PIES and spread upon their banners as
the motto of their party, and the objects
which lure them onward-"No more
slave Slaies-no more slave Territory
an ant-slavery Constitution, an anti.slave-
~ Bible and an anti-slavery God I" Such
is the nationality Of Know Nottingham
and such the competitor for the reins OF
Government, Of the great national Demo-
cratic party! The pretension is an insult
to the intelligence and patriotism Of the
South.