The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-12-06

patriotism, to meet US upon this broad platform
and with US labor to secure their ascendency il
our State and Federal Governments, that We
may hasten on the day when our beloved coun
| try shall stand forth to the world, a model Re
| public for freedom, rirtue, intelligence, anG
| PATRIOTISM
"l2. Resolred, That the several Editors in
this State are respectfully requested to publish
the above resolutions"
The Green Mountain Freeman, which used
to be Free Soil paper, but now evidently
prefers Know Nothingism to Republicanism
is delighted. ave publish" it says, "the
Anti-Slavery American resolutions of large
and harmonious meeting of the members Of
the Legislature, to the number of about one
hundred, which was held at the State House
on one of the last days of the session, that al
may judge for themselves how much the friends
of Freedom may have to hope for or to feal
from the action of that party in this State"
Next comes the Cincinnati Convention Of
November 2lst, representing the Know Moth
| ings Of the North, with the exception of New
| York, where, the Order being already nation
| allied, no inclined plane is required to let it
not here reprint the report of its doings, pub
lished in the Era last week. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Ford, elected by the Republicans of
| Ohio, presided, and made a national +"
speech. That must be remembered. Ex-Gov-
ernor Johnston, the famous Anti-Slavery Know
Nothing from Pennsylvania, made a "nation-
al" speech. Let that be remembered. The
liberal, AntiSlavery platform of MIR. Spooner,
of the Ohio Know Nothings, was rejected, only
eleven names being recorded in its favor out
of lO4. Let that be remembered. As the
Convention had been called by those members
of the Philadelphia Convention who would not
acquiesce in the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise, and as the call had specified opposi-
ton to this repeal as one reason for assem-
bling the delegates could do no less than adopt
the following declaration:
"That the repeal of the Missouri Compro-
mise was an infractiOn of the plighted faith of
the nation, and that it should be restored; and,
if efforts to that end should fail, Congress
should refuse to admit into the Union any
State tolerating Slavery, which shall be form
ed out of any portion of the territory from
which that institution was excluded by that
Compromise"
Well, this is mere declaration will they
stand by it? They do not say so. They sim
ply recommend to the National Council, to be
held at Philadelphia, its adoption, in place of
the 18th section. But they do not insist upon ii,
declare Mata is an ultimatum, or intimate that
they or their constituents sciU refuse to act pith
the National Council, should 1t decline to .follow
tile recommendation. On the contrary, they
evidently proceed on the assumption that the
National Council is to be and will be recog.
missed; for they adopted another resolution,
recommending that Council |" to abolish all but
one degree, and to require the word of honor
instead of the obligation now required by the
Order" TO demonstrate the determination of
their constituents in the free States, to main
tain their Order, to refrain from the policy of
fusion with Republicans, and to hold them
selves in a position where they can act for a
Know Nothing Presidential nomination, they
resolved further-and this was the great work
OF the Convention
"That this Contention protest against Goa
postponemem or abandonment Of american
principles, or the disorganization Of tile Ameri-
can party"
Mark, this is the position of the men who
seeded from the Philadelphia Convention, on
account Of hostility to the 18th section of the
PLATFORM We recollect with what honor they
were received at home. Even those who op-
posed the Order were loud in their praises of
the integrity and constancy of these seeding
delegates. But how many Of them have full
filled the expectation their conduct then au-
thorized? Henry Wilson can count them on
his fingers. The rest have held their Cincin-
natl Convention, and behold the "result!
We have looked over the whole political
field, and ascertained the positions and relations
of the three Parties. We now appeal to the
AntiSlavery adherents Of the Know Nothing
Order. Do you expect that the electoral vote
Of single slave State will be given to Presi-
Dental candidate, not known to be opposed to
the prohibition Of Slavery in Federal Territory.
to the restoration of the Anti-Slavery clause of
the Missouri Compromise, and to all agitation
with view to secure either object? Do Won
not know that, on this whole question of Slave
ry, the slaveholding States will be a unit? Do
you not believe that the object they unitedIy
oppose, is of paramount Importance? Can it
be secured, except by a union of the masses Of
the free States, acting together for its accom-.
plishment2 Do you not know that. thus acting
they could elect President, openly and hon
estly committed to the Principle and Policy Of
Slavery Prohibition in all Federal Territory
To effect such union, is it not plain that
there must be one organization, one set of nomi
nations, a common mode of operations
Say, then, what organization shall this pe
Your National Know Nothing organization pro
poses to save the Union, to maintain all exist
ing arrangements in regard to Slavery, to put
! down agitation respecting it, and put in the
Presidential chair, man pledged to this poll
cy. Your seeding know Kothings propose tc
act with the National Know Nothines. but tc
| recommend to them the adoption of the polio,
| of restoring the Missouri Compromise. You
organization in New York, and to a great ex
tent in Pennsylvania, accepts the Philadephis
Pro-Slavery platform; and in Connecticut
| while assuming Anti-Slavery ground, proposes
| to act with the Nationals. Suppose you coulc
organize Northern Know Nothing Party OF
| the nti-Slavery, Native American basis, yor
could not carry New York and Pennsylvania
against the National Know Nothings and OLE
| Line Democracy, too. But, you know that you
cannot organize an efficient Party on that two
| fold basis.
In few States, you have effected com