The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-06-23

the Methodist Episcopal Church North.and thu
iswhat they call at the South "a Kentucky All
olitionist.' The Affections of the Southerner
have been very intense for several days, bu
this annoys them more than anything else, AM
they swear that the election of Bartlett was !.
ID Massachusetts trick M
1.-The defeat of Barker was also decide,
overthrow of the George Law party, which ha
been rampant all the week until this event."
The proceedings of portion of this day wer,
characterized by good deal of disorder crea
ted BY members particularly Southerners) who
had freely INDUCED at dinner
SIXTH DAY-MoNDAf.-The meeting this morn
ing amused itself with expressing a great deal
of Indignation and wonderment over the re-
ports of the Council in the Tribune. Extracts
from its correspondence were read and a varie
ty OF measures suggested for discovering the
leak. Brother Barker of New York, proposed
swearing each member TO see if he had told
any of the secrets of the Order. Gen. Wilson
suggested if members would drink less liuuo,
and talk less freely and loudly in public places
they would have less cause for complaint on
this score The Tribune man further advises
the members that they should be certain that
gentlemen whom they talk with are really
members Of the Convention before they let
on" to them what has been DONE He is GLAD.
however, of the testimony which several gen
tlemen gave in The Council TO the faithfulness
Of his reports.
The committee on Platform reported in the
afternoon. As was expected, majority and mi
nority reports were submitted. The following
are the reports and proceedings:
Resolued, That the American party. having
arisen upon the ruins, and in spite of the oppo-
sltion of the Whig and Democratic parties,
cannot bc held in any manner responsible for
the obnoxious acts or violated pledges of Ell
ther; that the systematic agitation of the
Slavery question by those parties, has elevated
sectional hostility into positive element OF
political power, and brought our institutions
into peril. 1t has therefore become the imper-
ative duty of the American party to interpose
for the purpose Of giving peace to the country
and perpetuity to the Union. That as expert
encc has shown it is impossible to reconcile
opinions soeXtreme as those which separate
the disputants, and as there can be no dishonor
in submitting to the laws, the National Conn
Gil has deemed it the best guarantee of common
lstce and OF future peace to abide by and
maintain existing laws upon the subject of
Slavery as a final and conclusive settlement of
thai subject in spirit and in substance
ResolUed. That regarding it tae highest duty
TO avow these opinions upon subject so i'm
portant, in distinct and uncuuivocal terms. it
is hereby declared as the sense of this National
Council, that Congress possesses no power un-
der the Constitution to legislate upon the sub
Ject OF Slavery in the States, or to exclude anv
Stale from admission into the Union because
her Constitution does or does not recognize the
Institution of Slavery as E, part of her social
system; and expressly pretermitting any ex-
preston of opinion upon the power of Con gress
to establish or prohibit Slavery in any Terri
tory. 1t is the sense of this National Council
that Congress ought not to legislate upon The
subject of Slavery within the Territories of The
United States. and that any interference of
Congress with Slavery as it exists in the Dis
trIct OF Columbia, would be a violation of the
spirit and intention of the compact by which
the State of haryland ceded the District to the
United States, and breach of the National
Faith.
The above, comprising the majority report,
having been read, a minority report was sub
mitted. which was signed by the following
members of the Committee William F. John
ston, Pennsylvania; A. D. Sperry. Connecticut;
Thomas II. Ford. Ohio; Anthony Colby, New
Hampshire; John S. Sayward, Maine; John W.
Foster, Massachusetts,; Nathaniel Green, Rhode
Island; Joseph II. Barrett Vermont; Schuyler
Colfax. Indiana; D. E. Wood, Wisconsin; j.
Cogslall. Michigan; VIM. J. Phelps. ILL.,; twelve
in all; also by Richard Clement, Delaware.
and c. d. Deshler, New Jersey, as to first
clause. New York alone of the Free States
went for the majority report. Iowa was not
represented. Minnesota Territory went with
New York, as also the District Of Columbia
and these with the united South carried the
majority report in Committee.
In the Council, Mr.. Mallory If New York.
thought 10 discus sion was needed. He asked
nsultingly''if any man there would not succumb
to the will of the majority. Gov. Gardner Of
Mass, took up the gauntlet aud declared that
neither he nor his State. nor majority of the
'ree States would abide by the Resolutions first
reported. The party could not carry village
in Massachusetts upon them. He charged the
New York Delegation with descrting the
North, and OF even going so far in doughface-
ism as to complain to the South that they were
too much to the North.
Gov. Gardner made bold, earnest speech
against the resolutions of the ma
ority. The resolutions of the majority will
pass.
The minority resolution is as follows:
Resoired. That the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise was an infraction of the plighted
aith of the Nation. and that it should be re-
stored, and if efforts to that end shall fail, Con-
yress should refuse to admit any State toler-
ating slavery which shall he formed out
ot any portion of the Territory from which that
Institution was excluded by that Compromise
AT later hour in the evening, the reporter
writes that the Council was still in session. "a
discussion is going on, on resolutions other than
hose relating to slavery. These are unobiec-
.ionable, and meet no very serious opposition.
Slavery will be up again and more directly to-
morrow A great debate is expected. The
South show indications of wavering. They
never found the North SO determined BEFORE"
The Know Nothings were akihg great pre-
fsopc for