The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-02-02
n. American Party.

We make the following extract from a
recent letter OF Col. Schoaler, editor Of the
Cincipnsti Gazette, to that paper, written
from Washine'on:--
As regards the Convention OF the Ameri-
can party, v hich 10 to assemble at Phladel-
phiae the cad OF next month. predic, that
i, wi8 never be able to unite, either upon
candidates or upon platform, and ! draw
nv conclusions from what is daily iranspi-
ring in Congress. What are here known
IS the "Nstional Americans and who vote
either upon candidates or platform, with
such men a. Campbell. Galloway, Spooner
or Ford. upon the question OF Slavery. and
its ex,easian Into ksns.s and Nebrssks,
They are as National as the Democrats
headed By Frank Pierce" II Was only
yesterday that they voted in body for Gov.
Smith. Of Virginia, for Speaker, who 10
bette, known. however. 10 the country by
the sotri9ser of Extra eilly,"a gentleman
" DO would not, for Any cause, vote for or
supper, Northers man who had spark
Of anti.slavery feeling 10 his nature. He
hss al, along voted for Mr.. Richardson for
Speaker, with the full force Of the admins
traiion party Do our American frienda 10
Ohio and other free States believe that q
union caa be formed Of such anisgsnistical
elements, l. they do, do not. The
Soui bern Americans will not yield one inch.
They will even demand stronger guarantees
for THE pre-eminence OF the peculiar institu-
ton Than are given in the twelfth section al
the Philadelphia platform, the adoption OF
which caused the delegates from Ohio, In
diana and other free Ststes to bolt.
The Convention Of ths American party
which assembled ia Cincinnati last fall.
adopted as an ultimatum for union between
themselves and their Southern brethren,
the restoration of the Missouri Compromise.
and that no slave State should be admitted
into the Union formed out of the territory
which the restriction in that bill covered.
That Convention has been denounced on
the fsor Of Congress by a representative
from Kentucky, as "Black Republican"
Convention, and that platform as "Black
Republicaa' platform. There is not man
elected ss a delegate TO the 23d of February
Convention from the State Of Ohio, who,
if be we're in Congress, would not be called
BY he Southern Americans a "Black Re-
publican" if he dared to act in accordance
with the uitimatum adopted last fall in Gin
cinnati. During the two months balioting
which we have witnessed 10 this Cone ress,
ia no ms lance have the Southern American
members voted for man who 10 oppos ed to
the Nebraska bin. and who fayoss the re.
enactment Of the Missouri reetriction.-
Even Colonel Marshall, OF the Louisville
district, who is not only the most able, bot
also the most liberal member of the South
ern division of the American party, in de-
bate some weeks ago denied that Mr.. Camp
bell, OF Ohio, was member OF the Ameri-
can party, and he was not because he did
not stand upon the twelfth section OF the
platform erected q, Philadelphia.
| state what | believe TO be facts, and
they have been forced upon me BY what
have seen in the several weeks have been
here. Before reaching Washington en-
tertsined hope that union Of the opposi-
ton party would by made, North and South,
upon conservative and yet liberal basis.
That hope has vanished. The South make
30 concessions, though they demand many.
They think they are liberal when they cast
their votes for such Northerh men as Mr.
Fuller and Mr. Richardson, and support
President from the North like Mr. Pierce,
but they can never be induced to vote for
such men a. Lewis D. Campbell, Mr.. N.
P. Banks, nor will they support Presiden-
lial candidate who entsrtans these senti-
mems.