New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-23
THE AMERICAN PARTY IN NATIONAL
CONVENTION
From Our Special Reporter.

From Our Speclei Reporter
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, Feb. %, 1856.
The National Nominating Convention met in Ma
tiopsl Hall, Market street. at 10 o'clock. The report.
ems were freely admitted to the floor and outsiders
generally to the gallery. Psrson Brownlow of Tenne-
see called the meeting to order and invited Isaac Ha-
zehurst of Philadelpha to the post of temporary
President. L. H. Webster of Iowa, Samuel Law of
Eew.York, Dr. II. b. Brown of Pennsylvania, and S.
P. Bankhead of Tennessee, were appointed Vice
Presidents.
After a grand row, riot and rumpus about the order
obusness, call Of the States was made, and the ere
dentials of the members presented. The following
Committee of one from each State was appointed 10
examine and report upon the credentials w. Emery,
New-Hampshire; James NJ. Keith, Massachusetts,;
James T.. Durham, Connecticut; f. II. Grandine,
Eew-Jersey; L. G. Nightingale Rhode Island; Isaac
Burrows, New York; W. b. Allison, Ohio; s. Mere
dith, Indiana; w. s. Wood Michigan j. NJ. Allen,
Illinois; S. NJ Kimhelton, Virginia. John Lockwood,
Wisconsin; W. S. Brownlow, Tennessee A. II. Ken
nedy. MARYLAND; Thomas Todd Kentucky; w. B.
Tower, Texas; II. NJ. Wood California; G.. b. Norris,
Delaware; Lemuel Todd, Pennsylvania; 7. A Baker,
North Carolina; A. X. Call, Florida; Percy Walker,
Alabama; w. A. Lake, Mississippi, b. I. Edwards,
Missouri.
There was great deal of quarreing over the con-
stitution Of this Committee growing out OF contested
yeats and personal rivares 1t took half an hour OF
noise and confusion TO settle who should 60 On from
Pennsylvania. The Illinois men also got into funny
mbroglo 1t seems that there are but three regular
delegates from that State, but that Mr. Dannehower,
one Of them, and the mover OF the squatter Sow
ereignty Platform yesterday, finding himself in the
minority, manufactured two more delegates IN tins
CITY. and undertook to crowd them on the COnven-
Iopfio ls
The other genuine delegates spotted the game and ex-
posed it 10 the Convention to the great amusement OF
the spectators and the confusion of the parties in the
fraud.
The following Committee was appointed to report
permanent organization. II was selected one rom
each State by the delegates from that State;
Anthony Colby, New-Hampshire; A. b. Ely, Mas
sachusetts; l.. s. Peck, Connecticut J. w. Allen,
New-Jersey; Oliver Chase, Rhode Island; Joseph ;.
Taylor, New-York; W. b. Chapman, ONO A; NJ
Phelps, Indiana; w. b. Wood, Michigani John Dur
ham, illinois; A. II. Boteler, Virginia; \. g. Gnhes
Wisconsin, Charles Ready, Tennessee; {; Pnckney
Maryland; +. u. Thompson, Kentucky j. NJ; Ealn
Louisiana; s. Ill. Branks, California; james Burney
Delaware; j. w. Kiinger, Pennsylvania Robert G.
Ewing, Missouri; Joseph H. Bradley District Of Co.
iumbia; +. A. Crudup, North Carolina.
Arkansas, Texas, Maine, Florida, Alabama and
Mississippi were not represented on the floor, and ap
pear to be without delegates here at all.
1t was now o'clock. The whole morning had been
wasted, and an adjournment TO 81 p M was then
carried
In the Committee on Organization, there was note
worthy division the selection for President. lhe
NewYork and new platform men put forward Erastus
Brooks of New-York the North Americans Ephra'm
Marsh of New. jersey, and the South Americans An
drew Jackson Donaldson of Tennessee After some
debate the last two parties united in favor OF Judge
mpHnr fOsAl e
cidedly with the North.
OF the yice-Presidents, Austin Baldwin is for Con-
necticut, Andrew A. Richmond for Massachusetts,
James n. Emery for New.Hampshire, and Thomas
SpoOner for Ohio.
There is clearly storm brewing for the evening
Session. Attempts will be made both from the North
and the South, to make platform or alter the
one adopted yesterday. Many Of the Southern dele
gates to the Convention greatly dissatisfied with
the results of the Council aud refuse to stand upon
them. They demand the restoration of the Twelfth
Section or something akin to it. The North equally
earnest TO reopen the matter Mr. Perkins OF Norwich,
Conn. who made striking and effective debut in the
Council Yesterday, commanding opportunity TO speak
and speaking as no Northern man had yet spoken, on
the question in ISSUE and in such manner a. thoroughly
to silence the opposition viii probably present the
Northern demand, which is substantially the minority
resolution Of June demanding freedom to the terrific
mes 70 which it was guaranteed by the Missouri Com
promise
As TO the nomination, all is afoat. The pro6abihty
Is the whole thing will be postponed but the Law
men are making dead push. The friends OF the new
Platform mostly for nomination now; but ooIn
The North and South Americans are opposed to 1t.
fsD Our Special RspO aSS i'''s''f~'
PHILADELPmA, Friday, Feb. 90, 1856
'haos reigns this morning. The Northern caucus
seed to go into the Nominating Convention and seek
'e postPoDement of a nomination; then denying the
'Sn' Of The Council TO make platform, will propose