Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-07
RescindinE the 12Ih ScctfOn-Guard
Against Misrepresentation.


On the 9th ult, the Union and Anucri-
can, speaking of the action Of the National
Council which met on the 18th and adj
journed on the 2lst., said
The North triumphed in the admission of
the anti-twelfth section delegates from Penn
sylvania, and in the resembling Of the tteLtth
section
The next day we corrected the latter
clause Of this statement, and proved con-
clusively that the Council did not ",escind
the t1Oslfh section" Notwithstanding this,
our neighbor renewed the charge again on
the 9Th inst, in the following manner
sin the National Council, Mr.. Brewster, OF
Massachusetts,, offered the following:
Whereas, the twelfth section of the National
platform, adopted in June last, was neither
proposed by the South, nor sanctioned by the
North; therefore he it
Resoy0ed, That the said section is hereby
stricken from the platform.
And thus the brethren voted: yeas 109
nays 81. The 18Th section IS stricken out, and
tie South is distOnOred by Kno10 NOttU,giSm. "
And yesterday, to fortify his position, he
republishes what purports to be the pro-
ceedings of the Council on the third day.
We have before US reports of the proceed
ingS in the Tribune and Herald substantial
ting our position that the 18th section 1Oas
not rescinded and proving the report in the
Union and american to be erroneous as
we will proceed to establish.
For instance-The Union and AmericGns
report commences with the above PROPOSE
ton Of Mr.. Brewster to rescind the 18th
section, and subsequently says the "vote
upon the adoption of Mr.. Brewster'S resolu-
ton" &c, &c. This would lead the read
er to believe that there was no other prop
osition before the Council bnt Mr. BrewS-
ter's and that the vote was taken upon its
adoption, and that, having been adopted,
the 18th section was rescinded. This is
very far from being the truth 1t is a mis-
representation, unintentional no doubt; and
we trust our neighbor will take pleasure in
correcting it. The facts of the case are
briefly as follows:
On the third day Goth Feb. Mr.. Chaun-
cey Burr of New York, moved the appoint
ment ola committee of one from each State,
to report business for the Council
The Union and american omits this alto
gether.
Mr.. Brewster, of Massachusetts,, thereupon
submitted the following proposition as a sub
stitute for Mr.. Burr's:
Whereas, The twelfth section of the plat
form adopted by the National Council in June,
1855, was neither proposed by the South nor
sanctioned by the North, therefore said section
is hereby stricken out.
Mr.. Ely, of Massachusetts, proposed to add
and Mr.. Brewster accept ed, the words:
That as regards the support of slavery, we
abide by the principles and provisions of the
Constitution Of the United States, yielding no
more, and claiming no less"
The vote was then taken on the motion
to substitute the Brewster-Ely proposition
for the proposition of Mr. Burr, and it
carred-yeas l04, nays 65, according to
the " y Tribune, which the Union and
american gives. BY the way, if our neigh
Dor had thai report before him, we don't
know how he can acquit himself of willful
Misrepresentation. ThiSwas the only vote
taken upon the BrewSter-Ely resolution to
rescind, and the effect of it was MT TO re-
soind the l2h secti0n, Jut TO put the re5olutioa
to rsseiud befcrc the Council in place Of the
proposition 10 RAISE a general Committee Of
one from each State to report business AZ
ter doing this, the Council adjourned. The
next morning the BrewSter-Ely proposition
to reScnd came up in order, and the rote
substituting II for Mr.. Burr's proposition,
icas rcconsiderei By a rOte Of yeas 81, nays
ST. This placed both propositions again
before the Council, and then, on motion of
Mr. Danenhower, the resembling resolution
lCds laid on the table, This resembling reso-
luton was not heard of any more, and none
other was considered These facts estab-
lish our statement that the Council did not
rescind the 18th section We hope our
American friends will lay them away for
future use. We have filed the Herald and
Tribune from which we gather them, and
any one who desires it can have access to
them.