Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-02-26
AMERICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

AMERICAS NATIONAL CONVENTION
We published yesterday the new platform Of the
Kuow.Nothiu= American party, adopted by the Coun.
I'll. in PHILADELPHIA, on Thursday last. Tho following
i. the official vote on it's adoption:
Ne,5 Ham neutrality-suspicious. Colby aud Emery.
Observation-Disclosures -Messrs. Ely, Keith, Brcws-
ter, Robinson and Arnold: Nays -Messrs. Richmond,
Wheelwright, Temple, lhur=ton, Sumner -Alien' Sc
win uad Hawkes..
Booth. uoiley and Perkins.
RAo1c lsh1aa-Yees-Messrg. Walker, Oakley.
Moran. Woodward, Reynolds. Chester, Owens, Sal-
ders, Winston. Nichols, Van Dunscn, Westbrook'
Parsons, Picket, Campbell, Lowell, %Snmmon'. Cakes,
Seymour, Squire, Cooper, Burr, Bennett, Maryine,
Midd!er, Stephens, johnson, Wet'norc' hanmond ana
5. .vm,ur. Say-Mr. Barker.
Observation-Disclosures Clement and Smi;hers.
MrryL,ad-Ycu--Messrs. Codet, Ale9andcr' WIN
chester, Stephens and WI!mn;. Nays-Messrs. Pur-
neil, Ricaud, P.nkuey and Kramer. "
V.g;nia- Nsys-Mpssr.. Boiling, McHugh, Gosh.
ran, B,,e!cr. Preston aud Maap'n.
ForidG-Yca-Mr. Coil.
Nsw Jcr.y-Yess-Mesars. DcSher, Weeks, Lyon
I" Observation-Disclosures Freeman, Ncnclede,
Go.,ler, smith, Gllinham, Hammond, Wood, Clifford,
pyle, Far:and and Williamson. Nays.McssT': john
son. Sewell, Jones, Parker, Heistand. ha.e, k'ntaId,
Coffee, Carlisle. Crovode, Edie and Power.
Observation-Disclosures Lathrop and Eintn.-
Snys-Mcss:s llarlnan and Hardy.
CIhtsrna-Yeas-M essrs Wood and STANLEY.
:arksu,as-Yea-Mr Logan. Nay-Mr Fowler: :,
3;mats.e-Yeus-Mess Brownlow, Bankhead, Zol'
,icn,r|r, Rur,on, Campbell, Donaldson, Harris, Bill.
bow and Baloat. Nays-Messrs Nelson, Reedy AND
Picket. -.
phucl, Told, Clay. Goodloa aud bartlett. EaEs-
Mu.srs Shauklin, Jones, Carpenter, Gist and Under
OSio-Yeas-Messrs White, Nash, simp5on and
Limit. Nays-Mrssrs. Gabriel, ODDS, Ford, Barker
pnu,tter, stauGauyh, Rogers, Spoone-, Hodges, kyl"
-. u,,;,,,t Aliaor Fishhlck. Thomas, COY"lD
Chapman, hyrcs and Johnson ~
IaIiana -YoG--Messrs Sheets and Phelps. Nay
Mr.. Meredith. - r, .n;
Hockaday. Nay-MT Breckenridge.
Meawau-Yea-Mr Wood.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Lockwood. Cock, Chand
lc. and Gil!ies. -r.-
Evans.
/, Observation-Disclosures Daaenhower and Allon.-
, Nays-Nes,rs Jennings and Geas.
Io~a-Naya-Me-trs Webster and Thoripgson.
Yeas l0S. Nays y.
On Friday, the committee on permanent orgsniya
tioa reported the following natnes a. the othcors %
lected
. Vice Prs,ideats-J w Emory. y H: A A Rich
. ,nord, Macs; Austin Baldwin, Conn; J X Weeks, J
J; J c Knight, Il !; Erastus Brooks, y VI Thoma
8 SPooner, OHIO; J W She's La W DanenhGwet
ncdy, MIDI Thos ii Clay, Ky; Geo Eastus, Ii; K y
Wood, Col; J T Norris, Deli G w BELL. Mo; J l
c HouShtou, y L; Andrew Stewart, Pa Col Logan
e Arb; George Calf, F!oridai Percy Walker, Ala Vi
Lake, Miss.
.S~sc,,arns-J L G,.le:. Pa Philip Thompson
Ky; VI Dickehari, Nd; ifr Dankhead, Tenn J
Dunhan, Cocu.
= The report was adopted durhpg the evening sessio!
= mucn time having been spout meanwhile IN discus
q sion, sererai Sen:!euea named i'll the report askin
i. tina, their names might be stricken fron tho list OF O
icers.
Tie Committee on Credentials submitted two RI
Q por,s SITTER much delay, occasioned by the fact th'
!. thers were two sets Of claimants for the seats Of ID
Pennsylvania deleS stion-namely. tho Edis and th
. Hun.ecker delegates. Tho majority report fsve.e
X the fJrmer. The minority report in favor OF ID
o Hunseckcr delegates, was signed by II members 9
!. the committee, all from the South. After some an
cussion, tho iainority report was read BY one VI 10
Y siguers, J. d. Imbodeu Of Virginia. IL takes N
Z ground that the Eide party had rejected the nat'ont
platform, and could not be considered within the pal
Of the ne.ioaal purity.
y a debate ensued. Of an exciting character, upo,
, the question Of tee Pennsylvania delegation, untl
s finally, a motion to accept the report OF the majority
, except that part which referred TO LOUISIANA, wa
adop:cd-yea s., noes IS.
This result occasioned the widest s2oi:eEsu
among tho Southern members.
! ar. Rickslt OF Isuuessee denounced The oeGrs