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that institution. We therefore can never con-
sent 70 become absorbed BY party which pro- :
fesses to have only that one object, and which 1
repudiates in one locality, and ignores in an
other. the principles Of the American party.
We continue to maintain the opinion that the |
resturaliOu Of the Missouri Compromise would
be a proper yindicat;OE Of national faith, and
not Inconsistent with he rights Of either Sec
ton, North or South and il that issue is now
impractsable. il has been made so by the
lreacbsrous desertiOn Of the pretended deVO-
tees Of freedom.
We cannot sanction the course Of that por-
lion Of our delegates who seeded from the a.
merican National Convention, nor can We be-
com parties to the constructing of q merely
sectional organisation, and therefore recon-
mend TO the members Of the American Order
that they preserve it in its full integrity andits
entire nationality, and support the nomination
Of Millard Fillmore for President and Andrew
Jackson DOnslson for Vice President Of the u
nited States. E.P. NORTON.
f.. DAN MCFARLAND.
These reports we're ordered to be printed and
action on them was deferred until the evening.
We can have no knowledge Of the debate or
course Of proceeding, as the body sat with clo-
sed doors. That the debate was pointed we
have right to infer from the nature Of the sub
isct and from the TACT that the final vote was
not taken unll after teno'clock. We learn Oh
the street the majority report was adopted by
vote Of 1874 10 46 ! Whereupon the minori-
ily to the number Of some forty Of the forty
six. bOlted tAe Convention and proceeded forth
with to ths Gity-Hall where they were joined
BY few outsiders aud south-siders, determin-
ed 10 'save the Union" once morel How it
was done, we have not have not had the curl
osity to enquire.
The Friends Of Freedom, after the retire
, ment Of the pro-slavery squad, had a good
time generally, and after adopting the resolu-
tons which follow, and listening to several pat.
riotic speeches which we have heard
that Of Mr.. Gibson highly spoken of-thev
adjourned.
After the secsders had retired the Hon. Mr..
GrisWold offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That in refusing to adopt the plat
form and support the nominations made in
( Philadelphia, we do not propose the abandon
ment of our organ n'zatiOn or its principles, but
that we withhold our appreciation and our sup
port from both, because We believe that invAe
present crisis in the affairs Of the Nation, and
in th ePresent great, and, as we hope final Strug
gle between freedom and slavery, between con-
1 stitutonal liberty, and civil and ecclesiastica
deSpotism, we would be false to the principles
we profess and 10 the claims Of humanity upon
: us, II, either by supporting candidates whose
principles kaown to be whOly antagonistc to
ours, or by pursuing such a course as will
: weaken, divorce and distract the friends offree.
!: dom, Of progress and Of true American prin'
s ciples, we should aid in perpetuating the pres
o ent weak and corrupt administration, or in
bringing into existence another, inaugurated
upon the same principles and pledged to carry
t out the same policy.
: Mr.. Griswold, Mr.. Ford and Mr.. Spooner
, spoke in favor of the resolution, which was
Q unanimously adopted.
b Hon. D. Heston offered the following reso.
t luton:
Resolved, That the withdrawal OF those mem
= bsrs mainly from Hamilton county, who could
, not acquiesce in the will Of the majority on
| this occasion, does not in the least diminish
our confidence in the correctness of our posi-
} ton, and from now hence forth, as true Amer
leans, we will battle the strongest for the prin'
cipls and the motto, "Au eternal separation
from Slavery and POpery.""
: Unanimously adopted.
; Mr.. McBratney, Of Xenia, proposed the
following resolution which was adopted by &C"
clamatioh:
Resolved, That we hereby declare our readi
! ness to cooperate with any political party
pledged to sustain those great principles Of free
= dom which underlie our political institutions
d and to restore to the North those rights o.
: which she was unjuslly deprived by the repea
Of the Missouri Compromise of 1920, and to re
sist all other encroachmeR.s Of Slavery upor
= Freedom.
An incident occurred during the evening
q which deserves passing notice. When th'
boilers got into the street the boys raised
: shout, which reaching the ears Of the Slav
: Democracy who had assembled at the Ameri
4 can waiting the result, the exclamation escap
4 ed them-"Therel Fillmore's nominatedP'
o The seeding members we're nearly all frOu
9 Cincinnati or Hamilton county. They wer
..nJ ,wa .understand hv three from Hi1hanl