The true Democrat., 1856-03-18
From the Philadelphia Gazette American National Convention.

The American national convention re-as- sembled at Sansom-street hall on Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock, pursuant to adjourn ment the president Ephraim Marsh, esq, in the chair.
 The chair stated that this was nominating convention, and that it had not met to discuss the distracting questions of the day. The time for such discussion had gone by. Ap- pauSe.
 Mir. 0. E. Small, of Pennsylvania, offered the following:
 Resolvei That we, repudiate all platforms adopted by the natiotal council.
 Res0lUel That this convention put forth as a simple platform of the American party, the bible and the constitution-and upon that rear the following five points of fellowship:
 1. American institutions should be controlled only by American men.
 ?. American labor should be protected from foreign competition.
 g. American resources should be protected by every legal means.
 4. American compromises, made in good faith, should be observed, in spirit at least as guaranty of American integrity and loyalty.
 5 American citizens abroad should be pro- tected in their righ,s of conscience, of religious worship, and honorable burial
 The chair said he had already stated that the object of the meeting was to make mo- mination, and not to discuss distracting ques- tions
 Various motions were made, some of which were entertained by the president, and he be. came so bewildered that it was impossible to un- derstand the position of affairs.
 Decisions were made and unmade and ap- peals from them were taken. The chair finally declared that the resolutions of Mir. Small were in order.
 Gov Call of Florida, had the floor accorded him for the purpose of speaking on the resolu- tions He spoke of the lowering aspect of af- fairs. He proclaimed himself Union man, and referred to the repeal of the June platform, and to the haste with which new set of prin- ciples had been adopted He was anxious for a reconciliation between the two sections of the country as any man present. Virginia and the south only asked to be appealed to in the spirit that prompted Massachusetts in the days of the revolution, and, his word for it, the south would respond in the same cordial spirit. He con- tended that the north was stabbing at the best interests of the south and destroying its very vitality. Cries of "No" "that's not so! "]
 Gov Call said he had spoken but the simple truth. He found that there were two Amerl- can parties in the convention, and between them there was an insurmountable barrier. The two wings oi the party were in opposition to each other; the speech of Gov. Johnston, of Penn sylvanla, last night, had satisfied him of it. lie had understood that gentleman to say that |" If to insist upon the Missouri compromise line constituted an abolitionist, he was one."- (Cries Of "thars so," that's so.') Gov John ston had also said he could never stand upor the twelfth section. (Cries of "that's so,' "that's SOD He proceeded at great length, de- ploring the differences between the north and south and attributing all the troubles to the aggressiveness of the former. He had no hope of conciliation prevailing and he had made III his mind to retire from the convention. He wal apprehensive of the most serious consequence: