The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-26
The American Conyention

=, Inc account given by us yesterday morning of
'"e proceedings Of this body on SATURDAY. morn;ro .
was accurate and left but little worthy of notice
"o take few extracts Us given in the renor, ~
the Philadelphia Bulletin -
upon taking the chair as the permanant pr,,;
uen1 OF the Convention, Mr. Marsh informed Tho
convention tnat they had met to make nonoi-.
.'0Hs ior tue presidency and Vice Presidency not
W uiscuSs the dlstracting questions tsIaverv, of
the day. N'1| vi
mr' r. small, of Pennsylvania announced ,h..
nc nau paper which he would offer as q connro
mise on the slavery question Nipfo-
Airer some discussion, the resolutions of NJ
omaH were read They were as follows '
Resolved, That we repudiate all platforms .don..s
by the National Councils aoopted
Resolved, That this Convention put forth as 49,;
PIE platform of the American party--The Bib. ana
the committeeman upon that rear the fII; anu
live points of foowship vac ioiio"ing
American Institutions should be controlled o,,v
by Americas men. o4iJ
2. American labor should be nro.ectad fro e.
competition. 0'0O i1oui iorelsn
): American resources should be adopted by every
4. American compromises, made in good faith
should be observed in spirit least as guaranty nj
American integrity and LOYALTY oJ VI
D. American citizens abroad should be protected IN
honorable burial. P anu
The Chair said he had already stated that tba
object OF the meeting was to make a nomination,
and not to discuss distracting questions.
Gov. Call, who got the floor contended that the
North was stabbing at the best interests of the
South, and destroying its very vitality (Cries of
"Noi No 2" "Thats not so ID Gov q s.id ba
had spoken the simple truth The two WINGS NJ
the party were in opposition. There was an in.
surmountable barrier between them He was an.
prehenslve of the most serious consequences from,
this interference with the rights of the South but
when the worst came they would stand lilse the
Old Guard at Waterloo who "knew how M die
but did not know how to surrender"
MIR. Small interrupted Gov c.. and proposed for
the sake OF harmony to strike out all in hi6 plat
form after the words Bible and Constitutssn y
This did not satisfy khe Governor He had been
willing to battle with the North against the for
eigners and the Pope; but they would not in good
faith respect the right of the South and he must re-
tire. He bade them farewell"
Mr.. Bartletts appeal to harmony, which follow
ed Gov. C.'s speech, is said to have been mos,
earnest and fearful. The tears are said to have
streamed down his face. His compromise was to
postpone the nomination until the Sd July. at Lon
isyille, Kentucky; but the Convention tabled IL.
The vote on laying on the table was by ayes and
noes. When Mr.. Imbodens name was called. he
said he would vote AYE" and it was probably hi,
last vote IN the Convention. He gave notice to
o'clock, at the Girard House
When Parson Brownlow's name was called he
said he voted AYE" and did SO because he he
lieved with the writer of a dispatch to the pitts
burg Convention, that the American party vere
with the Black Republicans
Messrs Snowden and others seeded as befors
stated, and the resolution postponing the nomina
tions were laid on the table by an Overwhelming
vote.
During the day the confusion was immense
and the Chairman became, at times, SO befogged
and bewildered that it was impossible to under.
and thG tntn nf fhar