The true Democrat., 1856-10-14
From the Louisville Times, Sept. 26. The Repeal of the Twelfth Section of the Know Nothing Platform.

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 of the Know Nothing Platform.
 It is circumstance worthy of note that th'
 proceedings of the national Know Nothlns
 council which met in Philadelphia on the Iotf of last February the one that expunged tht old platform and adopted the new--have neve
 yet been published in the southern organs o the party. We pledge ourselves to give fifty ] dollars for a copy of the Louisville Journa containing the proceedings of that counci.-
 The object of this suppression must have beer apparent to every man who had access to those z papers in which the proceedings were publish ed. The council was completely under the
 control of its abolition members and the re-
 cords would have shown that the southern de.
 lecates had basey surrenderd the rights of the
 sonth at the dictation of northern abolitionists
 The southern Know Nothing presses and ora v tors, relying upon the hope that the masses O
 their party are uniformed of the scenes whicf
 took place in the Philadelphia council, grossly
 misre presented the circumstances of the repea
 of the l2th section. It is the duty of the de-
 mocratc press and democratic speakers to ex
 pose the fraud attempted to be perpetrateC K upon their deluded followers by these southerr E tricksters The following is a true narrativ, of the repeal of the 18th section, compiled from the reports of the New York Herald O the 18th, 2Oth, 2lst and 23d of February. 1t accuracy is undeniable.
 | The national council met on the 18th of Fe bruary. Little, except to organize, was accom- | plished on that day. On the 18th, the princi pal business transacted was the admission ol the "Edie (abolition) delegates" by a vote o 84 to 45. On the 20th, the great battle com menced on the 18th section. We quote from the proceedngs
 MT. Burr, of New York, moved that ,
 committee of one from each State be ap
 pointed to prepare business for the coun
 MT. Brewster, of Massachusetts. proposed
 the following as a substitute:
 WHEREAS, The I2th section of the nation
 al platform. adopted in J une last, was neither
 proposed by the south nor sanctioned by th
 north. Therefore be it
 Res0fUeL That the said section is hereb,
 stricken out from the platform" N This resolution was afterwards amended b,
 Mr. Ely, with the consent of Mir. Brewster, b,
 adding, That on the subject of slavery we ar,
 guided by the principles and provisions of tn,
 constltutlon yielding no more and claiming nc sless" In offering this amendment Mir. Fl, Iremarked: He only desired that the soutl
 would simply stand on the constitution, the,
 eqc4 State could inte,prt it acooraing to its o.o, ldeas." Ah.
 After considR;- c. }rangling Mr. Mathews Iof California, moE' \, the previous question (Which was adopted by vote 83 to 75. Th brought the council to direct vote on the mat Der then pending. We quote again from tn, proceedings:
 "The chair decided the main question to bt Pn the Brewster and Ely proposition, as fol lows:
 Y" Whereas, the 18th section of the nationa Eouncll adopted in June, 1855, was neither pro Eosed by the south nor sanctioned by the north Therefore be it,
 | ResotUed, That the aforesaid l2th section b, Isricken out; that on the subject of slavery we tsand on the principles and provisions of the Constitution of the United States-vielding no Ehing more and claiming nothing less An attempt was made to divide the ques IHon, which the chair ruled out of order. An IJher unsuccessful motion to adjourn wa. Inade. he question was then taken on the Brewster resolution by yeas and nays, with the IDllOwing result Yeas l09, nays 75''
 Thus, Brewsters proposition repeating the Il2th section was voted on and carried by near Iytwo to ono. Itappears that the excitemen }among southern delegates, caused by the re- Fab of the vote, induced disposition to adj lourn until the next day, and promise to re, " consider the action just had. And this inference Is strengthened by the proceedings of the nex Eay. When the council met on the 2lst which was the last day of its sitting, after Fuch talking on the slavery question and the tsading of tho present platform by the Rev. F. 7 Evans, which he said he designed offering a: s n "olive branch of peace''- T 4 motion was then made to reconsider th, r be. by which the Brewster and Ely proposition e las adopted substitute yesterday. n |" MT. Edie of Pennsylvania moved to lay l. Ee motion to reconsider on the table. Lost ol n bcount, 85 to S7.
 '- "A Pennsylvania delegate moved the pre- e eFions question on the motion to reconsider. asI MT. Evans of LoUisiana--Will you with. w It, for l want to put a question to the '- south? (No, no)
 sd "The vote was then taken, and the motion n reconsider was adopted-97 to o7. .J MT. Denhover then moved that the substi 1te of Brewster Burr's resolution, and al be d on the table. He stated that he had a Y atform,t to substitute" Motion to lay on the
 ole prevailed by vote of III to 75." ol This account explains the vote on the 2Otll ,s BrewSter's proposition. That vote was on De adoption of Brewster's resolution as sub. ns flute for Burr's motion, which was to appoint m eommttee of one from each State to report e. Esiness. Nevertheless, 1t amounted to dis dfnCt repudiation of the 18th section and by no mF Fwisting can that fact be gotten over. 'aI We come, now, to the adoption of the new hekatfnrm.
 ha n1,,tfn l,,l 'e, aid on the table, as Gen. Call tells us, by a ns|laadsome majority the vote was then taken P'n the motion to repeal the oM platform and ,n f@pt the ne'o One.' For this proposition Gene nofa Gall, 0lta large majority of southern dele le'f f@s voted"
 ,h1 Mr. Denhover, of Illinois, offered the plat n' m read by MT. Evans, and the question, as III ssd by the chair, was:
 iO Upon striking out the existing platform and n' netng the one offered by MT. Denhover, of Ia, llAQs."
 .tv "Nr. Sperry, of Connecticut called for g GusOn of the question. A dispute arose as to ns Eheresent position of the question, and the ho aalr finally decided it to be as above stated lea Corwin, of Ohio, appealed from the deci rnI sn, and upon the appeal a complete debate en- onI ssd which ended in the sustaining of the '. cair bw vote of l09 to 67''
 The quee sah was divided and the yeas anG h alys ordered, and on the roll being called or Ts "ikng out tue eristng platform, the vote stood ., Is follows:
 ,I YEAS.
 e Few Hampshire. ? Louisiana ............. Massachusetts .......12 California ...-........ !" tonnecticut ......... 6 Tennessee ............. Rhode Island ........ Ohio. 3 New York 80 Wisconsin. ........-... New Jersey ......... Indianai .............. hp hpeaware.... -...... D. of Columbia Aar yand ........... Illinois. ......... Hlnrlda .-...-....... l Iowa.. Rennsy lvania. ......33 - A Totsl 13