Daily American organ., 1856-02-25

The chair stated that this was a nominating con-
yenton and that it had not met TO discuss the dis
tracing questions of the day. The time for such
discussions had gone by. Applause.
twas announced that Mr.. Hazehurst, of Penn
sylyania, had retired and that his alternate Mr..
Martin, would take bis place.
Mr. T. Small of Penn, announced that he had
paper which he would offer as compromise on the
slavery question.
After some discussion, the resolutions of Mr.
Small were read. tsa
They were as follows 5tE
Resolved That we repudiate all platforms adopt
ed by the National Councils.
Resolved, That this Convention put forth as
simple platform of the American party-The Bible
and the Constitution--and upon that rear the fol-
lowing FIVE points of fellowship:
|. American Institutions should be controlled
only by Americas men.
q American labor should be protected from for
| eign competition.
8. American resources should be adopted by
every legal means.
A. American compromises, made in good faith,
should be observed in spirit at least as guaranty
| of American integrity and loyalty.
g. American citizens abroad should be protected
in their rights of conscience, of religious worship
and honorable burial
| The Chair said he had already stated that the
object of the meeting was to make nomination,
and not to discuss distractng questions.
| Various motions were made, some Of which were
entertained by the President, and he became SO
| befogged and bewdered that it was impossible to
understand the position of affairs, SO inextricably
were they confused.
| Decisions were made and unmade, and appeals
| from them were taken. The Chair finally declared
that the resolutions of Mr.. Small were in order.
| Governor Call, of Florida, finally had the floor
accorded him for the purpose of speaking upon
| the resolutions.
Governor Call spoke of the lowering aspect OF
affairs. He proclaimed himself Union man.
| The speaker referred to the repeal of the June
platform, and to the haste with which new set
of principles had been adopted. He was as anx-
ious for reconciliation between the two sections
| of the country 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
contended that the North was stabbing at the best
interests of the South, and destroying its very
vitality TCries of "No!" "thats not SOL"
Gov. Call said he had spoken the simple truth.
| He found that there were two American parties Ill
the Convention, and that between them there was
an insurmountable barrier. The two wings OF the
party in opposition to each other; the speech
of Gov Johnston of Pennsylvania, last night, had
satisfied him of it. He had understood that gen.
teman to say that if to insist upon the Missouri
| Compromise line constitutes an Abolitionist, he
was one" TCries of /" That's so, that's so."l Gov.
Johnston had also said he could never stand upon
the 10th section Cries of that's SO, that's SC" u
| Mr.. Webster, of Iowa. interrupted the speaker;
but the confusion was SO great we could make no
| thing of what was the cause OF interruption.
| Gov. Call proceeded at great length, deploring
the differences between the North and South, and
attrbutng all the troubles to the aggressveness of
the former He had no hope of concliation pre-
vaing, and he had made up his mind to retire from
! the Convention. He was apprehensve OF the most
serious consequences from this interference with
the rights of the South; but when the worst came
they would stand like the Old Guard at Waterloo,
who " knew how to die, but did not know how to
surrender"
A dozen or more delegates took advantage of a
pause to claim the floor. Governor Call said he
had not ended Laughter.
Mr.. Small obtained permission, and said that he
would accord with the views of Governor Call for
the sake of harmony, and would, if the latter
would abide by it, strike out all his resolutions
after the words "Bibe and Constitution" APP
plause.
Governor Call did not seem to relish this
rangement and again stated bis determination to
retire He had come to battle against the innova-
tions of the foreign party in the United States and
the influence of the Pope of Rome.
Governor Call now said Farewell"
Voices-"Ncw York is with you!" "Pennsyl-
vania is with you'll" TApplause and hisses.
The widest kind of an excitement here followed
Twenty delegates endeavored to obtain the floor,
which was accorded to Mr.. Bartlett of Kentucky
who made an earnest appeal to Governor Call and
others not to leave and desert their friends in the
convention He would say to Massach usetts and
Pennsylvania that we have had enough of platform
making He implored Mr.. Small to withdraw his
resolution Mr. Bartlett feelingly appealed to the
delegates not to destroy the hopes of the Ameri-
can party. The speaker was earnest and eloquent
in his appeal for harmony, and tears coursed down
his cheeks while speaking.
In conclusion Mr.. Bartlett moved that this
Convention do now adjourn to the Sd of July
next
Cries of "No ~" Yes Second the motion"
-" Vote it down."
Mr. Bartlett accepted an amendment fixing
Louisville, Kentucky, as the place of meeting.
The President decided that the motion was not
in order under the peculiar circumstances
The decision was appealed from.
motion was made to lay the appeal upon the
The amendment of fixing the place of meeting
was withdrawn.
The business before the Convention was on mo-
ton laid on the table.
The motion to adjourn until the Sd of July was
then renewed.
Great excitement followed-Cries for "Walker"
call "the ayes and nays "-and all sorts of confu-
sion
A motion was made to lay the motion to adjourn
on the table.
The question was taken on the motion to lay
ON the table, and the motion was voted down.
A delegate "All Philadelphia is voting out
there
The ayes and noes were demanded and taken
on the motion to lay upon the table. Several
delegates gave their views when their names were
called
There was so much confusion that the Presi-
dent protested that he would be compelled to
stop the proceedings if better order were not
preserved r