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The Know Nothing National Conventional
Bolt upon the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. National
Convention!

The Know Nothing National Conventional
| Bolt upon the Neminee---Anoiher National
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. Is.
| In the American Convention, Brown'oW
made motion to proceed to nomination. 1t
was passed and the balloting was about to
commence when Mr.. Perkins, of Conn.,, an
nounced the secession of the delegation from
that State. The Massachusetts, delegates
land and Ohio, and portions of Illinois,
then had, resulting as follows:
Judge Mclean 7, Gen. Stockton 8, Gen.
Houston 6, John Bell s. Erastus Brooks 2,
Kenneth Rayner > Campbell Of Ohio l, Ex-
Gov. johnson l, John NJ. Clayton l.
The Convention adjourded till o'clock
The Northern secessionists nre holding a
caucus at the Merchants Hotel
! The Northern Delegates held prelimin-
airy meeting at the Merchants Hotel at five
o'clock, p. NJ Lieut.. Gov. Ford, of Ohio,
was called to the chair, and T. G.. Peck and
F. II. Webster, were chosen Secretaries.
Remarks were made by Mr. Stambach, of
Ohio, and committee was appointed with
instructions to report at o'clock.
Four O'CLOCK, P. M.
The Northern Boilers assembled at the
Merchants Hotel at o'clock, agreeable to
adjournment, and among those present were
Gov. johnson, of Pa, and eight delegates
from New York, who announced through
their spokesman, Mr.. Stevens, that they
proposed to sit in the Convention, and to
join them if their views were agreeable, and
not to retire without taking into action the
e%. l. Ill 4
George Law and Sam Houston was pre-
sented.
PRorEsr-We, portion of the Dele
gates to the National American Convention
from the State of New York, protest against
the Presidential nomination made by that
Convention upon the following grounds
| 1st-The nominee is not a member of the
American party he has never been inside
of council room, and no act of his life, no
word spoken or line written by him of which
we have any knowledge indicative that he
sympathiZes with that party, or that he
would carry out its principles.
2d-His nomination we regard as an utter
betrayal of the great American movement
traitorous attempt to wrest it from it's
purposes and make it minister to the selfish
ambition of the leaders and demagogues of
forced upon the State of New York by
Southern votes against the wish of our State
Delegates, and from those States which no
man pretends can carry their votes for an
American President.
4th-IIe was forced upon the State of
New York against the express wish of a
| large majority Of our State Leg stature
against the express wish of a majority of the
State officers, and we repeat against the ex-
press wish of two-thirds of our Delegates in
Convention.
5th-He was not nominated by majority
of the States, or by the Delegates of ma
jority of the States. Several States were
permitted to cast their votes through sim
gle Delegate, who cast the whole number Of
votes to which his State would have been
entitled such were cast by parties who had
previously protested against the proceedings
and returned from the Convention.
Mr.. Riddle, of Penn, from the business
committee, reported declaration which he
said had been drawn up after having COM
pared views. The declaration reads as fol-
lows: -.
To the -4merican Party Of the Uaion.-
4 The undersigned delegates to the nominating
convention at Philadelphia, find themselves
compelled to dissent from, the principles
passed by that body, and holding the opin-
ion as they do, that the resolution of the
Missouri Compromise demanded by major.
ity of the whole people, is redress of an
undeniable wrong. The execution of it, in
spirit, at least, is Indispensable to the repose
of the country. They have regarded the re-
fusal of that Convention to recognize the
well defended opinion of the country, and
of the Americans of the free States upon
this question, as denial of their rights and
rebuke to their sentiment, and they hold
that the admission into the national council
and nominating convention Of the delegates
from Louisiana, representing Roman Cath
Ole constituency, absolved every true Amer
lean from all obligations to sustain the action
of either of said bodies. They have there
fore withdrawn from the nominating con-
vention, and refused to participate in the
proposed nomination conforming to the over
ruling sentiment of the country that the
great issue may be regularly and suspicious.
Inc undersigned propose to the Americans
IN all the States to assemble in their several
state organizations, and elect delegates to q
Convention to meet in the city of New York
on Thursday the 18th day of june next.
for the purpose of nominating candidates for
President and Yice-President of the United
States