Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-03-05


! organized by the selection of Ex-Gov. Thos.
FL. Ford, as President, and L. C. Peek, aud
T.. II. Webster, Secretaries
The following named Delegates were pres
ent,-Ex-Gov. Colby, of N. H.; L. G. Peek,
J. E. Durham, II. Griswald, E. Perkins, d.
B. Booth, of Conn; E. J. Nightingale, Oliver
Chase, OF r. l.; W. S. Thurston, q. K. Pang-
burn, of Mass. Jshn Williamson, B. u. Rid
die, T. Coffee, S. P. Chase, OF Penn; =. =.
Spooner, T. II. Ford, l.. Z. 0lds, Q. }. Fish
back, Thomas McClees, E. 7. Sturtevsnt, Il.
c. Hedges, J.. H.. Baker, N. H. C. Mitchell,
Jacob Eggbert, ". B. Allison, ". 3. Chap
man. a. D. Rodgers, Chas. Nichols, W. Gil
more. D. ". Stambaugh, of Ohio LII. Web
ster, W. Penn Clark, of Iowa: Henry s. Jen-
nings, of Illinois.
Mr.. Clark. Of Iowa, moved that q commit
tee OF one from each State be appointed TO
prepare a protest OF a series of resolutions eK-
pressive of the sentiments of the body.
Mr.. Clark said that his object was to have
such q protest prepared as would show that
the ether body was not national.
4 discussion arose on the motion.
Mr.. Dunhanl, OF Conn, said that he wouid
! U(L Win IL pESoSHt Oous IL tucIc Was 10 DC
no afHliatiou with the black Republicans. He
was still an American, and would continue to
be so, but he could moi stand on the Platform
adopted by the other body.
Mr.. Booth, Of Conn. was Of the same op!n-
ion. He said that if Mr.. Fillmore be nomina-
ted by the other Convention, and he would b.
willing to stand on the anti-Nebraska Platform,
he could go for him. He had bolted from the
June Convention, because he could not stand
on the Platform with the twelfth section in it,
he had bolted from the convention to-day, be-
cause ii had refused TO repudiate the Nehras-
ka i~niquity; and without meaning TO be i-rev-
erent, said he, I swear that / will always bolt
whenever that measure is sustained.
Mr.. Staynbaugb, Of Ohio, thought IL would
not do for the Boilers TO be stiff. If The Re-
publicans could meet them on the American
Platform, he did not see why they could not
embrace. He expected, he said, 10 stamp the
State next fail for the Republican measures.
Gen. Williamson, of Pa, said that he hoped
they would net be put before the people wrong
fully. He thought that if they protested a.
gainst the Nebraska bill, aud against the man
who had signed the Infamous Fugitive Slave
bill, it would DC enough. He wanted the body
to go before the people as Americans, not az
Republicans. II, said he, you put Us before the
people as Republicans you destroy us,as much
IS we are destroyed by the action Of the other
body, in refusing to repudiate the Nebraska
5ill.-After some further discussion, the mo-
ton to appoint a COMMITTEES prevailed; tho
Boilers then adjourned to meet At S, Pm,
FvrrryG SESSION..
At 8 o'clock the Delegates again assembled
cas- AfervII=Hes' Hotel. There were quite a
number present who were not al the afternoon
session. Among them vas Goy. Johnston, Of
Pa. The following protest vas presented by the
Committee appointed in the afternoon, thro'
tie Chairman, Mr.. Biddle, Of Pa:
To the .gmsricaa Parry Of fac Unioa The
undersigned Delegates to the National Nomi-
mating Convention. now in session at Phiiadci-
plia, find themselves compelled to dissent
from the principles avowed by that body.
And holding the opinion, as they do, that the
restoration Of the Missouri Compromise, de-
manded by the freemen of the North, is rs
dress Of an undeniabIe wrong, and the ilsc--
ton Of it in spirit u least indispensable e tha
rcposc Of tie country. they have regarded the
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well defined opinions Of the North, and of tho
Americans Of the free States, upon this ques-
ton, as q denial of their right and a rebuke
Of their sentiment.
They have therefore witbdzava eroE TIE
Nominating Convention, refusing % p~sr.icl-
pate IL the proposed norinatioas, and now al
dress themselves to the Americans Of the
country, especially Of the States they repre-
sent, TO Justify and approve their action; and
to the end thai nominations conforming e ihe
overruling sentiments OF the country on tho
great Issue. may be regularly and suspicious
ly made, the undersigned propose to the
Americans in sill the States, to assemble IN
their several State organization, and that Del
egates be sent to the Convention to meet in
the City of New York, on Thursday, the 10Th
of June next, for tho purpose of nominating
candidates for President and Vice President
of the United States.
The discussion was confined 10 a few Of those
present. and was of rather spicy character.
Some of the Delegates decided in favor Of
uniting with the Republicans, willis others
said that il that were done. they could not re-
main in the organization. Adjourned
CooL-In Detroit, Patrick Towslee stabbed