The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-03-01
pOLITICAi. lNrELl.Il:ECE.


POLITICAL lNrELlN:ECE.
-THE PHILADELPHIA CoNvENrIoN-
The Know Nothing National Council. in ses
son at Philadelphia. adjourned on THURSDAY
10 meet a.ain IN june af New York The
DID platform OF the party was kicked over
r,oirl. and a new one substituted. which
tries very hard and succeeds pretty well in
doionc the slavery question. 1t was carried
10y yeas Jos. nays -. MANY zen from
North and South pronounced the council
withou; authority TO make platform for
The nominating convention. which met on
FRIDAY. \ nomination WAS not made till
Monday and after the srt-ssion of most of
The Northern members. when Mllard Fill
more secured the nomination for President.
as fellows Fillmore l.9, Law -. RarAer
Il. Mclean r. Andrew Jackson Donelson
was nominated for Vice President Tie
convention '!cn adjourned sac de.
iHE PIITSryE, iH CoNNENrInN.-
The Republican Convention temporarily or
"tliz"d ON friiav. hv the election of John
\. hing OF New lo,k { airinan on NJ, tin
oi Mr.. Biain,rd OF Vermont. 4 committee
on permanent orcanz;ion was appointed.
and reported for President. Francis L. Blair
OF Maryland. \ resolution. appointing
commit e Of one from each State to draft an
a! 'iress and resolutions was adopted. The
a!ireSs was read on Saturday. and occupied
an hour and halt in reading Ii has not
vet been printed. 4 National Executive
Committee was appointed. and the 18th OF
june was sercied for holding a National
Convention al Philadelphia
The following declaration was then read,
and unanimously adopted:
We DO therefore declare 10 the people of
the ni,eG States. A. the object. ior which We
unite III political action
FW>-Ne demand and shall attempt 10
secure the repeal OF al, laws which allow of
the introduction of Slavery into territories
once con>ecrate'i TO freedom and will resist.
hv every constitutional means. the existence
of slavery in any OF the territories of the
| i.itcd States
>ro""-We will SUPPORT bv every law
ful means, GU! nrctllrtH In haIstS. IN their
constitutional and manly resistance 20 the
n>urled authority of their lawlcss invaders.
ami Will GIVE the full weight of our political
mower IN favor ct the immediate admission of
Kansas to the mon. as free, sovereign. in
dependent State
THni-B,licving that the present Nation
al Administration has shown itself TO be weak
and iaithc>> ard that lis continuance in pow
er Is identified with the progress OF the slave
power TO Maternal supremacy. with the ex-
clu>ion OF freedom from the territories and
with IN rea>ri civil di>cOrG. it is leading
purpose OF our oryaniz alton t. resist and O.
verthrow ii.
The convention then adjourned. having
been the most harmonious gathering of the
kind held in the United States for wears.
- NEW HAMPSHIRE. - The contest in
New Hampshire is prosecuted with great
splrit.-on the Republican side with enthusi-
the ADMINISTRATORS with despera-
ton and money. The loss of his native State
was As much AS Presidential flesh could bear;
the repetition of the iniliciion will be bitterer
still; and hence his party is PLAYING bold.
reckless, and desperate game TO recover its
Ost ascendancv. But We trust without sue
,eSs. Our New Hampshire friends must not
allow themselves to be turned aside from the
nam issue-ho>,ii'v TO the Slavery extension
policy of the administration. Let not the
Name Law divert single man from the
yreat question. Remember the lesson taught
~ the last election in Maine use every hon
,rable effort to defeat the measures Of your
opponents; work till the March election with
industry and prudence, and YOU will once
gam place the old Granite State on the side
II Freedom. and encourage the friends of the
republican cause throughout the Union
-CO!e McCrea, the man who so narrowly
scared with his life in Kansas, is now in
BOSTON, with the intention of intormin. the
'eople OF Massachusetts upon the affairs and
prospects OF Kansas. Mr.. McCrea is Yer
nonter by birth, bu, till lately a citizen of
owa, from whence he moved 10 Leayenworth
lrertIv after the passage of the Kansas bill.
ie has himsel. felt the effects of Border
'nffianism. and is well qualified to speak up
n the efforts of the administration to extend
avery into Kansas.
- The Democratic District Convention
let at Windsor on FRIDAY. the 22d. in mod
rate numbers, and appointed Mcssrs. H. f.
toughton and Robert Harvey delegates to
ne Cincinnati Convention, ir June next.
The Republican Association of Wash
lgion is making strenuous exer;iors TO es-
'bllsh like associations in every town and
ty. the object being ITO rally the people,
lspire them with confidence and enthusiasm,
nd furnish them with such information q
lev need