The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-15

West by the West He pretended to speak only for ta,
qis,ret % whose people were called the Pennsylvania
Dutch He was conynced-and in what he
said he was actuated by no motives other than
the honest convictions OF his heart-if they wished
TO succeed in this contest that they must consult the
wishes and feelings OF Pennsylvania the candidate
TO be selected and his conviction that the gallant
jackson @ S OF the ocean was the man. (Appiause) The
life Of Commodore Stockton filed with incidents cal
cuated to awaken all the generous and noble impulses
every human heart. There was one old benghted dis
trct in his State (old Bucks) they had paper pub
hshe1 mere devoted to the cause OF James Buchanan
which up TO the present time had studously refused
inform its readers that General jackson was dead
Mr.: WILLIAMSON, of Penn, inquired OF his colleagu
whether Northampton county ever gave whig majority
Mr. LOCKWOOD replied that had not and that was th
very reason why 1t should give majority. He hoped
therefore, the Convention would give them a candidat
who would be the most likely the vote of Penn
sylvana.
Mr.. SEwEII, Of Pa said he here by consti.
tuency who were Americans. He came from district
that invariably rolled up when necessity required t.
900 majority against the administration; and he
came here for the purpose of laying aside all his preu
dices in favor OF any particular individual and support
ing any man who would be the best calculated lead
them on TO victory He had his heart set upon the
ton OF the dearest son of Pennsyv (ex Governor
Johnston) but he was willing to lay aside all his par
aites for him and go for any who would carry the
whole North upon principles that were necessary the
very existence OF the government He came to meet his
brethren here from tho North the East the far of West
md the Pacific, and ask them to select such candidate
as would carry his State in the coming election. He
would ask every member Of this Convention if it was
possible to elect President of the United States without
the aid of Pennsylvania They only have man
for their nominee who could unite with the republicans
Americans but who would carry thousands Of the
yave people Of Pennsy vania The tramp slavery upon
the Free virgin soil of this countryside slaughter Of free
men, worshipping under their vine and fg tree had
aroused spirit not only in Pennsylvania and New York
and every free State which had induced them to come
up and unite together in order to effect common object
and they should, therefore, make such nomination a.
would meet with common response from the whole North
and which would lead to glorious victory. He
willing lay aside his personal partaties ior the
purpose of presenting before this tho name of
man who would concentrate not only the American and
republican, but the conservative strength of Pennsylvania
and that man was Judge Mclean. He would tell them
in all sincerity that Judge Mclean was the only man
that would carry them on to victory In 1913 1914
Judge Mclean elected to the Legislature of Ohio was
afterwards sent to the Congress of the United States and
also rendered the Office Of United States Senator from
his own State, which he refused He was placed upon
the Supreme Court bench by John Quincy Adams where
General jackson found him, and in which he retained
him. Old Hickory showed his preference for that man
when he placed him in the highest position in which
man could be placcd-that Of Judge OF the Supreme
Court of the United States. The fact that he had been
endorsed by Old Hickory would be endorsement Of
the man, and his fitness for tho Presidency that would
snap everything before it in Pennsylvania, especially
with the conservative portion OF the State II that was
mako some sacrifice and give them Mc1eanS Tho fact
evident that the republicans Of New York and Penn
syvana, and Of every Northern State in the Union,
would stand by him. He man that had been tried
and found faithful in every Office which he had held
Mr. JKNCKs, Of Rhode Island said that in view OF the
difficulties which beset thcm they should lay aside their
personal prejudices in order to unite upon man who
would lead them on to the victory which they hoped
to achieve; (Great applause2 They should re-
yened They claimed to act here for tho preservation
OF the national liberties and honor and they wished to
nominate man who would bc truc to those objects The
man selected by this Convention must be the standard
bearer Of freedom (Applause) In more than half
Of the vast territory Of this Unon which lay under the
black shadow of slavery the language even Of freedom
had become obsolete and in many places to speak Of free
dom crime. This Convention represented tho
great American party North. There were good many
Nnrfh imin tn rll~
the selection Of the candidate they proposed to elect
They should remember that they to nominate a
leader, not for themselves alone but for Others without
whose aid they were powerless and who without the
aid OF this Convention, powerless also They wen
forth to contend with no common enemy ordinary foe
but they to contend with the powerful organi
zation that had ever existed in a free government,
power that claimed to hold this general government as
and who speak Of il il were private property
He believed that this power had reckoned
without considering its present condition and
strength. 1t seemed to him. if he read tho signs or
the times arght that the close OF this administration
the people would come in and claim the administration
for themselves as the chief creditor, and get their
again-the heritage of freedom. (Appause) There was
power in this country that had become the greatest auto
upon the face Of the earthmore graspng more
relentless ambitious than the Autocra the
Rssia The armies Of this autOcrat had been enrcnched
behind foTcatons to which the Maakofs and Redans Of
the Crmean campaign but field works in compa
rson and this autocrat the slave power this coun
try and Notifications would defended par
sans who would not surrender after the
siege and who would not be starved out They
should accomplish such victory, they should have
leader who could unite all their forces and around whom
posed to the present corrupt administration They must
not overlook the element OF enthusiasm it they
would conquer and achieve successful victory
They must present candidate who would gather around
him the people, not of State alone but all the free
States and who would the votes only OF Ame
ricans and republicans but Of the conservatives Of the
North The candidate 70 be selected hero should stand
clean before the people, and must have antccedents
which would place him in false position. They must
present man who would go into the contest free and
untrammccd, and who would command the confidence Of
the Guntry He had always understood that one Of the
leading principles Of the American party was love Of
principles and not men, aud that they would not chain
themselves TO the Of any mans personal ambition
however renowned or distinguished he might be. When
was there ever before convention assembled under cir
cusances like those by which they were now surround
cdr When there such f6reign policy sought to
be introduced as now ]? When there ever a time
and murdcrers under the presumed sanction Of tho
law, laid waste one of the free territories of this
country When wa was there ever before = bleeding
They should feel and act in unison with the tide which
rising and which swelling, until in November
next he believed they would carry every State which
the love of freedom still existed (Applause) They
should into this contest nerved with the belief that the
liberties Of the country were in danger Tho delegates
from the State which he represented, hero without
preferences for any particular candidate because they
knew that the four electoral votes of that State would be
the hands Of this Convention Mr.. NEwEIL of Mass said
that the people OF Massachusetts, prepared for the
test The people ofa parties opposed TO the present admin
straton looking with great anxiety the result of
the action Of this Convention Ho would not pretend
advise the great States Of Ohio and New York or any
other State, but he would ask them come forward in
spirit Of patriotism and give them candidate who would
carry the greatest number Of States and old Mssachu
sets would be with them. (Appause They should
cct the man upon whom they could all unite If the
South not represented here, the fault Of
the North The American party not u sectional par
ty. Liberty was universal. (Appause) He would ask
Of tho wire puers-f thcre were any hereto act
tousy they wanted to pull the strings, elsc the
people would put their veto upon the action taken by
them.
The question then taken upon proceeding 10 an in
formal ballot, and II decided in the affirmative with.
out dissenting voice.
The question then being whether they should proceed
to the ballot by States or PER cdpHd
Mr. HAtsTKAD, of Now Jersey, said that he came
from State that had small number Of delegates here
Rhode Island had a smaller number than New Jersey.
He wanted that every State should have its due weight
New York came here with delegation that would
whclm 'the delegations of half dozen smaller States.
He thought tho vote should be taken by Staes--each
State TO have vote according 10 its representation in
Congress rrd vote would not give fair express
sion of the voice Of tho States Hc would therefore
init the motion, that the vote be taken by States.