Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-02-27
Meeting of lI,e seceders.

Meet1NS OF the SecederB.
At five o'clock P. NJ, on the 25th, the nor
them delegates held meeting at the Mer-
chants Hotel, at which Lieutenant Governor
Ford of OHIO presided Remarks were made
by Messrs. Stambaugh of Ohio, Riddle and
Williams of Pennsylvania, and Perkins of
Connecticut, expressing desire to unite with
any rarity in the country for freedom, that
would not require sacrifice of their Ameri-
can principles They were united in consid-
ering freedom the paramount question in the
coming contest.
A business committee was appointed, with
instructions to report at eight o'clock.
AT eight o'clock the boilers again assem-
bled. There were sixty-seyen present.
Among those were Governor Johnston of
Pennsylvania, and eight delegates from New
York, who announced through their spokes-
man, Mr.. Stevens, that they proposed to sit
in the Convention, and to join them in their
hEy and q9 to s FsgSf
by all those who voted for George law and
Sam Houston, was presented, which we COPY
| below -
PROTEST.
We, portion of the delegates to the Ma
! tional American Convention from the State
| of New York, protest against the Presidential
nomination made by that Convention. unon
the following grounds:
First The nominee is not 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, indicates that he sym-
| pathizes with that party or that he would car
| ry out its principles.
Second-ais nomination we regard as an
utter betrayal OF the great American move.
ment, traitorous attempt TO wrest it from its
purpose, and make it minister to the selfish
ambition OF the leaders and demagogues of the
dead organization Of the past
1 hlrd-He was forced upon the State of
| New York by Southern votes, against the
wish OF our delegates, and from those States
which no man pretends can carry their votes
for an American President.
Fourth-He was forced upon the State of
New York against the express wish of a large
majority of our State Legislature, against the
express wish OF majority of the State Off
cers, and we repeat, against the express wish
OF two thirds OF our delegates in that Conven-
ton.
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| ty OF the States, several States were permit
ted to cast their votes through single dele
gate, who cast the whole number to which
his State would have been entitled Such votes
were cast by parties who had previously pro-
tested against the proceedings and retired from
the Convention.
MIR. Riddle IF Penn, from the Business
| Committee, reported declaration, which, he
said, had been drawn up after having com.
| pared views.
The declaration read as follows:
| To the american Party Of the Union We,
the undersigned, delegates to the Nominating
Convention now in session at Philadelphia,
/ 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, demanded by
majority of the whole people, is redress of
an undeniable wrong and the execution of
1t, in spirit at least, indispensable to the re-
pose OF the country, they have regarded the
refusal OF that Convention to recognize the
well defined opinion Of the country and of the
Americans Of The Free States upon this
| question, as denial of their rights, and
rebuke to their sentiments, and they hold
that the admission into the Natsonal 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 therefore withdrawn from the
nominating convention, refusing to participate
III the proposed nomination, conforming TO the
everything sentiment Of the country in the
great Issue, that the nomination may be reg.
ularly and auspiciously made.
The undersigned propose to the Americans
III all the States, TO assemble in their several
state organizations and elect delegates 10 meet
in convention in the city of New York ON
Thursday, the 18th day Of June next, for tho
purpose Of nominating candidates for Presi.
dent and Vice President of the United
States,
lhIs declaration was subsequently signed
by torty-one delegates including Messrs,
Ihurslon and Pangborn of Mass, Nightingale
oil II. l., aud Colby of New Hampshire.
Genl. Williamson of Pa, was in favor Of
making nomination forthwith,
MI Peck OF Connecticut thought that bv
DeihS cautious great party might be made.
party that would absorb black republican.
ism.
Mr.. Spooner Of Ohio thought that Il VIVA
NOT IN good taste for gentlemen to sneak in
denuneotory terms of the Republican party
ior The party about to be organized now stands
upon INC very same platform, the restoration
OF we missouri compromise. With the Re-
puohoans II was matter Of principle they
were contending tor and not rame.
MI. Booth OF Ct, was opposed to making
nomination M the nranant tina