Daily American organ., 1856-02-23

West, when he said that unless the oDnoxlous sec
ton was repealed, they could not 60 with their
friends in battling with the common enemy The
speaker earnestly appealed to the Council TO lay
aside this cause of discord, and to know no South,
no North, no East, no West, in the great question
to be decided. He invoked members to come to a
vote without delay.
A resolution was made to pass by the resolution
of Mr.. Brewster informally, SO as TO take up res
olution providing plan for taking the vote on the
resolution.
The ayes and noes were called on the PROPOSE
tion to pass by the resolution informally. The re-
suit was as follows-ayes "a, noes ~. The result
was received with appreciation.
The resolution was then read. Ii provides as
the way of taking the vote on Mr.. Brewster's res
olution that each State represented shall be enti-
tied to the same number Of votes that they are
entitled to Representatives in Congress.
After some discussion, and without coming to a
vote, the Council adjourned The hours of meet
ing were fixed at 10, A. NJ, and 4, p. M.
The following States were not represented in
the Council: Alabama, Texas, South Carolina,
Georgia, Maine, Vermont, and Mississippi
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Immediately after the reassembling of the Ma
tional Council, at o'clock, the resolution offered
by Mr. Stephens, of New York, in regard to the
number of votes TO which each State should be en-
titled, was withdrawn. The mover stated that he
did this at the request OF several members with
whom he had conversed upon the subject
Mr.. White, of Ohio, renewed the resolution,
and advocated it at length, and with much earnest
ness.
Mr.. Ford, of Ohio, opposed the resolution, and
made warm and forcible argument in support of
his position. He argued strenuously in favor Of
the repeal of the 18th section of the platform. He
held freedom to be national and slavery sectional
Mr.. Parsons, Of New York, replied to Mr.. Ford,
and contended that the American party of the
Union had nothing to do with slavery. 1t was
not question for them to consider, and they
should not do, as the gentleman from Ohio had
done, get into passion in antagonism to the in
sttutions. He appealed TO the council to frame
such platform that all Americans could stand
upon it, but not to sacrifice the rights Of their
Southern brethren.
Mr.. Ford, of Ohio, rejoined, he repelled the
charge of Abotonism that had been made against
himself and his brother delegates. The people
whom he was proud to represent would not med
ile with slavery where it existed. He argued that
the 18th section of the national platform was dis
tasteful to the whole North, and had been repuda-
ted. If called desire to restrict slavery with
in its present limits sectionalism, then he was
sectionalist But let these men show that we are
sectional. We take the broad ground that we are
the national party. We don't fear the dissolution
of the Union.
Mr. Reynolds here moved that each State be al
lowed to frame its own platform, providing that all
acknowledge the main princple--that "Ameri-
cans shall rule America"
Mr.. Matthews moved to adjourn, amid much ex.
citement and confusion.
The previous question was then called upon the
substitute offered for Mr.. Burrs resolution by Mr..
Brewster, of Massachusetts.
Here various motions were made to adjourn, to
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1850, and much excitement and confusion prevail
ed among the Southern delegates.
The call for the previous question was sustained,
and the motion to take up Mr.. Brewster's amend
ment was agreed to. Yeas S3, and nays rs.
Motions to adjourn were here made and lost.
Mr.. Ely, of Massachusetts, advocated Mr.. Brew
ster's amendment.
Mr.. j. N. Reynolds Of New York, offered res
oution to the effect that it was the sentiment of
the Convention that whenever State bad framed
a constitution in accordance with the provisions
Of the Constitution of the UntedStates it should
be admitted into the Union with or without slave
ry, as the people of the State determined.
Mr.. O. @. Burr then took the floor. He said he
was in favor of referring all the resolutions that had
been offered, to a committee of one from each
State, that committee to report tomorrow. The
Council had heard vast deal about brotherhood,
the Constitution, and union and harmony. He
W
jected to being called Abotonists when they were
anti-slavery men. For his part, he knew no diff
ference between the two. He contended that the
fundamental principle Of this Government was what
Is known as squatter sovereignty; that is, the
right of every people to choose its own govern
ment and frame its own institutions. Massachu-
sets has abolished slavery, because IL was lnot
profitable and the men of various Northern States
had done the same thing There was no morality
llSs IL A.
had resulted in the choice of ninny Pierce" and
asserted that the whole reason of SCOTS defeat
was the belief that he was anti-slavery, and that
his administration would be perverted to the pur-
pose Of VIM. Ii. Seward.
A delegate from Ohio inquired what were the
sentiments manifested by the people of the North
within the last eighteen months
Mr.. Burr characterized the feeling thus mani
tested as momentary excitement. Whiskey
alone, had meddled and affected the result in
some States, and therefore sound judgment
could be founded upon the elections to which the
delegate alluded. He asserted that there was no
honesty in the movement of the combined Abo-
litonists and Temperance men, Champagne bot
ties could be piled nearer heaven than these men
would ever reach.
He denied that New England and Ohio were
the whole North, and endeavored to show that
the anti-savery agitation was not popular with
the mass of the people in the free States We
are not all abolitionists, said he. He could point
to hundreds and thousands of slaves in New
York Cries of "Why don't you relieve them,
then ?"] Leave the negroes alone, and stop fight
ing about them, and attend to the poor miserable
creatures at home; you win find enough work for
your hands.
Mr. Andrews, of New York, replied, and con-
tended that the gentleman's views were adverse to
those Of the people he pretended to represent
The twelfth section had been repudated in the
State of New York. A State Council bad been
held at Binghamton, which had adopted platform
entirely opposed to that which the National Coun-
Gil had seen fit to adopt in Philadelphia in regard
to the slavery question. He asserted that the gen.
tleman who had preceded him resided in the city
of New York, yet he pretended to represent