Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-03-08
Csosing Scene in the Philadelphia Con-
VentiCu

money fuggled with Yankee cUWardicc--
the lire eater OF the South billed and cooed
with the Black Republican Of the North
the conservative Know Nothing Of be
West pulled the button-hole of the anal.
gamatIonist and Gree love" advocate 0!
the East. Every hue and shade offsnat
cism and isma:ic deuson was rep-vsen-
ted IN this unholly conyocatioD--the re-
suit 81 whose deliberations was tn. nsmi-
nation Of Willard Fillmore as their csnti-
dste Cor President, and ANDREW
JACkSON Donelson, for Vice President.
Upon motion to proceed to the i'm
mediate nomination OF candidates it wa.
deemed necessary by each one voting, to
'deiihe his position. Mt. Killing er, Of
Pa, proposed that all Platforms should be
repudIated, ana that no man should b.
nominated ior pfesidehtor Vice PTesiden,
who was not IN favor of interd,c,,ng
slavery north Of 36. so. 1t was moved to
lay this Oh the table. Here an interesting
seen. ensued. Some from the North de-
nounced The aggtessiors OF the South and
demanded the repeal ofthe Nebraska bill.
The bitteres. feeling of hostility clarac-
terized the speeches Of Northern MEM
bers, in which they declared that the par
ty was done, il the resolution to Law OIL
the cable was adopted. PENNSYLVANIA,
said one man, would go for the Democrats
by SO, 600. Very ssnsibe.1 Ohio. Iowa,
isconsln, &c, were gone il slavery ex=
tension was moi discountenauced by some
resolve 81 the meeting, Mr.. Caffee, Of
Pa, SAID his Constituents would not sup.
port Fillmore, ii he .s7as nominated. The
result on laf ing on the table was al a;e..
60 noes. SO the South tIiam pied. Par.
son Brownlow moved that tbs Convention
proceed TO nominate candidates for PRESS
cent and Vice President, and cslled for
the previous question which was ordered.
MIR. Peck, OF Conn. said that if the mona :
ination was gone inc nov, his State
would withdraw. Mr.. Baldwin of the
same sise said pretty much the Same.
Mr.. Imboden, of Virginia, wa. ,nstruc.
ted to vote against Inclination at present
but he vas satisfied that the salvation of
the party depended upon an immediate
nomination, end he would vote ave"
Mr.. Maupin, OF Virginia voted ave
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immediate nomination, bu, he was now
satisfied that il was necessary to 90 into a
nomination.
MIR. Boteler, Of Va, made a speech
against persons wfo had participated IN
the late Council, under the suise of Amer.
cans, who were, in fact, Republicans in
disguise. He voted aye.
Mr.. MeCue, OF Virginia, addressed him.
sell to what be styled 'ihe Black Repub.
lican side Of the house, These remarks
were objected to. and withdrawn by the
speaker He voted aye.
A difficulty here arose. An effort was
made to have substitute admitted for a
Geiegat. from Wisconsin. All sorts of MT.
uons were nade, aud decisions were mad,
aud appealed I. ON almost without num-
Der. he matter was finally sr,t!ed by
the presidents garel and the storm wa.
aliayed by a counter storm
MIR. Webster, oil Iowa. wanted .om--
thing upon W ich he could assure his con.
stituents that the Convention differ from
the Doug lss-Pierce men The party cans
no, command the electoral vote of the
Unien, and he wanted the Democratic
party to take the initiative III nomin.-
ton.
Mr.. Gilmore, of Ohio, said that after
the voting down Of the resolution Of Mr.
kiliinger. he could not remain longer in
the Convention. He would vote mo .
and this would be the last vote he would
cast in the Convention.
MI. ,anbaugh, oil Ohio, would vote for
no man OF measure which would extend
slavery over another insh OF ,erritefv
He would vote mo-"
MIR. Sewell, of PENNSYLVANIA, said that
great wrong had beea committed by lhr
repeal OF the Missouri compromise. He
wanted an acknow dgement oithis wrong
TO be admitted and things put right upon
the record. He voted mo.
The motion of Brownlow was carried
by 15l ayes, TO 81 nays.
Mr., Perkins, of Connecticut, smoke at
lens tn, aud insisted upon restoration Of
the Missouri compi onise as all nlhmatu:n.
OF his STATE, and withou, that principle IN
the American platform, Z 3nreeticut could
not and would not go for the nominees Of
the convention. Upon concluding, he in
vited he delegations from the States dc.
termined 10 stand upon The restoration of
the Missouri compromise TO meet a, four
O'clock at the Merchants Hotel, to orpa-
nize a committee TO cali Noiionsl Con
vrnlion. 1t was understood that Connrc-
ticut, New Hampshire, Massa chusetts in
PsIt, Rhode Island Ohio in part, Iowa
Illinois and Pennsylya nia in pat, were
embraced in This secession. A gIest deal
OF time was consumed in trying TO get
some plan for making the nominations, and
finally 1t was settled TO make 4 general
nomination OF candidates for President by
calling over the several States with the
intention, after a ieces.. TO proceed to
complete the nominations upon plan to
be agreed on,
The nominations as made were Ml,ard
Fillmore of n. Y, John Bell of Tenn,
X. +. Stockton, OF N. j., George Law Of
n. y; Sam Houston OF Texas; Eras,us
Brooks, OF n. y, Care. Davis, of Ky.
Kenneth Ravner IF NJ n lohn Al ~,