Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-05-16

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sion Of the American State Council met in .
convention to-day, numbering about sixty !
delegates A. W. Benedict was chosen
President, pro ten; Thomas Carlisle, Vice
President, and /. l. Clifford Secretary.
/ After some preliminary business, the |
Council adjourned til afternoon.
/ The Convention is in session with closed .
doors, and the outsiders are in the dark !
with regard to the Objects
! The twelfth section wing Of the party |
prciom;nates. Among the delegates are /
Ex Gov. johnson, Gen. Small, and other
notatilities
Ajls,aoon .Scssioa.-The Council met
at two o'clock this afternoon, President
Eiie in the Chair.
Gen. Small presented a series of resolu-
tions, ratlying the nomination of Fillmore
and Donelson, as President and Vice Pres
ident, denounciug the Administration for
ropealiug the Compromises Of 1850, and
the Missouri Compromise, aud condemn
! ing the Kansas Nebraska act as a breach
of faith and an outrage on the people.
Gov. johnson offered substitute, ap
proving of the action Of the Delegates who
retired from the Philadelphia National
Convention, and calling a Convention to
be held at New York on the 10Th of June.
Considerable debate ensued, when R.C.
Smith called the previous question, which
was sus,ained-Ieas 80. Nays -.
The substitute was then rejected, and
the original resolutions adopted
Ex-Gov. Johnson with fourteen others,
then retired from the Council
Mr. Eiie moved a reconsideration Of the
resolutions, to give Mr.. Fillmore time to
get right on the Missouri question. This
was hot agreed to.
The ticket for State officers, nominated
by the Union State Convention, was rati-
fed.
A resolution to make the future session
Of the State Council with open doors, was
passed.
Adjourned sine die.
\ public meeting was held this evening
by the retiring delegates, Hon. John Co
vode presiding. An address is being pre-
pared for circulation.
The whole vote for the resolutions rati-
flying the nomination was 35, and As
counties Of the State were not -"r-----'-'
, ONE SIDE IN emigrant from Pot
ter Co., Pa, writes to the Journal, from
Lawrence City, Kansas, 18th ult., as fol
lows:
On figuring, found that the passengers
on board the stage were two Slave State
and four Free State men, not counting the
driver, who took occasion to say, early on
the journey that he was "Silor," and vo-
ted for Robinson for Governor. He was
Boston Yankee, fine fellow, and "put
us through" from Westport to Lawrence,
distance of forty miles, in eight hours.
One of the Pro- Slavery men was a mer-
chant of Iecompton; the other said he was
Border Ru!fiau, and it was very amusing
to hear him read the account Of the Kansas
aid meeting at New Haven, where they
subscribedi the fifty rifles, and at which
/ H.W Beecher figured. 1t is a remarkable
fact, that neither of these men could be
led into discussion of the question of
Slavery CT Freedom in Kansas. | told
these men the statement made me By the
Kickapoo Editor, that Gen. was com.
ing, with over a thousand men from the
South, 10 s0yc Kansas. ayes, | know it,
sir" said the merchant, "and after they
have eat few aough-nuts and pies with
the ID Yankees, they will become first
rate Abolitionists, just as others have done.
They re the genuine Southern article, but
you can't depend on them" | found,
since | came here, that he had some rea-
son to speak SO Of the Southrons ; for yes
terday asked a young Tennesseean what
he thou't of the future Of Kansas, and he
replied as follows: "Young man, came
here sound on the goose; l made a claim.
and shortly after doing SO, L made up my
mind that my claim would be worth more
in Free than in 4 Slave State; SO that
amt SO sound on the goose as | was, and
| will vote for Freedom in Kansas when
the time comes. l say that, open and
above board" How much has selishncss
to do in shaping our political dcstinics!
DID He FlB?-The IEtIiagtoa Union,
ing speaking of Judge Douglas last speech,
says that he proceeded to expose, in most
eloquer: terms, the injustice that had been
done TO him and the other supporters Of
tho Kansas bill, in the charge that they
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