Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-04-16
THE K. N. CONvENT1o>,


.As-premised in our last, we will ends,,
some Of the particulars of the K. N. dsms' .0sN
at Greensborough last week. '0nstradS
The Convention was organized, tem,o..,
calling Champion Tallyrand Napoleon Da pS''nly,
Mcdowell county, to the Chair, and ,nns:,. tsq ,s
ton Gales and N. S. Sherwood secret..; 'nss H.
thought this very appropriate beginn;n. v,
"renegades" there assembled, for Mr.. D,v s "' IL
the last five years, has turned no less tb," Stha
liticai somersets. First he was Wb;c. ."'ee 20
Southern rights Wing, repudiated s 20 'en as,
whipped in; abused the odd fogy wbi.x y, 0at H''
tendencies hopefully Democratic; then 81 =. aaohd
into the ranks of these same old fopv W.: wheeled
finally landed on the chaotic and nondes,.: ADD
of dark-lanternism, where he now wand. Sno'e
bly, cropping his way more carefully than g. p''''
Hence we say the "renegades" very ann,o S4'i!
selected him to open the Convention. ths,.a p''s!
flying their appreciation of his talent 70, tow. &a
tons, and evincing their appreciation Of oos,
another, of which they themselves ver. .n ,uush
"A committee was next appointed to renor.s
nent officers for the Convention, when i ,sps 'n
to meet in the afternoon at the Presbyterian sh
which, by an appeal to "foreign iuausn.s "'
been secured for the purpose, the pastor hs;a, @
tive of Scotland. Hon: s. H. Rogers was o. 'A'
President, and one Vice-President wasse,so,s, Ssa
each Congressional District. j. Bell and nVa
were chosen Secretaries. Mr.. Rogers, On t,li,.%
Chair, made very lame little speech, but .has,
there were "some good and true men in vh.''
was pleased to call sour party" from which r.s
sumo he has gone through the process If bs
sworn in on the cross since his speech at the csa
House here few weeks ago, when he dec),,,ll
was not member of the Order.
After this little episode, it was moved and c,r;,
that committee of two from each Coppress;,n.
District be selected to build platform. Vs,..
small family quarrel sprang up as to how the con
mittee should be selected-whcther appoinedl J..
the President or chosen by the delegates. Lon, 4,
Davidson, Haughton, Caldwell and Others s1 o'
upon it. Cameron, of the Argus, didn't care any
thing about platforms hadn't much opinion Of Them
the Philadelphia platform was sufficient (remem
Der the Register says there isn't any)-wantedn
adjourn till night, when they could hold pru,
meeting without having the wicked world lookiDsn
on them. 1t was finally decided that the commits,
should be appointed by the President, which vw
accordingly done, and the platform. builders left III.
Church to enter upon their herculean task. We
think the proceedings will show that they gaveitw
as bad job.
Calls were now made for N. Q. WaddeN, Esq., Of
Peterborough, and that &c lteman took the floor
He commenced on Paul and Agrippa, and spoke Of
the glory of being Roman citizen, just as if RO.
man citizen wasn'ta "cussed furrener." He revert.
ed to the battle of Guilford C. H., where, he sau,
the raw natiUe Americans treated the foreigners just
like the K. Ms were going to do. He paida very
disinterested compliment to that 8" old Quaker Gen
eral, Greene" and seemed very confident that tht
recording angel, at Heavens high chancery, bad
shed tears enough to blot out the oaths taken b.
Know Nothings, just as he did the oath of Und
Toby. He alluded to the Nebraska bill, which vi
thought very naughty in him, considering he Wal
facing his anti-Nebraska President. He misrepe
scented the clause in that bill in relation to qua6
lions of voters, and said he was opposed to all for
eigners, because the Hessians that fought at the bat
tie of Guilford G. H. was what produced the Hes
sian fly. He wound up with a chaste and elegant
anecdote-one highly appropriate, too, considering
he was telling it in a church-about man that went
to Mobile, his dad and man and Sukey and circuit
rider. Some of his K. N. brethren were disguised,
and so were we. but thought it just about as good
any other part of his speech. To the great delight
of the assemblage he took his seat-at least we judy
ed they were delighted from the way they laughed
and stamped.
Mr.. Foster, of Randolph, was next called out, but
begged to be excused. He, however, told very in
structive, entertaining and amusing anecdote about
little girl "hollering up chimney" and thought
there were many Democrats doing the same thing,
desiring to join the Know Nothings. From this We
infer that the dark brotherhood, having the fear
Pinebur Moccasin's dogs before their eyes, have quit
culverts and gravel pits, and taken up the chmneys
Unfortunately for him he concluded by alludins to
the " Wing candidate for Governor" then and there
to be selected.
Andrew jackson Stedman, Esq, of Pttsboroussh
SNs WYNN VAN AAooAS "'u oiopPSu lilo o'oe"~' N
asserting he had nothing to do with either Whigsr
ry or Democracy. He was for defending TIE
Protestant religion. I'VE trust the messenger 10
Heavens high chancery did not trouble himself 70
carry that up.] If any one could present single
objection to his platform he would surrender H
party needed no platform. Fillmore was living
platform. He was against any platform for The
State. He spoke Of General jackson as Dones0ns
ancestor, and we will not pretend to say that be knf
any better. All at orce he shut up and sat down.
no doubt feeling that he was very essential to tM
welfare of the Protestant religion. By the bye Dis
platform says nothing on that head, which silence
must be Objectionable to him. and therefore he 0us
to surrender. As he took his seat we fell intoa pro-
found study upon circumstances altering cases. ''4
we wondered what party would now have been n'n.
ored with tho membership of Andrew JaeAs''
Stcadn,an, the defender of the Protestant relsv'
If Andrew jackson Steadman had been elected "