The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-10

The bold and aeGant in which these acts were
contaminated could no longer be endured, and buy
remained 10 be pursued by those who felt their
obligations required them respect and regard The
and authority Of the National Council II permit
the parties who, BY their acts and conduct had with
drawn the national body to proceed with the mea
they had assembled TO consummate without tur
Their attempt to bring them to OF right and.
their withdrawal from the hall OF meeting, proceed
with the regular and legitimate business of the State
Council This method accordingly adopted and Joseph
W. HunscAer, Esq, Of Montgomery county was selected
as President pro apore IL the absence Of Brother Tiff
Any, from Reading. The accompanying minutes Of the
proceedings of the State Council held in Philadspha
the 18th inst, contain synopsis o. the business
transacted by the regular State Council at Reading 70
which your attention Is respectfully invited They
seeding body Of which j. H. Eddy ESQ., purpoIts to be
the ent and whose and that of its com
mttees from the time of its secession at Reading to the
present hour have been continued series OF usurps-
lions subversive OF the prosperity and well being OF the
Order. There acts shall proceed TO enulnerate
vention a. ncnpati xeS he neriod for meeting on the
9th day of January 1866 yet the committee OF lheea
without authority from any quarter cred the time Tor
its assembling 70 the I'D u November last IL was
unauthorized assumption Of power by the committee
against the express directions Of the resolution passed
b. the Eddy council What confidence or respect it
may be asked, be reposed In council whose acts
committees supersede and set aside all proeer ana
necessary suboIdiIaon 10 las and authority The
state Council openly and avoweoy cisregarded the ma
tional PLATFORM and Its committee OF thirteen, initiated
its example, ana followed its will and pleasure,
in entire disrepard Of the positive directions Of the
resolution This course OF procedure became neces.
sary for that could not but be obvious to It's
projectors Time, that III its movement cssipatcs many
illusions beginning perform It's off upon this,
and it was becoming apparent hst the Cincinnati Cenyen-
ton net regarded with favor by the American people,
IL that, unless the time assembling
was delegates would De present except tas
self constituted who undertook to misrepesent the
sentiments OF PENNSYLVANIA. 10 meet this contingency,
earlier day fixed, and extraordinary efforts male
To have States represented The meeting at length took
place and the admitted to have been most
signal and tifyIng failure its proceedings being the
object laughter those whose
permitted them TO peruse them But nine out OF The
thr'yone States in the Union we've represented and bat
hfty-one delegates were present not half the number
which Allegheny county alone had in attendance at the
Reading Council The newspapers Of all political par
ties Enthusiastically denominated it the Bolter's
Convention" and no true American bus must re-
greet that any OF our brethren should have been so
Tar deluded to participate in its deliberations.
One good however, may have resulted from the PROF
Its failure 20 warn others OF the folly or en-
deavoring TO establish sectional platforms or sectional
parties in he United states lead TO the convection OF
the truth that the only path TO permanent political
is to be found in the steady and patriotic advo
cacy of great national principles and measures.
The foregoing statement and exposition, is to ba
GREETED, does not include all the assumptions of author
y exercised by the tecedng council, but others OF
greyons and serious character must be added y the
list II is known to you that the subordinate councils
In compliance with The constitution of the Order, select
ed by popular vote Peter Martin Esq., to be thec cand
date for the office Of Canal Commissioner. The
mttee Of thirteen, TO whom alusion has already
been mace, in violation of right, entered into an
arrangement with the wbig and republican committees
Of the State to withdraw candidate from the field
and substituted Thomas Nicholson the nominee in his
stead. No authority make the change had dele
gated to this committee it created deep feeling OF
modification and regret amongst the oldest and most
steadfast members OF the Order. By very many H.
deemed impotc to enter into entangng alliances with
other parties and by others considered alarming
dangerous precedent. If Toned by the party
thorZed and sefconstuted committees might, the
of general election withdraw candidates for
county, State and national Offices and bargain and tra
&c away our principles with outside and antagonstic
parties. To acquiesce in dangerous assumption Of
authority considered peIilous to the we'll being If
to the very existence of the American order, and
symptoms tisfaction with the change became
rywhere apparent Its consequences proved
to the hopes Of the party the ensuing election and
an evidence OF sense OF right that those who
at the time, favored the course Of the committee
thirteen now ADMIT that they were mistaken in their
views.
At the time Of the withdrawal of our candidate for
Canal Commissioner, the secening council session
Carlisle and that body by resolution approved Of the
act Of the committee Ct thirteen and sanctioned the
imitation Of Mr. Nicholson. Perhaps 4 decided
sumption Of authority bad been attempted than
cised by this council in their attempt egaize
and gloss this act Of its committee 1t found
tnolty any existing usage, in the laws cons,
tuition OF The 0rder 1t OF variance with the fanda
mental principles Of the organization wbch carefully ex
cluded the State Council from participa ng in the om
nation of ticers and expressly gave the whole 20 YER in
the ises, 10 the subordinate councils II just
ard democratic principle which ought mo- 10 have been
irged and the OF the ell a. Carlisle inyert-
ed The mode tf procedure indicated in our laws The at
tempt and exercise suthor In the alb
Of all precedent in confded exclusively the
action of the subordinate councils land upon which they
had scted) similar in its nature TO The action Of the
council Reaoing, when it disIegarded and repu-
dated the national platform. In It defed the
national tuton in The other the state ccnsttu-
tion and yet it asks TO be considered by the awabding
members Of the Order the legally constituted state
booy. We leave you 10 judge Of the justice o pre-
tensions by the character OF Its acts.
We wish this long catalogue upatioDs The part
OF the seeding council could be brought conclusion
Unfortunately, this be done, for there remains
another feature in the proceedings Carlisle to which
allI fha
persistent defiance of the directions of the National
Council exhibited in the selection made of delegates
10 the National Convention nominate candidates tor
President and Vice President OF the United States
Inc National Council you aware, directed the
nominating delegates be chosen in each Congress iona
district, and studousiy sought 70 preserve in its
purity the democratic principe OF selecting nominees
Tor Office by the popular vote OF the Order This repub
principle appears have especially obnoxious
to the council Of which Mr. Eddy PRESIDENT for in two
instances, it aimed ceady blow a. the exercise OF popu
lar eighty and endeavoed to concentrate as much
power possible in its hands. One of these in
il the well known Of Peter Martin He
had been selected by the Of the for Canal Com
missioner, yet his Withdrawn, and that of
Tho Nicholson substituted Sho not at the time
OF his selection member OF the party The other
cbooiug nominating delegates from every
district the state for the pose Of packing the Nation
oil Convention with who would carry out the well
known abolition sentiments Of The seeding council This
course 1t Is well known opposed to the express d
rectons OF The national body and the council hoped that
it would pass without reouke. The act NOS guor
antlp committed, but was toe result Of deliberate de-
their selfish and wicked purposes. procama sion
has, however been since issued by Hon. f. 3. Bartlett
President of the National Council directing the election
delegates in the representative districts and showing
that the proceedings of this sfconsttuted State Coun
ell have found with the officers of he national
body.
The foregoing statement which we have presented for
your confederation exhibits of the proceedings of
The seeding boy that in the Judgment OF this council
receive the conntenar approval oil the Order
The narrative prepared from OF duty TO the
Amer parry and IT hoped win enable all who read
determine Tor themselves who is respcnsioe for the
existing condition of things That serious have
been committed in quarters cannot be any longer
concealed denied II is the part Of WISDOM in view
of this fact TO etrace steps, snd get back speedily
as possible to the original landmarks Of The party No
other alternative exists and il the effort be made in
spirit OF kindness and mo leration /. cannot sit Of
entire success. All who truly American ia
their purposes and objects should henceiorth
act upon the persuasion that slavery and all
other outside issues should be excluded from
deliberations. The former is irritating and
dstracng question. 1t has broken up or embarrassed
all other political parties and will assuredy leopard the
distinctive American doctrines, II we per-