The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-05

rse.. Put great n..y thing ysrs sss. .. xross
seats ON the same soes 70 washingtss But he would
not vote for Nj, Clhste occupy sat this soOr KAs
FIT q = ,: "a 10.
matters The man who ". mot With them was against
them, and let him 60, SAppkuss Mr.. CLARKE "a not
hat IL he way they should act e tnr nsss vas
repreeentiDgsa Fillmore district, lot the National
ss as s h. ss
i.ndsnip wh:tssI, MI Fillmore were to .essP. -
that question BE declined to answer. Ss had not
ought no. TO. 70 support Mr. nmerssSsS the H. ooane
Ahould determine that no had right to seat in thus
hall.
M BUCKINGHAM Of n. Y, novsd,-as N Amendment,
that Mr. be admitted to seat on THE In
rtesd Of Mr. Clarke. was madness and folly to reject
the latter manly in the snunciaton Of bis
tinens He was entirely opposed to the Submission Of
Mr. Clarke.
| Mr. DAssHo,H, Chairman Of the Committee en- Gre
denials did not think the nat understood. The
Convention which nominated Mr. Clark legally called
srd fully represented and Mr.. CArk legally elected
Hts alternate M Waterbury. opposed the resolution,
endorsing the nomination of FL and oone!scn The
nse and sssar.d them that the district IN favor Of
the nomination The contestant appointed by .
Convention OF wur members. in which bu. one county
represented The commit therefore decided that
Mr. Clarke legally elected, aud that he had not
pudiAed the nomination OF Mr.. Fillmore. M Clarke had
also sisted that refused to give the Of his in
connection with the bogus Convention to NEE. the
18th of Jrne-but they had used his without his
consent. He hoped the report would be adopted
M MARSHALL wanted TO know whether that alternate
was elected at the same time As Mr.. UA1k.
Mr. DASEsnovER admitted that no had been, but that
the election had been made before Mr.. Waterbury had
race known HE anti Fillmore sentiments.
Mr.. WINCHESTER thought that this . vexed ques-
, se Ss onsr Mr ass voH deceive
Hs therefore, to end the whole subject moved 70 lay on
the table that portion Of the committees report.
The question taken, and the motion to lay on the
table ~ss agreed to, amid applause.
The claimants iefs the room tceether apparently 81
.isfed with the setaon Of the Council
The Council then proceeded to ballot tor scsrs for the
Pepc.ne the election An invitation wss received from
the Fifth sard Council asking the attendance of members
a this body at meeting In their ward this evening.
The invi'sien accepted.
the applied TO Mr. Clarke be could longer occupy
sea. thishoor. He Wa elected AZ Fillmore dele
to do thing he could to his election but
the CGun ell seemed determined that members must be
excluded because they would not absolutely and posi
lively be bound BY the action Of Convention which met
for tbe nomination OF President AMI Vice President be
yr Macl) asked the privilege Of Withdrawing from the
Council. He vas behind no man IN the expression OF
principles belonging 10 every American-thas they
believed in Americans ruling America that they we're
the union Of Church and state and were IN favor
OF the pty Of the Union. On these three prnci
pies he yielded 10 no man, but etin he could not
submit to stand in this Council and represent
advocated by the great majority Of the American party
the North that they bound to support nomina
lions which come 10 conflict with ether issues deemed BY
them essential to the North He regarded for instance
the volstion Of the Missouri compromise 40 violation
of the rights the whole Union This idea higher
10 them Than AL other considerations (Risses.) He
wanted to occupy longer position In this Council,
ard be begged pei mission to retire.
sfSrRAL MExBERs-Lst the permission be unanimously
granted.
Permission unanimously granted and the delegate
retired.
American party Of that STATE had, after mature
~deliberation. declined to rAy the nomination made
At rhladspas oss OF windaS
his constituents he had come 70 this Convention with
the credentials Of the American party Of Rhode Island
which Was second TO State IN the Union in devotion
10 the principles Of the party That State had been
gained on the principle Of religious liberty. They were
tie m allies. community had bssn formed there and be
hoped that they should continue 30. They We're
oppced 20 foreign Influence from the EARLIEST days OF their
history They rad eDeYated on their State constitution
provon which excudes from sufrsg &c all aliens who
have not acquired . title in the soil itself. They
yielded TO meme in eevs.ion to the Union, and
would no. go to the death to preserve il.
They nigh. offer, honestly, In opinion he would say
fIankness the gentleman from Kentucky, that In
questions which they mignRdvide, they would; but
that upon the principles which the American party
formed any al issues forced upon
by Conventions whh had no business with ttem they
would stare where The American party stood, ana they
swsys in, end to stand there. Their orgsnzson had
lost nothing in that STATE hey victorious every
election, and meant to keep mp their organization, and
90 from victory to victory The subject Of nom ina
OF this Council and II that to be made test
ouestien-f they should be liable to be disranchised
,hs qnes,or-thsy would beg leave to eepsr;; they
ioneed they would stand firm and enduring, long
AFTER these sectional questions were swept away.
Bu he presumed here to exercise the right OF freeman
in that respect. II denied 10 him, then that was no
place 70, BIN.
vnph here OafO NJ AZ votes
Al given for the present Incumbent Mr. E. B. Bart
lett, who accordingly declared duly elected Messrs.
Eastus Brooks OF New York. and Hitchcock Of Css0r
mia, put in domination for the Vice Presidency.
Mr.. HUMPHREY MARSHALL remarked that when ths gen.
tlemsn from Illinois Or. Mack had retired from this
body, he cid under the obligations Of gentleman OF
honor tor he tad been sent here by body composed OF
Arercsns and black republicans. He was therefore
the representative Of fusion of heterogeneous mater
ais, and had proper abiding place in this Council.
If the gentleman from Rhode Island entertained the
idea that be stood in the category, then me- TOO
Indicated, g wire determination In the position be bad
taken.
Mr.. JENusEs- Neither She idea nor the fact
Mr. nARsHAI understood tn gentleman to assert that
the American party his State had declined TO raty The
nomination Of Mr. Fillmore, which was the groundwork
Of their action in this CANVASS The gentleman referred
to him Gar NJ if be seemed inclined to read ont OF
ths American party persons who did not exactly sub
scribe 10 the proportions presented by him, and who
net su ienty Procrustean to he IN the bed of ex
actly the dimensions which he would prescribe. Now
he could the gentleman that there coud not be
found an American disposed TO be more liberal and more
Spt he did not Fith, IN the chamber Of the National
Council set with who hsd not yet determined
10 their he did not want TO act with who
carry credentials in their pockets to operate hereafter TO
undo what they sent here to do II the gentleman
from Rhode Island, who Rad referred 70 MIN, found him.
se within the category let him the cap if II fitted
him; and II the gentleman did not feel that it
fitted him, then he (Mr. NJ could say that there
nothing in what be had said whi:h had any refer
ence 70 the gentleman from Rhode leland. He did not
know that that State was here in the position
which the gentleman assigned TO her. Hs did
not know anything in reference to her repudil'icn
Of the nomip alton, and did rot even understand
from the gentleman what position be would occup..
He would rather act here with six States all understand
ing each other and acting together shoulder to shoulder
than achieve by pieoad organization which
would have nothing, except its variegated colors to
mark It's want Of principle.
Mr.. rerpon ded. He had felt called upcn
he did BE had given stab in the dark. The State
Rhode Island had net till this hour, been chsed
In the Councils of the national party. they repudatei
the nonineticn; and that we're TO dsfranohse tnem
let them know it. the Council say they DO not belong
10 it, they cid not want to stay moment longer.
Mr.. HfsRIcE, of Ohio stated that mis- constit1ents