Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-04
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
THE ASSOCIATED PRES
The American National Convention.


LOUISVILLE, June "A large number Of dele
gates To the American National Convention
rived here during Yesterday and to-day. The
convention promises TO be a large one and is com
posed of manv prominent men from most Of the
states of the Union
The delegates held an informal meeting YES
terday morning at the Gait House, J. Scott HaI-
rlson, OF Ohio, in the chair.
=, Hon, Erastus Brooks. OF New York; Anthony
Kennedy, Of Maryland; John J. Crittenden. Of
kentucky; John scott Harrison. of Ohio: n w
thompson Of Indiana. and Austin Baldwin, Of
oSnhectlcut, were requested, and consented 20
aultesS The national council and citizens the
osPecIs and condition Of the American party in
several states, this afternoon. The meeting
1 aI, 10 assemble in council at the Mozart
HAIL. a' seven O'Clock tomorrow morning
tlRsr DAY-NoRNING SESSION.
hon. h. Is Bartlett. the President of the Ma
honal Council, called the council 10 order AZ ele
ven o'clock this morning
In the absence Of tine secretary, Mr. Clinton
Duncan, Of Kentucky, appointed recordin,
secretary pro tenn.
The following committee on ---lyntials were
,,i.c~l " OF Illinois; +. schley. of Mariana e
VI. Hillyer, Of Missouri; A. Baldwin. Of Connec-
ticut; A. NJ. c. Smith, Of New York, and w. r
SwitZer, of Missouri.
The convention then adjourned till O'Clock
p. IN.
Afternoon Session.-The President called the
Council to order at O'Clock. The committee
Credentials reported the list Of delegates far
completed.
Hon. Erastus Brooks then addressed the con-
NehAion, according TO the arrangements OF the
committee, at considerable length He reviewed
the mission of the American party New York
ne said had given l2O, 600 votes for Fillmore and
Americans are stronger to-day tkan in November
last Tor tens OF thousands Of Republicans are re-
GREETING the error into which they were led under
the excitement Of the Presidential canvass and
are now ready to return to an allegiance to the
Hon. Anthony Kennedy, of MARYLAND, next
addressed the convention. The MARYLAND dele
gatIio i mad come here with firm determination
TO discard all sectional feelings and breiudc es
TO set their faces against ANYTHING calculated 10
distract or divide the people of the different
States and TO give in Maryland's allegiance anew
10 true Americanism. To these principles the
people Of Maryland have been ready TO risk their
ives and fortunes. and are ready 10 do so again
She VIII he as ready to act in future Standing
between the extreme North and South. she will
call upon all true Americans to know no princi-
pie but one-that OF Union. He called upon tie
party not TO change its name or principles but TO
night on, hight ever, until the triumph of Ameri-
can principles was secured
Mr.. X. ". Thompson, OF Indiana attacked the
Democratic party. He said that party is now
forming capital cut Of the Black Republicans Of
the Northern States. The latter party was declar-
ing that the President and Congress Of the United
states had right to disregard the decisions of
the highest courts and interpret the Constitution
as they understand il, and not as interpreted nv
the courts. tie declared that while the Republi1
cans sought to place the Americans on a level
with the negroes, the Democrats seek 10 place
them on level with pauper laborers Of foreign
countries. He deprecated the introduction into
any national platform the slightest alluson to
slavery. IL was as impossible, he believed, TO
make New England regard slavery anything
but evil, as il was 10 make South Carolina believe
II morally wrong to hold negroes in servitude
Let every State enjoy its own opinion. In reCa.d
TO all such abstract questions Il is better that ne
grOes should be blotted from the land than that
the Union should he severed on account Of a dis
pute about the value of a slave,
Hon. ErastuS Brooks moved the appointment Of
committee of thirteen to report a series Of reso-
buttons, and an address for the consideration Of
tae c. invention. Agreed to.
The President appointed a committee the
following gentlemen Erastus Brooks, of New
York; Mr.. Hoffman, of MARYLAND; Vespasian FL
lis, of Washington; g. NJ. Hillinger, OF Misss-
sipp: w. III sutton, of Arkansas; r w. Thomn-
son, of Indiana; w F. SwitZerles, of Missouri: J
Scott Harrison, Of Ohio; w. :. Wood, of Michi-
gan; WV Dannehower, of Illinois; A. Baldwin,
of Connecticut; J. ]. Crittenden, of Kentucky;
and Anthony Kennedy, of MARYLAND.
Mr.. Schley, of Md, moved that all resolutions
of a political character, which NAV be presented.
be referred to the above committee.
After debate bv Messrs Buckingha Of New
York; T.. L. Wood, Of Brooklyn; and General q.
Jones, of Syracuse, who were all opposed to
olutiOns, the motion Was indefinitely postponed
Mr.. Ware, of Ohio moved that a committee Of
thirteen be instructed to mature and report a gen
eTal plan for the reorganization Of the American
party throughout the Union. Adopted.
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