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I v.. '"N 1T- LOOOrOOO PLATFORM. (Winsati, June 4 Noon. The committee nu reuti-aa reiterated the Baltimore PUUccm uf isi together Slewing resolutions: .4i vkertas. Since the foregoing declaration unilorwdy adopted by oar predecessor in National Conventions an adverse political and relioeai ha been ecretly organixed by a party cWafeg to-b exdosiveiy American, and. it u proper that the Amoican Democracy should clearfy define its relation thereto ; therefore, Retohti, That the foundation of thia union of State UvixigbeenlaidmiUpewperity.expansioa and pre-eminent example in free government, bm!t upon entire freedom in matter of reiipou oern, and no respect of person in regard to rnk or place of birth, no party can jatl be " bitltfiul, conaiitutional or in accordance with American principle, which baaea ttt exdusive org tnixation upon religion opinion and acciden ui Urth-place. , That we reitmtf, with renewed energy of por poja, tLa well cue .idered declaration of -former oovendoo npon tha sectional issue o' domestic Urery and ouncerning the reserved ngbU of the Mates ; and that w may more distinctly meet the issue on which a sectional party, fnbsuting exclusively on slavery agitation, now relies to teat the fidelity of the people, forth South' t.i the Constitution and the Union. ArsoW, That claiming fellowship with and dej Miing the co-operation of all who regari the pre tvaUoo of the Union under the constitution as the paramooot issue, ana repuaiaung u . wou at parties and platforms concerning domestic sla very, which seek to embroil the States and incite to treason and armed resistance to law in the Territories, an4 whose awwed purposes, if coo -lummated: tnnt end in civil war and disunion, the American democracy recogaka and adopt the principles contained in the organic laws ubliafilnf the Territories of Kansas and Nebraa- a, al embodying the only, sound and safe aolu- urof the slavery question, npon whkh the great national Idea of the people of thia whole country ran repose la it determined conservatism of the Ink : non-ijitcrference by Congress with sla- cry la State and Territories ; that this ws the Ntsis.of tie .ctroprornisrs of. 1 $&0, confirmed by b.4h the democratic nd whig parties in national cmventioir, ratified by the people in the elec ts -a of 1 852, and rightly applied to the organiza tion 4- territoriea-iw 1854; that by the uniform application of thh tlemocraric principle to tb rrganuation of territories and the admission of i.rw Hates, with or without domestic slavery, as ihT lrct, the equal rights of all the State iU he preserved intact, the original compact of the cotutitation maintained inriolate, and the perpetuation and expansion of this Union en sured to 'its utmost capacity of embracing, in p-ve and raimony, every future American State that may be constituted with a republican Irm f government. ResoheJ, That. we recognize the right of the pie of all " the Territories, including Kansas tA Nebraska, acting through the fairly ex press ed will of the majirity of actual residents, and .whenever the number tf their inhabitants justi hc tXr to Lm s couAtitution, with or without dn u.ntxe slavery, and be admitted into the Union upon terms of perfrct equality with the other ; Sutes. L Inge, of Cd, intnluc.l the following, which was akptel, siUr much debate : KejrJrtJ. That the drmoerstic party reczes iK grwt irnpritance, in a pnlitWI and commer point of view, -f a safe srnl speedy coniruu r.K Atia with our own territory between the AU l tntK' and Pacific cnats of thw Union ; and it b i.e dutv of the Meral gorernnent ta exercisa pr-Dptly all its constitutional owers for the atuinroent of that objft. Tb committe theu reported the following aMitkJcaJ reaolutiona on t iflEFoauox r.ucT'or'THE covcaxxxxT. tUxietd, JurnOg, That by the condition of the pepoiar Institutions of the oM world, and the dMgeroua tendency of sectional agitation, cotn Ued with the attempt to. enforce rir3 and re-1;-.hm rUsabilities against the right of acquiring c tiuxuslJp to OtlT own land, the high and sacred ' th.ty im Je vol red with, increaaed responsibility upon the Democratic party of this-cvuotry, as ti v j-u-ty of the Union, to uphold and maintain the right of every State, and thereby the onion ft the States; and sustain and advanoe among iu ccnstitatisl liberty by oonuouiug to reafat all ta-wopoltei and exclusive legislation for the tnefit of t'e few, at the expense of the many. Aud, by the vigiiut adherence to these principles iu..l the ccrr.prooiucs of the constitution, which are broad and strong enough to embrace and up hold the Uakn a it was, and the Union as it is, the Union as it shall be, in the full expansion ( the energita and capacities of this great pro- greeaMra peoftM : . Ftrvt Rtadsed, That the qoesfiona connected witbtra irigt policy of tha country arc inferior tn nWtfwnesticqueu whatever," The tirnehaa c me for the. people of. the Uaitad tatea to da- - lare themseives in fivor of free seas and pro renire free trade throughout the world.. And, I y sol ram manifestations, to place their moral in- n teoc by the nde of their successful example. Seconi-&3oiref, That our geographical and rolitka! prtitron with reference to the other Stab oT thia Continent, no less than the interests of our comnvTce and the development of our frwiB-power, requires that we hold sacred the irnnptes ioTolre.1 ia"ihe il jnroe doctrine. Their jaanag sou ' import admit or no miscoajtruc tion, and "ahoold be spplial with uabending r.rftity.-;- Thirdly Saoktd, That the treat hi ehwav whsv h nature, a well a the anjt of the Stated TiCl rtniccutrty interested m its maintenance, ris tnarked our or tlie free communication br twvea the AilantK and the Pacific Oceans, Con eutnto 01 tue most unpnrtant achievements t be restued br the spirit of moderation, in tba .ncooqiierM energy cf our people, and that re- s it nnnj.i oe secured iy a timeir ana emoent errtiou of the control which we Lave a right to claim m it. An1 no power on earth khonld be Mitfered to impede clog its progress by anr interference with relations that it may suit our poiicj t establish' a-irh the porenynent of the Mtes within who dnruinia.it lies; and we can. , iiMrr Tvi circumstances, surrender vur prepon .lerinre in the sdjntnwnt of 1 q uet ions arising 4tof1t Fourthly IUJrl. Tmt in rW w of so com- i.iaolir an interrst, th P"TJe of the United Nr rsnu4 lut rmpalhiHe with the eff.nts whH O are l4nnj;nt)r bv the ie..i.f of Central Anirrica to r generate that p.ii..nt.f the Couti- int vMtK'R enters the peonage acroKs the Atlantic lltlBSM. ft fth ly RfarJrft, Tliat the Democratic party " w ill expert fr.n the next Adntinutration everv pr.r effirt trt he made to insure isrr awvudancy in tLe (iulf.Mnifoaitil wtaintaia a lirrmaneBt f4ertio. of the great nutlete through which are rtupuei mt.i iu waters the priK-U aued on the soil, aixt the rtenntaliiiea created by the in hwry ,4 tle iople-..f er Western valleys and tLe Union at large. , FllXMOIlEaXD DOXELSOX AT CIXCIX- ' XATI. An AmericA demonstration at CSndnnati; on Friday evening last, was multitudinous and'en thu4jtict A srt of rewJutioua, the preamble of oVcUres that U injurious eflecU of foreign intluetKe upon our aationality.and a growing do-n-tic diloyaty to tha union of the States, are the cau whirk liave given birth to tba Ameri can party, were r-d and adopted. The resolu tion . adv.cate tlrf- policy of confiding the govern rmil of t country to Americans alooc, themain r i. nuoce t-T tl Union at all hazards, proclaim Mi'linl FlHntnre as the nun L tk t-riJ. Jb T) following is the third resolution : t lU-sulrrd, That we cannot trust tha National iioviruueut to the Democracy on account of its V BLMntainaacowf this tboterous foreign Infioence d pleilged ai it is to the violation of plighted' ciar.pacts at hme, and to lawless aggression abroad ; or to the republican party, whoae sole pul.ttral capital o.i-u in whatever of hosUlitv U aa arouae gaint ti Southern portion of the Union, without regard to the inevitable sod Uoo Iv caunitie whkh it will prodaea. vJOIIN" AT CINCDTNATL ? H. r .v. rJ tKa aMjion (this warm weather) is tha fallowing letter to tha Con- - tlnn from tfc- notorioua Iriahman. Thomas . nnlTm fmm tK nntnrioua Irishman. TVArrv MeOe editor of a PoDth teurnal ia thia city called the -Irish Celt,", and one of tha moat pliant tools of tha most Reverend Archbishop Johnllughes: . 7b &W Member oftto Democratic Natumat Von- rfnticn : 101 Xassat STaxrr, New York, 1 May SOth; 1856. j . Gentlemea A word spoken in time is said to be worth more than gold, and I beg to offer yeu auch a word, by favor of tba Cincinnati press. Too will have at your door, I still hope not on your benches, from California, Mr. Herbert, on whose bands yet smokes tha blood of a poor coun trymen of mine by birth, lately murdered in public hotel at Washington. I address yoo a simpla straight forward question do you mean to admit this man to a seat in your Convention 7 I hope, I sincerely Lope,' you do not. He w now under heavy bonds to stand Lis trial for the murder of Thomas Keating, and if he ha not decency enough to stay away, you, knowing all the insulting and unjustifiable circumstances or the case, ought to have feeling enough to keep him out. I am known to aeveraT of your number, anl though never personally engaged m any Presi dential canvass, of the three I have witnessed in the United States, there are those witn you wuo can certify that all my preferences have hitherto been democratic, and my action accordingly. In 1852 I was among the firs, the most earnest, and I believe not the least efficient, in resisting the artful attempt to make Mr. Pierce answera hle for tha Catholic test in the New Hampshire Cbnstitation. The "campaign- publication of that day, issued from the omca or tne uosion Post. Albany Arena, and Washington Union, have recorded how ready, for the maintenance of a great principle, in common witn toe ciaw m ritirena to which I belong, I was then found to obliterate the memory of individual wrongs. Precisely in the same spirit, J wot for ifr. Her bert a exdmtkm. Since 1852, a fierce social wr ha been made on the adopted citizens. So long as it was confined to sectarian presses and mid night mobs, we endeavored to resist it with a firm forbearance. But when a Democratic Mem lr of Congresa, and Delegate to your Conven tion, shoots, before breakfast, a working man, bora use he resented being called a "damned Irish n of a b h," it is full time for u to ask you, do you mean to separata that man from your ranks, or to overlook notorious tacts, or to vindi- eate the equality of all classes of citizens, high and low, native and foreign-born, in practice as in theory ? Look ing anxiously for your decision to your proceedings, f J remain, gentlemen, very respecuuiiy, Your obedient servant, THOMAS D'ARCY McGEE. It will be seen that the Irish wing of the De mocratic party demanded not only the expulsion of Herbert from the House of Representatives, but from the Democratic Convention 1 The "nn- terrified" must be cautious, f John Is not a man to be trilled with. He controls the Irish vote in this country just as effectually as he does the priesthood! AT. T. Express. ELECTORAL CONVENTION. Pursuant to notice, a Convention of the Ameri can Party was held for the 8th Electoral District in the town of Rutherfordton, on Tuesday, 27th of May, 1856. - On motion of A. 8. Merrimon, Esq., Dr. W. D. Whitted, of Henderson county, was called to the Chair and S. C Brrson, Esq., of Haywood, and Dr. T. A Allen, of Henderson, were appoin ted Secretariea. The roll of counties being call ed, it was ascertained that the following counties were represented: Haywood, Henderson, Bun combe, McDowell, Burke, Caldwell, Watauga, Rather ford and Polk. On motion, the Chairman appointed a commit tee of five to prepare resolution for the action of the Convention. The committee consisted of Messrs. A. S. Menimou Dr. T. D. Jones, Cal vin J. Webb, Andrew Miller and J. C Hallibur ton. During the absence of the committee, the Convention was addressed in eloquent and forci ble speeches by Hon. J no. Baxter, and CoL C. T. N: Davis. Tba committee, having returned, reported, through" tljeir Chairman, A. S. Merrimon, Esq., the following resolutions; JtctdceJ, That w hare the highest confidence in the political integrity and eminently conacr vatire aUtesinaiuhjp of Millard Fillmore and Andrew J. Dooehiou, and that we most cordial ly endorse the action of the late National Ameri can Convention, in 'nominating the former for President and the latter for Vice President of the United States; and that we hereby pledge our selves to their zealous support, believing that the safety of the Constitution and the permanency of the Union depend in a great measure upon their success. Resdrtd, That with feelings of patriotic pride, we recognize John A. Gilmer as the American candidate for Governor of the State of North Carolina, and in him we find the conservative statesman aud pure patriot, every way worthy oi o ir most coraiai ana entnusiastic support. BesolcnJ, That we entertain a distinemshed regard for the services, ability, and indefatigable a a T t Wv w r-w industry oi uoon m. uyman, bsq., ana we nomi nate him aa the American Electoral Candidate for this Electoral District. Bndbeed, That with a view to a thorough dis cussion or the American tarty, the fjhair appoint one or more asaatant electors lor each county in the District. . On motion, the resolution were unanimously adopted. A. S. Mernmon, Esq., then being caiiea upon, maaea very aDle, eloquent, and tel- iujk aisciuamig me question or btate and Xati' nal Txlicy. at considerable lenslh. In pursuance of the last resolution, the Chair man sppomtett tne following gentlemen Assis tant Electors: Cherokee, O. W. Hsyes; Macon, U. W. biler, Jackaon, Jos. Keener and J. H. Al ley; Uaywood, Wm. Johnson, and S. C Bryson; Henderson, J. r. Jordan; Buncombe, Dr. C. N. Handler sitd J. L. Henry; Madison, J. A. Farz sou a. r iiaini; lancy, j. . alcUrov and J. a Bailey; McDowell, G-n. A. Burgin and J. C. Halliburton; Bsrke, T. G. Walton and W. F. McKesson; Uaklwell, Ur. Thoa. D. Jon Wa tauga, Oil. W.' Horton and, J. S. R. Miller: iJkes, Dr. C. I Cooke and Augustus Martin; Rntherford, Gen." George Logan and H. Lee: and Polk, Dr. B. Lankford. On motion, " foacitL That the thank of the Convention be tendered to the Chairman and Secretaries for the faithful discharge of their duties. Jicxiced. That the proceedings of this Con vention be published in the Asheville SnecUtor. and that the Raleigh Register and the American papers in tha Stat be requested to copy. i ne uonvennon men adjourned sum die. W. D. WHITTED, Chro'n. S C. Brraos, T, A. ALLE9, J.Secretaria. The George Law men are eettiaz un a convention to meet at New York, the 12th inst. Their programme as proclaimed from Albany Is ultra abolition. The Herald, from shame it msy be at such a development from it Mamns Anollo. intimates that ft is a device to take the wind out of the sails of Seward & Co who meet in con vention at Philadelphia, the 17th ; "Lire Oak Georga" retire from the list in person, and tnly aspire to be, for the present, "Warwick, the King-maker." .Ha expects to nominate on the 12th some one. whom the Black RnnKii.... wi'l be compelled to accept on the 17th 1 Rather a shabby come-off! Considering what a great man "Live Oak Georce is." and how mn. queduct. railroads, steamboat, platforms," tc be ha built ! t& There are. according to mliV.l the large numder of seven million pores in the' body of a man of ordinarv size mA If th joined lengthwise, a tube would be formed twenty eight miles long ? J i A BLUNDER. I!C HIGH LIFE. : From a new work called L'Inde Con tempo- raine, by F. da Lanoye, lately published at Par - U, we translate the following story, which is al- most Uo good to be true : v "When Lord H , the recently appointed Governor of Madras, was going out to India, he found at Suez, comfortably installed in the best state-room of the steamer, a Frenchman, whose bearing, costume and language, realized the con ventional type of a perfect gentleman; irre proachably shod, gloved, barbered and cravated, wearing immaculate linen, and putting on for every meal an entire new dress of the latest cut and marked by the finest taste. Jf he were tra veling without a suite and had entered on the register only his first name, it was, without doubt, because he had good reason for preserv ing an incognito political reasons, perhaps. And if from the enormous mass of hi baggage he might have been supposed, to be a traveling clerk ou hi way to the East, with samples of all the fabric of Paris, his pithy conversation, the gravity of his manuer, and his dignified reserve, sometimes slightly ironical, the productions of the kitchen and cellar of the pur r disposed of this suppositious did thecroa-n of, an earl which was borue upon each of his numerous trunks. ; Besides, he spoke understandingly of the sa lon of Londou and Paris, of the balls of Lord C . the entertainments of Earl W , ami the diuners of Baron R ; giving such details that it wa impossible not to suppose that he had taken a prominent part iu them, and, more than that, a few words carelessly let fall in his conversation induced the supposition that he had lived on intimate terms with Lord Dalhousic, the Governor General of India, who was 'then expecting him at Calcutta. All these data, compared, computed and commented upon by the restless curiosity of his fellow travelers, led them, and Lord H first of all, to conclude that this mysterious personage must be a Com missioner sent by the French Government to its establishments in India, or at least the Governor of Chandernagore. This point being once settled, the stranger na turally became the lion, the centre of observation and attraction of the little coterie of the cabin. Lord H. proclaims him to be without a rivsl at whist, and would have no other partner, and tltought himself perfectly happy when he could see seated on his right at a table a man who, ou the first inspection, relentlessly reduced to the lowest deeps of the vinous hierarchy wines' which were presented to him aa the; products of the most favared soils. This Frenchman was in fact a universal geuius. At the concert in the even ing, at the very moment, even, when on the quarter-deck he exchanged grave-political re marks on men and things in Europe iwith Lord H., he would carelessly approach the Wisicians to correct a discordant note or to approve by a patronizing gesture a difficult passagH victorious ly surmounted. About the tea-table he wore the aame masterly ernJesevnsion, not even diadain iug to give his advice in relation to the '.best methods of making the precious beverage, aud he seemed to lw as well acquainted as Robert Fortune himself with all the varieties of the aro matic plant. Happy, then, theyonng uiiss, who was intrusted with the delicate functions of Hebe, if she succeeded in exchanging for a smile of ap probation the sweetened cup and the toast which she had artistically prepared for this privileged mortal ; for although it must be said that he hail evidently doubled Cape Forty, he might still be called a handsome man, and they were almost certain that he Was unmarried. So he reigned k ing of fashion on the steamer from Suez to Ceylon, where he excused himself from an invitation to dinner, sent him by the Governor of thst Island, allegiug that he was indisposed; frun Ceylon to Madras," where Lord II at tempted iu vain to induce him to remain, and at parting expressed his regret and esteem with such energy that be nearly broke three of his fingers ; and from Madras to Calcutta, where his fellow traveling friends were stupified with hor ror to learn that be, whose influence they had all sought for, whose ease they bad admired, whose manner they liad applauded , whose regard, whose smiles and preference they had been intrigu ing to gsin, was none other than a clever French cook whom Lord Dalhousie was importing to take charge of his ranges. One must be an Englishman to comprehend ud describe the cou fusion of the voluntary dupes of this mystification ; when J wa in Calcutta and Madras it was the topic of conversation in all the European talons, people were talking about it, aud perhaps are still, more in a spirit of sadness than of jest; and I am sure that in all India no man but Lord Dalhousie would have dared to laugh oyer it heartily. Despotism. We arc iu the habit of boasting of our freedom -and, theoretically, our govern ment is the freest upon earth. It was designed by its framers that our citizens should enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happinesi " that " difference of opinion should be tolerated, where reason was left free to combat error "-and such was the liberty enjyed under tlte earlier President of the Union. It was (hen supposed, that a man who took office under the Govern ment did not thereby ccape to possess the liberty of speech, or the right to vote his sent-men ts. But things have undergone a great change and our President has now become as pure a despot as the ruling Emperor of France or of Ru&ria. Does a public officer cease to think-for himself, or to vote his. sentiments at a local election, he is forthwith dismissed. He must vote and. think as the Presjdent dictates, or lotfe his place and his means of support. This is the doctrine now proclaimed under the rule of Franklin Pierce. Hear what an administration paper, printed in Washington by an office-holder, said a day or t wo before the recent election in that citr : '. We have been furnished with a listtof per sons who, while they are receiving their daily bread from the present Administration, intend, serpcut-like,! to sting the bosom from which they derive pourisbment. We shall hand the list to our clerk at the polls to watch theso 'ngrates. Send ns along sonje more." . . This threat was uttered, as the American Or gan alleges, by a foreigner, " a man who has been condemued. to the workhouse in this city, (Washington,) and who escaped from it." And this mean and despicable creature has been ap pointed to office by Frauklin Pierce; 'and, under the protection of his master, dared to threaten native Americans with dismissal frem office if they should presume to vote at the kuU election otherwise than should be pleasing to hi despotic master. We had labored under .tli impression that public officers were indebted, not to the Presi dent, but to the people, for their "daily bread but it seems to be otherwise considered by the President and his hired supporters in Washing-: too. They are to be treated as the servants or slaves of the President, and Dot as the aervanU of the pcopleand are to be deprived of thair "daily bread" if they refuse to obey the orders of a foreign pcamp who is employed to make known the will of Franklin Pierce. Had any map holding office in former times dared to make a publication such as the above, he would have been promptly dismissed from public employ ment, and t would bare been well if he had m- caped with a whole skin ; but the attempt to ruw oBHtJvouirs is pot surpnsiuz under a Prari. dent who openly offered bribes to members off Congress to vqte for particular bil!,. which he hoped would help to procure hi re-uomination i lor tne iTesideucy. Uc may talk of corruntion of foreign governments, but we bid fair to sur pass them all. ! i I llic monarch or tuslaud would not dr to An whst has bcou doite by Franklin Pu-roi iiithn I Parliament nor the people would submit to it ; and yet he hope again to Denominated far Pru dent, and to receive the confidence of the people. If we believed that he could realize his hopes' ' - ""-j"" oi me rcuuoiio ior ne woma . lav the Goverunieul so rotten with corruption, at the end of his scond term, as to deprive it of vitality. No ; Franklin lierce can never be chosen ; President of the United States again. He may bribe a&d threaten ; muster his foreign hirelings and his domestic sycophants-he cannot again receive tlie vote of the American people. The i nation ha been sufficiently nauseated by his con- ! duct during one term it deter it from ever desir-' ing to have him serve a second; Bali, tiijper. Ui1 " Ours' are the plant of fair, detigtoMjxa. Unvarped by party rage to live like brothert. R A LIU ft H, N. C WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1856 r U- - b NATIONAL AMERICAN TICKET ! FOR PRESIDENT. MILLAD..FllhMQKE. of'new tobk. - FOR VICE .PRESIDENT, ANDREW Jv D0NELS0N OF TENNESSEE. AMERICAN ELECTORAL TICKET, FOB THE STATE AT LAR.GE. L. B CARMICHAEfi, of Wilkes, JOHN W. CAMERON, of Cumberland. 1st District, Lewis Thompson, of Bertie 2,1 3.1 J- 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Jas. T. Littlejohn, of Granville. A. J. Stedman, of Chathvn, Gen. J. M Leach, of Davidson. Oen. Ai .KDargan, of Anson, j Jno. D. Hyman, of Buncombei, FOR GOVERNOR JOHN A, GILMER, OF GUILFORD COUNTY. 1. Rzkoltkd, Tht w Mtifjr and approve th platform of BrinHplM laid down b the ABurk CoDTcntioa whtrh u ru rn That ' t ia fkvur of a DrotrrrMiTS ftTfttem ..r it.n.l Innmmnl! sndl M will ultimately dmrelop thtt rMouiTM nf Ihe SUt, nd.torh a will not burthen th people with n.,.rwle taxation. ' ! u miniL That we are osDoeed to the DolHT of the un erai UoYertiiucnt wjuanderinir the publia Undo to provide k....4. i. ftMtvn niuivrt and roiiTkta, u-r... Th.1. M iirioua and ronSictlnz opinion amouft Whig and Democrat, both aa to the propriety of ametxlinK the Stat Constitution, aa well aa tne manner ami .... tn wtLh mi.nilment houid be made: 4. Kmoitkd, That in order that the paramount principle of Americanism may at oa trammelled in uu enamuic pro tt k- .vai Mote auflKtloaa. mkde no bv our former politi cal organisation, the party, eschewing aectional imuei In the State a well a In the Caion, declare their purpose f abiding by aud maintaining tne. repreacniauTe ni oi ine preeent COBtrtntion. KemluMon of the Greennboro' Convention I accept the nomination with the PiTroM annexed; i w !,. ia i,hu vitlt IKa wiealn&tlna annexed.1' Jmx A. Ullmer'a Addrem before the Ureeunboro'. Convention, FOR THE. CAMPAIGN I CIRCULATE THE DOCUMENTS! j To meet the demand that there will doiibtless be for a paper, which, during the ensuing Presi dential Campaign, will keep fully informed upon the 'points to be discussed in the Canvass, the "Raleigh Register "will be issued as a cam paign paper, at a price bo reasonable as to place it in the hands of every man. Tkrms, weeklt, rot six months. Clcbs. Five copies for-------$4 Ten do do, - - - - - :- - $ 7 IVenty'do do - - - - -All to be tent to one address. - $12 APPOINTMENTS. John A. Gilmer, Esq., the American candi date for Goveriror, will address the people of the respective Counties named at the following times aud places : j Hertford, Elitabeth City, Old Trap, Camden, Edeuton, Plymouth, - -Windsor, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, 12th inst. 18th 14th M 16th " 17th M Tuesday, Wednesday, 18th ' AMERICAN NATIONAL COUNCIL. The National Council f the American Party, whiob convened iu New York on Tuesday oi last 'week, adjourned tine die on Thursday, The. following are the excellent resolutions ad opted; Resolved, That our earnest thanks are tendered to the American National Council for the nomi iiation of Millard Fillmore and Andrew J. Don elson, for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States, and that we are confident of their ratification by the people of the Nation, Resolved, That the extreme partisan measures or the Administration Democracy on the one side, and the so-called Republicans on the other, driy iug the country with phrenried teal into the most dangerous sectional strife, . not ouly require prompt and signal rebuke, but abundantly prove! that neither faction can be safely trusted to ad4 pvuister the affairs of the Republic ; and, as cou4 servators of law and the constitutional rights of a Free J'ress, and free speech, without licentious ness in either, the American is equally opposed to tne rwwio nnue ana Kevoiver, on one band, and to Sharpe's Rifles, -on the other, for the set tlement of constitutional questions on sectional issues. , .... ; j Resolved, That we present the American party to the country, riot as an order, not as a society, but as a broad, comprehensive, conservative, na tions' par'y, standing, like other political parties, openly before the country, inviting to its fold all who adopt its sentiments, and participate in its convictions, but nothing herein shall be so con strued as to interfere' with any organization. which tne party, in any state, for its Own gov; ernment, may choose tQ adopt. j The following are the officers for the' eustunr year: 1 - - "'';'.!"! President E7 B.; BarUett, of Kentucky.! j Vice Prcsidenf-r:Erasru8 Brooks, N. York, j Treasurer Henry Crane, Ohio. j. ! Recording Secretary-fJ, M. Stephens, Mary land. - " " . "J -j - - 1 Correspon.ling Secretiry C. D. Deshlerj. New Jersey. .' . - . ; . I I ChapkihWm; H.' Qoodwm, New York. An Executire OoniraUtee of one fromi each State was appointed, h member of which from North Carolina is theUonJ Kenneth Rayner. I WHIG MEETING, The Old Line Whigs of Cumberland held a meeting in the Town Hall on Wednesday last; Dr, Benjamin Robiaaon was called to the Chair aud P. M. Hale, Esq , acted as Secretory!. We were not present ; but we understand that Mr, Ranks delivered a very good speech, and that the meeting went off well. We are sorry the' crowded state of our column precludes the pub licatiou of the entire proceedings, a we fine) them in the Observer of Thursday evening. They deem it important that the Whig party should be represented iu Louisville, Kentucky, on the 4th of July. They express an anxiety to maintain the organization of the party ; cordial' ly approve the address and adopt the platform of prinoiples leaned by the Whigs "of Kentucky, on the 12th of' April,' 1856; express ailesire to act unitedly in the coming campaign, and there fore abstain from auyv expression of opinion at tliis time, and finally appoint a committee of IS to correspond with Wbics jp other counties. &c. The respectability of our candidates and the con servatisnt of our principles will, we have no doubt. l . . -va ' ar ... . ' secure the aid bf the Old - Ltoe Whigs for the campaign, though they still preserve their nartv organuation, i'airfri'a Argus. THE RALEIGH HE GiSTER j FOR THE I '. -. PRESIDENCY J WitlL the Baltimore American Democrat, -we are somewhat surprised, at the noujiuation, by the Cincinnati Convention, of Mr. Bi'chanas tor the Presidency.lnasmuch as we had exjected that the choice would have fallen upon some in dividual more thoroughly Identified with what has been termed Democratic policy. If thoro be any truth in political history, Mr. Buchanan may be quoted on both sides of every poetical -ques tion nf mv iniMirt&nce that has ever presented itself. Commencing his p liticaj career as an ar dent Federalist, he continued to advocate the doctrines of that party Until the second term of General Jackson, when he gave in his- adhesion and became a member of the Jackson party, as did many other prominent Federalists, We are the more surprised to find in the nomi nee -f the SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY, at the present juncture, the same individual, who iu 1815 represented Lancaster county, in Ponsyl vauia, a a Federalist, who served in Congress from 180 dntil 1828, as a Federalist, who in, the same year headed a circular recommending Mr. Gregg as a Federal member of the Pennsylvania Legis lature, and in 1829 supported Gregg, the fede ral kominee for Governor, against Shultz, the democratic nominee who has VOTED FOR EVERY TARIFF hat has ever been passed, in cluding the "black tariff," as it is called, of 1828, iu opposition to tlw Curolinas, Georgia, Alaba ma, A'c.; "who playeda part in the "bargain and sale affair" and of whom it is said in, "Hague's Horoscope," of 1847 : Some time in 'January, 1825, and ' not. long before the election of President of the United States, by the House of Representatives, the Hon. James Buchanan, then a member of the House, and afterwards for many years a Senator of the United States, from Pennsylvania, who had been a zealous aud influential supporter of Gen. Jackson in the preceding canvass., and was suppos ed to enjoy his unbounded confidence, called at the lodgings of Mr. Clay, in the city of Washington. Mr, Clay was at the time in the room of his only messmate ir the House, his intimate and confi dential friend, the Hon. R. P. Letcher, since Gov ernor of Kentucky, then also a member of the House, Shortly after JMr Buchanan's entry in to the room, he introduced the subject of the ap proaching Presidential election, and spoke of the certainty of the election of his favorite, ad ling that he would form the most splendid cabinet that the country had ever had. Mr. Letcher ask ed, 'How could he have one more distinguished than that of Mr. Jefferson, in which were both Madison and Gallatin ? Where! would he be 'able to find equally eminent men f Mr. Bucha nan replied that he 'would not go; out bf his room for a Secretary of State,' looking ajt Mr. Clay." This gentlemen (Mr. Clay) playfully re marked that he thought 'there was no timber there'fit for a cabinet officer, unless it were Mr. .Buchanan himself.' " j The Cincinnati Times says : "Mr. Clay, while he was so hotly assailed with the charge ef bar gain, intrigue and corruption, during the admin istration of Mr. Adams, notified Mr. Buchanan of his intention to publish the above occurrence ; but, by the earnest entreaties of that gentleman, he was induced to forbear doing so." Several times since the administration of Mr. Adams, it has been intimated to Mr. Buchanan that it might be Mr. Clay's imperative duty to publish these; facts, but that he was dissuaded Irom it by Mr. fjuchsnan. ? To add additional testimony : Mr. Clay's son has now In his possession a letter which, if publish ed to the world, would place Mr. Buchanan in an embarrassing position. The letter comes from Mr. Buchanan; and no call on Mr. Clay will induce him to give it up, save one from his country the Senate of the United States. The "bargain and sale" conspiracy, with this expose, would place Mr. Buchanan without the pale of Democracy, and totally unworthy the confidence of the position he now holds, and the suffrage of the people. Why smother up these political blot 7 Why surround Mr. Buchanan with eu logies which do not belong to him 7 Let the truth be known, and let him stand or fall by it. The locofoco nomiuee, the man who, on the 4th of July, 1815, delivered an oration jn Lan caster, in which he said that time would not al low him to enumerate all "the other evila and wicked projects ok the Democratic Admin istration ;" who said if he 'HAD A DROP OF DEMOCRATIC BLOOD IN HIS VEINS HE WTOULD LET IT. OUT ;" who, as one of committee, reported to a public meet ing, held at Lancaster, on the 23d of November, 1819, the following resolutions: " Resetted, That the Representatives -n 0-n- gresB from this district be, and they are hereby earnestly, requested, to use their utmost endeav ors, aa members of the National Legislature, to prevent the existence of slavery-in any of the new lemtones or new rotates which may be created by Congress." Resolved, I hat in the opinion of this meeting the members or Uongress who at that session sustained the course of justice, humanity and patriotism, in opposing the introduction of slave ry in the State then endeavored to bo formed out of the Missouri Territory, are entitled to the warm est thanks of every friend of humanity a" Who said of Mr. Madison's administration, in an oration delivered on the 15th bf July, 1815, just after the war of 1812: '.'Time will hot allow me to enumerate all the other wild and wicked projects of the Democratic administration, humce it to say that, after thev had deprived us of the means of defence, by des troying our navy aud disbanding our army: after they had taken away from us the power of re- cru'ting them, by ruining commerce,; the. great source of our national and individual wealth ; af ter they, had, by refusing the Bank of the United States a continuance of its charter, embarrassed the financial concerns of the government, and withdrawn the only univeisal paper medium of the country from circulation, after the people had been accustomed to, ami of course unwilling to bear taxation, and without money in the treasu ry, they ra.hly plunged ns into a war with a na tion more able to do tig injury than any other in the world. What was the dreadful necessity for this desperate measure 7 Was our country in vaded 7 No, Was it to protect our little re rnalnlng commerce from the injuries it sustained by tpe order in council 7 Ho. Commerce was such a favorite, and the merchants wished for no war on that account And who, in speaking of foreigners in the same speech, says; "The greater part of those foreigners icAo would be 1kut affected by it have long been the warviesijrtenas oj im 4Hmocranc party. They had been one of the great meanhof eleratina the present ruling (Democratic) parly, and it; would hay been ungrateim for; that party to have -baudoned them, To secure this foreign feelim? has been the labor of their leaders far more than, twenty years, and well they have been paid for their trouble, for it Aaa been introducing and con- unmng uiem m povrer. irumeaiateiy before the war this foreign infuince had completely embod ied itself with the majority, particularly in the West, and its voice, was heard so loud at the seat of government that President Madison was oblig ed either to yiold to its dictates or retire from office. The choice was easily made bv a m 7 j".?- T ama r i i . . . . " v ' " . m wepuuic THE TJxX)roC0T0MfNi ly unprepared' 7 -1; " "We ought to use every honest exertion to turn ou of power " those weak and wicked men whose teild and visionary theories have been Hestwlfuid AhnvA allL wk (mate to' drive frnmnur hnre FOREIGN INFLUENCE and cherttlt American feeling. Foreign influence has been in. every age the cuesk of RepuUict its jaun diced eye- sees everything in false colors the .... . f . t- t ...V I ..1. it ia At-OP tmcK atmospnere oi preiuuice oy wm surrouuded ! excluding from its sight the light of reason. Lt us then learn wisdom from expe rience, and forever, banish Otis fiend from our society j . Sach is the budget of political inconsistencies, 'Americans, nomiuateil by the FOREIGN DE MOCRACY I as their candidate, and in opposition to whom you are to support .Millard Fillmore and Andrew .Tartraon Donclsoii. eood men and true, and staunch "Americans !" Up guards and at them ! The .game ia up; and let every "American" do his duty, and his whole duty, and all will be right ! I 'WHAT A STATESMAN 1 His Excellency Thomas Bragg was a member of the House of Commons in 1842. j -k IDs votes and course in the Legislature during that Session are indeed beautiful examples of Statesmanship. We propose to examine them briefly. j It is well known that, during the yearsl841-2 the locofoco party assailed with great bitterness our State Bnks, which had been managed with as much prudence and skill as any similar insti tutions in the Country There was at that fme great pecuniary distress. The assaults of the. leaders of the locofoco party on our .Banks wej injurious tp the individual stockholders, detri mental to the State as largely interested in the Banks, and ruinous to our credit abroad. Seeing and feeling the injustice and injury of these things, the stockholders of the. BAnk of the State ten dered a surrender of its Charter to the Legisla ture. MrJ Joues, of Orange, (a locofoco,) intro duced Resolutions, accepting the surrender and providing for closing up the business of the Bank. For these resolutions Thvmas Bragg voted. Had this measure succeeded had this hostility to our Banks prevailed, there would have been-Ho end to the pecuniary distress which would have ben brought on our people ! Mr. Jones' resolutions may be found on page 727 of the Commons Jour nal of 1842, and Thomas Bragg's votes on pages 748, 749, 750. . Such was the statesmanship and liberality bf one who is put forward as qualified to preside Over the destinies of our State 1 And, by the way, here hangs another fact, which j may have been forgotten : Mr. Loring, then the Editor of the locofoco organ in this State, disapproved the rashness of Brag-, and the other leaders of Jlis party, towards'our Banks, and for this he was, by this enlightened Statesman, Thos. Bragg,1 denounced, and formally read out of the political church of the progressive Democracy ! Does not the venerable Editor of the "Commer cial" remember these things ? j . j Again : j At the same Session of the Legisla ture theWiliuington Rail Road was in difficulty, and could not pay promptly the accruing" inter est on its Bonds, which had been endorsed by the State, j The. State was under protest. . Gov. Morehend informed the Legislature of the fact, and Thomas Bragg refused to vote for a Bill to meet tlte emergency and pay the interest, unless there was prefjxjjl to it a preamble jirwiaiminy the fact to the untrld, aud thereby making a slab at our Stale cretlit throughout Vie Country I In faet he himself introduced this very preamble I i (See Commons Journd, 1842, page 847.) . What will the gallant and liberal people of Wilmington what will all thaa who were vo deeply interested in the Wilmingtou and Weldpu Road, say, to this illustrious and beneficent act of statesmanship? Yet, he u a friend to Internal Improvements Away with suh contepptible stuff T Who is to be humbugged by the pretence and falsehoods that Thomas Bragg is note, or ever has been, a friend to Internal Improvement in our State ? If decked off in such a garment, he would not know himself! He would lose his personal identity 1 But again : After an act had been passed to establish the County of Catawba, he voted for a proposition to repeal and rescind thi act. (See Commons Journal 1842, pages 820, 822 ) Mri Scales moved the following, vu5 : "That the act passed at the present Session. of the General Assembly, establishing a County by the name of Catawba, be, and the same is hereby repealed," ' Decided in the negative-r-yeas 43, nays 65.' Thomas Bragg voted Yea 1 ' ' He also voted, we are informed, to repeal, or against the supplemental Bills to carry out, the acts establishing the Counties of McDowell aud Union. Will the "Standard" inform ns how this is ? 1 : Tlies are some of the splendid acts of states manship which have illustrated the career of his Excellepcy! We shall give others in due sea- son. ; J No wonder he talks so flippantly about "dark lanterns," "horrid oaths," "Ebo-shiiis" and such like euphonious epithets ! Any thing to throw a "dark lantern" over his own political career I- The real culprit knows how and when to cry "catch him!" to elude the pursuers! ' ' Our nralirtions na to f.hp ivinw t.liM fSiu. .1 a .. , . . ... ... cinnatt convention wouia aaopi, in relation to the alolitionized and unabolitionized Democracy of New York, have been verified. Afifer all their extravagant pretensions Ito be a national party, they have succumbed to tho abolitionizod Democ racy of the Empire State, and the South took the lead in this disgraceful and infamous surren der, :, .The majority of the committee on creden tials declared the old Wilmot proviso seceders and disunioni8ta of 1848 to be the regular de mocratic organization of N. York, and the most that convention would agree to do was to admit one half of tho true constitutional and union del egates from that State to their seats. They offer as an apology for this the adoption by the abo lition izel wing of the New York jugglers of a good national platform, in January last, and yet they knew that this was not the platform on which they appeared before the' people at the last elec tion in that State, but only oue fixed up for a special purpose, and that purpose was to get the doors of the Cincinnati Convention opened to them, j The ingratitude displayed, in that conven tion, by Southern delegates, (and by the delegation from North Carolina,) to that delegation from New York which had been battling for the South wi all occasions, covers the whole party with infamy ad holds them up to tho world as aa organiza tion of political jugglers and not a party of prin ciple.' " - ' Mr. Wm. E. Mann was yesterday nomi nated as the American candidate for the House Commons. Eliz. City Sentinel. - ; Immigration axkSoittiik:::; Intitcthxs me tyiiiCiig.i ui-ni.Kvat, reio;iiized gO"d an. thority at the Jsorth, syves I'.ie foil,. ring reamui for opposing the American ji irti: -j " We are willing to doanythiug Dom-icrati ' unite the North. But we w-"uld Ms s.nid uite with the friends of liimiin via very at tlie Soutli as with friends in the North wno make a iiian' biTjthplacc; or his do-triti:i' re!ii -u :i test f r ,.ti ' . ov 'r and above ha h vri.c er anl U prir.cibKg Tht same Democratic principle (lmi nmK.-ti de'est slacenj make us anxious ..r a ln-altl,y eigjt emigration as the best mwns of yetting r,t Ami the diarhtoti (S. C.) Swmlard, a South ern Democratic paper, yield the whole question as to the ii.lluence of foreign immigriition against slaver', in the following 'language: ,' ', f The South has hnig ltuen tasked to the accom. plishment of incjnsistcnt objects The one liao been to expand to materia -development build towns ami cities, and (maintiin re.ioctiibiHty in the eyes of the world ; the other wiis.to in.in li with equal pace upon vacant Territory and pre serve equality within the -Union. It jursuit of botf we 'are forfeit to nunpeJiion wiVA tie t'rrr. ? cietyoft'ie North, with twice our numbers', and continually increasing by cm'njiation. While iai) able of either; we Are not competent to UA." Here are the confessions u two jircniincrit Democratic Journals, oue t the North and tliu other at the South, of the influence of imn:i;ra-' tiou in overpowering the. South, and ni:ikii.g it subservient to and dejM'ndent ou the North. The thing is so obvious that it needs neither confes sion nor rxf. Jl very ' b-nly-'se-s it and evi-ry-body iinclerstihd it.The mi.Ij; wo'iW U that there sliouM be any divisi,n ,f opinion among us on the p..li,y and advantage t theSiith doing something to restrain and diminish an in fluence so desU uciive of the iqni'ibriiim of the sections, and so fata' t) the political and liuine rical power ol self-protection, mi-e held by the South. If there could lie a greater wonder, it would be f.Mind in th 'fact that the party oppos ing all efforts of the sort, and th speciaf patrons of immigration, cla im to be the exclusive champ ions and friends of the South I - ! " THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION. nomination of :mo. bcchanan For, pbesidfnt, and mr. bkfc'kf.xhidgli foh vice pbesidknt. Cincinnati. June C. The Ci)nveutioii'rt'-as-sembled at 9 o'clock. The fifteenth ballot result ed, as follows: . Buchanau, 1C8J ' 'Pierce, ' '" .' Si j Angus v , , a - I in 1IIM Mr. Pierce's uair.e was then withilrawn by flie New Hampshire delegat'Hi. j "The sixteenth ballot was then taken, resulting as follows: . : . . Buchanan, . 1C8 Douglas, J21 Cass, . . 6 - On the 17th ballot, Hon. James Buchanan re ceived 20G, votes, and was' declared the nominee of the Convention for President.! SKX-ONO DISPATCH. .. . Cincinnati, June 6. On re-assembling. the; Convention immrxliatclv proceeded to vote for Vice rresident. lhe fallowing is the . result of the first ballot: Breckenridge 65; Quitman. 69 ; Boyd 33 f Fit7.patri"k 11 ; A. V. Brown 29: Hershell 4 ; Johnson 31 .; Rusk 2 ; Polk 5 ; Dob- OIU Jo. : - On the second ballot, the Hon. J. C. Brecken- rtdge, of Kentucky, was unanimously nomi nate. 1 as the Democratic candidate for the Vice Prcsi- lency. After the second ballot, tHe. Convention ad- j mrned till the afternoon. , . -; Un rc-asscmbling a resolution pledjnne all the Constitutional powers of the Government to the construCti n of a Railroad to the Pacific was ad opted, by ayes 205, noes 85. Gov. Bragg, prior to his election to the chief office in the State, was by ho nieahs a po pular man, even in his own county. It is true that the people of Northampton seut htm to the Legislature 111 1842, but; two years afterwnrdH, - when he was a candidate for re-election, he was beaten ; and, two years after, 1844, he was again a candidate, and was again beaten. After that, i he quit .running for the Legislature iu Northamp ton county. Hie county, since, has sent Locofoco members to the General Assembly, and is, indeed, classified as Democratic property. Now, does not this fact prove that Mr. Bragg has not the confidence of the people of his own county? How different this from Jno. A.- Gilmer case ? His name is a household word in. Guilford. The people there universally love and respect him. They believe in his patriotism, Os ability, his sleepless industry; his devotion tn the immediate interests of his consti'uents and of the State. . They know him to be the architect of his own fortune, a good, generous man. a kind neighbor, a useful citizen. They have manifested their con fidence in him by repeatedly electing him to the General Assembly, aud in August .next they will pile up such a vote as will overwhelm his ene mies with coofunou. ' , j ' ' The fact is. tho two candidates are utterly dissimilar.- Gov. Bragg-is a mousing politician, skilled in the tricks of the trade, adroit in politic -cal strategy, well versed in making1 ''the worse appear the better reason." You listen to- him,' and while tho argument fema specious erioi'gh, you feel that the premises are not sound. I You go away with the impression that he would take advantage of you, if possible. In short, you doubt his sincerity. ' ' . But, in listening to Mr. Gilmer, yon feel that an earnest, practical, sincere thinker ami speaker, is before you. There is so much honesty in the; . man, so much candor and truth, that no on can doubt or mistrust him. . Our columns are so cramped thst we cannot xteud the parallel farther. Wil, Herald. A Kentucky friend writes us a very amusing sketch of Old Uncle Davy a fair 8ecimcn of that class of negroes whose wit shows itself in making an excuse for neglect of duty quite equal to that of a Patlandcr. -". Davy's mistress sent him to market f j some salsify, a delightful vegetable not much known at the North. He returned with a bundle, of sassafras roots. ' Why, Da vy, I told you -to get me some salsify, and you have brought sassafras I" ' Davy scratched his head, and stammered out,. 'Missus, me think sassafras and salsify pretty much two things "t , :. . Uncle Davy, some time afterward, came to his master, who lived a few miles out of Louisville, aud asked him to allow him to go aud live in the city, at which his master was very much sur prised. 1 1 ! . , " Why, Davy, what on earth do you want to go and live in town for?" " De church want me sir." ."What can the chnrch want of you, Davy ?" . " Well, mnssa, me will explain. . De church lias seut away down in Virginny for my pedigree, aud dey say I'm one of the "Tub families in Old , Virginny, and d-y wants to buy me for a pastime or a scxtune, or some such thing; let me go, uiaftsa?" ' v s Davy's master thought he had better stay on the farm a while longer before taking orders. County Candidates. The American party met iu Convention in this place, on Monday last, to nominate candidates " for the Legislature for Cumberland and Harnett and a candidate for the Sheriffalty of Cumberland County. For the Senate, David McNeill, Esq., of Cum berland, was nominated. . i . For the GmmOiis, ISetn MCiuy, jtq., 01 tiar nett, and Thos. S. Lutterloh, Esq., and Major Angus D. Shaw, of Cumberland, were nomina ted. ; ' . . .1 . Capt. Hector McNeill was nominated lor one- riff. Fay. Obseccer. J i