ork was the Chairman of the large Committee on Credentials, and
reported TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN delegates, which report was
received without opposition, as to numbers. Of these, _forty-two_ only
seceded, viz.: 13 out of 28 from Ohio; _one_ of two from New Hampshire;
6--all--from Connecticut; 2 out of 13 from Massachusetts; _one_ out of 3
from Illinois; 7 out of 27 from Pennsylvania; _one_ out of 4 from Rhode
Island; 5--all--from Michigan; 5--all--from Wisconsin; _one_--all--from
Iowa; 42 out of 277--not a _sixth_, and but little over a _seventh_ of
the whole!

ADDRESS.

The seceders or "bolters" made the following address, to which they
appended their States and names. What they say of the _Louisiana_
delegates, we have explained in another portion of this work:

"The undersigned, delegates to the nominating Convention now in
session at Philadelphia, find themselves compelled to dissent
from the principles avowed by that body; and holding opinions,
as they do, that the restoration of the Missouri Compromise, as
demanded by a majority of the whole people, is a redress of an
undeniable wrong, and the execution of it, in spirit at least,
indispensable to the repose of the country, they have regarded
the refusal of that Convention to recognize the well-defined
opinion of the country, and of the Americans of the free
States, upon this question, as a denial of their rights and a
rebuke to their sentiments; and they hold that the admission
into the National Council and nominating Convention, of
delegates from Louisiana, representing a Roman Catholic
Constituency, absolved every true American from all obligations
to sustain the action of either of the said bodies.

"They have therefore withdrawn from the nominating Convention,
refusing to participate in the proposed nomination, and now
address themselves to the Americans of the country, and
especially of the States they represent, to justify and approve
of their action; and to the end that a nomination conforming to
the overruling sentiment of the country in the great issue may
be regularly and auspiciously made, the undersigned propose to
the Americans in all the States to assemble in their several
State organizations, and elect delegates to a Convention to
meet in the city of New York, on Thursday, the 12th day of June
next, for the p