The New York herald., 1845-03-17
The spring xcitement In the
Syhig Earty.

contest going on amongst the masses and elements
of the whg party, in relation TO the spring election
IN this city, and also TO ''natlveism" abolition aud
all the future movements OF the party An artlcie
on this subject, published in the Courier ana En-
guirer on Saturday last, has created such uemen-
dous excitement IN the ranks OF The WING party,
and throughout the city, that we deem II proper TO
give the material passages OF that curious article,
in order TO put before our readers and the commu-
nty at large the whole facts relative to the present
extraordinary movement and excitement in the
whig party relative TO natlvesm" and abolition.
II will be recollected that few days ago the
regularly organized committee Of the whig party
published call upon their troops 10 assemble at
National Hall, tomorrow evening, for the purpose
OF responding 10 the nomination OF Dudley Selden,
Esq their candidate for the chief magistracy OF
this city, at the ensuing election and also for the
purpose of expressing their opinion on Texas
Henry Clay-the tariff-and various other political
topics Of the day. and articles of the old whg creed
1t appears that this movement proceeded principally
from the Fourier, or Tribune section OF the wings,
and has given great offence the Wall street clique
OF the same party, whose organ is the Courier and
Enquirer with It's two Colones the one at the head
and the other at the tag Accordingly, the latter or
gam no doubt from motives and purposes which may
be readily OWNED by retrospect OF Its general
course OF action, has come forth with one OF It's
furiously infammatory appeals, the principal por-
tions OF which we give in this days paper, and
which indicate that the meeting tomorrow even
ing will be one Of the most curious and iBaamma
tory that has ever taken place in the'whlg party In
this city, since that party brought into existence,
had a name, and went through the operation OF
baptism, few years ago.
The Courier charges upon the Tribune and the
clique which support that PRINT and also upon the
constituted authorities of the whg pparty, desire
take up the question of abolition and to make II
one Of the articles of the whig creed. There is,
certainly, some for believing that some such
purpose has been engendered in the minds of many
of the wings in the interior Of this State, judging
alone from the character and tendency OF the arti
ces which have recently appeared in their journals
The motives for entertaining such purpose may
be found in the fact that party in the interior of
the State calling itself abolition "llberty." pos
sesses fifteen thousand votes, and that it may be
absolutely necessary for the whig party TO conci-
late that faction in order to maintain its own
cendancy. In addition to this new movement, the
Courier attributes to those who participate In 1t, the
intention of disunion and separation as being their
ultimate purpose. Probably that idea may not at
present be entertained by them; but there can be
question that any party which arises in the free
States, adopting ihe'principles of the abolition
lists, must have tendency TO endanger the in
tegrty of the Union. ii the purpose of the
meeting to be held in National Hall to.mor-
row night, be to adopt the principles Of the
aboltonlsts as part OF the whig creed-lf that be
the purpose-then we most readily unite In the
denunclatoIs of the Courier, and join with all sim
certy in the effort 10 put stop TO such move
ment, that can lead 10 nothing but disaster, con-
fusion, ard the ultimate disunion and degradation
OF the country. Without imputiug any want Of
morality or patriotism to the lberty'' or abo.
litionists, and granting that many of them may be
sincere in their convictions, yet we most de-
cidedly convinced, and always have been, that their
doctrines and their movements must, if carried
out, inevitably lead to disaster, disunon, and ruin.
Believing so, we are therefore glad to unite with
the Courier, or any other journal, in effort to
put stop to such movement, in whatever quar-
ter tmay be manifested.
But while we thus speak Of the motives and pur-
poses and efforts OF the Conricr, and Of the Clique
which it represents, We can hardly believe their
sincerity. We doubt whether they have put forth
the true motives for the movement which they
tomorrow night, at National Hall. We do not
believe that there is any danger to be apprehended
from abolitionism in New York-that there is any
to fear that any portion of any party, demo-
wings, will adopt the principles of The abo-
litionists part of its creed. AT no
time in this city have the abotlons,s been
able n party to muster more than a few hundred
votes, and during recent years they have been di-
nod ALL fra
The political intelligence of the masses of the ci,i-
zens OF New York cannot be betrayed into any
movement affiliated with the mad and ruinous
schemes OF aboiltionism Believing, therefore, as
are justified by facts in believing, that the Cou-
rier has raised false alarm and made false ISSUE
we are very much disposed to attribute their con-
duct to secret and interested motive, and that
their purpose IS to give, by sde-wind, an ad-
vantage TO faction that has arisen during the last
two or three years, with principles even more
wicked, more detestable and more dangerous, than
hose held by the abolltionis,s. We alude 10
Mayor Harper and his faction, who would bring
back the bloody atrocities--the burnings and con-
fagrations-the torures and murders-that char
acterised the religious and religious persecu-
tions OF Europe two CT tn rec centuries ago. The
Courier, with that cunning which is, after all una
bic to conceal its purpose, has gone too far, and
shown It's cloven foot to too great leagh, to
make any reasonable man believe that its dread of
abolition prevailing in the whg party in this city is
the real motive of the present movement. What
renders it still more unlikely that the Couri is sim
cere in its expressions of dread and alarm about
dlsunon and treason against the States, is the fact
that of its principal editors-Chares King-has
been out and out abolitonist, from top TO bot
tom, from the first moment of his connection with
the press to the present So he has been, and so he
will remain, whilst he is connected with any press.
II may be the purpose of certain leading wings
in the interior OF this State to affect to be aboll-
tloniss for the purpose of getting the votes of the
"hberty" men. But we do not believe that there
is any intention in this city to give an abolition as
pect to the whig party or to any party. But there
is plain and palpabLe effort, both publicly and Sc