The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-23

ous festivities Of the occasion Gtsat prsise il bestowed
the officers OF the company, and those having charge
Of the State railroad to Lancaster for their attention and
good arrangements.
From the New York Herald Of Oct ia
Result OF the ute. Convention Treason Triumph-
snt-Whsrs 10 be doass
The Utica convention has ended as we feared would
IN farce for more ridiculous exhibition OF weakness
impeciliiy and tmdiiy we never or heard of In
stead OF taking strong hrm and decided ground, as the
delegates ought to have done, in opposition TO renewal
oil The dangerous reagilaon OF the slavery question: and
against William H. Seward and all his associate dema-
gogues who favored u. and who to snbseve their own
purposes, have renewed the onslaught upon the South
and upon the constitution. they conten,ed themselves
with passing few milk and water resolutions, renomi-
mating the essdidaies selected BY The abolition wing con-
falling into the ranks OF their opponents and toadyiDg
the very party whom they broke oil from the ground Of
principle.
Such course OF conduct is dscredtabe and digrace-
ful in the extreme, and cannot fail to produce disaster,
not only TO the whg party Of the NORTH but eventually
perhaps 70 the Union iiseT Wha, will The southern
for them TO pursue and, in the OF The Of
the candidates put forward under such circumstances,
the northern aboton-whg party. which, for the purpose
OF gratifying the ambition OF few paefaced dema-
gogues would sacrifice their national characteristics
and engage in warfare against southern institutions
and the peace and welfare Of southern society
organized 1r
In the southern States the announcement viii, without
doubt increase and add TO the excitement which already
exists there, and give strength and force 10 the party
already very numefoushat has been organized on the
express ground Of secession, in consequence Of the
SADIE which the aootoniss OF the North have conducted
against their interests, and against their happiness and
social prosperity Heretofore that crusade has been
fined 10 the ranks Of the Garrison fanatics; but We
the great whig party OF the State of New York; de-
beraely and desgnedly by resolution, and BY forming
abolition platform, cast of its national characteristics
and identify itself with men who profess but idea,
and that hostile TO the South, and enlist under the
han nj GER
not care II this glorious Union were shivered to pieces,
provided their unhoy ambition and purposes aregalihed
OF such character Seward, Weed, Greeley, Co
who the most dangerous men in the community, and
| whose connexon with any party would ruin and de-
slroyit The wel-dsposed and national portion of the
wing party had hoped that patriotism and sound
would have trumphed-that the nationality OF the wing
party OF New York would have been preseryed--and
| that set OF candidates, and new and compre.
the Utica convention But they have been dsappoint-
ed; and the foul flag OF abolitionism and socialism
has been uniurled to the breeze, and the wings OF
this city and State invited 10 enrol themselves under
ito recommence the onslaught southern institutions
guaranteed by the constitution, and to wage war OF
destruction against the commercial interests and pros
perty of the North and especially New York II is in
vain to argue that such is not the direct aim and ten.
dency of the commenced Syracuse and con-
summated at Utica. Notwithstanding all Of Mr.. Wash
ington Hunts special pleading and the fussy and puere
resolutions passed by the Utica convention abolition OF the
and most diabolcal characers the distinctive
characteristic Of the whg party Of New York, and their
opening of the wounds Of the republic recently healed
We this result long since, and pointed il out in the
clearest manner possible In our columns. We warned
the wing party against being ruled by such demagogues
Seward, Weed, and Greeley, and predicted that if
they tolerated such men, they would eventually ruin and
break down the party Our predictions were unheeded
but now they are verified Step by step those dema.
gogues. like serpent entwned themselves around the
wing party, and in short lime they will administer the
coup de grace IT. indeed they have not done already
The wings have one to blame but themselves While
the enemies their ranks were stabblng their organza
ton to the heart they sunk in apathy and lost 10
the danger that threatened them.
According 10 the present condition OF public feeling in
the NORTH and the and alliances which
the abolition wings have formed with the socialists anti.
renters and other dsorganizers there good
fear that The abolition ticket headed BY Washington
place in this Stale next month. We fear that il will be
voted for regardless OF the under which
put forward, and without taking into consideration
the important principle that will be in issue in the
test II such should be the case and the abolition wings
OF New York should triumph, may expect the com.
mencement OF excitement, and contest between the
North aud the South, of violent and dreadful char
acter than any that ever preceded it. The South will
that they have nothing hope from the NORTH
and they will realae in the most effective manner posi-.
BILE. As rs, organizations against northern commercial
interests have been entered into in the South This.
however, will be but the beginning OF the end By
northern hostility and fanacsm the South have been
driven into manufacturing their staple product an ex
,ensive scale and continuance OF it will force them to
build their ships, and carry on direct commerce
with Europe and the rest OF the world Their latent
energies will be awakened. and they will avail them.
selves OF the superintendent advantages which Ma
lure has provided them WITH and which are amp,
sufficient render The southern States totally independ.
ent OF the North. In such case what will become oil
the North What will become OF northern manufac.
every kind Are our people ready 10 sacrifice a-our
interests. prosperity. our commercial viiay-to graf.
liy such ambitious demagogues as Seward. Weed,
Greeley, Coz What, then, is to be done We await
an answer.