The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-12

posed from the fact that but one member Of Congress
from that State voted for the Fugitive Slave blu, that
much stronger anti slavery feeling existed In that
State but result has dssipsted the dea the s
very question considered In the contest hessrs.
MeLsnshan, Dimmick, Mann Thompson, Robins, and
Rots voted for the Fugitive Slave BILL all Of whom
were re elected except Mesus. Mann and Thompson,
neither Of whom candidates The course OF the
Hon James Buchanan, the slavery question, has
no doubt, aayed the opposition to slavery among tbs
democrats Of that state and while several Of the nom
mating conventions In the interior opposed the extern
sien Of the institution Of the South the subject was
almost entirely dropped In the contest The Phiia'
delphs North american is avowedly free soil JOURNAL
and since the late agitation Of the question: has not
fsd to advance doctrines inimical to the peace ana
quiet of the country On the other hand ths Pe"n'y
has maintained conservative course and OPP
posed every of the agttors to proract the
| prevailing discord. The democrats, In the contest
Just passed have carried the Legislature, which So
cures to them Senator In Congress, in place OF the
Hon Daniel Sturgeon. The democrats have also gained
largely in the delegation to Congress and VIII doubt
less have a aorty The conservative feeling In New
Hsmps than any other OF the Eastern
States The New Hampshire Patriot, published at the
seat Of is uDsparipg In It's ATTACKS upon
ALL without regard to party predi. ctiors, who mani
fest disposition to interfere with the Institutions OF
,ne WIG S S late seoion in the Third
district to supply the place OF the hon james uson
whig has resulted In the choice OF democrat rms
district always decidedly democratic but Tie free
soil agitation Of lsIS measur.by distracted mat party
and through that disruption u whig Was elected In
this State the fan Of dscord famed with the oreezss
of each day Every mail brings Intelligence
that the whig party IN the Interior Is 6ecomins more
allied TO tbs cause those who have used every effort
to keep alive the fire OF contention between the North
and the South At recent convention in the r"enty
fifth Copgressio al district resolutions passed
pressing their hostility to slavery IN every form as
cardinal principle Of the whig creed, and branding
the Fugitive slave bill an insult to the CIVILIZATION
80 hal fha mHrl
| people BY almost every county convention from
which we hear, language OF Ike character Is usea
while the press constantly calls upon the people 10 arm
themselves fer resistance to the Law E'eey wig con
vention held in Massachusetts, retsates the OPPOSE
pecslly against the Fugitive Slave law Within the
present week, the Congressional conventions In the
Third, Fifth, and Seventh districts have been heid
and the resol aops passed were OF the most voient
character The Boston Atlas IL one OF the most deter
mined prints in the state. which most openly avows
the CT, ed OF the aboltunists in dsuuDSaon of the
bill and all WIS aided in It's pdsssgo In Conneoticut
the uGiv.ra feeling OF the whE party i Zee so anu
rot whis newspaper IN the state neo 10Y an us
It's authors Mesrs Clay, Webst-r ana all others wao
favored 1t, have been denounced as traitors to tha
North Who would for the benefit If the south spread
slavery where il does exist ana throw into bond
| age again thousanGs who have ESCAPED from H. Ine
democrats conservative in taeir feelings aod
that, doubtless, accounts IN a measure ior ther
| triumph in the late election in that State. New
London one Of the moot popu!eds cites in the
| state, is more thoroughly imbntd with hatred
to slavery, aud the acts Of Congress affecting IL,
! than any other. The Hartford Ddfy Times has,
throughout the agitation, pursued course con.
siscnt with the old lines OF the democratic party snd
has frequently warned the people against becoming
Involved in sectional difficulties, winch could only
tend to distract the country while good could grow
| out OF tueh q There was s-me difficulty in
some of The counties of Ohio bet waeu the wings and
free sellers, but general thing they entertained
the came opinions In the First district of the State,
the wings voted for David I. Disney democrat; but
upon what grounds does not appear Tue wings OF
that district thoroughly tree soil In their ideas, and
would probably not have voted for Mr. Disney had he
supported the Fugitive slave ball The election In the
State leaves the parties about they before, sx
cekt that the democratic Governor has been elected by
election In the Seventh and Ninth districts has result
ed in n wtis gain while the Tenth district remains IN
doubt In the State of New York, the democrats,
Of the trouble In the whig ranks have issued
through their committee appointed by the state Cor.
vention, circular to the party, Recommending that
in all counties where there two democratic Crsan
cations TO every effort i'm meJiatey to combine
them into one, as mesus of defeating the whs party
The whg party still in their difficulties, rithsut
the slightest probability OF being eItricsted. The
State Central Committee have appointed Simeon ORA
per and & strong OF this city aad rruyn
their boey caused BY the boiling Of the national vhg
members.
sovTHrss-The struggle in the South between the
wing and democratic parties is very great. There Is
not State south Of Mason and Dixons line, except
South Carolina In which portion Of the whiss do not
oppose the action Of the democrats In their move
ments In view Of the recent laws Of Congress. In
| Kentucky, the whole movement Is denounced most
un.parngly and the Louisville Journal, the chief vhig
organ OF the State has for year past opposed every
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] ed the proceedings Is treason Inc question: mas not
been made issue by the peoples bat from the gene
- ,,or NJ IN. nrs,. of both na,tiss xerx stran,
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free coll feeling exists throughout the ets'e' Tue
proximity of Kentucky to the free States and the
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eau.sd the extinction Of the institution in the north
,rn psrt of the State The abolition OF the slave trade
a. az. n,.,,,., of columhia tn. .d,oi,.ion of Call
~ s
fornia rs = STATE, anu tine provision ior govern
/ ments for Utah and New Mexicc, have been spoken
q, a., farm. NJ the h,shsst oonmsna.tion xhla i'm.
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has been SAID OF the fugitive slave Dill sndt people
Of Texas have been denounced usurpers for claim
ing the territory pus between the stats and the
! government Of the United states In Tennessee, the
parties are divided upon the questions nov sytanx
The Southern States majority OF the peopl~ are on