The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-27

OtucI ldWb, IL Who subject 10 dmouQment. mere Is
law Of Pennsylvania to prevent kidnapping. which
operated. Of course, to the advantage Of runa way
slaves This law the Legislature the last session
repealed but the Governor failed to sign the bill.
until the last hour Of the session. but he did not say
whether he had time enough not in that last hour
to sign it. The failure has, no doubt been to his
advantage with the free soil people; and, in fact, it
was clever thing, because the election will have to
occur before he can be called upon again to sign it,
Upon the whole, the position Of Governor Johnston
10 about the same or not much better, than that Of
Seward; for If the former is not SO ultra against
slavery, be is far moro impracticable the tariff
question, being just about 20 years behind the time.
Mr.. DOLE, after the Governor, made another
very happy speech, and was followed by Mr.. Kill
lnger, in q very shrewd and earnest exhortation.
He declared that Scott was nominated BY the wings
to counteract the influence of Mr.. Buchanan in this
State election, in behalf Of the democrats. He (Mr
Buchanan) was at the bottom Of all tho dcmscratic
nominatiuns he Is understood to have cast his for
tunes into the issue Of this State election. We
have determined to meet him; and the contest not
only involves our State ticket, but our candidate
for the Presidency. We believe that we can carry
Scott, and that Scott can carry Such, substan-
TALLY, were the remarks Of Mr.. killinger.
JUNE 25, 1851.
The convention to-day were occupied almost OK
clusivey in the selection Of candidates for Canal
Commissioner and the five Judges. John Strshm, Of
Lancaster, for the Canal defeated the
original caucus candidate Of the Scott majority Mr.
Lawrence; and the East against the West were also
victorious uIon the Judges, especially upon the fifth
the contest being narrowed down to Jessup and
Burlington, in which, after a very tight ft, the
Western man, Burlington, was defeated. motion
to strike out the sixth resoluton-that is, pressing
general acquescence in the measures Of the slavery
adjustment-was made, but not agreed to. Several
free soilish whg delegates defined their opposition
to the resolution, expressing the greatest conf ience,
at the same time, in Scott and Johnston, and the
other nominations; and that was the end Of the
business the aIaveYv and Pre- sidantial uuaafiou
The administration Is complimented over the left
Webster gets the go-by-Scott is nominated on
non committal principles, to help Johnston out in
his eection-thc Fugitive Slave law is substantially
repudiated-and the President and his cabinet, in
the South, may make the most Of it. Thegrcat OBJ
ject here is to save Pennsylvania. That's all.
LANCASTER, June "a, 1851.
The Uhig Conrcntion and its Doings-Adminisira-
t,on Politely Tyierisei-Re establishment of Gen.
Tayio's Platform on the Slavery Question En-
dnsiasm for Scott, &c. &c.
The proceedings Of the Wing Convention to-day
will, doubtless, cause very considerable auttering
at Washington. The whig party Of Pennsylvania
have virtually, under cover of back handed COM
piment, Tylerized the administration dicarded the
Fugitive Slave law, and nominated Con- Scott upon
the noncommittal platform Of Gen. Taylor. But,
in every other respe,t, and particularly upon the
tariff question: the declaration Of whig princi-
pies, State and national is fully up to the standard
Of Henry Clay. It is stiff, rigid, whig platform,
upon the old model of that Of 1874. with the adj
dition Of free soil application Of the Fugitive
Slave law.
The nomination Of Gov. johnson for reelection,
to day, was truly enthusiastic and nmous there
is no question Of his being, by all odds, the most
available man for the wings. The reception of the
name Of Gen. Scott was, also, considerably uproar-
ious, nor there be any mistake about his being
the man fer Pennsylvania, above all other men, for
Oh. grand sct-to Of the presidential canvass.
The resolutions from the committee on tho sub
ject were, Of course, out and dried; but, when re-
ported, appeared that the most important one ut
this crisis endorsing and fully pledgfng the wing
party to the faithful support Of the Fugitive Slave
law had been suiocated IN COMMITTEES. IL was not
digestible; 1t was tso much-entirely too much Tor
the convention to swallow, especially when II placed
Gen. Scott and Gov Johnson both In n very awk.
ward predicament. Mr.. Scott, OF Philadelphia In
convention, made very bold attempt 10 restore
tho resolution to the catalogue he pleaded hard for
standing up TO the constitution, explicitly and
frankly, and without equvocation; but II was no
90. II was not the thing. Mr.. Scott, MIR. Sander
son, and their Philadelphia dctach nent o. Custom
House conservatives. put TO silence by the argu
ment OF LOOMS, Darrsgh and others, showing that
the resolutions Of the committee covered everything
and that to descend 70 the particular specification
va 'h'uthNt " NDe IuklttNe save lAN WUuil be
bascly trucking TO the South. The Fugitive Slave
resolution was therefore. ruled out by the previous
question, II to ~ and the committees resolutions
were adopted, " to "a, about the proportion be-
Webster.
The wing platform Of Pennsylvania for 1851 in
cludes Cen scott, high protective tariff and hos
tiliy to the Fugitive Slave law The three or four
thousand abolitionists in the State had 70 be ap.
pcated, The non committal policy slavery worked
Handsomely in 1878, - did also the high protective
policy in Pennsylvania. Why not again, par,icu.
larJ when the sheriff Ut large selling out the iron
fur1accs, ioundres and forges all over the State,
account Of the dolugc Of British iron poured into
the country under the act OF S6 and sold unde the
smcke Of the Pennsylvania anufactories at prices
which break them down From the resolutions
aud in the speeches Of the day, II IL very evident
unayailing a. IL must be. that protective tsrisI
will be made leading object in the ensuing can
yass by the wings. IL may he prcpostcrousIy alb
sud to expect better tariff than that Of lsi6,
while It works so well for the treasury; but there
Is very large proportion Of the king classes Of
this state who dependent on the iron or coal bu
siness, and he who most boldly advocates their In
terests Is the man for them.
The wing candidate for Governor, the whig no
minee for the Presidency, and the whg platform,
MS laid down by this conventions: are doubt, the
most available for Pcnnsylvania that could have
been selected IL Johns on can be re. elected "A A.
upon his schedule Of 1913. 1.-THE wings can carry
Pennsylvania at all, 1t Is only with military hero
OF such grand achievements shall be SUFFICIENT o.
eclipse the somewhat rusty glory II democratic
principles; and this miltsr, heros popularity will
be wanted to help out the Governor A. in isi,.
very prominent object Of the nomination ~
Scott, Is 10 give Gov. Johnston the benefit a his
name in the State elections this fall MIR kellin.
ger, in his out Vdoors ,rccoh nj the Court House,
tonight, declared that ms the Reading Convention
bad made all their nominations for the bcneit o.
james Buchatan for the Presidency; aud that ; h.
bad thus been made in fact the issue in this can.
vass, the wings were compclltd 10 M, 81 them. 1hs
| object. then. of EnNtIe tuv 10 al 80
whatever popularity may attach 20 the democratic
ticket by the virtual nomination ~ Buchanan. ou
the other sido and but Tor the necessity II brr- "a
/ The IoweIini stlmulus Of Gen. SCOTS military
a,hicvtneits into This state caayass 20 TOE aid q
| Gov JVhustsn. u y pretty certain that che aini
nis,iaton would GOT have been TylcriS a ~ sach
summary style. Scott was necessary 10 johast1n
aud the reelection Of Johnston Is thus made nscsl
] saiy TO Scott.