The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-08-12
The Coming Contest In New York.

Vow that the wings have agreed to suspend hos
tiiities against each other, there will be calm in
che tsnpestuous ocean fer few weeks. The ac-
ton Of the convention will be awaited with the
creates. anxiety, and should the Sewardites mani.
Sest the -beraity Of allowing an equal M nser Of
candidates to be placed the State ticket, as the
sriangala committee Of Albany privately agreed
upon, thea there may be some degree Of unity
observed at the polls. On the contrary, should
Weed, Cock, Gejdes & Co. demand and usurp
the lions .share, then the silver gray presses, the
Albany Rsets.or Buffalo Commercial, Rochester
Ameioe,i, Troy Wig, and the lesser satellites,
will renew The var and open their batteries upon
Abe aborteais;s with renewed force, energy, and
eject. Unu, tha, interesting day arrives, an ar
ni.tcc will prevail.
Well, how are matterf on the other hand IL
there any fraternity, any real fellowship, any sin
serity in the leading ranks Of the democrats
Their united State Committee have agreed to
bold a single convention for the nomination Of a
State ticket Ia there possibility Of uniting upon
q platform Net content with adopting the ssnti-
nents Of the last atste Convention, which declared
that the slavery question was no party test, aod
that every man, democrat or rhig, was entitled TO
Ms individual views upon that subject without In
ristrg upon its being brought into parry action.
the bunker presse. now declaCe that res lutions
shal he adopted. and candidates sustained upon
abe PRINCIPLES Of the compromise measures Of the
.ast Congress This assertion Is daily uttered by
the most irc uenial hum presses Ia the interior
II this st..s Not bc.sg able to establish a ma
tionsl democratic pres this city, fst section Of
the party, beng without "a organ, are not aware Of
che mevsment Of their brethren IN ether portions
Of the State. On the rcverse, the nischievous,
reckless. niolcr1-t, unscrspglous. insolvent. d.
<repit baTDturner,, Insist that thls eEort 70 en-
sorse the cnnpromisc IL sustaining whig measure.
They call the settlement q the Elavcry question a
chg measure. and call upon tasif handfai Of tsct
fsIowers TO rssist The .sTor which Will be made
she 10Th 81 sop1mter, AZ Syracuse, 10 sustain The
sompronise, and thereby stihc all Gsrher agitation
ca the subject Of slavery.
The seIss.ion of Sslegatss 10 the state Convsn-
.,su viii soop take place; and, az IL u en;edsd TO
havs only one. the strife for the mastery will be
.rirtsd, enthusiastic, add even dsspsrste. There
can ~ no doubt 40 10 the result, for the Iubi,
hind having besa troubled and disturbed Eith this
al absorbing agitation until t has become dis.
pstsd. the people q reason, reflection, and sober
!, ~. -in Dot eonfent 10 open the wOuud which is
No, In fair progrsss q soon becoming healed. The
'tcit ~" " kttfN 'a"'N -"
anpea into threstebing flames when Crafts and |
rhadras we're rescued FROM the hands Of the public
..,horit,. at Boston. and shen Thompson, the |
pr,,i.h rer. gade and sgitator ADD Hale Wendell
phulips. ana other, threatened defiance to the
But The promptness With which the
.drlp,sration .-cted in arosting the rescuers Of
.b,draeh has Ialls the violent storm Of agitation
rhoup.on has return ed 10 England Hale, Douglass
san Ward. and Jo. Van Barren have dscon
,,,v,a ssi,atlon. and 9 included that iher united /
-, -ere impotent in opposition to the consti /
-. q, m. country aud th. laws Of Congress
The disbaDdcd, factious re2'nant o. Nnlo'i'e
sarsbufnsrs also assert. with ins uoen' assurance
hat the eoDpromisc measures fA'n not DC gu
sor.sd st syraoase, because u isa wfn.' measure
and By thus sanelionirg the settlement. Of ,n'
svsry question they wiz b sustaining the wing