The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-18

TIE P1Y1Hyulo OoNvn1I0N-WAAy IS 20 y
TIE UPfBoT IA seems that the ostessible objeci
fer which tie Free Sell National Convention assem-
bled at Fttsburg, is nstyet consumGated, and that
matters remain IN the same state of uncertainty as
before In consequence Of deliberately nominating
amsn for President who had, in the most emphatic
manner, declared beforehand that he would Dot, IN
der any circumstances consent to be put forward IS
. candidate, the difficulty now presents itself
whether John p Hale accept the nomination;
and il he cannot, and does not, what is to become
Of the organization, and the furious speeches to
Buncombs. and the pebald platform.
VIII it be said ofJohn p Hale, that he deliberately
lied when he wrote his letter, and that he will ae-
eept the domination, or that he wrote the letter
well knowing that he would be nominated, and that
he was only playing part assigned him by VII
liam H Seward, in thus pledgng himself not
to accept what he was certain would be con-
ferred upon him, the object being to break up
tho organization, and thus throw the majority OF
the free sell votes into the scale of Scott
In this event, what funny figure the free sellers
win cut, summoned together from all parts Of the
Union for mockery, dehsion, and farce. The
position Of the French monarch and his troops will
DO aignifes compared with theirs
The King Of France, WIN twenty thousand men,
Marched up the hill and then marched down again.
But the free sellers viii not only have marched to
Pi,tsburg and back again, but they will be the
laughing stock Of the euntrybeiDg baffied, cheated
humbugged, by the political wire puers Of the very
parties, to upset md disorganize which. was the
bject Of their coming together, at great expense,
from every point of the compass.
Whether this IS to be the result Of I'll The heav-
ings Of the mountain in labor, or whether John p
Hale will make donkey OF himself, BY accepting
he nominatior which he has pledged himself not to
accept, or whether, in the event Of his persisn-
reject the horor, another convention will be called
remains TO b, seen. In the contingency of ealing
another convention, would it not be rs well to call
it at Buffalo, On the first of September, the same
day and pace as the Liberty Party Convention of
Frederick Douglass and, merging both into one,
nominate fhe black denlagogue himself, as the most
appropriate representative Of the black spirits, white
spirits s,d gray, which, mixed together, make up
the Nsahen abolition party.
Our Pitssburg correspondent seems to think that
the democrats have out manouvred the wings, in
getting Hale nominated against their will and his
ard 10 this view We find he Is sustained by one of
the delegates who spoke at tie land reform meeting
lastnight, and avowedly went to Pittsburg for the
puposo OF aiding Scott by the nomination of Chase
BIT what if it turned out that the letter of Hale,
declining the nomination in advance, and his being
almost unanimously nominated Notwithstanding,
md his future declaration that he cannot consent
10 be candidate for tho Presidency, and the conse-
suent breaking up OF the organization of the third
party, in orderto throw the preponderance into the
wbig scale-what, we say, if all this turned out
a. 1. HI
himself and some of tho other leaders Of the free
sellers? More unlikely things have happened be-
fore now, and it is yet problem unsolved whether
the democrats or the wings shall reap the advan-
tage ofthe action or inaction of the Pttsburg Con-
vention. Meantime, let our readers be patient for
few days, and we shall probably be alb to throw
some light on the subject.
A MANAGERS LAST SHTFT-THE BARNuM AND
BATEMAN CoSTRovERsY.-Everyno now and then, 70
some weeks past, the public has been treated by the
newspapers with copies of very belicose epistles,
passing between Barnum and Bateman, in relation
to the Batemsn children, and the right Of the for
to re--ngag. them for another year This right,
it would appear by the contract entered into be-
tween the parties, reserved to Barnum, provided
he gave three months notice of his intention to
been, as it would seem, duly fulfilled on his part
the father of the prodges refuses to abide by these
terms, and repudiates all further connection with
Barnum, calculated to bring disreputc on the ia
Tents Of the children.
This pretty little quarrel commenced in England,
by the publication of card from Bateman, which
was followed up by reply from Barnum. The
richest of all the epistles however, is that published
by the latter, few days since, in which he gives
glowing description of the luxurious living he had
provided for the children in mansion at the Court
End Of London town, furnished throughout in style
fit for prince; and tries to excite the Imagination
by the account he gives Of the familiar terms they
were on with the Queen, the nobility, and members
Of the English Cabinet In this letter, Barnum de-
fines his rights, and expresses bis determination to
insist on them, letting Slip in the midst of these
sertons limitations Of the very remarkable success
Of the Bateman children in England.
AL this controversy and parade of the children's
popularity, and the hint Of the vast amount of mo-
ney-Sl00 00o.- which the speculator had realized
in England and the calculations Of what they would
gain in this country, is merely one of Barnum's
wornout feints, or tricks, to humbug and gull the
people The whole of it is exaggeraton, and
wsll nigh fiction, from beginning to end. And we
have received intelligence from the most reliable
sources, showing that the whole Of these stories.
as to their success, put forward by Barnum and
Batoman, under the afiectation Of quarrel, arc
merely intended to deceive the public, and beguile
them into q belief Of the grand popularity
which the children enjoyed in England. We
were 10 London at the time the Bateman chill
dren first made their appearance there, and we
knew a good deal in relation to the history
of their debit. After having tried many
other theatres in London, and failing to get
an engagement, they at last appeared in st.
James theatre, small house, which belonged
to MIR. Mitchell, who consented, aftera COED deal of
negotiation, to give them the use Of it. Their
debit was failure, and was pronounced by all
the London press. Instead Of residing at a sumr.
tuously furnished mansion, cit for princes, they oc
curicd cbeap colt 20 near ReOentis nark.