The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-18

and in6delity. Seriously, and not overdone by any
means such are the doctrines-the destructive doc
the liberty party. headed by Birney, Ger
rit Smith, Fred Douglass and company
Now, what is to follow this movement! The abo-
liton vote for Brney, in 1874, defeated Henry Clay.
Ho wrote that Alabama letter in favor Of the an-
nexaton Of Texas, and the abolition wings of West
ern New York filed or, to the number of fifteen
thousand, for Bnney, and Clay was swamped, when
less than six thousand votes would have elected
him. Il was the abolition and free soil vote for
Van Buren, in '4S that defeated Cass What are we
TO expec; in 1852! Will not this abolition move
ment react upon the Union party of the South,
viii it not impel them to keep up their separate
organization, the better to resist the dabolical
schemes of our Northern ncen6iarias, and because
there is 10 prospect Of either the wings demo-
Gratis taking stand in defence of the constitutional
rights OF the Southl The answer is, that in view
Of this state of things there is strong probability
that the Southern Union party will be compelled
to act independently.
Here, them we have fair prospect for at least
four or five conventions in the Presidential contest
the wing convention, the democratic convention,
the Northern liberty party convention, to meet at
Buffalo on the LIST Sept; the national free soil con-
venton Fe meet at Pittsburg in July; and the Union
constitutional convention, TO meet ut Washnton in
July. What will be the result! 1t is unfortu-
natey too notorious that oil the outside factions Of
the North--of abolitonism and all other isms-have
particular fancy for the wing party, and that the
whig party has quite a fancy for them. But the
liberty and free soil tickets will be apt to take them
all off and thus cheat Gen. Scott out of the vote OF
New York and Ohio. which would inevitably defeat
him. against oil other possibilities in his favor But it
is also fact that the bulk Of the Southern Union
party is what was lately the Southern wing party;
and should they, well the liberty party, act in
dependenty, there will be easy contest presented
at once for popular democratic candidate, and an
easy victory.
The aspects of the Presidential question to. day,
then are that there will be at least four FIVE candi
dates in the field Of different stripes, and that among
them Gen Scott will off second bestpro-
vded always, that between the conflicting claims OF
rival aspirants and the ferocious squabbe between
young America and the old fogios. the Baltimore
Democratic Convention does not break up in q row.
We must for the solution Of this question, wait till
the first Of June
The CASE OF Nh. THRAsHER-EscAPE or CUBAN
PRISONERS FROM AFRICA We republish to-day
portion of one of the letters in their publication
last week,) the correspondence Of Mr.. Thrasher,
addressed to Mr.. Webster, and to General Concha,
LITE Captain General of Cuba, in relation to the
trial, imprisonment, and transportation Of Mr.. I.
to Srain for certain alleged offences against the
sovereignty Of Cuba. In these letters, Mr. Thrasher
makes out strong case, not only in vndication of
his conduct peaceable resident of Cuba-not
Z only in powerful array Of the law and the facts
against his trial, imprisonment, and transportation
but he also contributes additional evidence Of the
singular and unaccountable indifference of our
Cabinet concerning the late events in the island Of
Cuba, they TRANSFERRED. A little attention to
Lopez, and his second expedition would have been
stopped Mt New Orleans-evcn allowing him to
at large. A little vigilance and prompt action,
and the lives of those fifty men might have been
saved, notwithstanding their outlawry under the
Presidents proclamation; and now it would seem
that little attention ON the part of Mr.. Webster
would have saved Thrasher his voyage to Spain as
n criminal. So much for want of vigilance and
little prompt decision Of character.
Mr.. Thrasher is in this city; and, after
short visit to his friends in Maine we understand he
will go to Washington, and, most probably, with
the view of calling the attention of the adminstra-
ton and Of Congress to the necessity Of some more
effective measures for the protection Of the rights
and property of American citizens in Cuba, than our
existing treaty stipuations with Spain. No
knows the condition Of Cuba SO well as Mr.. Thrasher.
By letter from Spanish gentleman in Liver
pool-which we publish to-day-it will be seen that
the Hungarian Major Schlessinger, whose name
figured so extensively in the late Cuban trial in
this city, and several other prisoners (Cubanos)
condemned for eight years to hard labor in the for
tress of Ceua in Africa, have made their escape to
Liverpool, and may shortly be expected here.
Schlessngcr is rather clever man, and, his re-
turn, will most likely devote his talents to profta-
bic and useful pursuits. He has had, at least,
enough of the liberation Of Cuba.
ESCAPE OF AN ALLEGED SLAvE-MANEUvRING
OF THE AEoLiTIoNIsTs.-It will be seen, by a refe-
to the letter Of Mr. Allen Thomas, junior which
appears in another Part of this days HERALD, that
slave belonging to his father escaped from Mary
land, in 1919, and came on to this city, where he
subsequently arrested on bonn fie charge of
larceny Being claimed by his owner rs bonds
man, he advised by the abolitionist counsel to
plead guilty to the theft with which he charged,
and he sentenced to imprisonment in the State
prison. The owner, DR.. Thomas, wrote, some time
since, to Governor Hunt, to inquire if pardon had
been granted to the convict slave. His Excellency
replied in the negative. Mr.. Thomas, junior, then
came ON to New York, obtained the necessary war
rant from a commissioner. and procured the assist
ance Of two deputy marshals and with them pro-
ceeded to Sing Sing, one day last week. but
irving there, he found that Governor Hunt had
granted pardon for the slave, who had been thus
manumittcd two days before the expiration Of the
period Of his imprisonment.
1t is said that the negro taken from the prison
whilst the officers there with the war; ant for
his arrest-that he was put into boat, conveyed
to Reckland county, and from thence 70 the Eric
Railroad, IN route somewhere.
The officers and the were thus defeated,
through the Of the abolitionists; and We
suppose that Governor Hunt will be much annoyed
when he learns that his clemency has been made the