The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-07
The P,ttsburg Convention.


The Free Soil National Convention for the nomi-
nation of their ticket and the erection of their plat
form for the Presidency, win meet in the city of
Pittsburg Wednesday next, the 18th instant
We publish list Of the delegates in another por-
ZION # this paper, from which (though not including
all the delegates apponted) the reader win per-
ceve, at glance, that this third party is destined
to make most imposing and formidable demon
stration in this Presidential contest. Indeed, from
the absorbing interest which has been betrayed in
this movement by the leading underground politi-
clans of both the old parties, we have not the
shadow of a doubt that, one way or the other, it
will be decisive in the election.
Sixteen or seventeen States will be represented at
Pittsburg, including the slave States OF Maryland
and Kentucky, and probably even Virginia may
have her delegates the ground Pre- eminent in the
weight of her representation, will be the great ORR
ginal whig State of Ohio, from which there will
probably be several hundred delegates in attend
ance. In the aggregate, We should not be surprised
if the Convention to exceed in numbers, in har
moDy, and in enthusiasm, either of the late con-
ventiops at Baltimore. In the result whatever it
may be- this third party will bring one or the other
of the old parties to the ground. This
ganization, as a preliminary object, contemplates
the wing and democratic parties One or the
other is thus destined to be vanquished and broken
up; and then the next step will be to fuse it into
the grand overwhelming abolition party Of the
North The Importance of political convention,
called together this startling and comprehensive
schedule, cannot be over estimated. Its ultimate
tendencies do not stop short of the coercve aboli-
ton of slavery, or the dissolution of the Union.
etnn nc tha ch.,rr ,,o mill
be the agitation and repeal of the Fugitive Slave
law There the work must necessarily begin. 1t is
the frontier bulwark of the South, and is the first
obstacle to be removed. The abolition Of slavery
in the district of Columbia, the Wilmot proviso for
the territories, annexation ofslave territory
and no more slave States, will also be among the
fundamental principles of the party. All the other
planks in the platform-such as free farms, land
reform, cheap hostages, the election of all Office
holders by the people, the rights of old wo-
men to wear the breaches, and the duty Of old
grandfathers to wear the pennnsats, and what
not-wil be the mere ornamental appendages
of the kites tail; or extra bait for the stray
gudgeons and various outside fanatics, philosophers,
and reformers Of the day. Even a dinner ef cam
vass ba ducks is meagre affair with nothing but
the ducks but garnished with some other recherche
and ornamental dishes, and bottle two of wine,
it is n feast for prime minister. So political
platform made up of nothing but nti-slavery and
free soil would be rather poor entertainment; but
embesh it with the new tangled isms, reforms, and
free philosophy Of the age, and 1t becomes almost
irresistible There is tact and policy, therefore, in
working into this platform as many materials as
possible. Where a variety Of tastes are to be con-
suited, there must be variety in the bill of fare.
The great apostle of the Northern nulfers and
abolition agitators understands well the force Of
this policy 1t has been his creed and the creed Of
his leading disciples and organs for the last quarter
of n century, beginning with anti masonry, when q
Morgan was found who "was good enough Nor
gan till after the election This is the secret of the
adoption, by the Seward journals, of all the clap
trap social theories, political refo1 and philoso-
phica sbsurdites, and infiAA Ouaries, which have
sprung up from time to time, 6bom the abominable
system Of Fourier to the impous impostur,s Of
the Fish and Fox girls and the spiritual manifesto.
tione. They may all bring something into the net,
and every thing is fish that comes in y The Pitts
burg party having adopted this comprehensive
plan Of action, it becomes an important inquiry
as to what is to be the probable rc1Atl
To this question the result itself can alone give
any definite solution; but still we have sufficient
fscts ard data apon which to form reasonable
judgment The policy Of Seward and his allies. in
panderfrg to all the rascay isms and crazy ,rotchets
Of the INES, had far irssted the whig party of
the INDEPENDENTLY with abolitionism-that
it cost the wings the less of the election in 1874 by
the loss Of some ten thousand at least of the fifteen
thousand votes cast for Birney 10 this State, less
than six thousand Of which would have elected
Henry Clay. In that election, Mr.. Clay carried the
State of Ohio by six thousand majority, notwith-
81 anding the eight thousand votes cast for Brney
W. presume that that result presented fair exhibit
Of the real total strength Of the wings and demo-
craft respectively, in Ohio In 1s4s, Van rem
rece we'd over $4,000 votes in Ohio, and where they
came from admits ofno Interpretation. The total
xhig ote in Ohio was.--
For Gene al Taylor in 1s4s.
Whigioss .....".....".......Is75s
Take the other side
For Mr.. Polk IN 1874. os1
For General Ca in 1s4s
Dem ocrstic gain .......n.........57l2 |
The democratic gain was not eq nal 70 their bro.
,ortiop of the ma tural increase of votes in four
,ears in Ohio but upon the same rule the real |
Sby loss there in rs was equal to at least Is 900
If the 30, 900 votes cat for Van Buren, assuming
hat with no third cand. late in the field they ~cud
nave voted either the whie or democratic ticket.
Now, il these twenty-five thousand free soil wings
N Ohio could vote for Martin Van Buren, in '4s, rs
preferable to the whig candidate. who was not
nitted at all on the slavery question, how can they
De expected to vote in 1862 for General Scot, who
has been drawn up and tied down to the fnalty
# the Fugitive Slave lawq" There CON be but one
lnrwer 10 this question. The Pittsburg ticket win