The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-15

| BY some but such movement at the present tine
30 far a. this State IL concerned, 10 not necessary
and would be Of doubtful propriety.
80 far - Il may be necessary 70 secure tho cleo
tion to Congress OF reliable anti Nebraska men. y
would be willing to foregO party preferences ~ IA
coming election; but there are great questions
State policy which cannot be safely c0nfded to
other hands than those Of the whig party.
On the recurrence Of another Presidential Gle ;
tion there viii very likely be q general breaking
Of old party organizations, to be replaced BY ne
question; but until that time it strikes us that i u
be safest and best for the wing party to stand BY les
colors and await the progress OF events:
Still, so far as we understand the oDlecU OF tnia
anti-Nebraska gathering, we approve OF T.; ana a.
there are no committees to arrange preiiminaries
we trust that the friends ofthe movement Will not
be back ward in taking the necessary steps to se
cure full representation from Steuben In the 9 On
ye...sion.
[rrom the Albany evening Journal, Seward whig,)
| July ID
Having found the whig party Of the North. on all
occasions, and in every emergency, the most en-
gressons Of slavery and to uphold the cause Of free
dom, we concur cordially with the Courier, that Il
is best, now and ever, "or the wing party 20 stand
| by its colOrs."
warm other agencies into action. This wanton and
wicked Nebraska swindle stirs the indignation Of
thousands who not ordinar lily active as partsans,
but whose sentiments aud sympathies prompted the
Saratoga movement. IL cOntemplates, we under
etand gatht ring Of freemen irrespective OF party,
TO give embodiment to expressions of dissent to this
shameful violation Of compacte and compromises
which secured portion of the territory purchased
from France to freedom, and to aid, as far as may
be, the election to Congress OF representatives wac
will labor arlcssy to repeal that swindlng statute.
The assembling Of an enlightened, patriotic con-
vention, with such views, cannot fail to exert .
salutary influence
But that convention can in no manner or sense in
terfere with the duties or lessen the responsibilities
of the whig party. The cause Of freedom may be
essentially aided by auxiliary efforts. By combining
the sufirages Of all who depore the Nebraska out
rage, almost unbroken vote in the next House of
Representatives might besecured. This surely is an
object worth aiming at.
From the Albany State Register.l
Believing Us we 30 in the wisdom and patriotism
Of the wing creed, the soundness Of wing principles
and the value of the whig party. we entirely
opposed to seeing 1t disbanded. It holds the reins
Of power in the State; it has the Legislature aud
with the executive d. partment for years to come,
unless it casts them away by its own madness and
folly. The wings If they will but remain true to
Themselves, will carry the Union in 1856.
organization; for when it shall be accomplished
when the North aud the South shall stand in dis
tnct bodies over against each other, divided Dy geo
graphical lines the Union will be practically dis.
solved. This section al division, ebodying sectional
prejudices, and rousing sectional animosities, is
what the great Washington saw as the chief danger
to the future Of this country and with prophetic
Destness and solemnity he warned his Countrymen
against 1t. Will an abandonment by the whig party
OF its principles and its organization add one vote
in Congress in the State Of New York against the
extension Of human slayery2 Can one man be
elected to Congress from this State now or hereaf-
ter, by any party whose opinions are doubtful on
that question We suppose not. II the rallying
cry Of the new organization is to repeal, what by
any possibility can it accomplish? Before such q
measure can be perfected the territories will have
cd hQ m oafi lvoa W int
Union az States.
What, if this scheme of abandonment Of the whig
organization, and the formation of . new party
based upon the anti-savery sentiment, and dashed
into energy by abolition excitement shall prove sue
ceesfnl is To become of the other issues upon the
threshold Of which we are standngl Is the tenn
geranee reform to be oyerlaid and :mothe1ed to
great practical good to be secured by that reform
to be lost sight Of in the turmoil of pursuit after
mere moral abstraction Are the canals to be for
hundred other questions should be settled by the
wing party of the State Of New York before oblit-
Grating its landmarks or surrendering its identity
from the Boston Courier
sTHE WING PARTy.-The Springfield Republican is
occasionally crocnety, ana while in this unhappy
and fighty mood 1T occasionally utters say ings
which not at all consistent with its character
and position the leading whig journal of Western
Massachusetts,. Among the random shafts recently
discharged from its edi orial battery was one which
declared that "the ties between the wing party OF
tie North and South have been sundereI and
suep thing as the national wing party does not
exist
[From the Boston Journal, July 10
WING STATE CONVENTION.
In accordance with vote of the Wing State Central
Committee Wing State Convention viii be holden at Ia
neuil Hail. Boston, Wednesday, the 10th day Of Au
gust next at II O'Clock A. NJ, for the purpose of nom
mating state ofcers and Of expressing the sentiments of
tho wings of Massachusetts, as well upon the important
questions or State policy 10 be determined at the APP
preaching election as upon the new and momentous is
mise which opens to slavery vast territory dedicated
by solemn compact to Ieedom. Deeply DESTROYS that
this convention shall reflect the true sentiments Of the
entire wing party, which we have no doubt
will be in harmony with the sentiments Of the
great body of the people of Massachusetts, the
towns and cities in this Common wealth requested
elect number Of Delegates equal to five times the
Der OF representatives to which they entitled in
ton. john SARGENT, Secretary
WING STATE CONVENTION.
The Wing State Central Committee have issued
call for convention Of the wings of Massachusetts,
to be held in Faneuil Hall on the 10th of August.
They invite the various towns to send delegations
equal to i've times the number Of representatives to
which they entitled in the General Court. This
Is an unusually large number, and il the call is re-
spopded to with the usual promptness, as no doubt
it will be, the convention win partake Of the char
acter Of State mass meeting, and will embrace
representatives. Of every shade of sentiment among
tie wings Of Massachusetts,. We look forward 70
the meeting Of this convention with much interest
The issues which are presented to the wings at the
present juncture-both Of national and OF State
policy-are many and various. and it is important
that there should be full expression OF opinion,
and that harmonious action should mark our ef-
forts In carrying out those principles for which we
contend We have no fear that the wing party will
not prove equal to the emergency which has arisen
that 1t win rot faithfully echo the public senti-
ment of the North and we believe that with the
indications OF the feelings Of the wings which reach
us from al quarters, our party will stu go con-
quering and TO conquer.
SARATOGA, ArsrsT l6, 1854.
Az a meeting of the Executive Committee OF the
city Of New York, appointed 10 oppose the Ne
brsska perhdy. the following communication was
presented
Airaxy Nay 90, 1854.
To the Hon Mosee II. Gfinnsl and others, compo-ing
the Executive Committee n the citizens of the city Of
New York, in relation 20 the Nebraska perhdy;-
ctnti men--N meeting 81 the citizens 81 Albany
held ~ tho capitol on the ga day q March last upon