The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-24

abolition.
The rduct Of the whig party iu Massachusetts,
rrd New York leaves no dol6t that the contract Is
closing, that the bargain is made, and the purchase
money provided fer. For the sake Of spois they
ave dug up tie tomahask, and proclaimed car
OF elimination Oil Southsrn institutions. Tia.
the coalition - complete, aud its nature aad ba
perfectly understood, cannot init of . doubt. The
Wigs and abolitioniss Of the Northern States have
now but one aim but one political shibboleta. II
j. be doubted, yead the following resolutions, one
adopted bv the Wing State Convention of NJ sssachl-
sets, and the other by tile New York Abolition Con
yention, both Of which bodies have just ad-
jcuIned -
WHO. ABOLITION
Resolved, That we Resolved, That against
aiterahy opposed 70 the the doctrines tendencies,
tel Of slavery and natural consequences
foot of The territory Involved in the Nebraska
free; that will seek the bill, calculated t. dis
immediate and uncopeition honor couatry in the
al repeal Of so much Of the eyes OF manund, and to
Nsbia.ka and Kan acts discourage and confound
anpuls the Missouri tho champions OF liberty
compromise, and that Ind progress throughout
viii ppose the sdn,is sion the world We declare un-
into tic conederacy of any compromising war, and in
State formed out q the spirit and fairh Of our
any Of territorial pos. fathers will struggle the
sessions unkss slavery last Tor the reconstruction
prohibited therein II Nebraska and Kansas to
the ennobing occupation
AMI use of free labor ana
free
To US Of the South, the spectacle has peculiar,
and we may add an absorbing interest. We must
ask ourselves where thia will end? Four years may
not roll over our reads before we may have q tree
soil presid, u. and free sil Congress- and we cam
not so blind curse yes to all that surrounds TO
indulge the hope that, having the power, our ene
mics will fan to use it. Should they do it, wnat
courte remains for us2 Is there o man, from the
Potomac to tie Rio Grandc, lost to every senti-
nent OF sell respect as ta lie down Inactive and
sUpine while pack of fanatics legisiate away his
dearest and mcss sacred rights? Are ne prepared
to permit Our property to be torn nom ms, and
privileges as old and % sacred as the Constitution
itself 10 lie wantQnls outraged and destroyed? We
md mi IN.
rame of freeman, impreases the mind--strikes the
imagination II appeals TO us by glorious memories,
and present and prospective benefits az glorious; but
strip either If is substantial effects, Deprive Of
the real advantages which halew its name, and it
is no os ger blessing and pride, but falsenood,
curse, and rsproach.
from the Richmond Wing, August al
TIE SARATOGA CONVENTION.
synopsis Of The resol ut,ons adopted of the late
anitsiayery p.on held az Saratoga, n. u, is
given by The New York TfiJuns at tollow.:-
l. The restoration Of the antislavery provso in Kan
An the Territories OF the United States shall he
free
No more slave States shsil be admitted into tue
a. This policy she be held superior to ali party con.
sice ettns, and every pefy ahan he abandoned whcI
Cces rot make tie sanls its hrst object
Such arc tie sentiments eX ressoi hv q convea-
ticn Of Northern people without distinction ,f
paJty lot no sooner nas that oonvoation been held
than the effort u mace n certain gaay,ers t.
palm II oil az the South exclusively q
yhiU onti Nebraska ccn-sUtion. THIS Is an OIL
trick, TO Wineh tie peculiar guardians of the
nights of the Sonth have been go long ac-
Gust, med 10 resort that we are NOT Of all surprised
at tlir effort TO play ~ II ON this occasion. II
would have been q matter OF much moe surprise
had They allowed this opportunity t. escape unira
proved. But let Is see how tsr t1sir Iepn senta-
ton Oft o. wing ccnsenson IL TO BE- crediied. IL
was neither pott,n up IS convention Of whigs, nor
was II composed OF wings mere then democrats. IL
was callea expressly IS convention OF meu OPP
posed TO the repesl OF the Missouri copprom,se--
otmoo'sts rs wei sc wing; aud euca men II was
who Responded 10 tie Call. Let tie n9mes OF the
procintnt oemnca It's wno took en- activ. part IN its
proceedings show foT far IL was confined 10 the
Northern wings. among the stsunch de 1,ocrats
acting cor sptcp0us part ~ the convention we fad
enumet sted, Vice Chancellor MsCoun, Preside5t
Of She Convention; ard Prsstoa King, General E..
+. BuilsTd, tn- Rev. Aduip ck;aner Judge Rock
land, Hiram Barney, Geo. Z. Benedict, ADD many
oihers-sli demo OF long ssaudiag ia the dem.
oClasic fr9'egnitg.
IL would be pleasing, we know, to our dem ,cratic
fiends al the south relieve themselves IRON the
oisagrteahle conviction that there e scores of
their own party in the Northern States, st "a Io:-
ten on This question Of slavery % tasy are sriyi z
10 make crt the Northern wings, but the record,
unfortunately for them, deprives them of any such
consolation. They have struggled long and hari to
barter Of their Noit.eFn allies as m-n with south.
srn principles brt IL won't do. They show the
cloyen foot whenever q favorable opportunity is
presented, just they have dons in this great auti-
slavery coOvsDtiln and they will continue to d. go
cesIic the Jealous exerioas OF their southern AGO.
ogisis TO CLOAK mp their sbii slavery propcnsisiss.
We make no p1t,nsions % . conseal nent OF the
fact Mat there were leading Nor shern wings Gu
gagged IA this mcyen-sSt-apd among their number.
ncn rom whom, in past dsys, better things might
have been expected; bat protest 1ausi chs effort
10 lay all che sin OF ~ che doors OF Nortaern wings.
1c Do - IL e. seek 70 esce;ya tie South. Southern
cilz,ns have hosts cf Sn' slavery opponents 10 con
tegd az slcst IA tire osmOcr.tc ssnks a, the Ncrth
n vel as IN lbe ~h,g Ians there. The results Of
recent elections OF the Ncrsh iuraish ample proof Of
this. iios ~ uthat In The We y siror gDoids Of de-
rOcfacy Ncbrs~ka candidates. have met 9Th slch
disasrrus dstais OF iase n tie No shsrn democracy
are 80 extremely tGard on the slavery qusstiOu7
And IN connection WITH THE subject re wouid re
specially suD7pit 70 our democratic c,:smpo sfes
4 this quarter che c0n>.i sstio1 OF the cncomfar-
able feet That - cnveriion os the "reguls m )
csts. sss. Thnrsiay n me first Congress ,onl ds-
plct IN Ire Sie'e u Hsse, tie pfeeat rer-escats
tive. hT. Mcdonald. vito voted for the sebsassa
bill fld at Il, ! single vote Tor Reorganization.
Wien he buve cisrvd up the ugly records o.
their northern associations, which stand against
th.m, u vii be tine eaougi for southcra whigs 81
ls'ca 10 their pous aem0niiions about The la 1ro
pr'ey o. iunger cooperating with toe Northern
saig paIiy.