The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-23
THE NEW NORTHERN PARTY.
TWO Views =, om ,he Fillmore Organs Of tho
wing Parry.
Iron the Buffalo advertiser (Ar. Tlmore's home or
pnn1. August 81

rwo Views ., om .he Fillmore Organs OF tho
~hsg Party.
From the Buffalo advertiser (Mr Tllmore's home or
GAM, August 81
THE SARATOGA CONVENTION.
The design OF The originators OF the convent IN
which asst nbyd last week at Saratoga far as the
public were able to understand their purposes as
disclosed by t0eir gans, was the formation If q
new political part, on an anti slavery, that ia TO
say, sectional bssis. When this design was at
ment, not OF iy aas t lot disclaimed but its pro
pxiety Was zeul"sy defended. The convention at
length met, but II iI.uearsted no new party, il
minated no caDoioat-r, and limited its action to the
mere passing or Issoutons denouncing the aggres-
sions Of The slave p"wer 1t has, therefore, sgna'ly
JAILED 70 answer TOE main design Of its projectors
Its adjournment TO meet at Auburn on the a6th
OF september, II sirtual confession OF political
weakness. party ~hicn had the overwhelming
majority Of voters It's neeis, which was claimed
LOT this moytmsnt by its organs and abettors,
should TO, have stulti6ed its pretensions as -
voluntarily take the position OF mere make weight
In tie poIitlcsi Latance. This Is the standing re-
source of small iacr ns at can make themselves
felt ooy ia biddtog for the influence OF one Of the
regular parties, BY BIDDING out the idea that in q
ciostiy eontes'eo ton they &C strong enough to
turn the scale. l. stead Of assembling to form
party powerful eIou.h to sweep ever thing before
il, according to 'Le,r hoasful manifesto they met
TO baze forth to the wo Id their weakness and in.
sgt dcsnce This is nooiiousiy NOT the result they
bargain ed for.
This convention, ab ftive except in resolutions
was unable even PASS such resolutions as its pro-
lcctcrs INTENDED 10 make basis Of their platform
We have carefulls !""ked over the resolutions with
q view to find ane which pledged the convention to
sctk the sepea b. C,upress If the Nebraska act
bat Our search WAS unsuccessful. Vow, Istbing is
better knoxn tb That this conyel alton Was called
In corseQueI CO OF tt- ,assage az the Nebraska bill
and was intended t. sound the tocsin Of repeal
Tie oCcmes OF toe ,onveLtion opposed It on the
ground that aimed at the repeal OF the Nebraska
ac; and that sch repeal Is practically impossible.
ITS irisrds Iepel q, a voca'ias the p disability Of
ropeal, ard debouDcieg those who refused to en-
baIa IL crussoc Tor that ehject, as having been
irsincere in ttr Opposition 10 tee passage OF tire
bill Not only the actioo If tho Saratoga Conveo.
ton, therefore, but rs very language, is different
tom what is IlJenrs had counted on, and falls bc
low their ex, ec,a'ions.
As the thing actua,l, turned cut, the Saratoga
convention seems TO have aimed no higher than 70
exercise saasry SUPP rvision over the wig party
ard its approaching convention. Abandoning the
lofty Design ~hi ,ts lends al first cherished and
protessec, and gra ly lowering the tone by which
1t was be.alltu, 1t undertakes work Of pure supc-
rerogston III looking after the wing party, TO see
that 1t is true 10 It's principles ard does its duty
While the Nebra-ka bill was pendir ia Congress
the wbig patty Of tni State OPP os IL with entire
unanlmiy and unwayefiDg zeal. And we doubt
not, that, with upaui unity quite a. unbroken they
arc ready, now, L. Il cir approaching State Conven
ton ana at all huts TO make such protests and to
adopt such mea ules as promise any prac ioable
and constitutional tsuits 10 evening the further
extension OF thseJy. SO far as the action Of the
Saratoga conv.htop implies any doubt on this
head. u libels he part..
Judged with reference to tue original intentions
Of Its projectors the Saratoga convention was o
piece Of sure'lstve ly jud ycd with reference to
the mani or in viii these ihtcntions were carried
cut, 1t was al abo tioa and izzc judged with
reference TO fhe Bfue Gee 1t aims 70 exert ap0n the
Wing raity, II IL imply idle
Prem Me Albany Register, (Mr. Tnlmo,cs Albany
Orpan.) Aug 20
TIE sAKATvGA CONVENTION.
That the So aiuga Convention expressed in the
min the popuar sentiment Of the state OF New
York, no Intelligent man can doubt. Tho passage
d tic Nebraska measure was vel calculated 70
arouse the ant, shaver. feeling that was latent in
alm0st sytry NOfihero mans bosom. Sprung upon
the people In tine of profound repose, they were
taken By surprise. The members Of Congress were
elected without aby possible reference to the ext
Eopcy at was for co upon the country, and in the
abse1cs OF the prt opinions Of their con-
etttueLcy though tho ballot boxts, they were at
asti,gton, free from responsibility as they
chose e u cerstand it, for any violation OF wnat
they could not but as tic popular sentiment Of
the 0kolc Moth. HAD their election turned upon
the repeal Of the Nit soui compromise and the open.
ing up OF Territory north OF Sc deg so N. to the
enhancement Of slavery, we do not believe that a
solitary men bfr could have been elected from this
State wtcse opinions were not decidedly in opposi
ton to il. Nor do we believe that IL the vote the
irg eessson OF Congress, one member Of Congress
from this State conlo have been by any possible
indictment made To vote in the affirmative.
One thing Is pcrftca y evid nt-that tic members
OF Congress from the State Of New York who
favored the passage Of the bill, have done that
which secures their ut er political pr stration for
all tine to come. They not only encountered the
i'll viii Of their old opponents but they sacked the
mora sense os their political friends, and forfeited
the confidence before exposed in them; and between
this open denuncniion on the ono hand and the cold
but silent Reputation on the other, they will sink
into rositcal gIaScs, from VII ch there viii bc no
Jegrieesiop.
formed at Sarat ga or rather fusion Of parties,
based upon the universally Of the anti slavery sent
ment; but comparison OF views among the dele
gates ccmPo.iIg the convent showed that there
was IN principle too little difference OF opinion to
waant tbe disturbing OF the present organic atons.
II was found that all parties were opposed to the
Nebraska measure, opposed to the extension Of
slavery and upon ascertaining this, all that was left
to do was to embo6y that sentiment, give il express
sion In firm and manly language, and 60 horne TO
give It PRACTICAL Potentially through the agency
Of the ballot box.
This convention . i'll sdmonish alpolitical parties
that success can be hoped for only by selecting
candidates from among those whose opinions are
not doubtful en- this question that the public sem
timcns In Il respect is stronger than party tics
party Sisciplpc that opposition to the extension
IF human slavery has become q settled aud pcrma.
nent priaciplea fixed fac.-so Cor a. this State is
concerned and that il will erusb the political foi.
tunes Of every man and every party that ressts its
sway.
The Saratoga Convention was useful in another
respect. 1t viii open the eyes Of the adminietra-
tion, they can no opened 20 the true condition Of
the popular sentiment of the North. II will make
our bouthern bretbern too, aware OF the actual con-
dton Of things in the free States Hitherto it has
been supposed, both by the administration and by
the politicians Of the South, that opposition TO the
abs0gation Of the Miss ouri compromise and to the
extension of slavery was confined mainly to fana-
tics and aboltionists, whom they regarded a. pow
erlofs Ia fact whatever amount OF noise they might
make In the world. But here was a convention com.
pcsed Of delegates from all parts Of the State, most
Of whom were men Of calm minds and sober judg-
naent representing all parties and Gil sections and
shades Of party, who, whatever dercHces OF opinion
might exist between them In other respects, were
Uhanmous en- the question tnat called them togo
cher. This convention thus instituted has spoken
calmly, firmly, in the earncst language Of convie-