The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-24


TIE warmth Of its aGti Nebraska feeling be iacited
into aggressive action against the South. The con-
yentioo took defensive attitude an attitude repe
ing the'Nebraska bill, which has been forced upon
the country in the most palpabe breach OF good
faith, and repudistipg all obligations 70 support any
compromise with slavery except such as are con-
tanned In the constitution. These two acts were in
separnbe. The deliberate abrogation by the South
Of the Missouri compromise, aud the persistent re-
fusal On their part 10 take any step towards REIN
stating It, has utterly Destroyed the binding efficacy
OF all compromises excepting those contained in the
federal constitution, which no action OF Congress
any section of the country can, ought to- aval
dat or impair. The ahig party has done consistent
~ aud honestly In uoequivocaly discardiog all obi
cations Of the nature IL chat watch those for whose
benefit it was origiosly made, have SET at naugat.
The convention also acted justly In pro Lain
ing tdat the parry was forever released from all
obligations to admit into our Union any State which
1850 imposed such obligation. 1t provided for The
admission of New Mexico and Utah, without refer
ence TO the slavery ahttsavery features wncl the
people Of those Territories might choose to incorpo-
rate into their constitutions, when applying for en-
trance into the Union. The compromise of 1850
having been Frustrated, this obligation of cour-e,
falls with 1t. The QUESTION Of nd hitting or refusing
slave States has sgain become an open question, oc-
cupying precisely the position before the
thy as it ola IL 1920 before tae estabshmea of the
Missouri compromise. AS for ourselves we lame 1t
that this is the case but 1t is useless to shut eyes
to the actual fact. bargain ia q settlement and
when the bargain is broken the settlements is ut an
end. The freedom Of the North to legisate up the
subject OF SLAYER IN the territories Is Unrestricted
now as when the Constitution was first foraed; and
il this FREEDOM is misfortune the North iscertaisly
not responsible for il.
Notwithstanding, we fad positive satisfaction in
the negative action of the convention. There wasa
caused by tse repeal Of the Missouri com promise,
aud yet there was no d6e mir alton expressed TO
take Advantage Of that change. Noaction whatever
vas taken on any PRACTICAL question that would in.
fame sectional excitement. And herein the action
differed materially from that OF the Saratoga gather.
ing That In its ninth resolution, took its stand
distinci NY on the principle that all territory of she
United States must henceforth be free territory snd
all States hereafter must come in as free States'
The wing convention simply asserted the right now
that all compromises have become extinct, to take
this action, but in no way pledged Themselves to
exercise this right. In fact, in the Of Cuba,
large portion, perhaps majority, OF the wings of
this State would be In favor of her admission, If no
Other objection than that Of her slavehol6ing ex-
listed. Again, the Fugitive Slave law was not
in the least alluded to in the resolutions and
an attempt by an individual to thrust it upon
the notice OF the convention was received with
Kisses. and failed utterly. Throughout all the
proceedings of the convention there was an entire
abstinence of denuncistion against the South, and
OF everything calculated to foster mere sectional
feeling. The peIvadipg tone of the resolutions and
the speeches is q genuine whig tone-that of high
principle, settled conviction, and firm yet moderate
spirit Not trace Of camOrous, vituperative. red
mOuthed abOftionism is to be seen about L.. Not
one Of the destructive abolition hobbies IL favored
with even the cold respect of passing notice.
The Saratoga Convention, or its threatened sc.
qqel at Auburn, has not served to frighten the
wing patty from its proprety. The Washington
Union and its asso ciates commit most egregicus
folly In persisting to ignore all difference between
the anti Nebraska feeling and the abolition fanati
csm. They attach dignity and power to the lat
ter which it does not and cannot possess. There has
not been time at the North for years when pure
and simple abohtionism was in greater disrepute
yyNrA fyrAv OIyvoco &vovS 4
The late suspension of the Commonwealth the abo
Gti0n organ of Massachusetts,, and the discon
tinusnce OF the daily edition of the National Era
at Washington, are significant tokens Of the de-
cline OF the old abolition spirit. TIE question of
aboishing slavery in the District of Columbia, or of
aboishipg it anywhere else, Is now hardly heard Of.
There is not one nan out of five hundred, might
perhaps with truth say five thousand, who has any
disposition to interfere with the institution as It
exists IN the States. The abolition party has sunk
INTO more Insignificant existence than even that |
faction OF the democre.ic party which sustans the
! administration ut Washington: and the Union |
makes itself even more ridiculous in exaggerating
he importance Of the former than Of the latter But
hese papers exert most injurious influence upon
he public mind in the South. BY their misrepre-
entations Of the real extent of abolitionism they
urge on to the adoption Of extreme measures, like
he Nebraska bill, which entirely uacalled for
and certain in the actual state of things at the North
very agitation which those extreme measures have
produced, they find new proof Of the malignant
power OF ab0tionism, and use il to heighten the |
fleet Of their previous picture. Thus the South,
Trough these agitation mongers. are continually |
misapprehending the real state Of public feeling at
the North, and each misapprehensi0n gives rise to
another yet more serious. IL these papers would |
present the antiNebraska sentiment in its real as
pect, and honestly recognize the difference in its
spirit and aim from abolition fanaticism, they would
be doing all parss OF the country subtautial ser.
vice. But such sacrifice Of party capital to truth
is not to be looked for.
The whig party then goes into the present cam.
pagn solid united body and true to its character
ard principles 1t mar hes on conspicuous ground
and 10 man ne mistake its course. 1t carries with
il the sympathies and support Of the great mass of
the people Of the State. II is the party with whose
past history the prosperity and honor of the State
have been most largely identified, and whose poll y
Of the State. It had vast elements of strength
before the Nebraska scheme was ever thought Of;
and resistance to that abominaton has made It more
powerful than ever. The victory of the party in
November viii be more than decisive-i 1t will be
overwhelming.
From the New York Tribune, Sep. 90
The strength Of the NnOw Notbings at the Wing
State Convention was exactly twent NO out of one
strenuous efforts had been made throughout the
State to return members of the order OF these
twenty-five individuals twenty deserve the c dit of
great fidelity 10 their candidates, since they voted
to the very last ballot, while the other two voted
part of the time Tor somebody else.
One curious fact in Know Nothingism is the zeal
with which it is embraced by the nearly obsolete
silver gray faction. II would seem that the mana
gers of that expiring institution hope to escape
entire extinction by means Of this secret society
Poor fellows.
from the Rochester American
The nomination for Governor has taken the pub
lie by surprise. Mr. Myron H. Clark of Canaan.
daigna is merchant, rreproachable, we believe, in
private life, but possessing in very limited degree
political learning hitherto deemed desirable il not
indispensable, in Governor In these respects his
nomination is probably the weakest ever made ia
this state, and tends strongly to establish the doc
not do Mr.. Clark injustice. As senator elected
on the Maine Law question he was true to his trust
add this fidelity doubtless procured him his present
nomination. Politically he is andhss Away s been
faithful adherent OF Gov. Seward, being as thor-
nm uhlx Devoted to him hia oni niona and infare,,