Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-15
THE SARATOGA CONVENTION.

A State Convention of those opposed to the
Nebraska bill, and in favor of the restoration
of the Missouri restriction upon the spread OF
Slavery has been noticed to meet at Saratoga
Springs on the 9Th day Of August next The
call, as matter Of course, is irrespective OF
party, and will doubtless meet with hearty
response from all honest opponents of the Ne
braska iniquity. The number Of delegates is
4 to be four times the representation in the AS
sembly.
We are unacouainted with the objects of the
| Convention, except as they are generally stated
inthecall General consultation and specific ac-
ton, so far as to secure the election to Congress
of mon imbued with the free spirit of the North,
and having the nerve and integrity to with
stand the Establishments of power and place,
| will doubtless be among the first, if not the
most important duties Of the Convention. Il is
possible that the formation of new party, to
| resist tho encroachments Of the slave power,
and confne tho peculiar institution" to the
States wherein it now exists may be entertain
ed by some; but such q movement at the pres
| ent time, SO far a. this State is concerned, is
not necessary, and would be of doubtful pro-
priety. So far as ii may be necessary to secure
| the election to Congress of reliable antiNe-
! braska men, we would be willing to forego
| party preferences at the ensuing election; but
i bucIc dIo kIcbe QutbtiOub Va GtthpC poHCy WAiOE
cannot be safely confided to other hands than
those Of the Wing party.
| Ga the recurrence Of another Presidential
election there will very likely be o general
breaking up Of old party organizations to be
| replaced by new ones having more direct ref
erence to the Slavery question; but until that
time it strikes us that il will be safest and best
/ for the Wing party to stand by its colors, and
| await the progress of event5
| STILL so far as we understand the objects Of
this anti Nebraska gathering, we approve Of it;
| and as there are no committees to arrange pre-
liminaries, we trust that the friends of the
movement will not be backward IN taking the
necessary steps to secure full representation
from Stcuben in the Convention.--Steubsn
| Courier.
Having found the Wing party of the North
on all occasions and IN every emergency, the
most efficient and reliable organization, both
to res 10 aggressions Of Slavery and to up
hold aause Of Freedom, we concur cordially
with the Courier, that it is best, now and ever
for the Wing party to stand by it. colors.o
1 There are, however, occasions and questions
which warm other agencies into action. This
wanton and wicked Nebraska swindle stirs tho
indignation of thousands who are not ordinari-
ly active as partisane, but whose sentiments
and sympathies prompted the Saratoga move
ment 1t contemplatss, we understand, gath
ering Of freemen, irrespective of party, to give
embodiment to expressions Of dissent to this
shameful violation of compacts and compro-
misses which secured portion of the Territory
purchased from France to freedom; and to aid,
as far as may be, the election of Representa-
tives to Congress who will labor fearlessly to
repeal that swindling statute. The assem-
bling Of an enlightened, patriotic Convention,
with such views, cannot fail to exert q saluta-
ny influence.
But that Convention can In no manner or
sense interfere with the duties or lessen the re-
sponsibilities Of the Wing party. The cause
OF Freedom may be essentially aided by auxili-
airy efforts. BY combining the suffcages Of all
who deplore the Nebraska outrage, on almos.
unbroken vote in the next House Of Repre-
sentatiyes might be secured This surely is an
object worth aiming at.--Aibany Eve. Jour.
The National Intelligenecr opposes these
popular movements at tho North, and is at
pains to record every instance Of disaffsction
to them among leading Wing politicians in
the Free Statea Tho Southern Vhig Press
begins to use soft words, bcgs to assure the
Northern Wings that it does not consider
them all Aboltionists, and the Nebraska CUES
ton shall not be forced upon them as a test
and then, IL proclaims the determination Of the
Southern Wings to wait and sec what their
Northern friends intend to do before they de-
eide the question Of dissolution Of the Party
Tho Iateiiigencer and Southern Wing Press
generally, tacitly assume that the National
Wing Party still lives, but they insist more OF
less peremptorily upon acqaescenes in the re
peal Of the compromise, as condition to it,
continued existence
A few Hunker Wing papers at the North
are for acquiesccnce and peace, and grow fer
vent in their appeals for Nationality. Other
Hunkcr Wing papers keep talking pretty
fercely against tho Nebraska Bill--what q
scandalous thing il was, what an outrage what
frsud--the South nocd not be surprised al
the indignation Of Northern People, 60, SO
But they take good care not to commit them
selves TO any course Of measures leading to the
redress of past wrongs, or prevention Of future
ones. Both Of those classes oppose all practi-
cal action-sIl popular movements, designed
to accomplish something-any union Of the
People against the Slavery Propagandists
Both, thcp, practically stand upon the same
ground as the Iatelhgenar and the Southern
Wings, who Of course will graciously permit
their friends to grumble, provided they sub
NIT
These classes Of submisionists might easily
be disposed Of They do not represent the
People = they do not command the sympa-
thies Of the masses Of the Wing Party in the
FREQ States they could not control their &C
ton. But there is another class Of Wing poll
ticians, with whom il is time to have a clear
understanding They are represented By the
journals quoted abovc--by such papers as are
supposed to sympathzo more particularly with