The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-21
Tne Saratoga Conventional Split la the
Camp.

De WI "HoUP nc u ruiy rug through tue
camp Of tn ar ga CO " mt on before g.. AZ A.
sion max : it. entran e, and the two compo.
nent sectiocs of the new Northern party fall
upon each other with terrible viruence. Just as
the Northern patriots were about to destroy
the old wbig and democratic parties. aud raise
Seward 70 the highest pitch Of his ambition Oh
q lew platform half the stancheons Of the edi-
flee give way, and half the patriots turn to
with d will to belahor the other half. The
genuine or nal old free sellers of the Van
Buren, brand win not be led by the nose by
Seward. "Puerile and impotent, says their
organ, "bas been the Saratoga Convention =
indignation and contempt are the only sen
tmenis il arouses. These are, no doubt, very
just and proper reflections !; but they come with
peculiar grace from the very clique which made
such heroic endeavors to set the contempt
hle" movement on foot and to rally res
pectable show of speakers at the "puerile and
impoIent" convection In the origin, the at
Tempt 10 organize Northern sectional party
out of the excitement caused by the Nebraska
bill, was made on joint sccount by wings and free
soil democrats. All the disappointed Office seek
ers, all the broken down politicians, all the dslo
Gated fragments of obsolete par ties, and all
the loose, idle and disorderly mob orat RS
in the country jumped at the idea Of a
new platform on which they could as
-cmble fraternally, and take the chances
Of something turning up in the shape
Of spoils The preparatory meetings and pot
hnH
and Se~ardites, a straJ plank or two from to-
Albany Regency and general omniun, gath
eyum Of oil sorts of grumbling philosophers and
social revolutionists. Out of these heteroge-
neous materials, it was announced that the great
Northern party was to be evolved. The DOLLY
fixed purpose were the Sc ward men, who looked
directly to the Presidency OF their chief through
the agency of the hew action the free soil de.
moe ats and their associates Of all hues and
stripes joined in the movement without any def
nite plan, trusting to chance affording them some
recompense for their labors They were ready
to rebel, and to lend a hand in disturbing the
country even though the operation should in
volve coalition with their old antago aists !;
but they took it for granted that if any victory
was won, they should obtain their fair share Of
the plumber with the others.
These natural hopes have been dashed nv the
precip'tancy of the Seward managers. The CO.
aitiOn had not been three hours in session be-
came it obvious that the latter intended to mo
nopolise the whole points of the contest and
that. in plain words. the Northern party was
destined to be nothing more than the old whig
party under new name and new colors, with
William IL. Seward at its head Such was the
haste and such the indiscretion of the aoeots
employed by Mr.. Seward that before the first
days session was over the mine was sprung
and the free soil democrats saw they had been
entTapped. Their INDIGNATION may readily he
conceived. The disgracefal brawls which took
place within the walls of the convention were
only prelude to still more fierce ebullitions OF
temper without Furious epithets are at this
moment flying like hail betw. en- the disgusted
free soil democrats and agonized Seward wings
The scene is altogether very fine and edify
ing Here are parcel of men who cry poig
nantly to Heaven against the sin of slavery
and with virtuous zeal call upon their country
men to enroll themselves N Z league whose
object shall be to prevent - spread of the
institution. Before they have been together
three hours, they fall quarrelling among
themselves about the division of tn booty they
expect TO capture. One party says that Seward
and his friends must have il all. The other ex-
claims-witb remarkable truth-that such a
scheme is mere trick 10 resuscitate the wing
party under new colors, and that n, as the re-
solutions state, old party distinctions are to
be abolished, the spoils Should be divided among
the whole band irrespective Of early associa-
TONS This suggestion is hOoted ny the whig
majority, and the confedcrates split in high
dudgeon and furiously savage with each other.
Had either the whig or the d mocratc branch
Of the party been sincere, il could not have
fouudered on such rock as this. Had the es-
Enlistment Of the free soil doctrine been
their only object, il would have mattered little
under what leaders that object was gained, and
the first signs Of tight about the spoils would
have met with general and peremptory reproba-
ton But as in fact the authors of the
SnidoRa OUuScbttOu CdIcu uOb OIe straw
about the extension Of slavery--as their sole
aim was to organize party that could carry
the election OF 1856, and command the sp.,ils
Of the federal government for four years
the choice of leaders was in reality para
mount concern, and the division of the spoiis
the chief topic Of debate. The grasping ambi-
ton of Seward and his partizaus has preclnied
any understanding or accord on these points;
aud the democratic confcderates have acc nd
ingly seeded, leaving the whigs alone in the
held. The great Northern alliance is henceforth
nothing but The deu6ct 'whig party galvanized
into life under new name.
Such is the net resn,t of six months labor
IN the part of the Sewari leaders. The excite
ment aroused by The Nebraska bill in certain
cfl ans IF tho aHorla5 than f..r