The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-27
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
AUBURN, SEPT 25 1854.
The Peopl. and the Conventions Who ,viH be the Caudi
dotes'7he Whigs the Abot,onists, the Secardes the
Anti Sesrardites, the Temperance Men" The Odds and
Euds" What win be Done
SaIatogn had its week OF conventions; Syracuse has
also bern blessed in that particular and now Auburn,
"ovelevt village Of the plain" Is to have her turn.
Strange to say however, the people are SO favored
DO not sprear to have proper of the honor
that has been conferred them and believe the ma
jcrty o. them would rather they hec else If
The Hts' est which they to take ~ bjeot may
be regarded fair ndicaton of their feelings To re-
peatsd inquiries which made in relation to their place
of meeting they could not give satisfactory answer;
they hsd heard there OF two conventions g. or
something of the kind to be held In town. but they didn't
know anything further about them and their looks ex.
pressed plainly looks could that they mt care
Yet this Is the residence of VIM Seward who at one
fims great favorits with them. Times however,
have charged since then, and mems minds have under.
gons chsnge too, he knows from experience Here.
in the city which he has chosen for his home hs has
been repuSiated and his political denounced in
the most urequivocal language.
lbaye said that the people here appear to take or
interest In the objects for which the have
been cali but f they Indifferent in regard to the
they alive with excitement at the expected arrival
Of circus company which is to visit them some day
this week Meantime The delegates are beginning to
arrive lad the u quiet Of their are disturbed
by roJ groups Of politicians The free democrats keep
to Themselves and take counsel together, ani therein
differ somewhat from the Wings who to be seen di.
cuspg front Of the hotels upon the corners upon
the to be pursued in the convention. 1t is In
Sossitie to tes what will be the result bat give you
the result of my Investigations from which the readers
Of the BraAID can form taeir opinions.
The snt.-Nebraska Convention win meet to morrow
mo,niog Stamford Halt 1t will, Of course, be com
pose CT the elements thas which assembled ct
Saratoga last month bat it is expected to be st NOR
amusing and racy. desperate effort will be made by
the wire pulers Of the Wing Convention to have their
candidates eccsp the nom .ees some Of whom havs
renee ed themselves rather obnoxious to the Know
Nothnss and silver greys by their past conduct Prom
nent org these ID the iiats for Lieutenant Cover
nor wlSse Fe known rreGilsctions for ewardism and
anti aery principles have procured for him the bitter
hostility Of both sections Of the wings It is confidently
expected By some, that apprehenslve o: defeat he will
resign in of either ohorne Tompkins Prescott
King but should he refuse to do then either OF these
gentlemen all Be substituted for him, and the whig
ticket sccepted with this alteration. As for Clarke, he
is believed TO be the strongest kind Of anti Nebraska
man; arf have teen told that he has already made
thing straight With ths wocly on that pout
And reliable authority 10 such matters that he
has gained ereat favor among the strong minded
de Is cerfsny fortunats man, and s deserving of
small &c 1T Tor having united in his support many
different interests. He is, ardent admirsr told me,
anti NJ braska ''up to the hub, he known
stho,engh going Know Nothin ng that every Know o. No
thing in re state will vote for him
1t II III els that the othc- ths tckst will
prove table to the TEN ,erance and anti
men or The majority of them AT least although
altogether improbable that they will reject the whole
concern la the event of their pursuing such course
we viii have rich time of It, The aboltonists, who
formed autea considerable force in the Saratoga Con
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passage Of the strongest kind Of resolutions Shoud
the convention refuse TO adopt 1H views on the Ne
fntepeneeat rouinations As they are known TO be
pretty hesdsrcp7 it will require therefore, the great
est Chrstn forbsaance on the part Of the mode
rat to ksep them In the races
The Fes Demccraic Conven siou which Is to be held
this evening viii adjourn Immediately after its organiz
atioD and Il is understood Will merge itself in the anti
Nebrssss on the foIosicg morping This is precisely
WHIT It was expected to do from the c'mmencemens
hare bee appointed to the former have aiso been e
eo to the !stfer Among those there is pretty fair
sprpspg Of sIirtualists abolitonsts, tew inddsls
coz Siderable number Of cold water men, ites
some anti ewsrd'es and Know Nothings in abundance
Inc cor venton as one OF the delegates Saratoga sa
made OF the odcs End enes of all parties and Will
kee p them together.
day win adopt the whole whg tcset with tho exception
OF tbs Lieutenant Governor, Ia In much disrepue
sMens hsn n, II his p.ss they are wsg to accept
or Prescott King, and af'l the passage Of few re-
sol1tiors expressing their the
hsn- iquor aw and their determined hostility to Go
veiocr eyncur, they win aijonrn sine die
come 81 the delegates from st Lawrence county whom
nave Just s.en have ed their inten ion t. 90
Tor Cis te Tor Gcvernor and Bradford r. Wood of Al.
many VITO was strong barnburner for Lieutenant
SovSnar frcm this county tie tame delegates have
osen apsooted to the three ons ana their
didstes must be all right the temperance and anti
Nsbr.sks questions Tey Ics,fved ON making their
NON ins this evening" but shoulf they fail to co so
they viii aejourn to the anti -NebrasSa Convention
Thor Platform win be composed of such exrems vie ws
on the suect Of slavery that they win only enter that
body to make "confusion confoundedn 1t their
intention informed b pre-. ent series of resolutions
dencuncicg the Fugitive slave law, and binding them.
eeives I, wsge unceasng warfare sgaost slavery.
They vii slso demand the abolition of slavery in the
Dhtrict OF Columbia and the mission of slave
States into the Union.
have .eard IL hinted that II Raymond should not 70
hign 70 morrow, the free democracy and the extreme
anti Nenaska will make iEdep nominations.
Their platform have stated, Is anti slavery out and
ont and might bs accepted by the fercsst abotoniss
Now, ~ II is their intention, far, to nomnS.e Clarke
and as ne must endorse their PLATFORM how will he
mage to keep on that recently erected at Saeuse There
a. fun afesd. i'm
THE ANTINEBRAsKA CONVENTION.
AUBURN, Sept %, 1854
The AMI Nebraska Convention mst at Stamford Hall
today, 'nd was called to order BY President william
HcCoun, st IL O'Clock A. n.
prayer wss then offered BY Rev. Mr.. Hosmer
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