The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-22

msDt, tov,ver, viii be very feeble in The cleo |
ton. and the some m y be SAL he liberty
Fart which under the especial auspices and
pa n Da e Of the black Doug,ase.
Saving and excepting the Temperance Al
lance, theref0 =, the contest is narrowed down
to The Sewsrdized wings and thu two belligerent
factions vi the re- vid,d democracy. Upon
the max m that - ouse divided Az INST itself
cannot stand" the mot wigs expect to walk
over the course with tremendous plurality
over every opposing fac s.0n, and with ma
jority aga nat them all They have done all
that could be asked To concilate the Saratoga
sntislavery c01lition-nuch more than was
generally expected. They have said not a word
against the unconst sationsf -ocle'y or the
Know NoihiDgs, which l. perhaps all that they
could in reaon aenand. But, in expressing
any opinion whatever 90 the SUB ect VI The
Maine liquor law, TIE wings rIn some la-yss
| b. ard of material loss from y differ n Ted
| pefance State ticket. l. Is said, however, that
| the whig candidate for Governor is q sai,Jas.
| tory Maine law N II, am thar consequent
| ly the only remaining concern Of she tempe
| rance people wall be The election OF o seetotai
-Legis iatsre. The Temperance Convention 0; the
eth will doubtless see 70 it 4t least that f1c
! big candidate Tor Governor j, perfectly SQUAD
AID rel allie On the great reform which wiso
hem overbaances ali other questions in the
| scales.
And why should they not also inquire Ia
| eiel elce 20 the present exact aosision O.
the whg candidate for Lieutenant Govern
| Or on the iiqoor question. Ii elected, he
| will be the presiding officer Of the Senate
and If there is to be aoy difficulty ia working
through The Maine law, it will be in the Senate
The presiding officer, upon q nice division o.
parties, may have the power Of determining sne
re.ult either to the right or to the iefs, at his
| discretion, in the administr atom Of the rules
and toe technicsliiies Of order. Master Ray
moDd has teen the defender, through his jour
nal, Of the veto Of Governor Sey mour, and
sober'y aud deliberately has condemned the
| bill which the Governor could not approve.
The Temperance State Convention thea will,
unless they should prefer some other candidate,
! be very apt to cross question the wing Lieute-
DaDt on the liquor question before they CON-
sent to endorse him.
| This question, however, is comparatively
trificg. The great and ovcrshsdowing issue
before the people of this State is the slavery
question, involving the precious compromises
OF the constitution, the perpetuity Of the Union
or its dissolution, and the safety or the violent
Reorganization Of society in the future politi-
| cal action OF the North. Substantially the
Syracuse whig platform is the Saratoga aboli-
ton platform; and it looks to the formation of
gre at anri.slavery coalition party throughout
The North in open and revolutionary hostility
to the South in the campaign Of 1856 The
ahigs at Syracuse have cast away all further
concessions to the South. No more slave
States, but free foil under all circumstances
and In all cases, union or disunion, is
the true Interpretation of their new
creed. Their opening professions Of love
for the Union are bat .mockery. Deluded by.
toe abolition outcry against the Nebraska bill
| they have boldly joined the abolition crus de
resolved upon the pnblic plumber a. all hazards
and reckless Of the ultimate consequences t.
themselves or to the country.
ABANDONMENT OF THE CUBA NEGOTIATION BY
IHE G0vERNMENT.-We see from the columns
Of q small paper Published at Washing .on by
Fornty and the Kitchen Cabinet that the al
mins'ration have abandoned the potion Of pur-
chasing Cuba. The admission Is introduced in
paragraph referring to ourselves, in which
the writer observes that "any one VIII believes
this particular roarback," meaning our state
| ment that Soul& was vigorously prosecuting bis
| negotiation for the purchase Of Cuba, under the
| directions Of the government, must have q
| very well developed bump Of credulity In
deed" We have long suspected that such
would be toe case; but we confess we did not
! expect SO plump confession of the imbecility
Of the Pierce Cabinet, from . quarter, too,
whence 1t has usually received nothing but
| iauda'ions and compliments Possibly the
kitchen editor has been put on short commons
Of late, and reyenges himself by letting out the
secrets which were entrusted to him by Forney
| and the other rulers Of the American people.
Or perhaps Marcy; finding that he will be oblig-
cd at last to tell the truth, has commissioned
the kitchen editor TO bresk the ice In the harm
! less shape Of an attack on the HERALD. What
ever the source Of the trouble be- we hope that no
one will henceforth labor under any misappre-
hension rs to the position of the government ON
the Cuba question. So far rs they are co.,
cerned, we have the assurance of their faithful
| lick-spitte that they have washed their hands
Of the whole business If anything is done
hereafter, the glCry will be Mr. Soale's, not
theirs. The fact must be remembered: for,
should Soule effect purchase Of the island, we
may be sure that Marcy will setup a claim for
Q share Of the credit arising out Of the acqaisi-
ton, and that the organ Of the Kitchen Cabi-
net will make great outcry about the fore
sight vigilance, energy, tact, skill, patriotism
and SO forth displayed by his masters.