The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-02

sounding fpseh In which everything save Simon Pare
ahtlonissn bitterly denounced rbe burden Of his
regards was that the time had DOT yel arrived when tae
true Of the party could be cut indspn
cent Of those co parties whish had hero sw4iog I'd
them up and u useless At this time 10 struggle
sgan, fate The best that could be done should
accepted with hope for the futu Mr. Hale vent into
the "foul cancern-'nfamous institution'-' bloot-
thirsty slave drvernshanner trailing In the DUST bust
In right down earnest and proved teyoni doubt
the strength Of his lupgs, II not Of his argumsnts
when he hsd finished Mr. o. b Pierce editor Of the
Rome Excelsior, ultra out spoken temperance paper
called upon and made bitter, violent attack upon
henry Raymond. BE quotei from the New York
Times to prove that its editor bad upheld by sophis ca
and well considered argument the dstes able veto of
Governor Seymour. A letter had beer handed him
which pprports TO be written hv neary j. RAYMOND.
stating that he avorable prohbitory law but
that letter written only On the 25th instant. and
being in conflict with his former COURSE looked very
much like fishing for the nomination Of this convention
II also said that Ray mond denied being the writer
Of those articles he the responsible editor Of the
paper all the editorial matter In which he adopted his
own and therefore he either believed the veto just nd
proper he used the influence Of his journal to spread
abroad principles which he knew to be unjust and
dampable This attack brought out the friends Ray
mord enc OF whom replied and read the letter in ques
ton, in which Mr.. r. pledged himself tina. in case he
should be elected in the event of th death of the Gov
ernor and his consequent accession to the
chair he would favor the passage Of prohibtory law
and would not veto the vetoed by Governor Seymour
should 1t be eenacted. After this, several other gen.
uemen spoke, on different sdes-one amiab'e whig in.
yiting the free soil democrats 70 come with u.s. ANA
will do you good
beDg evicenr that the talking would never come to
an end unless energetic adopted pun
It up Short the previous question put and after
hard struggle ordered carried and ia the Myron
Governor.
The great trial then commenced Some parties moved
that j. Raymond be nominated for Lieutenant Cover
nor; others that Bradford r. Wood be the nominee;
and amidst psrfsc. babel of uproar. motion to take
rita vote and to declare the candidate having the
majority the candidate, decided to have been
RED The free soil d.mocrats-or rather large ,um
Der Of themt by Bulard then protested against
the decision and their appeal no: being they
their number, who in an excited manner, called upoa
all who did not wish to be trampled under foot to rally
at the court house at oclock-it then waiting
ten minute to that time The was then taken and
Rsy mond was declared the nominee Fitzhugh and
Bovine were subse luenly nominated for the Offices for
But the most part Of the business had yet
to be transacted. Several wings, having, they be.
aboonists and fres democrats who NAMED took the
opportunity to string Of the most mira resolutions
vhis National Convention and declared them not to be
binding on the new party-declared the Fugitive slave
law an iniquity and dead letter-dened the right Of
Congress to allow any southern STAKEHOLDER to reclaim
fugitive save who had escaped to free Statement
almost every other plank the Fred Douglass Garr
sonisn PLATFORM and finally declared the whs party Of
their new organization the Republican party.
TO complete the organization central republican
mittee was appointed by the chair and committee
also named to tax steps to perfect the business such
other arrangemert as were deemed nee6fu and then
IS climax, resolution wa, adopted requiring the
committee to correspond with the candidates put
in nomination, and to require from them all distinct
endorsement Of the platforn There things were not
carried without an opposition amounting very little
short of personal violence, without cursng and
swearing, denouncng and protesting, which rendered
tt hall perfect pandemonium The convention then
adjourned sine die.
bitter and humiliatng lesson is TO be learned in
these outrageous proceedings but space forbds
comment upon them. Unhappily, they cannot fail to
work to the injury perhaps to the defeat Of the whig
ticket The mischevous clown has applied tn rsbrnnd
to the contents of the caudron and It will be wonderful
the entire company not bio to pieces What
wings At heart they expect honest wing support I'M
less they openly and uneauvocay repudiate the ina.
nous proceedngs what less win satisfy--wha. lass
ought to satisfy true whgp But perhaps after all it
fortunate for the country that the time has come when
each politician must khow his and and play the game
OF bluff no longer,