The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-30

ALBANY, July "a, 1855.
1A Wh'g DynS'ty at the Astsr Holse--1a< Abt
hssonists alias Republicans " Remaining cial
the Whigs-No Mantle Fdiie~ from Clay 0,
Wtbstey-S<ioasd Standing upon their Graues
@e, &e.
The late gathering Of the Seward xhig manager.
at the Astor House, In the city Of New York, had
for ts object the dsvelOpement of the plan OF oper
ations for the ensuing campaign. The for midable
array which the American party exhibited 1t the
hat election, in voting for their candidate for Go
vernon, and in electing to tho lower branch Of the
Legislature 20 large portion of that body. threw
condemnation into the camp Of the Seward wings
Even then, without organization without political
unity, without . single newspaper presto advocate
and euatAin the American principle upon which the
new party stood, they succeeded In eecting suit
Client number Of members to defeat ire return
OF the abolition agitator to the United States Be-
nate had not open bribery corrupted sufficient
number TO retain him another term. But the pro-
phecy vas then made by the Albany correspondent
Of the New Y0RK HERALD, that the " re- election o.
William II. Seward would be the inevitable destruc-
ton and absolute humiliation OF the waig party Of
the North" This prediction has already become
verified; and what was In February last q matter
Of prophecy, has now In July, in only five months
time, become actual history. Previous to the ad-
journmen: Of the last Legislature, the whig janta
ct Albany solicited the baInburners 10 join in Q
fusion secret circulars were sent to Buffalo. SYRIA
cuse, Rochester, st. Lawrence, Herkimer and other
localities Of free soil prediction. Tne Preston
Kings and Abijah Aanns readily accepted; but the
project having early reached Washington, orders
we're immediately issued to every free soil press to
suppress every mixing Of that nature, ucder pain
Of deospisstiog every free soil off, holder as home
or abroad, O'6ullivaD, the fliouster, amongst the
number. This even silenced the Rochester Union,
tie Buffalo Republic and 81. Lawrence Republican.
This de'eated the whig project Of ssducag free
soil barnburner papers into the Seward net. The
effort WAS sbandored, o. NO reliable response was
name Of WING and adopt that Of bsrnburner, free
soil, abolition OF anything else, provided the pro
ject Of hOodWinking anybody could have been &C
csmpiished. Now, the Astor House COLI for two
conventions y called fusion. 1t is nothing Of the
kind. or what u the admixtule composeo2 WHAT
are the principal ingredients-how are they COM
pounded-how amagamated2 Look ct the names.
Read over the list Of those who purp0rt to repre-
then ssis sisv q the names who make the re.
publican" call for State o0nvention-arc they not
also men who have uniformly been wings, and voted
the ticket without why Or wherefore? When did
Then there is Howell, Of Ulster; Allen, Of Wash.
iDgton; Baily, OF Oneida; Babcock, OF Niagara;
Bruce, Of Madison, and the lesser luminAries, on
this self constituted committee where have thsy
always been--where are the now Several Of them
erLis moment wing office holders selected recon
MeIded and conn med IS such. Sx months since
they dared not IN the face Of their masters, lisp tho
name o. s9Sn can Is therefore perfectly
Ct the Rame time and place, has not feature Of
fuaiOn about It, being whig Throughout, and no
thirg else. Though the newspaper press could not
o g e s put S. ing
the barr bun mere. The Canal Board has recently
appointed several bernburner engineers upon the
canal, at heavy salaries 10 opposition to the claims
q Sn,. q 70 q s saS capacity who have always been
but the .haloWed name Of whie" is to be ssnt to
tombs Of he Capuleis, without respectful funeral
or III 9 Of mcurnere. Henry Clay Is dead Daniel
Psciicator, the sdorsd eonciliator and campromis
er, 10 extk guishedl The mighty defender Of the
American corstitution,. the able supporter Of
th,s fedora! Union, the strong foe against
oession in the South, hes mona TO hon.
or him % an uncompromisng whig. Alas
still live !"-the last words Of the immortal Hme
lican statesman-are about to be obuteratsd from
shade Of Seward, the leading abol,tionist Of the
day. Where are the living Representatives Of the
O. ce powerful whig party Where j. Ceittsndsn,
Clayton, Everett, Choase, Bayard, Ball. Stephens,
C0rwin. Stanton, and host of other dising uished
men, who stood shoulder to shoulder with Henry
Clay and Daniel Webster in sustaining the national
principles Of the wing party? In this State, whore
10 Hamilton Flah,, Daniel Cady, George Wood, Ed-
win d. Morgan, James W. Bsekmsn, Hillard Fill
more, Francis Granger, George Bao,ock, Wash
hington Hunt, John A. Collier, Daniel Q: Bar
naId, JosAua A. Spencer. Ogden Hoffman,
and armies Of others who old much service in
the whig cAusei Have they. al become old
fogies, unit for further service? Did The wing
party Die when its two great headers and e1p,un-
deYs depaftxd bence2 With their expiring breath
did the principles Of the wing party ceas, to exist7
Z there 10 giant intellect remaining upon whom
the mantle Of theae lustrious patriots hes fallen;
or shall history record tho fact that tho whg party
crumbed into atoms the moment Henry Clay and
Daniel Webster departed hence, ard descended to
the tomb? And has the time already arrived when
mere political demagogue, an Nch 6end, more
desperate and daring than ever was Aaron Burr,
fhall stand over the graves Of those immortal pa.
tliots, waving triumpbansly the black Gag Of abb
litionism, and exultingly exclsim:-"I have de-
s.royed the whig party, and upon its ruins estsb.
lished republican party, which shall carry me into
the Presidential cbair2'