The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-18

servo channels for the expert of surplus produce
Let them 30 on opening conals, bridging rivers,
planting telegraph posts, clearing waste lands, inn
proving their water COMMUNICATIONS, and devils
ing means for encouraging the settlement Of emil
grants among them. These are the secrets Of pros
perity.
The PRIMARY FACTIONS AND THEIR FRuITs.-
)" By their. fruits ye shall know them," is die
tum Of. inspired wisdom, as well as deduction of
reason, and an axiom of common sense. The pri-
mary elections Of the democratic party have, thus
far produced discomfort For instance, in the Of
Robert Emmett we have reason to know that the
greatest dissatisfaction prevails He has not the
merit of being sound democrat. He is only known
the party as a bolter and barnburner, who as
sisted to defeat the democracy in lS4S. He is
only known when there are spoils or Sieve
ganmon humbugs on foot, when there is money
to be collected from the Irish, or when there
is an office in the way; but when there is
any work to be done for the cause, Robert
Emmett is non est inrent,4s. He is leading mem-
Der Of the Irish Directory, who have received
$4,000 or 900 of the money Of the Irish people
for specific purpose revolution in Ireland in
184S The money has never been applied to that
purpose. 1t is in the hands Of this Directory The
revolution turned out to be o humbug-the money
has not been returned to the subscribers. What
right have the Directory to keepit? Robert Emmett
has been associated in this Sevegammon affair, and
the Hungarian revolutionary movement, with wings
and socialists-with Greeley his clique. If
the politics Of men are known from their po-
litical associates, the inference is, that Emme
is more of a wing than true democrat, and
this view is confirmed by the injury done by him
to the democratic cause in IS4S lie may be man
excellent private character for aught know to
the contrary. But as a public man, he has no claim
upon the support of the democratic party. he has
shown a want Of judgment and sagacity in ideati
flying himself with i'll bustcro movements, which
not only ridiculous but clearly of illegal cha
racter and he is therefore unfit to be trusted with
any Office in the gift of the people, least of all with
that Of the Office Of Judge, who ought to know
intern ational law. If this country were at war
with England it would be al right to embark in
these expeditions but as long as we are at peace
with that country, it is illegal for citizens of the
United States to set on foot y hostile movement
against her.
On these grounds, therefore, the nomination is
bad, and does not deserve the support the de.
mocracy The wings have an opportunity Of carry
ing some of the elections by making good nomina-
tions, Whether they will do SO, we shall soon see.
ANOTHER CAsUs BELLI WITH ENGLAND" Grim
visaged war" again threatens to obtrude his wrin-
killed. front and shatter pieces the state Of amicable
relations which now exists between this great repub
lie and our naughty step.mother and rival on the
other side of the Atlantic. That which the scaly
of sb opd ~ off az
and which the yet more mpudent assumption and
Interference of England in the Nicaragua affair
failed to provoke is now, it would seem, about to be
produced from the wasting ire ofan offended citizen
The gbes and insults and wrongs perpetrated by the
London press against Mexican Buchanan the gres t
American tragedan, cannot be overlooked, or suf.
fered to pass unresented by his countrymen, without
sacrifice Of national honor. Jacta alea est-the
gauntlet has been thrown down by old adversary
and we must not be slow in accepting the challenge
nor think of showing the white feather.
The recent treatment of Mr.. Mexican Buchanan
by the London press has been described with great
accuracy and graphic feeling by his own pen, in
particular despatch forwarded to and published in
the New YORK HERALD. The intelligence has ava
kened most intense sensation throughout the whole
extent of the Union, and all sides are heard and
read expressions Of sympathy for our countryman,
nubbed and victimized by the whole English press,
and sentiments Of hostility and vengeance against
his unprincipled and malignant prosecutors. The
fire of agitation has spread from Maine to Georgia,
and the great and important question of war is dis
cussed, by some of the journals Of New Orleans
friendly to the cause, in bold and exciting terms.
''The great American tragedian, says one Of them,
hos. hsap boua m he nj Rrit
hostility to the United States, and jealousy of the
spreading greatness Of our Incompatible republic;
and we have now the damnable fact presented in all
its narrowing details This quarrel between England
and the United States viii throw all their past dis
putes into the shade and loom up in the history ofthe
country in future ages terrible example ofhc dan
ger. to all foreign powers and peoples from deprecat
ing sneering at the talents Of real live Yankee.
The question ought to be Immediately taken up by
the Secretary of State and instructions forwarded
Mr. Abbott Lawrence to demand an explanation, or
prompt satisfaction, fsm the British Secretary for
Foreign Affairs coupling this important theatrical
question with the Goldfish and the Nicaragua mat
ters 1t is not sufficient satisfactory reply fer
the English press to say that Charlotte Cushman
and Hackett and great many other American
arttstes, have received great attention and support
from them. On former occasion they violated the
law Of nations by their treatment Of Edwin Forrest
but the affair was settled by full retaliation on
Macready. And now they again perpetrate an in.
famous violation Of theatrical comfy by refusing to
acknowledge the transcendert talents CT the great
American tragedian, and treating him with ridculs
and contempt. This matter must be sct right
promptly, by insisting on . retractisn and ample
apology frsm the London press, or sending over
special mission on the subject TO the Court Of St.
James.
But if the wounded feelings of Mr.. Mexican Bu-
chanan cannot be healed without the aalve Of war,
then, in the name Of that great tragedian, let us
prepare for the contest, and annihiate all the enc
mics Ct our fellow citizens, but particularly Punch
and the London Iines.