The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-06

OF life, grea, material operations positive facts and
unquestiorabc cxistences, tho United Eta,es; but
il is also angular phase in our national charac.
that. moro than any other country or pec
tHleyatc sndenecuyage oil sorts Of dclur 80 we
,.,or,.m.-po ...:-ai social neral .,;y;o ""s
the utorian schsms1 Of -,
,,s ,rrnblicans, md rhhanthropiss, 70 hss,en;r.
,rc millennium, down to the l.cst W. oao,sn, oo.nrai
curiosity in tho museum OF the great Snowman, ss
The Aztec show ofthe little S,onmen.
At this moment, w all coterie of esctiirc
individuals, VINO woW rather talk thar work,
meet in the City ts' and call themselves sthe Iu-
dustrial Congrv 81 and in Pickwickian style
amuse themser in profound deliberations in pas
ing resoluU OF all kinds, save sensible, and in
lcgisrtip every subject for this country, for all
EuroY, for the whole world, and for all posterity.
Thj, industrial Congress is most utterly and
, uualiGedy dclusion, and occupies prominent
position in our category of humbugs. Those gentle.
men who compose it would do moro good to tkeir
country and themselves, by setting to work, and
gazing in whatever line Of business they At for,
be il ever so humbc-even the making Of brooches
or boots-than they can ever effect by talking and
rantng about matters beyond their comprehension,
and which they know nothing about.
Another deusion Of the present day has orgi-
mated among the fair sex, and has given rise to
womans rights conventions here and there through
out the country, to debate and deliberate and lcgis
late on woman's social and political privileges,
\ position, and habiliments, which has produced
Bloomcr costumes Of MI designs and patterns, and q
great variety Of ridiculous freaks and absurdites
! The revolutionary feelings cngendcrcd in woman
! kind by this deusion are yet in full vgor and wc
see in the Fouierte organ Of this city call for
wolnan's rights convention in West Chester, Penn
syyanin to be held in the beginning Of next month,
ito examine the nature Of woman's legal, educa-
tional and vocational disabilities, inquire into their
extent, and consider the most feasible and proper
mode of removing then,," and to issue docrees-a
/ Ia Louis Napocon--regulating the longth Of the
peticoat, the cut of the pantalettcs, and how to
subdue their tyrant lords in some shape or other.
Thi. is another most strange and singular phantasy
Of the age.
Then the country is ase full Of spiritual delusons,
/ and belief in Rochester knockings and mediums
for supernatural communication. This form Of hum
bug has given rise to q new protession-pcrsons
who pretend to hold long conversations with the
departed spirits of the mighty dead, and who, for
certain fee, impart intelligence of past and future
events. All these are, however, extreme absurdi-
tics aud only have effect on those who are but
single remove from being subjects for au insane
asylum but there other moro practical looking,
hut no less ridiculous dclusons, which also prevail in
this country to great extent. OF such was the Lopez
| infatua.ion for the invasion salvation Of Cuba,
which, short time since, caused such great hubbub
and noise by tho enlistment of fabaseotroops, sell
ing ofbonds, purchase Of steamers and munitions Of
war. until il was finally dispced by the capturing Of
The hberatpg army. and the garoting of its leader
Then, close upon the heels OF the Lopez dclusion,
came tho Kinkel huntng, which existed until the
operations Of the German patriot and his associates
had collected fund Of somo hundred thousand dol
lars-contlibutcd by the bcguiled public-for the
purpose of creating revolution ind establishing
republic in Germany. The money raised by the
sale Of Lopez bonds expended in ridiculous
petitions to Cuba but that collected by Kinkcl
was very wisely invested by him-according to late
accounts iiorn Englandn the purchase Of n brewery
at Chcltcnham. This was gross deusion, palpable
to all eyes; for there is no more possibility OF cstab
fishing republic in Germany, than there is now Of
converting tho republic Of the United States into a
monarchy; and yet tho poor Germans themselves
wcro deluded, we'll Americans, and the pockets
of kinkcl and his coraedoyatcs were well filled by
the imposition This succeeded by the kossuth
delusion, which became far more extensively spread
than any OF the others, by his travelling over the
country in slate. with his rot;m"o Of secretaries,
guards aides and what not, making speeches. vend-
ing Hungarian bonds and collecting money for the
purpose ofIepublicanzing his beloved Hungary. This
is also mere dcluson-no less 90 than the Indus
trial Congress, Woman's Rights, Rochester Knock
ings, and Lopez and kinkel bonds There is no
more chance Of establishing republic in Hungary
shan there is Of discovering goldmine in the Cats
kill mountains. And yet il is supposed that Kos.
su,h-through Lis five hundred speeches, and the
strong tendency of the public mind to cherish de-
lusions and delight in being huinbuggcd-las col
lected sum of hundred and foy thousand dollars,
and will soon be preparing to transfer himself and
his funds to Europe, leaving nothing behind him hut
the kossuth bonds, Of which the following is a
smnrlc;--
urSGA RAN FUN.
"on damand year after The establishment In fact
oithc iNprrr.prNr HUsoAR,aa GosirSrt>r the holder
hereof ehn be entitled TO 0Nr DoiAu. payable At The
National Treasury nj either Of It's Agencies London
or NeW York or to exchange the same in OF Fifty
Dollars or for certificates bearing four per iu.c
rest payable In ten equal annual nstamcns from
year after said event
tsigncd) ~. KosSUTH."
! Now, this bond is mere frand and worth no.
thing; but il is part Of the delusion into which the
people Of this country have permitted themselves to
be cajoed by tho eloquent pleadings OF tho great
originator Of the scheme. Tho American people
could not keep their feet from calling into tho trap:
II is their tendency TO be easily dipped in small
things; and kossuth has proitod by this trait in the
national character Whether he will initiate Kin
kcl in the investment Of tho funds thus raised is
question only to be solved by time: but ono thing is
certain II would be far wiser mode than that in
which he proposes TO cxpend il.
But, after all, these ecocntrcitics IN orr nations
manners not ofmueh consequence they only serve
to give vest and humcr TO life. We are plain
mattcr-oEiact, mothodical people, though we some.
times do enjoy ourselves in these funny dolnsons
They arc actually tolerated and encouraged, by way