The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-21
holding meetings and sewing societies, and clubs Of

holding meetings and sewing societies, and clubs Of
ali kinds. There is, however, one State Convention
to be held at Worcester pext month, Of some mpor.
&sree This convention will probably nominate
John p Hale, Of New Hampshire, for President, and
CaSius n Clay, Of Kentucky, for Vice President.
The platform viii be peculiar 1t will embrace
anti slavery, out and out, and unconditional; Kos
su,h Intervention, out and out, and unconditional
and the Maine Liquor law in all its variations, and
to the utmost dregs. Whether they will include
Bioomerism, spiritual knockings, and the other
trumpeIy Of the day, is not yet certain. But the
convention Mt Worcester is not alone in their project
A national convention is called at Cleveland, the
fourth Of August, for the same purposes and another
national convention az Buffalo, in September, to
agree with and TO sanction all these doings By the
month Of September therefore, all the lvery
elements of the North will be collected together,
re- united on these principles. AID will be carried to
the polls, separate and distinct FROM both the demo
cratic and whig nominations. The chances are that
these anti-sayery influences will take away from
the two other parties Mt least a hundred Of hun
bred and fifty thousand votes, ard that two thirds
OF these votes win be taken from the whig party,
thus leaving it, most likely in an awful minority in
and perhaps some other States West. The chances
Of the national democratic party are therefore, very
good.
TIE CATHOLIC Press or THE UNITED STATES
AND TnE IRISH REFUGEES -Tbere is a new move.
Inent row going forward il the Catholic church, set
Oh foot by Bishop Hughes. Every bishop is to have
his organ and his editor, who viii not dare to say
word but what his "lordship' dictates or approves
Thomas Darcy Niece, late editor of the definct
Ceh has left Boston for Baflalo, where he ia 20 be
the editor Of the Bishops organ in that city. And
thereby hangs very curious tale.
Mr.. I d. MCGEE, who is an Irish Catholic was
some years ago editor Of the Boston Plot, Catho
lie Journal. In the excitement Of the repeal move.
ment tie went to Ireland, and became connected with
the Dublin Nation; and in his writings AID speeches
he cultivated friendship with Proestants. and broad
nationality. in opposition to the sectaranism Of
OConnell, the Old Ireland clique, and the majority Of
the priests lie was distinguished among the Young
Ireland section Of the party, and the last and
ferccst articles in the Nation urging to immediate
battle, when it was seized and destroyed by the 60
yernment. He was one Of the Executive Committee
or Directory, Of the Dublin clubs The other four
gentlemen j. b. Dillon, Richard O'Gorman,
.ir, L. f. Mea CHER, and Thomas Devin Reilly. All
these gentlemen are now in the United States
In the very crisis Of the revolutionary movement
Mr Niece went suddenly and secretly to Scotland
on some revolutionary movement, according to his
own statement but, according to the assertion Of
some Of tho Irish leaders, to provide for his own
safety. 1t seems, however, that he did not tarry
long there. and he returned to the north of Ireland
and escaped to America in the garb Of priest
On arriving here, he started the New York w
ton, and in that journal he took the same ground
Of Irish nationality that lie assumed at home. and
charged the priesthood with preventing the success
OF the movement to rcgcnerate his native land His
journal was the most ssu Irish paper that had
been established in this city. 1t was written
with TALENT though not with much prudence and
his subscribers became very numerous. Bishop
Hughes out against him in the F,reman's
Journal, and, by open and secret finally sue
eeeded in crushing the Nation. Mr. Niece became
reoonciled to the Bishop, and then he said he was
going to Dublin to help Duffy to edit the Nation
there. but was induced it seems, By friends in
Boston. to start the C, which, after or two num-
bcTs. he made purely Catholic paper, and stated
in it, columns that he was sorry for his past
in New York, and that he would now turn new
leaf and advocate the interests Of the Catholic
church, as Il was impossible for Irish paper in
the United States to succeed upon any other prin.
cipie Everybody laughed ut and admired his
candor
Tie Boston Pilot was at first up in arms. and the
most bitter articles written in each of the pa
pers against the other. The Pilot charged him
with red rcpublicanism, and said his writings had
tendency to ndiferentism in religion, if not to in
fidelity. At length, as if by magic, the hostility
ceased They became the best of friends. The ar.
rangement Of going to Buffalo perhaps under
stood, and the Boston Pilot, which had abused him
before, now praised him and praised his paper. This
was to whitewash the former black patches laid oa
thicky and to qualify him for his now office the
considerations in return, was probably to leave the
field in the exclusive possession Of the Pilot. Be-
fore finally leaving Boston, we observed in the pa
pers that he was Of deputation from that
city to invite Mr.. Meaghcr to II demonstration
there. which was a strange enough preliminary
proceeding, before going to be the right hand man
Of the Bishop Of Buffalo, seeing that he had charged
the Catholic priests and bishops of Ireland with
being the Of the failure Of the revolutions but
since rcpentcd Of that error, and became an ODE
dent son Of the church, renonncing all those
"Young Ireland principles Of which Meagher was
tho most brilliant exponent, but which were de-
nounced by O'Connell and the clergy as inidcity,
and heaven knows what besides. We see it stated
that Bishop Hughes drove up to the Astor House
to see Meagher in order to encourage him to accept
the public reception offered by the Common Coun-
Gil. Could Mr.. McGee's visit have any thing to do
with that! is it possible that Archbishop Hughes
wants Meagher an editor for some other d;ocess!
We think, however. Aeaghcr ought to start paper
on his own hook, and have nothing to do with the
ccccsastics
This system Of subsidising editorial talent and in
fluonce, and making it subseriont to the Catholic
church, is but the following out Of the idea Of Da-
MEL O'Connen in Ireland, who, when dying ut Ge-
noa ordered his heart to be sent to Rome showing
that the ruling motive was strong in DEATH How
far such system may be successful in this repub-
icar soil, is question that remains to be solved