The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-20

are far below his military reputation; though the
dogged opposition with which the partisaas of Mr..
Fillmore and Mr.. Webster labored respectively
against the candidate they had most reason to fear
has ended in placing on the whig 'ticket" the
Of the very man who is least likely TO redeem the
confidence OF his supporters. In fact, the adyan-
tage OF Cen Pierces name to the democrats, and
the disadvantage Of Gen Scotts name to the wings,
were both SO generally recognized that the latter
was supposed to have lost all chance The yery last
Geographic message that arrived before the conven-
ton had terminated its labors led US to suppose that
the nomination Of Fillmore or Webster was certain.
But in a democratic convention, as in a conclaye of
cardinals, nothing is lost as long as the ballot box
be kept going The Pope and the President Of the
United States the two principal elective rulers
of mankind and though the constituencies differ,
the mechanism of parties is not dissinar, and the
result Just capricious in in the other.
But in this instance we doubt whether any nemina-
ton would have materially altered the chances of
the whig candidate and as far as the general in
terests Of the Union and its relations with ourselves
are concerned, Gen. Pierce has our best wishes for
his success.
The primary question for the United States in this
election as il is for ourselves in the electoral con-
tests of this week, is the national sanction and in
viOable establishment of the principles of free trade.
For, though no country is more interested in the
adoption and extension Of those principles than the
American Union, the fight has hitherto been carried
government. Mr.. Fillmore's messages and Mr.. Cor
wins reports have continued to avow protectionist
doctrines worthy to rank with Lord Granbys politi
cal economy, and Mr.. q. +. Young's statistics; and
the country has only escaped the imposition Of more
restrictive duties by the fact that the present Ameri
can government has never possessed ma ority on
these questions in the House Of Representatives.
The triumph of the candidate Of the democratic
party, brought forward by the men of the South,
will secure, probably for ever, the ascendency OF
LIBERAL commercial principles, and if Lord Derby
should next year be disposed to take the American
Tariff for his model we have little doubt that it viii
Ser "a he Ina of hn tiva
system from his mind In this respect, and on this
point. take General Pierce to be fair representa-
tive OF the opinions Of Mr.. Calhoun, and, as such
valuable practical ally to the commercial policy Of
this country.
But though this may be the question of the day,
it is not the most deep seated or vital question
which public servant in the United States has to
solve. He has also to consder--and that con-
stantly and above all thpgs-the mode of dealing
with the subject Of negro slavery in all its numer-
Gus ramihcatons so as best to retain the great
object-the stability of the existing confederation.
Some of our readers will have read with surprise
an expression in one of the recent letters of in
telligent American correspondent, to the effect that
the cause Of aboitionism is at end and that the
dangerous experiment of sacrificing the common
interests of the Union to the rights of the black
population was no longer to be thought of On that
principle the Americans, even in New England,
have submitted to bitter contradictions and trials
for the sake of institutions which they abhor
as cordially as we do ourselves, The idea of ma
over the impulses Of natural humanity, Of free
rights, and of free labor. The free sellers
have submitted to compromise, and the Fugitive
Slave act is in force throughout the Union
These measures are acknowledged to be the price
which men. trained in very different school, have
been compelled to pay for the grand object of ma
tional harmony. The suspicion that some of
Genera! SCOTS opinions might be averse to them
was so injurious to him soon after he came forward,
that he was obliged formally to repudiate them
and even now the stronghold of the democratic
party is their vigorous adherence to all the con-
dtions which the preservation of the Union may
object and manifest advantage it is not the less
based upon an imprudence and an injustice.
1t is impossible that the intricate and alarming
questions arising out Of the presence of large
and increased population Of black men and slaves
On the soil of certain States in the Union, can
ever be set at rest. The million headed evil is
there and so little can it be removed or CELEBRATED
that Its indirect consequences are felt even in regions
where not a slave is found, from the wild confines
OF Minnesota, now first springing into social and
political life, to the hearts of New England. A
party may agree stife the danger; but they have
made no step towards the diminuron of it. On the
contrary they demand larger concessions from their
sister States. until the federal authority itself is
employed to rivet The chains of the slave. There
may be truce to The agitation of the question of
abolition, or it may be kept down by measures
severe as those which would be applied to other
t0ns OF political discussion in st. Petersburg or in
Paris But the disease remains and spreads I'M
cured. and the increasing rgor of the pre- sations
taken iii the slave States against the mtncipation
OF the negro is the best proof that. or this subject
indifference is impossible Do what they will, there
will ore day be civil rights, there will day be
free labor for the black we'll for the white
man. on the whole continent of America; aud the
wisest policy is that which should prepare the
try for the inevitable transition aud not that which
Affects to rely the everlasting duration of one
of the greatest evils that exists beneath the sun.
France.
The following are further particulars relative to
the conspiracy discovered in the suburbs of Paris:-
The Prefsct of Police has been for some time
aware that certain individuals, remarkable for the
violence of their political opinions, organizing
a secret society, with the object Of assassinatng
government. The conspirators chose for their
place of meeting lonely house in the Rue de la
Refine Blanche, nearly opposite the Gobelins, Of
which one OF the body, tailor, was porter. The
Project Of Police discovered further that they were
affiliated with other socialists, and that they were
busy in fabrcating Internal machines Of new
description. The Project consequently determined
to catch the conspirators fagrantt datcto, and
Tor that purpose he commanded that a body OF
pc ice should surround the house Mt the moment
he was informed the parties should be at work.
his commands were executed on Thursday morning
last. When the police entered the house, they
found men busi'y employed in covering some gas
pipes with tar cloth Other individuals were
subsequently discovered similarly employed, and,
among Them. several women. All those persons,
to the number of thirteen, were Immediately
arrested and strict cai Oh made in their dwellings
The result Of the search has been the seizure of
rous documents receipts for fabicating guupowder,
and letters from some Ms mbers OF the revolutionary
committee established IN London. The police au-
thorities, guided by the information contained in
the documents seized continued theirinvestiga
and within the last two days they have arrested
altogether t!irty.two individuals, including
women anda young girl. Among the nineteen persons
last arrested there found writings which appear
to connect them with the secret society in the Rue
de 10 Refine Blanche. At the lodgings of one Of them
was found machine similar to the first discovered.
The greater number Of persons arrested belong to.
the operative classes. There are among them taors,
masons, stonecutters, shocmakers, cabnetmakers,
trunkmakers, cartmakers, leather breechesmakers,
and among the women fancy dressmikers. There
is likewise Charles Pelletier. an ex-schoolmaster
DR.. Favre, ply sican; M. Corbet, barrstcr; NJ.
Martin, clerk in a public office; NJ. Nouvc, one
of Caussdieres montagnards, and five of the insur-
gents Of June, who werestransported, and subse