The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-17

THE HARD SHELLS STILL KICKING IN THE IRA.
cEs.-The morning organ of the hard shells of
this city, is doing its very best to get up little
party rebellion. 1t calls upon the masses of
this city to come together in mass meeting
and show the trading politicians what sort of
principles they want. 1t rcpublishes the Com
promise platform. and wants it, and intends to
have it re- enacted at all risks, as the platform
of the democratic party. 1t calls for conven-
ton Of the people, and threatens variety Of
terrible things when they speak. We suppose
the meaning of all this is, that the administra-
ton has been giving too many Of the big loaves
and large fishes to the soft shells, barnburners,
and free soiers in this bailiwick, and that con-
sequently there is abundant provocation to the
hard shells for rebellion.
We very much fear. however that these same
hard-shells can do nothing, neither to save them
selves nor to rebuke Secretary Marcy. If they
could only reach that patch upon bis old leath-
er breeches, they might bring him to, and bind
him fast But they have permitted the occasion
to pass by. and their rank and file have dwin-
died away to mere corporal's guard Slenced
in the coal-hole. excluded from Tammany Hall,
and voted down in the cabinet, the hard shells
may be considered as pretty well used up A
mass convention in these busy times simply to
re-affrm the Baltimore platform, is no 60.
The only living chance for the poor hard
shells is to try it on again, at Albany, in the
Legislature. Failing there, they will have no
other alternative than to surrender at discre-
ton to the Premier, and Prince John Van
Buren,, OF to 60 over the fence and set up new
party, in conjunction with the national wings
of the Castle Garden Union Safety Committee
The lesser organ Of that committee, which. for
saving the Union in Wall street received as it's
reward some eight hundred subscribers, for one
year, 70 keep it on its legs, will, doubtless, re-
joice at the junction of the hard shells with the
Fillmore wings We pity the hard shells, we
sympathise with the hard shells; but they have
played their game badly and have lost. That's
all. They may grumble and threaten; but the
game is lost. They are high and dry, like the
clans Of Coney Island at low tide. Alas! for
the poor hard shells What can they do?
The FISHERY QUEsTIoN.-In another part
Of our paper to-day will be found the report
Of the committee appointed by the House
of Assembly Of Canada to investigate and
report upon the subject Of the fisheries which is
at present creating unusual attention through
out the British North American colonies. This
document, it will be perceived. is drawn up in
a more dispassionate manner than were those
of either Of the other provinces which have
appeared in our columns and embraces COM
prehensive review Of the state of the fisheries
in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
and Prince Edward Island. The committee
was composed Of nine members, six of whom
were from Lower Canada and three from the
upper section Of the province, all of whom con-
Cured in the report, with the exception of two
from Western Canada-Messrs. Merritt and
consider the obtaining reciprocal
free trade with the United States as being Of
far more Importance, than retaining the exclu-
sive right by the colonies of the coast fishery,
from which the Americans are excluded by the
of 1918, and who drew up and sub
United at the time the report was presented an
expression of their sentiments, which we also
give.