The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-26
NATIONAL Poll TIC S.



Year, and the Scene at Concord a Year Ago
Touching Incident-Politi Reflections Thereon.
Thanksgiving day in Washington. All the de-
partments closed-al the stores-looks like Sun Jay
On Pennsylvania avenue. The weather, which has
been IKE that Of the summers soft decline rather the
winters opening for several weeks, has suddenly
Chopped round to stiff nor.hwester-clo of dust
scour down these wide and windy streets-heavy
clouds occasionally darken the sun, and in five
hours the season has advanced to the climate of
Christmas
The departments are closed-the stores and shops
are shut up The heads Of the Cabinet discussing
their Thanksgiving turkies and Fairfax hommony
with friend or two. Many of the clerks are doing
The same thing, but large detachment have joined
The general stampede to the horse race, few miles
over the long bridge. A molly crowd are there as
sembled of all colors and Of various costumes, from
The fashionable blackleg to the unsophsticaed free
negro, who has also his fancy for horse flesh. This
horse race constitutes the ruling feature of the day
here, and the lion for the night il Julien. The
churches have been somewhat attended, but they
have merely filed up the interval between the horse
race and Juilen's concert The world of outsiders
have been to the horse race-the upper ten, or the
insiders, are all agog for Julien.
Thank giving day A year ago the writer par.
tieipated in the reunion Of New England Thanks
giving at Concord, among the granite hills of New
Hampshire. The day was wiady, but much colder
than this. There was snow upon the surrounding
mountains was fringe of ice along the sides
Of the Merrimack-there was the sharp twang OF a
high northern latitude in the atmosphere and that
cold, hard, CORY sunshine peculiar to the distant
North, with the coming OF winter, very striking
70 a Southron. Those heavy, substantial down st
overcoats, with their rugged bear.skn coils rs, were
IN request. Country people were coming into the
village-that quiet and tidy village of Concord and
the village people were going into the county,
light country wagons, full Of people, big and little
we're moving in both directions. At the same time
IN the hotel Of Mr.. Gass, Ito whom we extend the
greetings OF this day0 there was in a comfortable
from several different States assembled In cheerful
conversation. Gen. Franklin Pierce, President
elect OF the United States, was among them-the
Ne and controlling spirit of the party. He
earning the prospects of his approaching admin
htration; but he inspired it, His views were enlarg
cd and comprehensive his appreciation of the re-
sponsible duties which he was about to assume was
that o.! man who had canvassed the ground, who
bad matured the general outline of his policy and
who, hfm in the conviction that he was right, ap-
Peared to feel as easy as if already relieved of the
heaviest portion of his anxieties. He was afable
Amiable, modest, but calm and selfpossessed
~ summers morning. He had evidently made up
his mind what to do, and how to do it, and he was
great measures as subsequently proclaimed in his in
au eur he oomnanv we're s0esk,nr >, rn.,ssv,
when light tap was heard at the door, Come in, y
was answered; and the door WAS opened, and
smart young lad, apparently of twelve summers, in
grey suit, with his cap in his ha- d modesty enter
90, and inquiredn"Could speak with youa moment
father" ''Yes Benny, replied the General and ex-
cusing himself, he withdrew TO settle an important
negotiation with the boy concerning the hire Of an
extra horse for ride into the country" have seen
that boy no more; nor have ever since that day,
npon any occasion, observed exactly the same hope
ful and happy expression upon the countenance of
General Pierce. That intelligent and promising LAD
Is missing at the White House Thanksgiving to-day;
he was the last hspe of his father, bat the day is
gone.
This incident is recalled by the day, aud in con-
tempatiDg 1t, it Is easy relieve General Pierce Of
any designs, either to destroy or build up the demo.
cratic party for his own ambitious purposes. is
quite easy to believe that he has intention de-
Nre to serve another term. l was decidedly OF the
opinion that his present purpose s to dscine a re-
nomination in advance Of the action of the Baltimore
Convention, and in good faith. He has had glory
enough, and trouble enough to satisfy him already
That the Cabinet are impressed with these notions
Is not unlikey-that the more aspiring among them
are working to get the inside track is quite appa
rent but, make or break in recurring to that con-
versation last Thanksgiving Day, at Concord, it is
difficult FOR one of that company to believe that Cen
eral Pierce has aoy other object in view than the
cess of his policy as laid down 10 HIS inau yura ad.
dress. S,UTHRoN.
The Test Que stion for Congress Col Forney
From the New Hampshire Patriot, Nov. %
COL. JOHN W. FoRNEY.
The political ogre who controls the columns OF the
NKw YORK HERALD has recently made a chara ,ter-
istic attack upon Col j. w. Forney, Clerk of the
United States House of Representatives. No one
abyss Of fa sT hypocr sud
infamy the proprietor Of the HERALD has wsded, to
accumulate the money by which his paper is sup
ported from day to day, IN its fruitless attempts t.
pull down the great and good to his own level can
be surprised by the dstrbes which have recently ap
Eeared in his columns. The sheet, for the last few
weeks, has been running sore Of ISLANDERS. Few
have escaped its filthy and suphuretted abuse. It's
editor, it is understood, made personal application
TO President Pierce by ettsr over his signature
for An appointment in the diplomatic service OF he
and fawning application upon, ae ground that his
paper, during the Presidential campaign, was de.
voted under bis direction, to coming and circulating
flsehoods and ISLANDERS against the wing candidate,
and thereby had aided in the election of General
Pierce. As every man in New Hampshire could
have predicted, Franklin Pierce did not, for
IN instant, entertain the udicrous proposition Of
the HERALD proprietor, but treated his application
with sill mt contempt. As natural consequent ace,
immediately the return Of that individual from
Europe early last month, where he went las. fall to
study diplomacy, by way of fitting himsslf for his
pected appointment, he commenced series Of sour
Eous assaults upon the admnistr alton. Since that
time, with an industry and perseverance worthy of a
better cause, he has constantly illuminated General
Pierce and his administration. His attacks upon
ME democratic press have been continued and ia
cessant. He calls one of the abest and most iG1l-
ential papers in the country (the Boston Pos) :" a
dry sheet of small circulation" He characterzes
the Washington Union, edited by OF the ablest,
Fues, and most reliable democrats Of the south as
= an abolition sheet" He denounces the Richmond
Enquirer, the Oldest and one Of the staunchest de
tenders of the rights of the South, as "a traitor -
the South And having exhausted his Vocabulary
of elegant dialect upon the President, bis Cabinet,
and the democratic press, he next commences upon
prominent indy duais known to be devoed friends Of
Preslden, Pierce, add !rdenty attached TO him and
the administration which bears his nsms
Ii Is natural that, with such bitterness towards the
denocr itic party, he should single oai Col. Foraey
the recipient II mis- choi oest abuse. Bat ortu-
nateIy, before the democracy Of New England Colonel
ForLey needs DO sulogy, sll! less defence His va.
mabe services OF many years 10 he democratic cause
with his brilliant aud able pen as editor of the Penn