The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-19

and his Northern anti-slavery coalition are
beginning to discourse of the Know Nothing
and their political tendencies, with few aud
trembling They seem to recognise from the
sudden uprising OF this unlocked for aud form
dable organization the supernatural appear
ance of the fingers of human hand tracing
the fatal handwriting upon the wall. They
already have their misgivings of the overthrow
Of their leaders, the total rout OF his mere ena
ries with the loss Of his camp equipagA, militia
ry chest, baggage wagons, and munitions OF
war. They are right They are already sur
rounded, and their position is infinitely more
perilous Than that of the Russians in Sebastopc
subject to shower of twenty-five thousand
bomb shells a day. With the unique aud as
tonishing results of the late election in Massa.
chusetts, it needs but little ssgacty to perceive
that the Seward anti-slavery league j. threat
ened with the destructive sweep of prairie on
fire. Hence the we'll grounded fear and trem.
bling Of the leading Seward organs. In the hour
Of their proposed triumph they are destined to
be destroyed.
The recent State elections have conclusively
established the important fact that this new
and mysterious political party of the Kao y
NOthings hold the balance Of power in the
country. Indeed, if we may form au estimate
OF their probable strength in the States where
their platform has yet to be tried, from the re-
suits in the States where their power has been
proved, they Can comm md large Minority OF
the popular vote of the whole Union over all
other parties and factions combined Taas
they will enter the Presidential election as a
distinct organization upon their peculiar and
sharply defined American principles, there is
not doubt; that they will carry the election
as an avalanche sweeps the earth, rocks, aud
vegetation of centuries, from the mountain
side, is, from the present appearances Of things
by no means improbable. This will make clean
work Of oil the old rotten parties, and their
corrupt rcgencies, juntas, and huckstering con-
ventions Of the last twenty-five years. and
place US plump and squarely in new political
epoch new parties, new principles, new and
more positive governmental policy, foreign aud
domestic, and new and more harmonious Ii
rection of the destincs ofthe country.
But the first and most important resul; Of
this spontaneous uprising of the Know. Nothings
will be the "crushing out" of the Seward
coalition. To 60 no farther, the Massach lsetts
election has determined this ISSUE For twenty
years past, the old whig and democratic parties
Of that State, off and on, have been paadering
to and huckstering for the support of the anti
slavery factions. OF late both wings and demo-
Gratis had become SO tainted and demoralizsa
from these affiliations that the anti-slavery
party were counting upon the absorption of
both, when the Know-Nothings, like clap of
thunder in the sunshine, in single blow de-
molished them oil. though running into extrem, 0
upon several points, intolerant and impractic-
able, this spontaneous ultra-Amerca move
ment has in it m thing Of the spirit and temper
of the revolution Of '7G AT all events, it has
the spirit of nationality about it, 1t is peculiarly
conservative upon the slavery question. IL
seems in fact, to "koow nothing of the exist
ence ofslavery in the South, and contemptuous'y
scouts the abolition fanaticism of the North. l..
thus adapts itself with equal facility to both
sides Of Mason ard Dixon's line, aud threatens
political revolution in Virginia equal to that
effected in Mass chusetts.
1t is this homogeneous quality of nationality
which renders the Know Nothings 60 fearfu,
and terrible, not only to the Seward coalition,
but to the Cabinet coalition Of spoilsmen at
Washington. II this new native party has
broken up The calculations Of Seward in Mas
sachusetts, it has broken down the admiaistra-
ton and its adherents in Pennsylvania. OHIO,
Michigan, Indiana, and elsewhere. And why
mott The programme and principles of Seward
ard the spoils policy of the administration, have
worked together to create this new aud as
founding political organization. The admins
tration has not only infamed the sensbllites
of the natives in its most mischievous foreign
and domestic appointments, but in attempting
70 prove itself sounder than the South upon the
slavery question, it has created IN anti slavery
furore in the North which nothing bas new
party could arrest short of q crusade against
the South, ending in secession an disanion
For quarter Of century the antl-slaver,
elements Of The North had been vainly attempt
ing an effective amaIgamation; Tut at the very
time when they were believed to be powerless,
and put to rest, the administration cane to
heir relief, " thout invitation, and without any
existing necessity except its own desperate
sinking condition.
We have seen the results OF this revival o.
the anli-slavery agitation in the late Western
elections, and in the Seward Presidential pfo.
gramme Of the piebald elition Saratoga, Sy-
,a,,ra and AnbuYn conventions We war.
threatened with ON nti-lavery 'Northerl cru
SADIE against the South in 1856, which, IL moi
intercepted, could have no otne; termination
than speedy md abrupt dissolution Of tn
Upion. Nothing less II was the estimate
nothing short Of it. But the separate Know
Nothing ticket in this State, got up at the
elevsath hour, and the rssalts ia Massachusetts,