New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-27
who are the Know.Nothings ?

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Era, the latter rabid Abolition journal, hav,
commenced sharp quarrel in regard to tn,
identity of the Know-Nothing fraternity, tn,
former asserting that Freesoilers and Abolition
lists constitute its main strength and are it
chief directors, and the latter casting back tn,
insinuation and endeavoring to make it appea1
that nobody loves the alien Or the naturalizec
citizen so well as the Democratic Abolitionist
and nobody abhors him SO utterly as the South
ern Wing. Both these dignifed and remarkably
heightened journals attach an unlimited amount
OF odum to any party or set of men who should
be convicted of Know Nothingism But they
do this like martyrs, with sort of self-sacriic-
ing tone, as if they had concluded to do their
duty and abide the consequences--or. as man
will do sometimes, had taken course opposite
to public opinion and common sense, to show
how original and fearless they were.
Since the recent sweeping victories of the
Know Nothings in Philadelphia and Washing
ton, the abuse which they have received from a
certain class of newspapers has been rather
more temperate, There is an intuitive respect
in the human mind for power under all circum-
stances, and persons who deal in politics soon
become sagacious enough TO recognize the cat
the moment she is out of the bag. Upon the eve
of these two elections, when the party journals
first took the alarm, it was terrible to note the
onslaught they made upon the mysterious and
dreaded organization which fraternizes with no
party and threatens destruction to all 1t was
denounced as q secret and dangerous banding
together of discontinued and malevolent spirits
for purposes which could be little less than trea-
sonable; grand eloquence took its loftiest fight
to express the enlightened and liberal policy
which this great people should adoptin the mat
ters of privilege and license, as well as of pro-
lection towards the ssdoRn- trodden and on
pressed . who seek refuge upon our shores from
the tyranny Of their own Countries and finally
an earnest exhortation was addressed to the
people to frown down a party which refused to
show its hand, and was working its way into
power and place by system of tactics hitherto
unknown to politicians, and entirely new to all
the established principles of wire working. This
appeal seemed to us at the time much like re-
commenting man to make mouths at himself
IN mirror, or cut his own acquaintance for
having been so indiscreet as to offend others by
Claiming what belonged to him. or like asking
people to administer sort of solus self-rebuke
for presuming to investigate and decide upon its
own affairs. 1t appears, however, that this ap.
peal had little effect; that the public failed to
look upon itself as band of diseontented and
traltorous spirits. although plainly requested to
do SO, and that these Independent and plain
spoken journals fell into the common error Of
nF ipcirr Co,
factions for the voice of the great paople
GENERAL TAYLoRs PORTRAIT. mentioned
yesterday that Mr., Powers intended to take
with him to New York his great national
picture Of General Taylor and his war steed We
have since learned that he is willing to dispose of
1t upon reasonable terms, and intends to afford
our City Council the opportunity of purchasing
it. Mr.. Powers is an artist of this CITY: he
possesses talents of high order, and, although a
young man, his requirements have brought him
into prominent notice, and his merit has been
acknowledged wherever he has used his pencil
Heis aboutto depart for Europe, for the purpose
OF studying the old masters and perfecting him
sell IN his profession, and We firmly believe that
his name will one day be enrolled quite as high
in the temple of art, as is that of his famous
namesake, the sculptor. We hope our City
Council will not neglect this opportunity of
aiding his efforts, and we feel confident that,
unless 1t experiences another sudden fit of indis-
criminate economy, this fine production of one of
her own artists will be secured to the city,
NEW BooKs.-We have received from Thos
L. Whites volume of Wilson's Essays and Mis-.
cellanies, The Reereations of Christopher North,
book of absorbing interest
Also, No. 2 of Paul Creyton's new novel, Mar
tin Merrivale, and Epes sargent's First Glass
Standard Reader, designed for the use of schools.
ow-NoTHING HATS. - Several establish
ments in the city, it appears, claim exclusively
to be provided with the Know Nothing Hat, and
as 1T is matter in which an innocent and yer
dant person is liable to be grossly imposed upon,
We herewith tender the information that the
genuine Wide Awake--an improvement upon the
Know Nottingham be obtained, in its perfec.
ton, at Hoyts, corner of Common and st. Charles
streets.
The AMPH1THEATRE.--At this place will be
performed to- night s. The Rake's Progress, in
which Mr. j. H. Allen will represent Tom Rake.
well. A dance, by Miss Josephine, and a
" Glance at New York will conclude the per-
formances.
RAILROAD SPEED.-The Waukesha Wis \ DEM
ocrat has a rich editorial about the speed of the
cars on a certain Western Railroad, of which
the following is the closing paragraph
Travellers of leisure, however, say they like
this road much better than any other in the
country, it is so much like the Erie Canal; they
can jump off to pick Strawberries, shoot pigeons,
liquor up, etc, and occasionally return to sit ON
the cars to rest. Last week we conyersed with
farmer on the line of the road, who aappeaed
to have three sheep killed on the road. He in
formed us that he had spent ten days in vain in
endeavoring to find out who owned the road,
that he might sue for damages he then CON
suited an honest attorney, who INFORMED him
that he could not prove that the cars ever ran
last enough to oyertake a sheep or any thing
else. A horse thief who was arrested in Fon Cu
Lac, o short time since, upon being informed
that he was sentenced to the State Prison, re-
pied that he did not care if they sent him by
railroad, as his time would expire before he
reached there
LIEBIG.--Mr. Kinney, late Charge d'Affaires
to Turin, writes home from Genoa to his Newark
Daily as follows:
:" We have had recently an interesting visit
from Prof Liebig, the eminent German natural