The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-02

more than it YVES worth. Louis Napoleon
stands in a much better position. Russia is
less formidable aud less popular in France than
"perfdious Albion" who on her side. is so
/ busily engaged in watching Russia and the
/ United States that she too has forgotten her
hereditary hatred of her neghbors across the
channel Thus for the first time since the days o.
the Stuarts, France aud England are united by
the bonds Of solid alliance, having Louis
Napoleon at its head; and the latter can safely
prepare for foreign war without fearing that
another 1915 will mete out to him his uncle's
fate.
The question of war and peace would thus
seem question between Napoleon's will on the
one side, and the permanent interests Of Euro
pean nations on the other His past skill in
diplomacy quite warrants US in saying that If
his mind is made up in favor of war the odds
will be at least equal. Nicholas of Russia is
child in his bands.
More OF the scarlet Letter General Pierce's
Free Soil Anteccdcnts Agaia.
The Washington Union, the central organ of
General Pierce and bis free soil coalition Cabi-
net, and all its dependant echoes throughout
the country, insist upon it that the recent letters
of Mr.. John Cochrane and Judge Waterbury
disprove the charges of the New YORK HERALD
concerning the free soil letter of General Pierce
to the Van Buren, Corresponding Committee of
this State of l848.
The Cabinet organ and its country echoes
pronounce the statements of Messrs. Cochrane
and Waterbury as perfectly conclusive-that
they "crush out" the atrocious fabrications Of
the HERALD, and that the diabolical insinua-
tions and impudent inuendoes Of BENNETT are
scattered to the winds. Not satisfied with
this the Cabinet organ and its echoes have
taxed their abilities to the utmost in their de-
lightful ,expletives against the editor Of this
journal. Liar, caitiff, Scotchman, candidate
for the French mission, scoundrel, villain, vaga-
bond, lbeller thief, burglar, ruifian and awful
wretch, are among the ffattering epithets ap-
piled to us by the spoilsmen of the administra-
lion presses We are described as being Satan
| ic, as orse than Satal--a great deal worse
| than Satan. In fact the wrath and the violence
Of this crusade of the spoilsmen against the
editor of the HERALD taken altogether, discloses
him to be possessed of a more magnificent COM
binstion of Intellectual power and moral wick
edness than any hero historical or fabulous,
living or dead, natural or supernat ural, from
the creation of Adam down to the present day.
If we may believe the half of the fine things
that have lately come pouring in upon us from
all sides Satan himself was not our equal in
audacious rascalty, not even in that grand
address of his reported by Milton as having
come off at grand Cabinet council Of all the
fallen angels in He'll, the subject being decla-
ration of war against the kingdom of Heaven.
But, Notwithstanding all these complimentary
epithets comparisons. accusations and illusions.
it is evident that we are good for something. or
we should never have been officially designated
as the leading organ of the opposition to the
administration and the spoilsmen. True, we
only hold this position till vacancy occurs in
the mission to France; but meanwhile
we must do our duty in the important
Office assigned to us. We, therefore, recur to
| General Pierce's Scarlet letter OF lS4S written
| to John Cochrane. and to a part of the evidence
sustaining our allegations, which has fallen into
our hands from various quarters
The first iptimation we had Of this precious
| document was from a correspondent in Ohio
| suggesting that some of the democratic free
I sellers of this city had in their possession a
most Invaluable letter from General Pierce.
written in the memorable year of 1848. We
commenced casting about us for the memoran-
dunn, snd soon traced it home to our free soil
democratic fellow-citizen, John Cochrane. Upon
this discovery we despatched two diplomatic
agents to Mr. Cochrane to inquire If he really
had the letter in question in his breeches pock-
cts or in his bureau, or in some old barrel of
refuse papers /; and also to obtain the letter or
copy of it, if accessible or convenient to the
Surveyor of the Port.
Mr.. Benjamin Galbraith with this view, was
one of the gentlemen who waited upon Mr..
Cochrane. And be it understood, that Mr.. Gal.
braith is not politician, but a distinguished.
yet unobtrusive, member of the legal profes-
sion whose Office is 127 Fulton street, New
York. The following is the report of his visits
| to and conversation with Mr.. Cochrane =
NIX. GALsRAITu's LITTER.
| l27 FULTON STREET. New YORK,
| Jan. %, 1854.
| To THE EDITOR OF THs HERALD -
! Lately bad conversation with James Gordon
Bennett the eoitor OF The NV YosK Hsa Id, about
politics, ia which the name of Franklin PIERCE the
| President Of the United States, was mentioned.
| Doubts were entertained and expressed IS to the
| soup6 ness of bis political opinions The abolition
speech which he made Ia New Hampshire was re-
fered to. The free soil letters which he alleged to
| have written, and which said ID have been
lately found among the papers of late distinguished
| New HaB5pshire politician, were also mentioned aud
particularly the letter written by him to the Van
| Buren, free soil ratification meeting held at New
| York in 1913, named This last one was said to
be In the possession OF John Cochrane the Surveyor
| Of the Port OF New York. Upon the name Of John
Cochrane being mentioned, MIR. Bennett asked me Il
| ] was not acquainted with him. | said was. He
| then asked me II / thought be would give me the
letter told him did not know, bat that If say
| Mr.. Cocbrsne would ask him. | saw Mr. Cochraae
soon after this, and asked him if he had the letter
| which was written by Franklin Pierce in lSlS
| to the meeting held in New York in that