The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-25


anticipation Of q war policy, Is foreshadowed in
of Soule and the congress at Ostend, we await
the Presidents mes age. 1t may be peace; but
we fear it will be war.
The Union, the Herald and the Know
Nothings.
Light has flashed upon the mind of the ad-
ministration. The great Know Nothing secret
has been revealed to the President, and the
Union is commissioned to break it to the world
We have all been wrong-natives and foreign
ers: every word we have uttered for or against
the mighty faction that is sweeping the cleo
tons has been sheer absurdity. 1t is not true,
as The Seward people say, that Know N thing
ism sprung from the jealousy of foreigners:
nor have the natives been nearer the mark
when they ascribed its origin to Just dislike
of foreign lawlessness and party corruption.
The Union sets us all right. "The Know
Nothing plot" says that accurate journal,
"was hatched amid the infamies Of Partisan
life, and the editor of the HERALD has returned
to the United States for brief space to con.
snmmate it."
This will be startling news for the thousands
who voted for Ullman in this State and the
Know Nothing masses of New England. Sam
Houston, Mr.. Clayton, and General Scott little
think that they are the mere tools of "plot
batched amid the infamies of Partisan life"
We are dying to know who "hatched" the plot?
Had Napoleon anything to do with it, Had it
any connection with the recent ARRAY about
coat tails and diplomatic dress? And what is
the meaning of the mysterious allusion to "the
infamies Of Partisan life?" Was it matched"
in an improper place? Was the fgurative "hen"
that oficiated on this interesting occasion dis
reputable fowl! Who in the world c .uld it have
been? The last we heard from Paris was that
one of the leading editors was writing de-
scription of the "Quakcrs" who inhabit the vii
lage Of New York in the province Of Philadel.
phia can this erudite worthy have been the
author Of the Know Nothing conspiracy? O1ly
to think that these Frenchmen, who are su III
exceedingly lively and pleasant fellows when
they don't get up barbados on the Boule-
wards, and write such lively books, and sell
such pretty objects de rirtu, should have time
to "hatch conspiracies" against the adopted
citizens of the United States. Surely the like
was never heard before. Such exclusive infor-
nation shows what an exceedingly enterprising
and penetrating paper the Union is. You
can't catch it mapping.
And the Editor Of the HERALD" was sent
home ";0r brie space to consummate" this
French plan Of American Know Nothingism.
An exceeding desperate fellow this Editor OF
the HERALD. If he has toothache, the Alba
ny Epening Journal notes the fact as an evil
dencc Of his bad disposition. If he goes abroad
for his health, he is villain who cares nothing
for his country. If he comes home, he is sent
by a committee Of conspirators to consum nate
a scheme against the interests of the United
States Ii he leads quiet life, he is an out
cast Stunned by mankind. If he goes into
society, he is stepped in "Parisian iafamies.'
We are sure that the public at large will be de,
lighted with this imitation Of European mao
ners, in the shape of Court journal to chroai
Gle the doings and movements o. such impor-
tant personages as the Editor Of the HERALD.
1t is sure to thrive in this country; and we
may soon expect to see The Union noting in
at seven this morning and shaved himself" or
"Mr. Bennett took his usual walk in Broad
way on Thursday" or "James Gordon Bennett
had the audacity to dine at two yesterday,
doubtless for some sinister purpose. When ne
add that he supped at nine and ate part Of
lobster, the villany Of the hoary miscreant can
no longer be questioned" There cannot be a
doubt of the usefulness Of such information as
this The more Of it the better in the columns
Of such papers as the Union.
To be serious, that journal says that 1--WE
have been mistaken" So we have. We were
mistaken, most egregiously mistaken in the
character of franklin Pierce, or we should not
have supported him for the Presidency. 1t Was
the greatest mistake we ever made. And we
may, as the Union Gays, b. mistaken again In
reference to the Know Nothings. But We do
not think we shall. We intend to give the
Know Nothings fair trial. No authenti, ac-
count Of their creed has ever been made public;
but we believe that the main principles which
keep them together are devotion to American
interests and the cause Of order, and more es
pecially disgust at the corruptions and the
follies Of the two old political parties, as devel
oped to the highest pitch by the administration
of Mr.. Pierce. These principles we not only
endorse, but are perfectly confident Of their
adoption by the masses Of the people. We
therefore purpose offering to these Know No
things such countenance and advice hs they
may seem to need There is no plot or scheme
in this. 1t may answer very well for the ad-
minstration and their supporters to talk about
secret societies and conspiracies in the dark;
but nothing in the world is more open or more
notorious than the universal adherence with
which the corruptions of the administration are
regarded by the people, nothing more canddly
avowcd than the paramount necessity of uniting
honest men on some new platform in opposition
not onlv To tho nreaent ra1nea Mt Washn rton