The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-02

= the tine whsa \ should 60 ints effect; he BE-
svS ~ the n,ss q Nay :. TIE sss.s: bad .dosssd
upon BY II HOUSE, too late. He desired 70 - its
epsra>foa aAd Effects previous 70 the November
electaoa. This was lost. senator Myrca II: Clark
moved 70 concur with the H0use; Ass lost, TO TO-
A Committee OF conference OF both houses vas then
appointed consisting Of Senators VIM. Clark, Dan
forth, and Bradford, aud Ae@rs- AcGraw, Leigh,
Loxisr, Sessions and Field Of the House, who 70
ported TO insert the first day Of December, to WHICH
the Senate assented, Is TO TO- and the House n TO
Is. Tho bill was then sent into the executive cham
On the 27sh Of March Senator Dickinson intro
duced bill authorizing the people TO decide for or
against prohibtory liquor law ct the November
election. This Was tho plan Of the whig Aduiaistr
ton, but the ultratemperance members, with Myron
II. Clark In the lead, refused to ooncioe and thus
the matter dropped.
Three days subsequent to the passage OF tie bill
BY both houses, Governor Seymour returned 1t to
the Senate, accompanied by IN elsborAtely written
tach his dgnaturs to II. The President Of the
Senate stated that the constitution required the
question 70 DO again taken upon the bill, notwith-
standing tho veto Of the executive and II twothrds
Of the members present, Of both houses, voted In
the affirmative, 4 would, nevertheless, become
law. The vote was taken and tho result was four
teen In the affirmative, and thirteen in the negative,
90 It fell. Here are the votss:-
AYH-Messrs Bishop Bradford, Butts, N. II. Clark,
Richards, Robertson, whitney, wilnams-14.
Nors=Messrs Barnard, Barr, Brooks Crosby, Dan
forth, Hitchcock Hutchins, lansing Pratt Spencer,
Storing, Watkins, Yost-l3.
It Is . noted fact that Senators Danforsh and
snsiDg, who voted for the bill in the first instance,
voted against after the veto s,rived and Senators
VIM. Clark, z. Clark, Halsey, Sheriff. and Walker,
who also voted in the affirmative on the 9th of arch
either "sh0t the ps or were singularly absent upon
the last vote. STILL the bill would not have been
carried By . constitutional two thirds vote.
in ms Tan hQ
that the ball violates tho rights Of citizens gaaran-
teed to them BY the United States constitution,
which secures their premises from unreason able
searches; that the provisions in the bill for tho
seizure, forfeiture and destruction Of liquors Is In
consistent with that guarantee in the constitution Of
this State which states that private property shall
not be taken without compensation, nor without due
proof and process Of law that the bill would weaken
the cause OF temperance, on account Of its unjust
and oppressive provisions; and hat It is strin-
gent compulsory and constrainng - to prevent the
popular respect, which every Law should secure.
The facts and arguments contained in the veto mes
sage were considered unanswerable by the OPP
poDents of the BILL aud it friends have never a.
tempted reply or refutatior.
Our New Hampshire Correspondence.
CONCORD, N. H., Nov. ~, 1854.
N70 Eampshire Poiitics-Succes!ful Spread of
Knosc Nothingisns-Emine Men of the Order
Mr.. Bwrke-M,. Wslls-Poa Office Espionage,
&C., &c.
When the Legislature Of this State adjourned In
Juy last it seemed that the ground had been cleared
for grand combat between the friends Of the ad-
ministration and It's manyved foes-the latter bid
ding fair to unite for the defeat Of men in dsspsing
and hating whom they heartily agreed It is WON
derful how easy 1t IL for men to combine Who have
common hatred, no matter how widely they may
differ in principle. The friends Of the adninistra-
ton accepted the issue that had been informally
tendared them by the opposition, and It looked - IL
we were about to have . regular plain. open, mat
ter-offact contest with the two national Senator.
ships for the prizes Of the victors Every incident
subsequent to the adjournment Of tho Legislature
was calculated to strengthen this impression and it
was not until three months after that event that
symptoms Of new political movement began to
manifest themselves, In too decided manner to ad
NIT Of being longer mistaken. sllude to
Know Nothingism-that phase in our political
affairs which bids fair to crush all other par
ties Whatsoever. For some reason other, the early
attemI Is to get up . Know Nothing movement In
this State met with NO success. Perhaps they we're
not properly planned; perhaps not properly exscat
cd; perhaps it was thought better to rely upon the
sDtiNe Nebraska sentiment to eject the overthrow
the administration party Be that IS 1t may, it WAS
not until some time after the Know Nothing patty
had made itself felt in Name and was marching 70
assured victory in Massachusetts,, that 1t began to
take root in our political soil. Men had laughed =;
the first movements Of it friends, and were not ds
posed to be very grave over those that folio we'd,
but which were destined to be fruitful. There was
evinced dsposition, in some quarters, to prevent
Know Nothing speakers from being heard; bus the
people took care to prevent the administrators
friends from destroying freedom Of speech, which
they ready enough to attempt not only for the
purpose Of preventing the increase Of Know No
things but in the hope Of intimidating the free dsm
crats the Burke party. and their opponents generally
sort Of reign Of terror TO Be got up; and ~ such
to the vleness Of the terrorists, you can form
some idea Of the evil with which We were threaten
ed from your general knowledge Of the meannen
Of the men who are here the administration: CHIEF
supporters and the performers Of its dirty work.
The Know Nothings, when once they had COM
mer ced laboring here In earnest, throve apace.
have good authority for stating that the NUMBER Of
to upwards Of one hundred, some Of them being very
large. II ia expected that this number viii be In
creased to nearly, il net quite two hundred aud 6ty
before the occurrence Of the next March election.
powerful in The manufacturing towns. The number
Of members il Manchester Is upwards Of 500, en-
brscing men Of ali parties, and good deal Of
character and talent. The number In Nashus
ia also large. The coundls are being pushed
among the people Of the agricultural to Wns, where
tho strength tho regular democracy has hitherto
been found. Our agricultural population hate the
stronger with the democrats than with the wings.
When il was proposed to abolish the restriction
OF Office in constitution to Protestants thus ex-
GLIDING all Catholics, and providing such test -
England long ago discarded, the proposition was
met BY most indignant negative from tho people,
the democratic masses especially opposing It, while
much Of tho support It re ,eved came nom the
wings. fact that the wings did not fail TO remind
the Catholics Of in 1852 while the democrats denied
It's accuracy. Then the object was to affect the ma
tional election, and the f0reign-born and C4tholc
voters were too numerous In some Of the States TO
be allowed 10 remain under the impression that the