The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-05

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| any moment.
The Wings and the Psesidency-Scwarti aud
! thc Abolition Couiitian CLAY ton and the
Know Nothihgs.
The loose materials Of the late Northern wing
party ore shaping themselves into two new and
distinct political organizations.
The first is the Holy AMI. Slavery Alliance
of the Norh, as put in motion at the several
ny brid coalition whig convent ons al Saratoga
Syracuse and Auburn, with Clark as the kite
and Raymond as the tail. Of this kite.hying
coalition William X. Seward holds the string,
and by the year 1856 expects to sweep with 1t
the whole circuit of the Northern States. The
second of these new organizations from the de-
bras OF the wing party is that mysterious, ca
balistic, chronological and ecclesiastical contra
terDity, the Know Nothings, title significant
OF the dreadful my stery and secresy and unity
of their operations. It Is evident that this par.
ty count upon nothing less than the absolute
control Of our next Presidential canvass; aud
from their correspondence with Hon. John NJ
Clay ton, which we published yesterday, it is
also manifest that they are casting out Their
feelers for the available man.
| Assuming that they have found him. and that
the two new Northern parties organized from
| the disbanded forces Of the old wing camp are
fairly in for it, we are already blest with two
entries for the scrub race for the next Presiden
! cy, to witt
Northern whig anti-slavery coalition camdi-
date--William Fl. Seward
Know Nothing candidate-John NJ Clayton
The next question that arises is, which OF
these aspirants for the sweepstakes occupies
the inside track! Seward is backed up by a
most formidable conglomeration Of incongrui-
ties. Abolitionists and free sellers proper
Seward wing free soilers Van Buren, Buffalo
free sellers, Fillmore silver grays, Castle Gar
den Wcbstcrian Union Safety Committee men,
Maine law men, moderate drinkers, hard drink
ers, natives, adopted citizens, stiff Protestants,
rigid Catholics white men, black men, land re-
formers, canal men, Fourierites, spiritual rap
pers, quack rhilanthropists, infdels and divines,
! womens rights women, and fugitive slaves,
form an aggregation of harmonious element
which is hard to beat. Such are the wool and
the filing Of the Seward anti-slavery coalition
party, and the Syracuse platform has been
! bnilt to accommodate them all. Let this or
ganization of rags and tags and fag ends, rs
| thus commenced be contaminated throughout
! the Northern States, and with the agitation of
| no more slave States, and no more slave terr;
| tory, in connection with Cuba. st. Domin 1
Mexico, the Sandwich Islands and the re-an-
nexation Of Canada, and what may we not ex-
| pect? Like Satan OF old, Seward if rot So
perseded by Benton, or Van Buren,, or some
| other available, will
In form and gesture proudly eminent,
loom up like tower, and Sewardsm may
| sweep athwart the afflicted North like con-
| suming fire.
| Such combination with such results. could
only lead speedily to the disastrous contingen-
| cies Of dsunion and civil war-a war of Sec
tons, of brethren, and of races, reducing the
| North to anarchy, famine and plumber, and
wasting the South by fire and sword
| The Saratoga, Syracuse and Auburn coali-
| ton have set out in this direction, under the
| pilotage of our arch-agitator, drums beating
and colors dying;" but the Know Nothings and
| their champion, Clayton, stand in their way.
The platform Of this secret order is anti
American-their principles are hostile to the
Declaration Of Independence, the spirit of the
fundamental law, and the genius of our instltu-
tons. Yet, singular as is the fact, the Know
Nothings and their champion, John NJ. Clayton.
constitute at this moment the insurmountable
barrier against the triumph of the disunion
Seward programme in the Presidential cam
paign. We may get taste of this in our No
vembcr election-we may discover the drift of
| the tide, perhaps, in the results of the October
elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio aud Indiana
In any event, the Know Nothings have declared
war against W. II. Seward, aud their forces.
like his own, being drawn mainly from the
original wing camp, his plans are dismantled
| in the outset.
John NJ. Clayton, with the Know Nothing
vete Of the North, will reduce the Seward all-
ance to secondary coalition Of mercenaries
Its regular troops will be drawn of, aud 1t will
be left IN the outside position of the Buffalo
party Of 1913. The principles of the Know
Nothings being limited to political action against
foreigners by birth and Catholics In religion, are
applicable to the whole Union. TIE order exists
throughout the Union, and il, we venture to
say, more powerful in the South than In the
North. As the Know Nothing candidate there
fore, Mr.. Clayton win probably be the most
available man for the Southern wings II
1866. S1ould there be a national convention, he
moy thus become their national nominee, upo1