The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-20
the Know Nothinss through the q eney Of IT,

The Know Nothings through the ENJOY Of TIE
True National Democrat. This is the old |
game of carrying water upon bot shoulders,
resulting in the loss of both hnckets
when the trick is detected.
In the meantime, we find that the hard shells
have been acting with remarkable caution. lest
they give o mortal offence to the Know No
things; while we under tand it is the fixed pur-
pose of the free soil soft shells, at the very next
meeting of their sachems in Tammauy Hall, to
kick their little anti-Irish Catholic Democrat
out of the wigwam, to declare war against the
Know Nothings, and to reafirm the undying
devotion of Tammany Hall to the Nebraska
bill, the doctrines of the constjtn its prin-
ciples of civil and religious liberty, and the in
alienable rights of Jour sdoptsd fellow-citi.
zens." When this is done, the 4 a shells can
no longer refrain from taking eqaaaaly strong
ground in behalf of our adopted citizens, for
the haTds, without pap or ip0ils, are not in
condition te sacrifice their Irish Catholic sup
pog<ers. In word, we may safely assume
that, with or without the administration, and
whether Che democrats may continue cut up in
to sectional or local factions, or whether the
bulk OF them may be reunited into new ma
tional and homogeneous party, they will repu-
date the Knew Nothings, North and South
and ieave them perfectly free to seek for their
political alliances elsewhere.
Most of the whig papers handle ,sfnso Know
Nothings very gingerly. The SewA organs
are an exception. Greeley protests that he
| knows nothing about these very mysterious
Know Nothings but that he still knows
enough to give them a wide margin and
let them pass on Their road and that of W.
H. Seward lie in opposite directions. He has
| been too many years industriously hob-nobbing
| with Archbishop Hughes, he has been too ear
nestly engaged in all sorts Of expedients to con-
ciliate the Irish Catholics, to think, for mo-
ment, Of accepting the favers Of the Know
Nothings upon any terms. Oh, no! The fu-
sion which Seward and his Northern free soil
| whig presses and leaders are after, is fusion
with all the Northern antislavery, socialistic,
and infdel factions Of the day, for combined
onslaught upon the South, and to the end Of IA
cilitatipg violent disruption Of the Union Be
sides, the Seward party count too largely upon
the anti-slavay prejudices of large proper
ton Of our European born electors, to sacrifice
them for the doubtful forces of Native Ameyi-
canism. We have, then, no prospect of cor
junction of the Know Nothings with the future
Seward party Of the North, which will probably
include all the Northern wings upon the direct
question Of a restoration of the Missouri COM
promise and other anti.slavery measures.
What will the wings of the South do? We
have seen some limitations thrown out in
Southern democratic journals that may, per-
haps, unite their fortunes with the Know
Nothings. On the contrary the wings of the
South are more likely, upon q broad liberal
Union platform, apart from the administration,
to unite their fortunes with the Southern demo-
Gratis against the Holy Alliance of the Northern
anti-slavery party So that, neither North nor
South, can we perceive any prospect of q juno
ton of the Know Nothings and their contracted
principles Of political action, with any great
controlling national or sectional party. The
prospect is that the Know Nothings, like the
power for time in some of our principal
cities. Their operations may extend to the
larger towns of the interior but we apprehend
that, from the lack of materials in the rural
districts, there is little danger of this Know
Nothing Society forming any national orgaui-
cation capable Of mischief. In the event of
loose and miscellaneous scrub race for the next
Presidency, they may, with John NJ. Clayton
as their candidate, poll respectable scattering
vote; but even this will depend upon the CONT
nuance Of the present distractions and divisions
among the discordant elements of the late
wing and democratic parties.
There is some immediate Importance to be
attached to the Know Nothings in reference to
our coming fall elections. Between wings and
democrats, hard shells and soft shells, Nebraska
and anti-Nebraska men, Maine law men and
lagerbier men, the Know Nothings may posi-
bly, succeed in the election of large number
OF their favorites, selected from the various
opposing factions. And thus it is impossible to
tell whether the November elections will result
in Legislature prejudcial to the grog shops
or to Judge Douglas, or the Irish Catholics
Beyond this we suspect that the history of the
late Native American faction will be substan-
TALLY the history Of the Know Nothings.
MEXICO AND THE TREATY.-The recent arri-
walls from Mexico have not been fruitful in news
from that extinct republic and empire in embryo
In fact, at this season Of the year, nothing of
much Importance ever transpires when the peo-
pie in the vast rural districts are busy with
their crops. The rains, as we'll as the loss of
men and provisions, caused Santa Anna to re-