The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-24

Lost in the yd.ssic estecn~ccrismaed ~ -. sH4c
for him-ths imneps. executive patronage Of sisc.
mil yem exhausted upon unit or mediocre med
witt out tirgs jcurps Ia the great city Of New York
to stArd BY him ,inst and but 70 In any part
o. the county-ard overwhelmed ct last By the nfsmy
Of the cowady annit aton Of hepsss Grcytown, ts
mpstepce TO the OF Of hs term, when he retire
once more to obscuity and hide himself In the paradise
Of the tIsiter-oevion need not speak Of the Ne
oraska oursgs the world has rang with the enormity
bnt the world need have alarm about
1he free spirit Of the North has risen agsinst the
pire, never polluted by the bightiDg curse Of negro
slavery Free men are already swarmng in her forests,
sturdy labor At TIE rate things are now going Ne
braska will, In few yeara be populous aud power
oa the @ hs S wsi
weigh upon the heads Of its authors They political
y ohcised in every State in the Union, for the Ne
brssla bill asked for by the South, and the
South never has thanked the North for the votes which
made it.
General Pierce bis oaSiret and his friends, we xnsss
universal dsmeraterment OF The two great paresthe
whig and demccr .c which have for thirty years nearly
equally divided the country Old issues eaded; all
antsgonisms have ceased except the few which now
shall mention
lat. In view OF the uuprincpled encroachments Of
slavery, there settled determination among msyor
ty Of the peops Of the United States tina. savsy shall
coyer more soil now free.
IL aow in action known - the party Of Know Nohnes,
Of which shall Hereafter gvs you detailed account.
Of the tmes 1t is, In word, secret orgsni
xaior Of native Am, ricsrs, who, impressed with this
.arge.s which threaten our social and political ssn
foreign. vctsrs-but more especially from well
fourced jeslou,y Of the influence Of the Ro
levslea against the whole American system
have banded together to drfyv from place and power
wherever an scssun has taken place during the last I
months, ssey hsvs displayed their power, and, IN
instances, swcYs the deld. An the nszt Presden
probable ths, they WEI sle,t their Congess and
ct their own Preosdsnt. This VIII conttsuts the
witsessed since the estasiishment Of e govsrnasnt
1t ce5csrr Engsshne tohssp track @ 1t.
3D. Tho grand slhancs Of the " sons' snd friends Of
tempe oce whoes object 10 70 suppress ntemperaace
by tho prohibition Of the sais Of liquors. Is
already spowerfu wganizacn; and for To most para
is mai.ng common cause with the Know Nothings
eE ness has become general the United States
that the country 10 ccoribg fcy some mems Of stop
These s1ohs principal issues that being made and
hley be made, and elch goes to tho baot.box,
for in the United States tAs the lever OF power, Here
the vote Of me lcafer, the pauI or the sccondrel
goes IS far DAniel Wetsst's. Tke temperance
fears this eemscsatic fact nd asks that the hand which
-pu,a the baios, IN shall bS sober hsnd-'he Know
Nothing equally alarmed, asks that shAu be Pro
testant hard-te Nebraska man thsS 1t shall be the
point only wy,cok the political future OF Amezi
us source OF nnmixsd chagsiu and modification
on the part Of t,e friends Of c6mmersia hbsrty-of
all the enemies OF sarbarous Commercial restrictions
tint the Presicent and his cabinet, with SO much
power and prestige for doing good ID the beginning,
snoua have volstsd other pledge, which the demo
cratic party had given to recuce tariff when they
came Into power. putAc opinion haa demanied it; even
the old protection whigs with ovc1 Sowing treasury
which tse government could not spend In any honest
wsy had asked for rec ion while every enlightened
Democrat looking forward to the BLESSED regie Of
free trade Tuse had indeed been played which look
ed this my the Secfcary of the Treasury had pro
posed hns messue Bnt 1t was not deep enough to do
much good The friends ct free trade though better
for this tine to wait for whole leaf for they snusd
the fumes ~ the tahing iust sh-ad They wee wise
too; because IL kno~n that Il il Neor sa humDu
would exhaust sll the energies for evil sna corruption
which the administration pcss.ssed With the noble
example Witch Sir Robert Peel gave to Englapd,
and which En- gland has crrsd out with such broad mag
psniu,ty-sno, above all, with the decidedly liberal
lsanngs OF te French lmperor this way-t s most la
mentabe that Cere Pierre has yet given nothing
but the reciprocity treaty God be praised for this,
for IL will work unmrRlad good. But better days
ginning, and ts Of FREQ trade in Arica is just
1t bard. II great republic lRe-that Of the United
States with tho vital oOd leapDg through every vein
carrot outsrip rivalry opcO track he Is no Ame
icsn who will not ssy, We wA not enter sns course
At all "
Such few brief glanoss at our home politics. BY
the next steamer shall speak Of foreign rsations
snd these two lottsrs win open tho way for aute
delineatiors Of other matters