New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-21
. PHENOMENON EXPLAINED.

cratic party so called has held almost uniformly sway
for the last fifty years is great that OF the follow
ers of tie Yelled Prophet of KhOrssen. 1t is spec
ace at once so astounding and curious 20 have led
many generous mind to despair of the possibility OF
governing people BY honorable means. Humbug
said man who acquired wealth by that means, lis
"an article regularly in densnd make Use oil Il
maceordnqly and my skill is in not giving people
more than they ark for This principle OF hum'ug
has been as largely used by the socaed Democratic
party of this country as ever II was by priest Ans OF
Eountebank and the belief that the people are inca
plble Of seeing beyond H. caused one OF the best OF
men and purest Of repubcans-Judge >tory-to
de.psir of liberal institutions before ne died. a mel
sncholy sight that of great and good man "ho' as
A writer on law had superior in America, nor as
English critics magnanmOusly acknowledge, among
his cotemporaries in England, to despair OF the con-
tinued freedom OF country for which Warren died
and Washington triumphed The only impediment to
purity in government according to General Jackson
WAS the Bank Of the United States letter written
BIZ him not long before he died 30 pronounced H. We
need not point to the unexamped deprayty exhibited
in Washington this season to prove that the United
States Bank had sensible influence in increasing or
diminishing corruption and that the spectacle of
Democratic majority voting to consgn Territory
twice rs large as the original thirteen States TO the
grasp Of Slavery, cclpses all puny evils of construc-
tive or implied dshonOr growing out of bank iayorS
extended to particular members OF Congress.
The recent defeats OF the Democratic party not
evidences that the receptions of that party greater
than before or that it is than il has been, but
simply that its hypocrisy is rendered more evident
10 ordinary minds The act of destroying National
Bank and then filing up the gap with eight hundred
State Banks; the insanity of breaking down pro-
tcctiye tariff thus aiding England at expense
while the institutions of that country the standing
mark for the Shafts of the party;-the passage OF
fugitive slave law to save the UnOn-these all in
yolye a certsin amount of argument and detail in
their solution, and they accordingl. safely car
ried out by the southern olgarchS and their seryile
northern adhcrents. But the Transparency OF the
detention which would make Democratic test to
consist in line of territorial policy, rejected as
barbarous by Nicholas in his new acquired conquest
seems at last to have enlightened a portion OF
the Democratic party and led 10 reyerses as remark
able as unexpected On this head prominent Dem
cratic journal, The Erening Post declares that
"The Democratic party has lost its moral strength in
the free States ii is stripped OF the respect OF the
.people BY the misconduct OF those who claim to be
Its lenders: and whatever boasts we may make OF
.our excellent maxims of legislation and policy in
regard to other questions the Nebraska bill puts us
'n minority for years to come.
The detection which has taken place in the ranks OF
the sham Democracy has resulted in the formation OF
the association or party distinguished as Know Moth
ings The phenomenon of this body is such as to re-
quire little examination. What is the cause of this
organization Simply the tyranny OF party IN the
Democratic ranks. The slayedriviDg orders OF the
leaders may be likened TO the operations OF the Brit
ish Government or the Holy Alliance, which resulted
in secret organizations. The first crude and sal sign
of protest against tyranny lie secret organizations 1t
was so in the Coonies-it was in 80 in France-it
was so in le2O-5 and it is nowin this country. Men
long shackled in the bonds of sham Democracy as a
mere fret step have resolved themselves into secret
association That the present faith of this party is
anti Irish we do not wonder for the majority of the
Irish in this country have always been on the side OF
American Slavery and British industrial and CONNER
cal monopoly. In revolt against the corruption OF
the Democratic party the rebels would not be likely
10 overlook the base to which the Irish as com
pact body have ever allowed themselves to be
nut by the demasogues who manage the party As
for the Germans it does not appear that the move
ment is directed specially oganst them Still this
class of our adopted citizens though OPP
posed to Slavery, are in great measure
for an exclusive national organization of their own
as though the German element something supe-
ror to thst OF New England: this is evidenced in po-
litca and social organizations which would make the
deyerance ofCermany the first object ofths country
and the second the destruction OF whatever customs
and sanctions the Germans may not happen to like.
But this is rather collateral than essential con-
sderation in regard to the action of the party
whose appearance has been attended by such varied
pheuomena. The main fact is the despotism of the
sham Democracy and strong desire in very many
minds to overthrow H. Whether they have taken the
best mems to that end is an inquiry on which do
not attempt TO enter.