Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-06-22
NUMBER 1877.
From the Petersburg Intelligencer.
The New York Herald--George Law.

The course Of the New York Herald for somc
days past would create some surprise, were tho
public not acquainted with, or accu toned IT, its
tergiversations. An original advocate of the as.
semblng Of the National Council, the Herald took
much pains to make to 1t sundry suggestions, some
OF which occurred to the body, and were carried
out In their platform. But all things have not
gone to suit the Herald and IL now has the effont
cry TO say, In relation to council whose assem-
bling it cordially approved, and to whose action il
confidently looked for beneficial results:
/" It Is an open question whether the Know.No-
things acted prudently in holding National Con-
vention at all at this time. There was no necessity
for any such step. until the time came to nominate
a candidate for President. Nothing of the kind
hiss been usually done by the old Wing and Dem
ocratic parties. The shrewd men who managed
the councils Of those factions all along foresaw the
danger of split and never allowed tho antago.
ostic elements Of their party to meet together un-
less II were absolutely necessary"
But, strange to say, in the very article from
which we extract the above, the Herald says:
1t cannot be too often repeated, the Know,
Nothing party is stronger now than 1t was before
the Convention"
Here are Inconsistencies viii h we should IN vain
undertake to reconcile and which cannot be re.
coneiled on any principle Of fair and honest logic
By the Herads admission, the Convention has
strengthened the party, and this fact " cannot be
too Of en- repeated" and yet in theteeth OF this
declaration, we are told that It Is now "an open
question:" strengthening the party as It did,
I whether the Convention should have met at this
time. The New York Herald, IL in pursuit of
truthful and honest end, would not have written
such stupid nonsense as this, for let its editor be
bad as his worst enemies allege, no one can deny
to him greatly more than ordinary share Of talent
and tact in the party politics Of the day. No. no,
Mr.. Bennett, your article was designed to throw
l,..t IL, xhx. ~ .....
hesitate to say that in doing it in this manner you
paid but seant compliment to the intelligence Of
the veriest ninny on your subscription list. But,
says the Herald, 1t is an "open question" whether
the council should have met. Indeedl And pray,
who makes 1t so, and for what reasonsp We will
proceed to give them.
For some time past the Herald has been bring
ing forward Mr.. George Law, a great New York
speculator, rs the candidate of the American par
ty for the Presidency. Hopefully has the Herald
looked forward to the National Council, auguriug
from its action the most blessed results and every
now and then clipping in a word about Live Oak
George, as it fondly terms its pet The Herald's
correspondents at Philadelphia trumpeted forth
Live Oaks praises, in pay bound to do, and front
the tripod in New York to the penny-aiiners at
the key-hoes Of the council, no effort was spared
to make Live Oak the nominee of the Conven-
tion for the Presidei cy--athough'its members had
not been sent there for any such purpose--or
failing in that, to get Laws name so mixed up with
the business as would subsequently give his
friends a right to claim for him an imprimatlr at
the hands of the Convention. Its cgregious fail
ure to effect either object makes the policy of hold
ing the council !" an open"--an exceedingly open
question" with the straightforward & y Herald,
for mark what II says: I" The platform was minor
consideration the great thing was the man" and
the " man." we may add, was Live Oak Geo Law.
We know nothing about Mr.. Laws temper, men-
tai requirements, resources, and everything which
should unite TO qualify one--not for being can
didate for woful experience tells US that anybody
can he that, ay, and elected too-but for tho full
and honorable discharge of the duties Of the Office
Of President. Mr.. Law may possess them all, for
anything we know to the contrary; hut We can tell
him, let his claims be as strong they may, they
will receive no aid from the hectoring, domineer-
ing tone of the New York Herald. We recognise
no Warwick" in this country, and the Herald
ought to know Il. Let then, Mr. George Law and
all others quietly bide their time, and, when the
right one "is wanted, he will be calledr In this
business, all the aspirants may take lesson from
Pierce. His according to Edmund Burke, was
quiet game, and he won it.
We fully concur with the Herald, but not for Its
reasons, that the administration deserves a cur
veying whenever :" two or three are gathered to-
gether," but shall not quarrel with the Council
because they did not give II to the miserable crea-
lures whose forlorn condition almost disarrns one