The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-03

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The New American Journals ON the Virginia
| Election and the Philadelphia National
! Councn-Good Advice.
! We transfer to our columns this morning q
chapter Of editorial commentaries from the
leading journals of the new American party,
| touching the late defeat Of the Know Nothings
in Virginia, and the duty and the policy Of the
Order at their forthcoming grand National
Council at Philadelphia These extracts en-
body much good advice, the natural conse-
| queDce of the invaluable lesson administered in
| the Old Dominion and we therefore submit
| these admonitions to all the delegates to Phla-
pbia for q careful and thoughtful reading, to-
gether with a word or two of our own.
The Richmond Wing with great deal of
good sense, urges the necessity OF u practical
programme, upon great principles, and their
public proclamation to the world, considering
the machinery of signs, grips and passwords as
matter of trifing moment. The Batfal0 .dduer-
tistr, following in the same line of thought,
pleads the Importance of good candidates, to
the exclusion OF worthless drones and intriguing
ter, in its new position still betrays the weak
ness of an incurable party hack, and calls for
the extension of its circulation as matter of
the very highest consequence. Its whole pro-
grsmme appears to be the ruling idea among
| the Albany organs from time immemorial, Of
making as much money out of the party as pos
sible at all hazards, leaving them to take care
| IF air iylo aacta hair f,ob
But the volunteer paper styling itself the
american Organ, at Washington, is an exceed
| ingly fimsy and silly concern. While its more
active Know Nothing contemporaries are casting
about them for the means and measures by
which their late terrible defeat is to be re-
trieved, and from which great national or
ganization is to be made, this bewildered aud
incompetent Washington Organ is cyphering
up the Irish vote in Virginia, parading its
limited circulation before the public, and ut
tering its foolish inuendoes against the editor
Of this journal. We must tell this Organ that
it is behind the times. Instead Of consulting
the policy of its party, "black mail' seems to
be its predominant idea, We are sorry that
we can make no promises Of the 90 black mail'
can and does support itself, it ought to show
little more pluck aud independence upon the
great issues of the day, and in reference to the
| duties of this new party through whose support
| it is looking for the public plumber. We very
much fear, however, that this Organ is fishy
Know Nothing concern aud will ultimately
prove to be as taitness as it is puerile, insipid
and ridiculous.
The immediate question in hand is this ma
tionaI American Council or convention at Phi.
ladelpbia. 1t must do something to repair the
damages of the Praise God Barebones Parlia-
ment of Massachusetts and the disasters of the
Virginia election or the Order may as well be
disbanded. It is proved that all this mystery
and hard swearing against the Pope Of Rome.
Irish Catholics and adopted citizens, is all rub
bish and moonshine. A raid against the ''poor
divils'' of Irish and the bloody CATHOLICS
may be successful for Buncombe in town cleo
ton hero and there, but is hardly worth the
candle in any case. For the great Presidential
campaign nothing will avail except an organ-
cation and party platform broad enough and
strong enough to support the Union, the con.
stitution and the substantial practical interests
of the American people in the mana cement OF
the government. Before new dynasty can be
established at Washington, the existing dy-
nasty must be supplanted. And what then, is
the true plan for the consolidation of a new and
overwhelming national party
The history Of our political parties aud their
mutations tor the last fifty five years furnishes
the answer. The administration of tie elder
Adams was superseded by republican combi-
| nation upon a platform Of hostility to his
rigid antirepublican policy. The admins
tration of the younger Adams was over
thrown in the same way by democratic
national reunion against the weak and salient
points of his policy and his Cabinet, and upon
general demand for ''retrenchment and re-
FORM" Upon the same plan, the mighty com
bination and fusion of factions and parties Of
1910 swept away the administration of Van
Buren,, in deadly war upon his financial ex-
cesses, his defaulters, peculators, and his whole
catalogue Of bad luck, bad management and
Unsuitable spoismen. The same policy of oppo-
sition carried James X. Polk and Gen. Taylor
into power, and Mr.. Pierce owes much of his
triumph in 1852 to the negative milk and water
qualities of the feeble administration of Mr..
Fillmore.
What on inviting field, then, is opened to the
opponents of this most faithless, corrupt, imoe-
cile and condemned Pierce ADMINISTRATION, for
national party, upon the common platform of
supersedpg this rotten concern and all connect
with it, with something stronger, sounder
ind better. The democratic jubilee the other
night at Tammany Hall betrays the alarm of
that party upon this vulnerable point. They
perceive that they cannot carry the dead car
cafs Of this administration through the cam
psign of 1856: and, therefore, they propose 10
cut it adrift. But it should be the fixed pur-