New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-02
DESIGN OF THE DoUGHFAcEs.

DESIGN OF THE DOUGHFACEs.
The doughfaces of Pennsylvania aud New.
York have always sold out tse North whenever
question between Slavery ana Freedom has
arisen, and we Judge they intend to do it again.
Both these States have great capitals, large
commercial marts, where everything is brought
to the ignoble STANDARD Of the almighty dollar
Liberty, civil political aud religious, every in-
terest of humanity, man himself, with his hottest
hopes and ftiest aspirations are alike weighed
in the same scale with gold and silver for the
standard. Thus everything has its money price.
The worth Of temperance, the worth ofpersOnal
edom, the worth of free government, are all
here valued in dollars and cents. The cOnse-
quence is that the public representatives, at
Washington Of these fostering aggregatOns OF
humanity can never be relied on in questions
which underlie the existing political fabric of
the time. They have no advice or vote TO give,
except in favor of non.discussiOn, non-agi-
tation and nOn-resstarce Oh whatever topic
of public concern the revolving wheel Of
sffai1s brings to tho surface. This influence
spreads and ihfects the rural districts, and thus
they measurably partake of the debauched senti-
ments Of the great towns. 1t is thus that the
power of the North in these two States is to-day
broken on the vital question Of Slavery Exten-
sion. The great Northern cities are ready to
sell out body and soul TO save what they falsely
regard as an imperied trade AID flourishing
finances This influence has OF late been
gathered under the feeble wings Of Hunker-
ism, National Wbiggery, UniOn-Saying, Silver
Grsyism, until it was near having the breath
stamped out Of its miserable body By the tram
ping masses Of the interior in last years
elections. TO save itself and make itself felt
again in national politics it has gathered itself
up and gone over to the new part} of the Know
NothiDes 1t is to be seen in tue scandalous
conduct of the representatives. from New-fork
an. Pennsylvania in the late Know-Nothing con-
clave at lphia-near!y every rascal of
them all going for the extension OF Slavery.
New York and Penns! lvsnia sold out the North
on the repeal Of tue Missouri Compromise.
New.YOrk and Pennsylvania again propose to
sell out the North on the coming question Of the
ratification Of that enormity.
We have no doubt that the great body of
Northern Known othings are right on the Slavery
aggression question, and we are sure the masses
have no desire to sell out 10 expectation Of be-
ing sold out even in New York or Pennsylvania.
But we are almost equally confident that they
Will be BETRAYED by their leaders The sordid
Influences of trade, commerce and finance, act'
ing on a debauched sentiment will work this
cid. If the Know.NOihings are able to sell out
the North on the Slavery question in the Rext
Congress-, or the one after the next, or in the
Presidential election, they are sure to do 1t.
This seems now to be their particular mission,
aud PeDnsy lvania ana New-Nork are the locaii-
ties where the transaction is to be cOnsam-
mated.
1t is in view of this but too palpable fact that
the determined foes Of slavery aggression should
begin 10 concert measures TO tnwart this PUT
pose. The Anti-Nebresha men of this State, for
example, who are to-day without the ranks OF
the Hindoos, are numerous enough TO swing the
State high and dry over all opposition. Let
them drop all old disisions, aud DO il II the
masses of New-York should manifest determi-
uation 10 Leave al old party leaders, ANA do this,
il would create a moral influence fatal 10 the
Pro. Slavery faction even in stolid Pennsylvania
and none poly ridden New-Jersey Thus the
North would rise into o sew position where II
would be felt aud seen Ike the rising morning
sun il clear sky.
The inyeterate and contemplate dOughfaces
who are leading the Natiolal Kuow-Nothings
ought most assHredly to be thwarted in their
miserable designs. Allies Of the negro Oligsrchy,
they viii strive to sustain themselves By lies
and subterfuges. They ought to be pursued
BY every kind Of torch and smoked out OF
all their holes and hiding places New-iork
snd Pennsylvania ought 70 be saved from
their maehnstions. Tlat the HnOS-Nothings
can succeed for themselves sc have no appre-
hension. The danger is that they VIII throw
these two great states back Temporarily isto the
hands Of the Necraska- Hunler Democracy.
Nationsl -Nothingism in itself is only
stumbling block II will do evil by preventing
the doing of good 1t cannot rise to power
itself but il may succeed IN carrying back into
poser i party everywhere repudisted in the
Free States at the last elections. Bs5, in.a-
nous as the Nebraska Democracy Is. II IL yet
not SO bad Sc the National Know Ncthings, for
the latter will 90 all the wickedness Of the
former ON the Slavery question beside being
guilty of iollies and Sieke6Eesses tnst the
sham Democracy caunot afford TO indulge II
even if it were so disposed. The National
know-Aothings ave thrs doomed psrty Who