The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-04


compromises of Union, were enough to insure
the bitter epmity Of the adminissE asion. High
qualifications, great experience and integrity
for the discharge of public duties, have been
signals of detraction from its organ and It's
spawn Of dependents in different parts Of the
country.
A New Sort OF ROCHESTER KNocKINGs--
SEWARD FUsIoSIsTs IN C0uNCn--On Tuesday
last there was singular meeting and fusion OF
the Seward spiritualists at Rochester. The State
Council of the Seward Know Nothings,organized
at Utica last fall from the refuse of the ortho-
dox Know Nothing organization, and the State
Council of the new sect established at Cleve-
land month ago, called Kaow Something's
met at Rochester for the purpose Of forming
union, which, by the way, was not very for
midable undertaking, the two societies being
nothing more than branches of the general
Seward anti slavery coalition. Their object
was accordingly achieved in the most harmo-
Iious style, as will appear from their platform
and resolutions elsewhere in these columns.
Reduced to the limits of nutshell, these
Know Something bigger worshiping fusionists
propose -
lst A dead set against I" the slave power"
as the paramount general issue.
I'd. Not another slave State, and not another
additional inch of slave territory.
Sd. Principles and character, not birth place.
20 be the test of citizenship.
4th. Religious liberty; bat no ecclesiastical
interference in political affairs.
5th. Firm adhesion to the new Liquor law.
9th. Free schools, free labor, &c.
These doctrines, it will be seen, thoroughly
fuse the Seward Utica Know Mornings and the
Cleveland Know Something's with Stewards
general anti-slavery programme Of sectional
disunion crusade against the South. Some Of
the principles, however, Of this Rochester Con-
soidation Company conflict with other move
ments in the same common cause. For ex-
ample, the doctrine protesting against any &C.
clesiastical inteImeddling in political affairs
would require the three thousand abolition
Protestant clereymen Of New England to quit
the political arena, and limit themselves to the
miDistratioDs Of the Gospel, q principle which
we fear it is not the intention Of these parties
to carry out. Ipdeed, these three thousand
New England clergymen are practically in
volyed in this Cleveland Know Something or
ganization, and thus this doctine of ecclesias-
tical non intervention in party politics is all
a sham, and false pretence Of unblushing by
pocrisy.
We are glad, however, to see that this Ro
chester Seward combination propose to make
our new Liquor law specific test in November
The Aston House Junta had resolved to
drop, dodge or get over it as best they
could; but what with the action Of the
State Temperance Alliance, and these
Rochester fusion resolutions, the wings
and republicans, when they come to fuse
at Syracuse, will be compelled to face the mu-
sic, upon the direct issue Of maintaining or
repeating this abominable mockery of tempe
rance legislation.
Meantime, we doubt not the regular Know
Notbings understand this Rochester game Of
be Cboctaws and Jonathans. Il is o diversion
intended to perplex and disorganize the Ameri-
can party in this State, to SOW the seeds Of dis
ensi0Ds and divisions among their Councils,
and thus to demoralize and break them to
pieces among the shoals and reefs of the niger
question. Seward has but little to fear from
the demoralized democracy; his only danger i
from the em oiled catalogue of from Ninety to a
huudr.d thousand members In this State of the
Know Nothing party proper. If they can be
dispersed on the slavery issues of this new agi
tatiop, the State belongs to Seward and the
last formidable barrier againtt the formation
OF an over shadOwing anti slavery sectional
party will be broken down. The Know No
things are aware Of this; they know that
Sewbrd's success ID their destruction, and that
he can only succeed by carrying the anti
slavery doctrines Of the Rochester f1sionists
into the Know Kohing ranks through his
INSCRIPTIONS emisssries creeping into their
lodges. Let the Know Nothings act accord.
ingly, and keep an eye upon all suspicious agi
tatoIs in their camp. 1t is not necessary that
they should become party to the slavery agi-
tation in cur November election.
THE New JERSEY Know NoTHrNGs From
report Of the proceedings Of the late State
Council Of the New Jersey Know Nothings, it
will be seen that they repudiate the twelfth
section of the regular Philadelphia national
platform on slavery, assert the right OF Con-
gressional independence upon that subject, and
declare that the repeal of the Missouri CON-
promise was "an inconsiderate outrage upon
good faith and infamous, because it unsettled
the quiet. and peace of the country" At the
same time this Jersey Council "denounces any
affiliations with any party which is sectional 10
its nature; but avows its object to be thorough
ly national and American
There are some little discrepancies ia this
platform; but considering the noise and con-
fusion" prevailing North and South, it may
suffice for the present. Things perhaps, have
gone too far in this section for the proclama-