The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-16
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The more violent Of the Seward organs are
in ecstacies at the late split in the National
Council Of the Know Nothings in Philadelph' q
on the slavery question. We are assured that
this new party is thus broken up, disf landed.
ard scattered to the four winds, s,o2 that the
track is beautifully cleared in the North for the
triumph Of the Seward coalition. The results
yet to come, however, wiz Probably dissipate
these estimates as vain Ielusions.
Our view Of the mAtter is, that the split in
the Philadelphia Council on the question Of
platform, secures the strength of this new party
in both sections, instead Of destroying it. We
think, too, that an agreement, on the other
hand, upon either Northern or Southern
platform. would have destroyed the party in
one section or the other. By the disagreement,
the Order in both sections remains substantially
intact. They are thrown back, in each section
and in each State, upon first principles. Slavery
remains an open question, and must 80 remain,
at least till the Inauguration of new admia-
istration. In the meantime, no national party
can be formed upon any common declaration of
principles on this vital issue of slavery. The
reckless folles and blunders of this ruinous free
have rendered the thing impossible--utterly
impossible N
The failure, then, Of the North and South in
this Philadelphia Council to agree upon COM
mon platform, amounts to nothing. It leaves
the party precisely where it stood before-free
in each section and in each State to act ac-
cordiDg to the circumstances Of It's position un-
til the time shall have arrived for national
movement upon common candidate for the
succession. Nor is it necessary that there
should be any declaration of q national plat
form upon slavery if the party can produce
sound conservative and acceptable man to all
sections Of the country. Whether Kansas,
upon her application to come into the Union as
q slave State, shall be rejected or admitted,
can only be determined by Congress. National
Councils and Conventions can do nothing with it,
and they may just as we'll, therefore, turn over
the subject to the tribunal to which it belongs.
In agreeing to disagree upon this subject Of
slavery, the Philadelphia Council have acted
judiciously. They have not compromised their
strength in any quarter. They may indulge
perfect freedom of individual opinion upon
slavery in both sections, and make common
cause of union and cohesion upon other issues
of quite as much Importance as slavery ia
Kansas or the District of Columbia. The
Know Nothings have the materials, and they
have the examples before them of the election
of General Harrison in $780, and of
General Taylor in 1S48, to !, guide
them. It is the policy of general demand
for new administration, for retrenchment and
reform in the government, and for q new and
rican policy in the management of our domss-
tic ard foreign affairs, including our European
diplomacy, the finances, the tariff, the army,
the navy, the Post Office system, the public
lands, the disbursement Of the spoils, &c. It
was, more or less, upon such platform, drop
ping any definite declarations upon slavery,
that General Harrison and General Taylor
were so triumphantly elected. It is only upon
such platform that this corrupt democratic
Pierce dJ nasty can be met and swept away by
great national movement in 1856.
In the meantime, let the Know Nothings
North and South act independently of each
other upon slavery, look to the expediency of
securing the State elections, without doing
violence to the prevailing proslavery or anti
slavery feeling, as the case may be, and pre-
pare the way Tor taking the offensive against
the democracy upon the merits of this Pierce
dynasty in 1856, and the day is their own.
The democratic party are evidently DESTROYS of
shutting off from this Pierce, Marcy and For
ney, this Cushing and JEFF. Davis coocern at
Washington; but they must be held to it, and
to the main question whether there shall or
shall not be new political dispensation,
"fresh from the body Of the people,"
There is to be an open-air meeting of the
Know NothiDgs this evening at Philadelphia.
1t is a new feature in their party machinery,
and important Developments may be expect.
ed-not of the dissolution OF the Know Nothings
in reference to the Presidential election; not Of
the transfer of the Order in the North to the
Seward coalition; but Developments indicat-
ing the continued vitality Of this new party
in both sections, and in every State for itself
There is to be another open air meeting of the
great guns Of the conservative platform of the
Philadelphia Council in the Park on Monday
evening, under the auspices of the New York
delegation. Having, as Northern State, stood
almost alone with the South on the Philadel-
pbia majority platform, it is probable that
some attempt will be made at this Park meet
ing b. hccp The party in New York to that
position. But there is no immediate necessity
for this The party IN New York should or
ganize themselves for the direct issues of ocr
fall election and not attempt any unreasonable
experiment of a bold conservative movement
upon slavery, against the stiff current of this
Nebraska agitation. An adhesion at this time
to the Philadelphia majority resolutions would
he nlauinn directlx into tho hands ~ .h4,