The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-01

Of the Old Dominion to the hitherto invincible
Know Nothings 1t was a sort Of democratic
reunion for night over the fall of q common
enemy, leaving the administration an open |
question. We spprehend that this is the exact
construction put upon 1t by these intracta- |
BILE anti -administratisn hardshells who partisi- |
patId in the frolic.
1t thus appears that there is no prospect bf
reunion Of the democracy upon Mr.. Pierce or
organize the party upon any such basis will
signally fail. 1t 10 believed that Mr.. Wise ear
ried Virginia in spite Of the administration, and
that the reunion OF the democracy of the nation
can only be effested by setting aside Pierce,
Marcy, and all concerned, as having been tried
and proved democratic failure.
We may now expect pretty soon to ascertain
which way the wind Is blowing the rea Haken-
ing democracy. The course is open to all en-
tries except the administration nags and the
old fogies. Bring out your horses.
The French Feeling ON the Subject OF the
United States.
Our correspondents letter from Paris, pub
lished yesterday, contained valuable intorma-
ton ON the subject of the French feeling in re.
ference to the United States. 1t is much more
likely in fact that, as he states, the French
and especially those in concert with the govern
ment-should seek by every means in their
power to conciliate this country, than that they
should, as some unthinking persons have sup
posed, burst into transports of rage at the
alleged sympathy between the United States
and Russia At all events, those who have
the destinies Of the nation in charge are pretty
sure to use their influence to counterfeit the
Russian feeling now spreading in our midst.
We cannot doubt-even if the character and
position of our correspondent left room to
question his statements but that the members
Of the imperial family and such leading men as
Girardin express the sentiments which the
letter placed in their mouths.
The United States are growing daily more
formidable to foreign Powers. Their maritime
power is on the increase. They, and they only
can hope to compete with Great Britain for
the empire Of the SEAS Very partially de-
veloped as yet, their marine gives promise Of
strength far greater than that of any former
nation. In the ordinary course Of things that
development will not take place for many
years; but the stimulus of q war, the dollhouse
pressure of foreign invasion might condense
those years into months and weeks. What
more natural in view of this, than the concern
felt by French statesmen at the opening Of a
war which promises to last generation, in re-
ference to the attitude in which the United
States may be expected to be found!
Again, on the other hand, the moral infu-
ence of the United States on the European
masses is enormous. For years and years,
sovereigns have warned their subjects that re-
publics were Utopia, and that the fall Of the
United States with an awful crash was an event
to be constantly expected Instead Of this
being the case, however, the people of France
and Germany have seen this country increase
in wealth and strength from year to year.
Hence pretty general conviction that the
sovereigns were wrong in their opinion; and
an equally general respect paid to the policy of
the United States. These things have been de-
MED by British writer's, and by some Americans;
but they are not the less true, as every one who
travels in Germany and France can testify.
Nothing is more probable than that the luke
warmness of the people of Germany in refer
ence to the war has been caused in some degree
by the prevailing impression that the demo-
Gratis of the United States-to whom the Ger
mans have been accustomed to look for example
were disposed to side with Russia.
Does it not follow from this that the French
leaders-unless totally devoid of sense-are
certain to seek to cultivate friendly relations
with the United States in order to counteract
the existing Russian tendency?
1t must not be forgotten that the more
intelligent among the politicians of France
are quite convinced of the blunder they
have made in allying themselves with
the aristocracy and court party in EGG
land They see as clearly as can be that
they are now used by the tottering aristocracy
of Great Britain as o bugbear to brighten the
masses into quietude. Nor are they likely to
be content with thus playing the tool for
purpose foreign to their own theories. In the
depths of her imperialism, France is republican
still, and the French people are sure to sympa-
thise not with the Palmerston clique but with
the people Of England. Why should their gov
ernment by maintaining an alliance pregnant
with nothing but injury, bolster up the British
House Of Lords
Whereas between this country and France
there is every groundwork for rational al
lance. The Americans resemble the French
in many particulars. they borrow their dress,
their fashions their manner Of living, their
customs, their philosophy from Paris. When
they 60 abroad, they find home in France
when England only repels them with her
foreign usages, aristocratic pride, and middle
class snobbery. France helped them during
the struggle for independence, and though
misundt rstandngs did afterwards arise, it was