The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-24

phere with political niama.
Nigger Worshippang Aoralisaes.
Last years farce has been played over again.
1t is within the recollection Of all our readers
that last year when the Philadelphia Know No
thing Convention split on the subject of slave
ry, the news was telegraphed to . republican
convention then sitting at Cleveland, aud
received with vociferous applause. 1t was
noticed at the time as a singular coincidence
that the republicans should have held their
convent ON at the same time as the Know No
things and remarked as still more curious
that until the news of the Know Nothing split
reached Cleveland, the republican proceedings
were dull as ditch water; but after that hila
rious announcement they were spicy and es-
citin & in the extreme. Well, the comedy has
been revived. When the modern NIGGER WoR-
SHIPPERS had made sure of the assembling of
the nomin ating convention of the Know No
things at Philadelphia, they called . convention
of their own to meet at Pittsburg, not for the
despatch OF any particular business. The two
onventions met-the Know N0things were
lively, argumentative, evidently very much in
earnest the Niger WoRsHIPPERs fiat, stupid,
and wearisome. But after time, the old split
among the Know Nothings is revived, and q
bolt Of the Southern members rendered almost
inevitable. The news flies on the wires to
Pttsburg, and wakes up the Niger WoR-
SHIPPERS to frenzied activity.
Can any one mistake the principle of these
phenomena? Are they not consistent with the
character of the NIGGER WoRsHPPING chiefs,
with the antecedents of Seward, Garrison g. Co ?
Not to oppose enemies in front, but to stab
them from behind not to tell the truth, but
to prevaricate ; not to meet an issue fairly, but
to creep around it, and court victory by means
OF tricks and political intrigue, aud dishonesty
and corruption are not these the characters
tics Of the party whose aim is the disunton of
the cOntederacy, and the enforcement OF
Seward, or Chase, or Wilson, or Fremont, or
Banks, or Benton, or perhaps Garrison, as
President of the Northern republic!
What could be easier? When it was appa
rent that the Know Nothings would constitute
formidable party at the election OF this year
a trusty detachment of the Niger WORSHIP
PERs was detailed to desert to their side. They
had oaths to take, promises to make, obliga-
tions to incur-all of them wholly inconsistent
with their fealty to Seward-but what matter?
They took the oaths made the promises, IN
CURED the obligations became members OF the
Know Nothing body, and officers by nance
uvres and intrigue rose even to command a
majority Of votes in the Councils and to get
themselves delegated to the Philadelphia
conventions. Then, when all was ready,
and these men held the Know Nothing
stronghold, they signalled their old friends to
prepare to receive the announcement of their
treachery in a striking manner-to call q
simultaneous convention, 30 that the triumph
of the NIGGEE WORsHIPPERs should be simulta-
neous with the prostration Of the Know
Nsthings, and the work Of their hands
should not grow cold before it was turned to
account. 1t was 80 done, both now and last
year. The conventions were called for that
very purpose-there was no fear of their being
disappointed, for had not some of these sham
Know Nothings sent Seward to the Senate ?
they were completely successful.
AucIc 10 uuCu Idlh just HOW AUUuL Tue ITO
man empire, and the Consular Didius Julianus
who bought the imperial throne of the Prato-
rians Some people think we are coming to
that. or at least cay so. But they need not
travel so far for illustrations of the fatal
effects Of dishonesty and want of principle
All the Spanish republics are at our doors,
teaching us how infallibly civil war, ruin, and
national decrepitude must follow from gene
raj laxity of principle, and disregard of
moral obligation among politicians The fatal
defect Of all Spanish politicians in America
has been that you could not rely on them ;
that they made light of their word. their OATH
their honor and thus that all parties were
necessarily kept in state of armed watchful-
ness for fear of each other. The conduct of
the followers of Mr.. Seward who have now on
three distinct public occasions, by fraud and
falsehood, obtained admission to the Know
Nothing Councils and control over the Know
Nothing body, which admission and control
they have straightway used in order to defeat
the Know Nothing aims, and to advance those
of the Seward party, is melancholy proof
that the defect is not confined to the So .nish
race.
The Streets 1.-The Streets !!-The streets!!!
Will no one do something for the streets?
Will no one relieve New York from the dis
grace Of being the filthiest city in America
and Broadway the flthiest street in New York;