The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-11

Meeting or the Northern Know Nothing
Conventicn-W nat VIII IL Do.
Tomorrow, at the Apollo Rooms, Broadway,
lApoiIo was the god of light, harmony and
nacly beauty,) the first of the two grand Pre-
eidential nominating Conventions of the North
ern anti-Pierce and Marcy forces will come
together, to consult upon the ways and means
for conducting most efficiently the campaign
against the Cincinnati fiibustering and spoils
democracy.
This is the Northern Anti Slavery Know No
thing Convention, representing the aoti-Fill-
more boilers from the Philadelphia Conven-
ton of February last, as recognized and re-
constr ucted by Live Oak George Law"
When Henry Clay was butchered among his
friends at the Philadelphia Slaughter House
Convention of 1913, be surrendered almost
without groan; but the Southern Know No
things have found that in trying the same
experiment upon the great steamboat states
man, George Law, they counted without their
host. he has shown them trick worth two
of theirs; for this George Law Convention Of
the Philadelphia boilers represents the bulk
Of the Northern Know Nothings equal, per-
haps, "in the clear" to half million Of
voters 1t is not, therefore, surprising that to
this Convention of the 18th the eyes Of all par
ties and all the politicians of the country
should be turned, tor the time, with the most
absorbing emotions of hope or fear, of conf
dence or distrust.
What is the position Of public affairs at this
IL oko nj
What is the prospect before US? Win the
nominee of the Cincinnati spoils demo-
crazy and the appointed legatee Of the Pierce
and Marcy dynasty be permitted to walk over
the course, and quietly, with his hat in his
hand, walk into the occupation Of the White
House? Or shall we have fierce, fiery, close
and sharply contested field of battle for the
next few months, from which the venerable
champion of the democracy, if he shall escape
at all, will only get through by the skin OF his
teeth? Or, thirdly and lastly shall we have
such conjunction and concentration Of the
various opposition elements of the North
Through some sensible plan of consolidation
resulting from these June Conventions), some
new broom in word, which shall sweep the
country from Cape Cod and Coney Island to
Kansas and Nebraska, after the fashion of
1910? The materials are abundant-all that is
wanted is some fresh, historical, popular name
as the common rallying cry of all the anti-de.
mocratic factions and in the graphic language
of John Van Buren,, he twill run like the
cholera" clothing the office-holding democra.
cy in mourning, from the White House at
Washington to the Custom House at San Fran
cisco.
The foregoing questions embody the pith
aud substance of the business of this George
Law Convention. The indomitable olive Oak
George" can see through milestone as far as
the next man of his weight and inches. He is
aware of the fact that, looking to the elections
of the last three years, they have indicated,
over and over again, a decided, yea, an over
whelming majority opposed to the perpetuaton
of this corrupt, imbecile and mischievous Pierce
and Marcy dispensation of spoilsmen, flibus
tiers and "border rufians." But here the ques-
ton ar ises, does "Live Oak George" and do
his active lieutenants of this Convention, appre.
ciate the simple but decisive game which they
are called upon to play? We have our hopes, but
we also have our misgivingA The Convention
may prove itself equal to the exigencies Of
the day; but on the other hand, it may, upon
contracted distractions, absurdities, trihes,
rubbish and claptrap collapse like bubble
or badly constructed and rickety steam
engine.
We understand that numerous delegates and
wireworkers, insiders and outsiders, from
Washington Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Boston
and elsewhere, are already in the city, cooked
and primed for active operations to morrow
that they may be found at most of our places
of public accommodation, from the Astor
House down to the shilling lodging house,
exclusive of soap and water. A coterie in
Wall street, wise old fogies, who "learn no
thing and forget nothing'-old chaps, broken
down in politics twenty years ago, but
proud OF their Anticipated exclusiveness-
are working like beavers to secure the nomina
ton of Judge Mclean here on the 18th, as the
only man for the Philadelphia Convention OF
the 18th. Another clique, supposed to be
in the interest of w. II. Seward, or some OF
the 'little villains' among his New York sub
ordinates, under the instruction Of Thurow
Weed, are tussing and casing about certain
Mr.. Biseell of Illinois, an Individual never
before heard of throughout the country by
more than one man in ten thousand. And as
to Seward Chase, Sumner, and all that class
Of eloquent debaters and violent partizans
they are better adapted, at this juncture, for
active work in the ranks than for the peculiar
necessities of the general leader of the opposi-
ton allies.
But there is still another coterie Of far see
ng politicians at work, moving heaven and
earth to secure from George Law the nomina-
tion of Mr.. Speaker Banks as the man for the
Northern Know Nothing and free Kansas anti
slavery coalition. Mr.. Banks may be q very
good man in his place, buthe is lanentably de-
fcient in any Of those historical, patriotic and