The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-06

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The Late National Know N0tili"k Council
Where IL the f,nrty to sso!
The delegates representing the remaining frag-
nleO'a o. the-iate great American party have had
thei, National Council at Louisville, Keutucky,
and have adjourned.
Considering the results of the last November
electors and OF the early spring cleo ions Of the
p esent year ~nd Of the late V,rsioa election,
ard CONSIDERING, also, the signal defeat of the
Know Nothing Plug Uelies at the Washington
city mua cipa elcction the other DAY 1t must be
confessed that the circumstances aud patty re-
min'sc,ncee tanding this national a-semblage
Of Louisville were not of the most chez ing de-
scription. Hence 1t is net surprising that this
Council exhibited scarcely q greater degree Of
wafmh or enthusiasm tnan the remains Of some
info tnDate searching expedition tor Sir John
Vranklin holding consultation over the wreck
of tier ship among tho icebergs OF the Arctic
citcle.
At the very outset Of the proceedings Of this
National Council (uost probably the last Of the
Monicsns) Mr., Erasius Brooks, through the par
liam, niary device Of resolution offered by hlo1-
silt, secured the important position Of chairman
Of the committee to revise the party
platform The committee accordingly ect
tain resolutions defining American principles.
But aft q profitless debate upon them, certain
gentleman from che neis hborhood OF Buffalo, of
the emineptiy historical name Of General Glsta-
vus Adolphus Scioggs. moved to strike out the
whole report Of Mr.. Brooks and his counrttee,
AID to substitute the Philadelphia platform upon
which Fillmore and Donelson were run for the
Presidency. And this motion prevailed The Anne
ricau party, therefore. remains hard aground
among The breakers, aud the transactions of this
Louisville Council amount 10 little else than a
confession of the hopelexness of the wreck.
Tire only victory achieved in the proceedings
Of the Council was the victory OF Gen. Scrogss
ahead Of Brooks and gives to snroee~ wide
margin Of s.vcuIauon in reference to 1860, In
asuuch rs never word appears to have been
sold b, the Council in behalf Of q re-uo nlua'ion
Of the ticket of Fillmore end Doneigoo. Com
pure this ominous oversight with our enthusl-
lstic metropolitan torchlght procession of
draws and carts Of few thoit months ago,
apd We have most painful exempli-
fcation of the precarious tenure Of par
tran idolat,y. We take |. for granted, from
the significant neglect Of this National Council
to re-endorse him, that Mr.. Fillmore, "a the
American candidate for the succession, is incon.
tinen,ly dropped. We thus conclude that he is
at perfect liberty u join those other ex-Pres'dents
Marin Van Buren,, John Tyler and Franklin
Pierce-in the pstr'archal science Of agricul-
ture, OF that he lie equally free TO adopt any Of
the many use ul pun suits Of life in which whole
legion Of our superannuated and worn oat poll
ticisos Of oil parties may be found.
b., wherever the responsibility may lie Ia Thu
matter, as tar ~ Nr. Fillmore Is concerned, VIC
claim that the NEW YORK HERALD, al least, d
emitted 10 the gratitude of his friends Had
they ADOPTED at Louisville the seasonabe advice
thrown cut In our columns, the party might now
at least have had leader around whom to rally
ns the nsad and front OF practical re-organiza
ton But they arc all adrift; and We seriously
apprchepd that the manifest destiny Of pool
Sam" and his nrokcc lantern ia dissolution, and
ibe ateorp,on Of the scattered fragments By the
republicans and the &c pocracy.
in the year OF grsce 1882 there was q very
fusSy and boist,rous outside party in the Prcsi
GENITAL fight known as toe anti. Masonic party
Orge0'z q under the auspices OF ThurIo Weed
Seward sDd Fillmore, over the dead body Of a
10 Nas 10 -. Al.
political extern nsiion Of charitable society, of
Which George Washington had been q member,
this anti kasonic party in 1882 created almost as
great olamor as did the Know Nothings Of 1856
over the poor old Pope Of Rome. And there il
this 9th, singular coincidence In the two casea
The anti M~ons in 1882 carried one State for
their candidatc--vermont, with seven electoral
vo'es: and the Know No,hings Of 1856 carried
one Stste--MarJ lard, with eight electoral votes
giving Sam" only one majority over Morgan
Such the vicissitudes Of desperate gamblers In
the per,lous trade of politlca
R'sipg toto political distinction. side by side,
"ovcr good enough Morgan till after the cleo
Fillmorei The one still In the field, plotting and
working for Presidential nomination by ssc-
tlonAl party, the other most asfally defeated a.
O sectarian candidate in 1866, and silently ignor-
ed by his party In 1867. VIII II next be the
turn Of Master Seward We don't know; bat
yea or nay, tho problem Is la process Of solution
THE MoRMoSs--VERY isroRTAyr ISTELfI.
oEScE-The news which we publish in another
column from the Great Plains and from Utah Is
exceedingly interesting, especially thss In re-
ference to the movements of the Mormons and the
GcntiIes What this exodus from the south
western part of Missouri, bound overland to Cali