The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-11

Peabody s Judgment, but also against his COM
mon sense. People are already beginning to
say that the only difference between George
Peabody and Nick Blddle is that the Bank of
England, when applied to by the latter, refused
to help him, while for its own sake it thought
best to carry Mr.. Peabody through.
IMPORTANT POLITICAL MOVEMENT NEW
YORK ANTI LEcoMIToN Democracy TO THE
for several days past conspicuously posted in
most of the public journals of this city, to wit =
PUBLIC MEETING
The citizens OF New York who are opposed to forcing
upon the people Of Kansas cOnsition Of government
which they have rejected, who desire the
onal democratic party from completely In the frauds by
which the Iecomp,on constitution Is sustained are In
vi,ed 10 attend public meeting To be teld at The cade
my OF Auic on Friday evening next, al O'CLOCK pro
test against the acceptance of that constitution by Con
GEORGE BANCROFT. OLIVER DrF0REsT GRANT,
WEI f. HAvEMEYER, JAMES +. COOLEY,
GEORGE DOUGLASS, GE0. Il BUTLER, and others
We call this an important movement, because
il is another deliberate step III behalf of the re-
construction of the Northern democracy upon
Northern platform The ball was regularly
opened on Monday night last at Philadelphia in
thcdemocratic anti LecomptOp meeting, at which
Secretary Stanton, of Kansas, was the principal
speaker, and to which Governor Wise, Senator
Douglas and his right-hapd man in the House,
Mr.. Harris, were the principal letter writer's.
Let this movement go on and it will rapidly ab-
sorb all the ti-Kansas-Nebraska bill democracy
of 1856 who contributed SO much to swell the
heavy Northern majorities of Fremont. Thus
there is a prospect that this new Northern de-
mocratic party will soon swamp the Seward re-
pubicans entirely, and reduce them back again
to something like the little faction that voted
for John p. Hale in 1852.
With some suspicious of this sort, it is very
likely that the Seward republicans will pack
this anti-Lecompton democratic meeting to-
morrow night with an overwhelming majority,
so as to keep it within its proper limits Hon.
George Bancroft will doubtless be made the
chairman, and the other officers Of the meet
ing will probably be Of democratic antecedents;
but the republicans, we suspect will take good
care to stand guard over the proceedings of the
occasion. We are sorry to learn that under
the idea that the "roughs' of Old Tammany
would again occupy the Academy it has been
refused for this anti-LecOmpton democratic de-
monstration. Perhaps the underwriters Of
the Academy may have acted wisely in this
conclusion, for there is some danger of dam
aged furniture from this Kansas excitement, if
VIC may take the late affair in Congress as an
example.
When the meeting is located. however, we
shall inform our readers, inasmuch as Gov.
Walker and Secretary Stanton are to be among
the speakers; and perhaps the occasion, too,
may bring out another letter from Gov Wise.
A LITTLE COMFORT FOR the RAIIRo,ps-The
railroads of this country are proving the truth
of the adage that ait is long lane which has
no turn in it, after; getting into every conceiy-
able trouble, and receiving and deserving
hearty ccnsure on almost every head for two or
three years, they seem ut last to be in fair
way of regaining public favor Many circum-
stances conspire TO their advantage just at pre-.
sent The mldness of the winter is actually
great roads Of this State-thc New York Centra
and Erie--wcre spending their whole earnings
or more than their earnings in keeping their
track clear of snow and in repairing the da-
mage done by the severe frosts and the ice. In
the spring, they were again ont of pocket by
the freshets which proceeded from the great ac-
emulation Of snow This year, there is, COM
paratiyely speaking, neither snow nor ice, and
the consequence is that the railways save all
that they spent last last year in combating King
Frost. They will save in the spring, in all pro-
liability. as much more, from the probable alb
sence OF freshcts.
Again several concerns which were in very
bad way last year have fallen into new hands.
and are in a fair way of being resuscitated. We
have already alluded TO the excellent changes
which were made some time since in the Cleve-
land and Toledo Company: similar changes are
being made in the Michigan Southern. and
who can tell whether even that may not be re-
deemed?
The plenlilulness of money greatly helps the
railways by enabling them TO procure loans at
cheap rates. A few months ago, il seemed out
of the question for the old Harlem TO expect TO
procure the loan il needcd; yet il has got il,
and the Erie loan is now regarded as so much a
matter Of certainty that the stock of the con.
Germ begins again to be regarded as property.
Is there anybody who doubts that the world
moves.
THE LAST DYING SPEECH AND confession or
NEAL Dow.--Thc celebrated Neal Dow, OF
Maine, the author of the Maine Liquor law, and
the originator of that curious dclusion which
at one time induced sundry Northern Lcgisla-
lures to make laws against the selling Of spritu-
Gus liquors, delivered his last dying speech
and confession at the Academy Of Music on
Tuesday evening last. II had been intended
to give Mr.. Dow a grand reception on the oc-
casion of his recent return from Europe but
there were only two or three hundred persons