The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-20


as they endeavored to do with the New York
HERALD and others in the case OF Governor
Wse's letter.
In both cases they have used Daniel s.
Dickinson. In the instance of the letter they
made him an instrument to circulate il, for. in
stead OF returning tho copy to the Regency
which they addressed to him, or sending it to
Mr.. Wise, he put it in circulation by sending it
around. In this Convention they also used him
to endorse their treachery, when his own self
respect ought to have led him to repudiate the
rascally Regency and to denounce their dis
honorable doings. Had he acted N this way he
would have stood in high and proud position.
instead Of being regarded as member of q
boiling Convention, which that of the
treacherous cheating Regency undoubtedly is.
The Convention of which Mr. Alvord was chair
man is the only one which has any just claims
to regularity. Mr.. Dickinson will therefore be
judged by the company he keeps and the asso-
Citations and acts with which he permits himself
to be identified.
The only question Of any interest at this
Convention was the mode of sending delegates
to Charleston. Cagger g. Co. packed their dele
gates under the influence of the treachery prac-
tised against Wise and Mr.. Dickinson allows
himself to be placed in the false position of en-
dorsing the foul act. He must abide the con-
sequences. The regular Convention have very
properly referred the election Of delegates to
Charleston TO the people, who ought every
where to repudiate the usurpation which took
the election out of their hands, and appeal to
the National Convention for the vindication Of
their rights. If they do so there can be little
doubt that at Charleston the decision will be ON
the side of true popular sovereignty.
As regards the interests of the State there is
not particle of difference between the claims
Of the democratic ticket and those of the repub-
lican ticket. Both are alike-both parties have
piundered wherever they had chance-and they
will do so again. The canals have been their
devoted prey, and will be to the end of the
chapter.
But as regards the bearing of the republican
ticket ON the future of the country, there is y
vast difference. Its success involves "the ire
pressible conflict threatened by William II.
Seward-a war to the knife between the North
and the South, in which more blood will flow
than was shed in the French revolution. On
this ground and this alone, all patriotic and
good men ought to vote against the republican
ticket The villany of the Regency may cause
! it to triumph; but we hope that the sentiment
Of patriotism will prove stronger than the feel
ing Of disgust at treachery and dishonor.
The RIGHTS OF NAruRALHED CrrzExs
in another column we learn that Mr.
Wright, American Minister to Prussia. has
succeeded in obtaining the discharge Of
Christian Ernst from the Hanoverian army.
This young man, at the age of nineteen,
left Hanover and settled in Ohio, where he be-
came citizen Of the United States. During
the present year he returned to Hanover, and
was arrested on charge of owing military SER
vice and thrown into prison among the mean
est description Of criminals. After being de-
prived of his passports, and robbed of SI6O
and his clothing, he was dressed in the uniform
of a recruit and sent into the ranks Of the
Han0verian army. When he left Hanover for
this country his name had not appeared in the
CONSUMPTION list, and yet, Notwithstanding this
his pocket he was treated as a malefactor.
Mr.. Wright, our Minister at Berlin, was in
structed to demand his immediate release, and
also indemnity for his loss Of time and the ig-
nominious treatment he received. Though il
pretends the the act is a concession of personal
courtesy to Mr.. Wright, and not done in
compliance with any principle or in obedi-
IN fha 1axu of
charge has been ordered by the Hanoverian
government. But how the indemnity has been
settled we have not yet learned. There is no
doubt however, that the same firmness on the
part of our government which compelled the
release of this citizen of the United States will
obtain for him ample compensation for his loss OF
time and whatever hardship and indignity he
has suffered.
A great noise was made by the leaders Of the
Know Nothing faction about a reply Of Mr..
Cass to a letter of inquiry as to the rights Of
naturalized citizens on returning temporarily
to their native land. Bolts and Zollicofer
"rang the changes on the subject, making be-
lieve that the quondam dark lantern party,
whose leading principle was the prescription Of |
foreigners, were more friendly to adopted citi- I
zens than the democratic government of Mr.. +
Buchanan But the proof of the pudding is in '
the eating thereof Mr.. Cass has compelled the
release Of the naturalized citizen Mr. Ernst, the
Hanoverian government deeming it wiser to
comply than to run the risk of having their YES
sells and crews sailing to American ports
seized by he United States authorities. The
Prussian government, in the case Of Mr.. Hpf-
man, "pardoned" him, in order to avoid the
yielding Of the principle. Hanover has fol-
lowed suit, and says it will not abandon the
principle. This may serve as Aattering JUNCTION
to its wounded pride. But it makes little
difference to this country whether it is by