New-York tribune., 1872-08-01

caution against the certain wreck OF influence and
prosperity which defy by opposing the secret polit
cal cabal commonly known as tho Know-NothinRa
One writes that he procured 100 Of present sub
scrbers, and will prevent the renewal OF their subscrp
tons In persist In our present course another
wonders why ciH destroy influence by resisting
the popular current when might do so much good Dy
falling In with and guiding it-and 80 on. NO
have taken THE TRIBUNE with any expecu-
tion Of finding 1t advocate or avorer OF any suoh
movement that designated Know-Nothing "heh
Natiysm was rampant In this city and Philadelphia ten
years more ago. we stood az Its most ueternlnou
antagonist We have long been stigmatized with sew
ard and have sought TO repel the charge though
we wear mans livery, and have differed with GOV
Seward as pOintedly any else. IL Is enough LOT
US to know that those who hate the idea OF human
equality, and seek TO perpetuate OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and prescriptions because OF differences OF Race OF
Creed or Color. uniformly his adVersarles 10
ally us closely in sympathy with HoV' b. even
though in some cases dissent from MS 'le"S'
And now IL any would prefer TO discontinue
THE TRIBUNE because ard must remain opposed 10
every measure scheme Of prescription Tor opniohs
sake, beg them not TO delay one minute on our a
count We shall all hive till it is our turn to de- whetnor
we earn a living by making newspapers OF ny uo'"K
something else"
Again CNoy. 7, 1854, THE TRIBUNE reasoned
as follows with the advocates OF proscriptioh'
.Wben the achievement Of National Independence
threw upon our fathers the responsibility OF shaping
ormanent poliey for new State, they wisely adopted
the princple Of free tolerance Of all religious creeds anu
equal privileges for mon OF whatever nauVity' A'
aaw that the magnificent country which had iaoh W
,ho for heritage needed the myriad hands OF labor 10
deveop it's wealth. and they dared not venture '
1ner,ment OF collecting among themselves an aen anu
denendent race shut Of the pale of their sypateS
nd the OF their political duties Ihey
had seen the fatal consequences OF such system vi
beotage In the perils of African slavery which IL no"
became their chief study to restrict and discourage
The prescription Of foreigners is token OF Daroar
The Know -Nothings now proposed TO Try
what virtue there was in threats, and The
TRIBUNE (Nov. II, 1854 dealt with them IN
this manner
1.-THE KnowNothing party at ts general muster In the
Park on Thursday evening gravey resolved to wdrd"
lis patronage from THE TRIBUNE. We were not aware
that 1t had blessed with its patronage until we
were thus apprsed Of its withdrawal. True 1t had
habit of advertising its candidates in our columns
during the late contest under the swndng capon Oh
Regular Whg Nominations even when (as IN Wmt
nevs easel they had no shadow Of claim to the ttle
We did not liberty to refuse these advertisements
but would very gladly have done without them Ii this
Is what the X Ms going to withdraw, we wish tney
had been about sooner Gaylord Clark used to tell an
anecdote of green academy student who being re-
oured to write composition In his regular course OF
| study commenced IL thus
"sIt Is rather difficult and pretty impossible 10 com
municate others those Ideas wherooi we are hot ou
selves possessed or
| "Our Know-Nothing friends can deduce the moral"
Now watch how slyly The Chicago Erentn0
Journal will crawl out of the contemplate part
it has assumed and how not line OF retrac-
ton will appear in The Times.