New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-30
Bosron-Its Anniversnries-AntI-S
WorkinR.NIen's &c.

Boston-Its Observation-Disclosures
Worl1ing.NIen's &c.
Letter from the Editor
BosroS Wednesday, May %.
The Capital of fNew.England rises bravely on the
eastern horizon in the golden light of q summer
sunriae as the traveller approaches it on the swift
New-York passenger train of the Norwich and
Worcester Railroad The irregularities of its sur
face tend to magnify and improve its appearance;
the surrounding circle Of satellite villages stand
glowingly depicted IN the morning radiance; while
in tho North 'od Bunker shaft of gray rears its
stately form in simple grandeur, marking the birth
place Of American Nationality. Philadelphia ma!
be truly the City Of Brotherly love- though her
frequent and bloody riots, with her occasional
church. burning, have rendered her claims TO that
distinction rather questionable; Washington will
long be the great focus of Political intrigue and OF
plottings to extend the area of Freedom by dark
ening new regions with the curse of Human Slave
ry; Cincinnati may long retain her cherished pre-
eminence IN Pork New Orleans in Cotton and Su
gar, and st. Louis in Lead and Furs; while our own
Nev.York is the conceded Emporium OF Com
mcrce for ihe Western Hemisphere but New
York is essentially cosmopoltan-a city OF the
TO rank as the American City. She is the City OF
Notions only because herr notions are In advance OF
those of the country generally: Boston nonon o'
to-day becomes an American truth an axiom pr1n-
ctpc, tomorrow In her Education her Phiian-
thropy her Public Spirit, apprehend this City has
no rival on any continent. 1t is rather more mat
ter Of course for Boston man to give his thou
sands to cndow a hospital college, public libra
~, than for one OF our NewYork capitalists to pay
his taxes without grumbling. While New-England
he's been and is being chequered Railroads plan
ned by Boston enterprise and constructed In good
part by Boston capital, until the vast and rich bun
thens OF our Canals are reached and borne away by
them and Lake Champlain. Montreal and Quebec
are soon TO become the resting places mot termina
rions) of Railroads centrng Boston, we have one
Boston and ono Philadelphia Railroad leading INTO
New.York, neither of them adding percepnoiy 10
the Trade of our City, neither uaversng dithcuit
route, and but one of them built with New-York
capital. In winter Boston is practically nearer TO
Albany. and consequently 10 Buffalo and the Great
West, than Ncw-York is; in summer, she IS about
as near; and her Railroads convey TO Cleveland and
Chicago the news from Europe day earlier than
New.York can send it. And now the New York
and Eric Railroad, with one from New-York to
Albany, wait for the New-York capital which they
vainly solicit New-York newspapers devote their
Money Articles to fault-fnding displays of the
profits made by Boston.owned Manufactures, with
out urging New Workers to rival those Manutacto-
r!es, employ our own waiting aborers and share
those profits Meantime, Boston is vsibly and rap
idly expanding on every side; block after block OF
stores and dwellings arc going up and the whole
city wears an air of active industry and solid, CON
tented prosperity. Will it be wiser to envy or to
emulate7-to vainly attempt the breaking down OF
Boston by repeal Of the Tariff or essay the build
ing up of New.York by the development and en-
ployment of her own resources!
Although I dropped in here this morning to
look at the Anniversaries, have found nothing yet
OF very decided interest. There is u thin New.
England Working Mems Convention of which
shall speak hereafter. Two three different kinds
OF AntlSlavery Conventions arc III blast; looked
in at the Garrison this morning. | was not
much edited. Tho speaking that head was but
middling, and rather threadbare at that. The lively
feature Of this Convention has been its unmerciful
handling OF the Clergy for their alleged untaithtul-
ness respecting Slavery. Scotch refugee Char
list (named Mcclure l think,l made good speech
yesterday, 80 they say, but heard him make poor
ono this morning The runaway slave, Frederick
Douglas (whosc Personal Narrative of the horrors
OF Slavery ia Just published and makes sensaton)
has spoken the best of any one.
Tho most plquant feature OF the week. thus far,
is tho assembling of the Clergymcn, by invitation,
10 confer with each other and decide what they
ought TO say and do on the subject OF Slavery, III
view Of their position and responsibilities and the
SAVAGE, incessant attacks of the Abolitions,s. 1t
was intended by some to be private, but the sovc-
reigns chose to hear, and did. Ministers OF nearly
all tho Protestant denominations were present, and
several spoke. have only cleaned from the pa
pers ono good thing that was said, and am not
sure this was at the Clerical Meeting, but it was by
clergyman und to the point. In the course of n
discussson on the duty of Clergymcn to preach
against Slavery where they could not do SO without
personal danger, Rev John Picrpont cited us a case
in point the admonitions of John the Baptist TO He
rod respecting Hcrodias, at is not lawful for thee
to have her" John, said Mr.. p. lost his liberty
and his head by this rebukc but he saved his ntcg-
rity and his soul.'-I givo tho idea only.
Tho greet bulk OF the Anniversary Meetings are
30 nearly copies of those recently held in New
York and reported in The Tribune, that think the
reader would no, be edited by specific accounts of
them. Hc.
E Several of Loco. Foco papers complain that
wc should judge of President Polk by his Cabinet
appointments They say that he is not responsible
for Buchanans speech against Democracy, one 18th
efJuly in Lancaster; for w Walkers notorious Repu'
aiation principles in Missssippi for Bancroft's old
Federalism and Dorrism nor for other faults of his
advisers, including tho old Federalism of Thomas
Ritchie, the appointed organ of the party Well;
what viii they say to the following, which we copy
from an address, by James X. Polk, to the people OF
Tennessee In ls4l. Here II is;
Thc first official act of General Harrison, upon his in,
duction into Office proves conclusively his continued
attachment to Federal and Federal principles. The