New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-06-25
Trip 10 Boston-Mr. Giddings-nr. A''a"''
MIR. Evans, &c.

Trip 10 Boston-NIr. Gtddings-mr. Adams
Mr.. Evans, &c.
On Tuesday evening last We made an excurso u
q Boston-se say excursion. for the iacih'y VIZ"
which the journey Of nearly $50 miles IS maze 'sH
ders II quite as agreeable as the usual pes' 'O'o
incidents that wait upon an excorsion proper
We embarked At s o'clock on board the steamer
Knickerbocker Capt Van Pelt OF the No'"ic"
Worcester line after most agreeable run Of some
,uo or three hours we plunged into fog BANK
I've do not know that such is a nautical term but
we DO know that il is descriptive one the steam
boat slackened her pace, Of course, but still while
the st,ctest watch was maintained from the pilots
Office made good Roadway. The pilot is said 70 be
the most experienced IN the Sound.
Notwithstanding the fog, we arrived at Aliens
Point at one O'Clock in the morning, and there took
the cars. new locomotive had just been put on
the route Of twenty three tons IN weight, and ca
pable Of large performance we reached Worces-
ter-a distance Of nearly seventy miles-in less
than two hours from the time we left Aliens Point
AT Worcester we changed horses"-but the new
team was not 50 swift as the one we parted Wild
We arrived in Boston, however about o CLOCK ana
made copious breakfast at the United States Ho'
tel The ORgGoS did not arrive TIL about o'clock
A 81 nor the BAY STATE till 4! p NJ.
Hon Joshua r. GIDDISGs, Of Ohio, was one OF
our fellow psssengers-s person whose history IL
lastrates perhaps with distInctness and elici
~ the character OF social and political instito-
tons ia their bearing upon the development OF the
intrinsic worth in man, than any others in the
whole country.
Twenty. eight years ago Mr.. Giddings left Canaan
daigua, IN this Sste-a place fertile in men OF note
for the Far West Of those days. 1t was the
anabsss Of his family; they all going where
they thought 10 obtain more Of the necesssnes OF
life with less of liie's barassing toll. The family
were four weeks ia reaching Jefferson, Ohio where
Mr. GiddDgs now resides He was sirteeH hours
last week in accomplishing the same journey =
phenomenon 70 the duly rejecting mind
Mr. Giddingss early years were devoted to hard
manual labor-a labor not of intermittent nature
varied and made attractive by occasional sport or
relaxation bat requiring the devotion OF almost his
whole time He worked early, he worked late,and
he worked hard.
What time neither sleep nor labor imperousy
demanded he occupied himself in self discipline
aud selfeducation. Mr. Giddings IS what So many
aHeotedly call themselyes) a selteducated man
lie il one whose powers OF observation, naturally
acute have ever been directed TO the accumulation
Of facts these he has carefully boarded well
guarded by a retentiye memory and from store
house thus pleDteousy supplied, he commands at
bis will matter either for argument or illustration.
His study commenced where that OF most others
ends.-The study OF himself From what he has
observed OF the operations OF his own mind he is
II. 4. f.. ~. a. a
10 predict conduct from character One better ac-
qusinted with the intimate yet mysterious connec
tion between cause and eileot-better able to dis
eliminate the distinction between an accident and
an essence, we have never met with. His speeches
all bear the impress OF mind that thinks ehmin.
ates. and decides
Mr. Giddngs Is pronounced fanatic Ii is the
fanatics that call him The atrocious Nirulence
OF party never more wronged a man. He Is TOO
sound thinker to be an incorporate actor He
wishes every principle to have its consequence but
IN no illegitimate way for such he would hold to
be a violation OF the principle itself He wishes
Savery-whiob he considers deduction not from
the reason but the ignorance madness OF man
abolished. but by no outrage upon law, by no viola
ton of the Constitution. A law, a constitution he
proper conclusion be arrived at. and the law
situation be made correspondent In other words
before Slavery as il exists be reached he thinks
the Constitution must be sltered-alteged in the
way itself proscribes.
Mr. Giddings leaves Boston ON Friday with the
hope OF attending the Chicago Convention
We were heartily srat6ed to learn from one OF
the family that the health OF john QUiScY ADAMS
had much improved since his return from Washing
ton. lie walks daily without the assistance even
OF acane, greater or less distance according 10
the weather or inclination. He has the complete
use of his faculties mental and physical, and takes
as much interest as ever in all the occurrences OF
hie
Time seems to respect and spaEe him. The sen
,iment Of compassion with which our generation for
axe is ever accompanied becomes admiration when
we contemplate him we pity not him, but our
selves He has ali that should accompany old age
honor love. obedience, troops Of friends merit
ta deserve and health to enjoy them. May his
days yet be long in the land
We heard from source entitled 10 confidence
that there avioeut probability Of the return to
the next House OF Representatives, OF TIE United
States Of Hon. GEORoE EVANS OF Maine we know
scarcely an occurrence la the political world that
could happen which should be hailed with more
lively satisfaction by ali persons well disposed to
their county. MIR Evanss public services are too
well known 10 require more than an sllasion on
our part we cannot however iorbear remsrking
that never in our previous history were his great
experience enlarged patriotism and commanding
abilities 50 much demanded. as IN the present crisis
OF our national affairs. The next Congress that
assemblies at w sshngtonis destined in our belief
to agtate and act upon matters involving the whole
future destiny OF tins country. A more iHPortaai
Coagress Aas aerer c0HrsaedR fasAiRstoa. Upon
the House OF Representatives will devolve an I'M
portant and peculiar esPonsiblty-pecuiar' be
cause, ia all probability. the majority Will entertain
views upon political questions OF an opposite ns'
from those entertained by the other coordinate
trsrrha. al the t.overnment non M. rDen1barS