New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-26


1t is right the world should be instructed
by clear-headed. consistent and conscien-
tious men. We have, therefore, not a word
to say when the ex-minister to the Celestial
Empire and present Mayor Of the city Of
Newburyport, in the Commonwealth Of Mas
sachusetts, formerly Wing Member OF Con-
gress and author of several bony speeches
against the Sub Treasury and Loco-Fo c.
ism in general, and in favor of Wing policy
and Wing men, and, more latterly, a Gene
raj in the Mexican war. who fell in the ser
vice of a Mexican woman and barked his.
shns or broke his ankle, undertakes TO lay
down the law and the gospel to the Union
Locos of Massachusetts, and to teach them
their duty at the present crisis. That snug
little party, numbering in the State Just
about enough to fill what Offices would fall
to the share of Massachusetts, under a Loco
Foco National Administration, could not
have a better leader. If the party is not
already conveniently small he will be
sure to make il so. No gentleman belong
ing to the State possesses larger capacities
in this line We will not even except
very distinguished parsonage of that Com
monwealth who has handsomely hoOred the
Wing party there, and whose friends are
Just now engaged in publishing posthumous
memoirs of his popularity, by subscription.
General Gushing IS Chairman OF the
grand State Central Committee, and NAH
aging head Of the powerful party ne now
essays to lead. The strong hold Of this
party is among Robert Rantoul's constituent
cv, where it numbers 700 good men and
true out of $4,000 voters who lately went
to the polls in thatdstrict. In his late man
ifcsto (termed a Report of the Executive
Committee" made under instruction of tn
State Central Committec.) which We find in
the Boston papers, the General very adrolt-
" ignores all past and present politics, and
plants his compcndious forces on a single
position This is a stroke of military poll
CIV introduced into civil affairs \ handful
of men cannot defend a long line. They
must take to fortress. The point of his
discourse is that he goes against making
these now great and happy United States
a Golgotha" That is to say he heads an
anti Goigotho party in the Bay State. Well,
if other people may get up anti-Slayery,
anti-Masonic and all other sorts of anti par
ties, We do not know why the General
should not be permitted to get up an anti
GOlgotha party. rs usual, when a new
enterprise is started, the first business Of
the projectors is TO magnify its Importance.
Thus the General magnifes the subject Of
his discourse in the very best terms of
rhetoric he can command. He tugs and
strains and sweats at self-punishing rate.
And in the hight of his wordy unhappiness
demands to know if 1t be the command OF
God to make these States 3" Golgotha.
We certainly have no hesitation in promptly
expressing our decided opinion that no such
command has ever been issued. We claim
some familiarity with the higher law" but
we have never seen anything of this sort in
our book of revelation. And We have no
idea that we could have overlooked COM
mand Of this significance. We quote from
the General
To make Of these now srea, and happy United
ftl Il srtfs
Ike that awful beacoa IN the pathway OF nations.
the WTetched negro-empre OF the Island Of ST Do
mngo. These the commands OF God Away with
he insane seli-Concelt dnd The pres uulpuOus I'M
pety which ciOakS ~ ignorance folly and passion
under blaSphemouS prctcDsC Of being the miraculous
recipient of The immediate command OF the Most
High"
But the General would evidently be in
disposed 10 take our No for an answer
For he constantly estimates that those who
are not out-and-out supporters OF the Fugi-
tive Slave law are Golgothlans. THIS is
the uub OF his discourse; and upon this as
sumption he purposes TO found his antioch
gotha party The movement is ingenious
and adroit, and the General should have
credit for it, 1t would be very awkward
for him to meet his old party associates IN
any coming Presidential or other political
contest on old issues But on the Golgotha
question he can toe the mark and deal MS
blows, man fashion, and have nobody 10
twlt him of having once been on the other
side.
1t Is not little exciting TO the sense of
the ridiculous u witness the zeal and incon-