The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-19
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master be win make good ofacsr. and his selection
for the place win give strength to the administration
here.
called the abolition appointments The first is that
Gen. Pierce means to proceed on the principle of
comprehension and that assured that hereafter men
appointed will let the slavery agitation alone, he will
not have regard to their antecedents The second
is that he knows nothing about these particular APP
pointments but has left them to be made by Others,
and has by them been deceived. The third Is, that
it is unreasonable to hold the President responsible
for appointments to minor places; that mistakes are
unavoidable where so many places are to be hlledi
and that he will be found ready to rectfy such mis-
takes. The feeling toward the President is good,
and all seem disposed to make the largest allowances
has been more kindly judged Even the old line
democrats who think that hard measure has been
meted out to them are far from making use OF harsh
language when speaking of him. Whatever OF evil
they believe to have been perpetrated, they lay to
the door of another person.
Mr.. Fessenden, who has received the appointment
OF Collector Of New Bedford, is lawyer from Sand
witch or Cape Cod. | should not think the demo
crazy of Bristol would much fancy their best Office
being given to q gentleman from Barnstable, espe-
cially as the fact of their having several custom
houses Of their own is quoted as reason why they
should be moderate in their claims on the Custom
House at Boston Mr.. Fessenden is bunker, but
he Is moderate man, Of good character and ab-
ties, and will ill his new place creditaby and a.
tisfactorily If not brilliant, he rs safe man. II
not likely to set Aeushne river on fire, New Bedford
is equally safe against any attempts of his in the
political incendiary line.
/ suppose your Concord correspondent will give
you full accounts Of the democratic New Hampshire
Conventions proceedings, and SO | will not detail
the curious facts bearing upon it that have heard
from very good source. Mr. Bakers nomination
is liked by our democracy. He is gentleman who
is likely to rise fast and high in the political world.
"A writer in the Journal Of Commerce newspaper
who dates from this city, gives statistics the
population of the cities OF Massachusetts which
almost entirely worthless. He assigns rs 900 people
to New Bedford, which has not above ID 600, II SO
many as at the Of 1850 its population was but
1644l At the same rate of increase that there was
made between 1910 and 1850, New Bedford cannot
now have much above $4,000 inhabitants. He as
signs about 10000 to Springfield which had II $3.50
in 1850, and cannot now have above $4,000. To
Roxbury, he gives $1,000, whereas it cannot have
much short OF 10000, and perhaps has more, with
out including West Roxbury, peculiar circumstances
fayoring the growth of our beautiful and thriving
neighbor He gives to Lowell three or four thou.
sand too few people, unless she has been growing
slower since 1850 than she did between S40 and that
time-and there is not the slightest reason for be-
evng that such has been the case, but there Is real
son in abundance for believing the contrary A cen
sus taken now in Lowell would probably show its
population to be not far from 10000. He speaks OF
Dorchester, and Andoyer, and Fitchburg, as likely
city governments; whereas Fitchburg has not much
above 5000 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 6,500-or little
more than half the number necessary for
city's population; Dorchester not above 5000,
and Andover about 5000 He is mistaken,
too, in his estimate Of the amount of the
population of the four cities Of Essex county-Salem
Lynn, NewbuIypori and Lawrence--which he puts at
about $4,000, whereas they had so, 443 inhabitants
in 1850, and must now have not far from 600, If
not co., coo, to say nothing Of the town of Swampres
soft having been last year set off from Lynn. The
rapid increase Of population in Lawrence is wonder
to everybody in Massachusetts. 1t was not created
70 fovvr until md yat in
only three years after it had been set off from Brad
ford and Methuen, its population amounted to S,35S,
of which number about 1000 were new peope-per-
haps more-the remainder having been taken from
the two towns just named; and it should be recol-
lected that Groveand had been made from Bradford,
in 1850, previous to the census being TAKEN Yet
another mistake Of this writer is the assertion that
the cities may have majority Of the population,
and Of the voters of Massachusetts, AT present they
have not not much different from one-third of
the population, and the average number OF their
voters cannot be above two to every fifteen inhabi-
tants, while in the country towns it is about
two to every eleven inhabitants. Then the latter
places grow in proportion, almost as fast
perhaps quite as fast, taking the average-as the
cities. Every year sees families move out
Of the large cities to the neighborng towns, to the
distance Of forty miles, and more in cases, vary
ing from two to fifty miles-the railroads having
annihilated distance. If any thing, ! have rather
moderated than overrated the importance of the
small towns.
The Convention has done great deal of radical
work this week-abolishing the poll tax, establish
ing the vote by ballot, increasing the number of
officers to be elected by the people, and SO forth.
The debates have been able and sprited-the coali-
ton having things pretty much ali their own way,
ard encouraged by the favor with which they are
regarded by the general government Next week, it
is supposed the representative question will come up
for discussion, and will consume great deal of time.
1t is cutie uncertain what the result will be- though
the town system party are confident of success. As
this matter is Of transcendant importance, shall
devote letter to it, and at least endeavor to explain
its character and to point out what will probably be
the effect of the adoption of any particular system,
on the future politics and standing Of the State
ALGoMA.