New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-10
FROM BOSTON.
. Of Tho n. Y Tribune.


WEDNESDAY, Aug. g, 1oJ5
The Know. Nothing State Coancil at Spring
field yesterday was a failure, though II adj
iouIntc in apparent harmony aod has Pui fortn
cuI1iDgiy cOntIivtd platform, which 10 ms1o'
70 rest On the backs Of two horses-fhe Na'i'e
American and Aou-Slavery uags. A. those snl
ns,s have within q few weeks shown strong
desire 20 20 in opposite directions, It Is just
possible tbs, Sam will be fbro Al or torn asuuder
# be insists upon cingipg to both sides OF his
platform.
The full state Council consists OF 1900 mem
bers. repTetenting upward Of 400 lodges. At the
Council which nominated Gardner last year there
we're more than 900 delegates present AT
Springfield yesterday there were less than 300
delegates, representing only about l2O lodges.
Great efforts had been made to secure full at
tendance and we nave seldom lad period of
ore general interest in public affairs than the
present The most experienced ard sagacious OF
our politicians who were present at the Council
assure me that they felt they we're attending the
obseauies of dead horte. The fact -, that ont
side Of Boston the people are for fusion, aud care
only for the Slavery question. They are eager to
encounter the Pierce, Douglas and otrlngellow
party on the clean issue Of the Extension OF
Slavery, letting the Pope and tie Irish alone for
the present. They believe that the disposition
among our politicians TO truckle to the Cath clio
and foreign vote has been eiiectually subdued
If the Republican party could row be got fairly
into u ield, with judiciOus management begin
10 think that the Know. NothiDgs might after all
be beaten They would make strong fight per
h8pf but under our new plurality law 1t would
not be necessary for the Republican party to OBJ
tain 20 many votes as were required Tor success
last year. 1t would start with capital OF 2O,OJO
Know. Something votes Of about the same number
Of wbig votes, and might rely upon large body
Of Democrats under Gov. Boutwell,, who Is ready
TO lend bi. aid TO any reasonable move Dent against
tie PrO-Slavey Administration al Washington.
The only difficulty in the way is created By some OF
our Wing leaders, who cannot reconcile themselves
TO acting with men whom they have hitherto
opposed and Who even (sOIne of them at ledst) are
fatuous enough to believe that the State can be
carried on a straightOut Wing platform, under the
Whig name, and with purely Wing candidates. To
one Who really knows anything Of the popular feel
ing of Massachusetts this last notion Is madness
of which even Mellen himself is scarcely capable.
separate movement on the part OF the old Wing
leaders this Fail would result in the over
yyIelming triumph Of the KnOw-NOthings.
There bic 10000 men in Massachusetts who are
ready TO vote against the KnOw-NOthlugs, with a
new and clean Anti-Slayery party, letting By cones
be by-eones, but who would rally around even
Gardner himself to put down an attempt to revive
tie W hie party. / regret that this feeling exists,
but it dOcs exist, and must be taken into account
in any speculatiOns on Massachusetts, politics. A
mHe Wig movement, no matter on what plst-
form or with what pTetenses could not get more
th6n 10000 votes.
The know.NOthing Council, you will see By the
papers, appointed a Committee OF twenty SIX per
sons TO confer with the Committees of other par
ties A majority of the twenty-six are in favor of
fusion. Who they will find to confer with on the
part Of the Wings is uncertain There is
no Wing state Committee unless that of
1854 be considered as holding over, Most Of
its members, however, raiiod with Gardner
into the Know Othng lodges But | suppose
that a State Convention will be extempOrized
for the occasion. The Know Something's, |
presume, have a Committee, or will appoint
ore for the purpose. The Republican par
ty which was formed at Worcester last |
YEAR appointed State Committee composed
of Free.Soilers, Wings and Democrats. That |
Committee 10 still extant it's year not having ex- |
PRED. 1t viii probably be very willing TO confer
with the KrOw.NOthng Committee. rs Chalr-
nan and Secretary are or were Charles g. Davis
of Plymouth and Robert Garter of Cambridge.
Then there is the old Free Democratic Committee
Of 1853. which somehow has cOntri, ed to prolong
it's existence for what purpose do not clearly
understand lis officers are Francis W. Bird Oh
Walpole. aud James NJ Stone Of Charlestown.
50 YOU see we have no lack of materials for a
conference The result of conference | think,
win be that the other Committees viii politely in
innate 70 the Know-NOtbing Committee that they
are ready 10 swallow the Anti-Slaycry part OF the
Know Nothing creed, but cannot agree to ITS big
ot,v and narfowuess in the matter OF Catholics
and foreiqpers There Will it is probable be dis
agreement ON this point The question then IS
viii the Know Something Free Democratic, he
rublicap spd Whig Committees, after having DIS
sgreed With the Know.Nothmg Committee, agree
With each other on the Slavery question: IL they
do and will unite in an Address 10 the people cali
inc Fusion Convention, d Republican party can
he formed that will carry Massachusetts. The
three first named Committees | am sure Will agree
snoro themselves and if they DO not with the
\Vbiq Committee | fear il will not be Their fault
There is disposition among the former rec
Sellers 10 Weld great deal for the sake Of obtain
INC IL party clearly and uneqUlyOcally opposed 10
tie extension of Slavery. They will no. therefore,
am confident insist on anything ultra or lul-
practicable. III,
A Republican party, well inaugurated, would
con mand The support If a large majority of our
most influential newspapers There is no reason
WHY TIRE BOSTON iflaS Journal and Telegraph, The
Worcester Spy aud Palladium The LOIceH Courier
Tie Neir. Bedford Mercury and Standard, and Inc
Spriagced Republican should not support the same
candidates al the next election If they do the
ticket thew support will be elected OLIVER
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