New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-11
From BOSTON.
Cc1re,rondeuee Of The v. Y. Thbnne.

BosToN, Thursday, Sept 6, 1855.
The Democratic Convention az Worcester
Yesterday was very respectfully attended, and
conducted with more harmony and dignity than
apy De mocratir Convention that | remember
since 1913. IA predicted in my las. letter,
they nominated for Governor SIR. Beach, the
candidate of the Lquor.Sellers' Convention.
The coalition between Rum and Slavery in
Maf.achUsetts is TINS Contaminated These
elements have uuquestionably natural affinity,
and ihere united force is liSely TO BE- greater
thsn is at al desirable. a combination of all
the bad elements in densely populated and
highly civ iized community is of all things ever
the most to be dreaded. The fusioDjust effected
embraces: frat, oficehOlders, the rapacious,
unscrupulous and skllltul myTmidOns of the
Federal Government, the occupants of the Gus
tom. Houses and POst-Ofices backed by thousands
of the worst kind of niger hatGg Democrats blind
and bieOted champions of the Fugitive Slave Law,
the Union and the Constitution = second, the
liquor.se gree. and small, from the magulil-
cent manufacturer of Ne VI ngland rum, who
struts aud sv ellis in State street to his iudispen
sable adj unct, the grogshop-keePer of Annstreet
and BI cad. street third, the Pierce Whigs-thOse
fanatcal gentlemen who bit their noses of IN lco2,
ia order to spite the AbOlltlonsts, and who are
now ready to cut their own tbroats for the same
laudable purpose and fourth and last, the Irish.
Of these four classes the Irish are unquestiontbly
the most honest and respectable. They aud their
religion have been brutally assailed by the Know
NOtbings, and they naturally aud excusably throw
themselves into the only party or combinatl N OF
parties that is willing to allow them the rights
guaranteed to them b. the Constitution, aud sane
toned BY every principle of reason, justice, free
dom snd humanity. Their vote, think can be
largely increased il there is prospect of success
to stimulate their leaders to bring it out. Multi
tudes of the Irish have a right 10 vote who have
never vet gone 20 the polls. They sho we'd their
strength though lot their full strength in 1888 to
defeat the New Constitution. In that year re-
men Der, for example, that in the First Ward in
Cambridge, where not more than two or three
IrislmeD had been known to vote. about forty came
to the polls. In 1884, in the same Ward, only one
or two voted
There is in every community considerable class
whose indifference to public affairs. is such that
the deepest and most general political excitement
fails 10 rec oh them They DO not read the papers
they are not known by politicians and they belong
TO no particular party. In Massachusetts, the en-
rolled voters, the 40 ult males @hO have right TO
vote an cunt TO 10000, IT about one in seven OF
our present population. Yet the vote of the State
has yer reached l40 600 and last it fell short
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Of the population. Many of these non. voters are
doubtless absent at sea, travelling, or detained
at home BY sickness, or have temporarily lost the
right To vote by change of residence or nOn-pay-
meDt of taxes. But the number OF those who
might vote but don't care TO, is certainly enOr-
nous. From good deal OF observation at the
polls, for many years, am inclined TO think these
abseutees are 10 be found chiefly in the 10 vest
strata OF socety-in that great mass of the popu-
latiCn who live by their daily labor, and whose
chief sOlicltude is not who shall be Governor or
who shall be President, but where shall we get
something TO eat, and especially where shall We
get something to drink. This class is best known
by the erOgshop keepers, and is most under their
influence; it constitutes, in fact, their clentage,
The personal acquaintance OF grIgshOp-keeper
must Of course be numerous and they are chiefly
among that class who constitute the great army
Of reserve which can always decide our elections
if il chooses to set itself in motion.
Now if to TIE Irish vote and to the vote that the
thousands of grog-sbOp keepers, tavern keepers
aid liquOr-selIg grOcers can bring out, We add the
regular Democratic vote and the Pierce Wing
vote, you will see that our prospect OF having
rum and slavery government in this respectable
Commonwealth is not so remote as 10 might be.
There ia to be sure little kissing aRd bubbling
among the Ingredients thus promiscuOusly mixed
in Mr.. Beachs cauldrOn and some Of tue Anti
Maine Law men are peculiarly FESTIVE at being
compelled TO take the Kansas and Nebraska load
on their shoulders. But they'll get used to it,
fear There is some talk of boiling among the few
Anti-Slayery, ADti-Liquor Law men But what
can they do They have nominated Mr.. Beach
and must stick to him. Ii will never do TO desert
your candidate because other people choose TO
nominate him.
If the respectable men Of Massachusetts, are not
mad this formidable combination Of evil will
strengthen the determination 10 have Republican
party which shall sweep ont of existence this un-
holy alliauce Of Rum and Slavery Nothing else
Cal doit IL the Fusion move ment fails az Worces-
ter the State will be at tho mercy of Beach and
bis followers. The result Of the failure would bo
political anarchy. Nothing, however, as yet, ind
Gates folure On the contrary, tho towns in all
quarters of the state are moving unanimously In
the election of delegates. In boston, even,
g,ucial public meeting has been called 10 elect del
egniep, who Will oi course. be taken from all tho
old phitic as The folly Of nn attempt, by any QUO
rprty TO monopolilc them Ia Ho apparent that Il
viii hardly bo tried lloston ia entitled 10 send
~ ,leRaieH.
Gen Wilson acts out 10 morrow for tho Weat
lie has brrn invited &C. stump Michigan iio TO
turned cat, ,day from Maine aud Vermont. having
In sit dagn Travelled 40 mica and made sorun long
srr.,h1s lilo will came bach hum Tho Weat Ia
time g. attend tho Fusion tunv entun al Worcester
On tho gdih
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