New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-08


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Boston folks are proverbial for being " full Of
notions" Some Of their notions have been excel
ltnt-such as those which set the ball OF the
Revolution in motion, and others which have giyeu
it historical name But its notions have By 10
meals been always commendable. Even on the
day Of Buukers Ill., the nights and steepes Of
Boston were alive with swarmlng Tories who
bupgered and thirsted for the defeat of their
countrynen, who cLristeAed their cowarlI'c or
their treason by the fair names Of patriotism and
loyalty This collision of notions has no. ceased
by any means. Tie race of Tories is not extinct
there yet. The present week has given proof
enough that the spirit of seryIllty To tyranny
tie same eagerness TO crafty personal spites and
to avcnee disappointed ambitions, the same desire
to feed tat ancient grudges the same readiness -
JOIN hands with any class of men who would help
them to their base and sordid ends, enjoy a FITNESS
OF ycuomous vitality now quite riya.Ing that of
their great eXemplars of the year seventy five.
Only, it is hardly fair by the Tories to put them
into the same sentence With these abjec, sycophants
one can imagine men feeling at that dag that is
would be an honor 10 kiss the hand of George Ill;
but it is difficult Ia conceive of the ambition o Ren
of this time to kiss the feet Of Preston :. Broohs.
Yet this was the glorious aim and end Of large
proportion Of the piOus and wealthy citizens of
Boston. 4 Massachusetts man had dared TO rebuke
the insoleuce Of South Carolina, and to denounce,
as BE- deserved, All assassin who had attempted the
life Of Massachusetts, SENATOR and, rs bis reward,
he was t. be dismissed in disgrace from the puOlc
service lie had not done the work expected of
him. He did not faithfully represent his constitu-
tuts and therefore be WAS to be sent about his
business To secure his defeat no amaig imatlOn
Was too mOnsrOus no coalition too infamous; aud
ibis on the part Of men who had been ever louirst
Ia their ye!ps against amagamatons and coalitions.
IL became, therefore, mu n more than question
between two men representing ordinary political
differences. Ii was whether half OF Boston
was ready to stand side by side with keitt and
Edmubdson, and to say "We DONE to Brooks.
It was not William Appleton, but Preston :.
Brooks, that was voted for the one side; and i
WAS Charles Sumner and not Arson Burlingame,
hat stood for the other. Ii was Na-sa .husettS
ol aiu-t South Carolua, aud no, Whggery against
Rcpublicahi-m, not BurliuGame a. tnst Appleton;
and it was this that gave and piqGancy to the
contest.
The Brooks party had the vast preponderance Of
wealth aud Of the influence which wealth e7ery-
where eXcrts. Money WAS poured out like water,
and every means resorted 10 that money could com
pass. Hundreds of Irish voters, it il confidently
cfifmod, were coloniztd from the southern part of
the city which belongs to Mr.. Comins's District.
whom there was 10 hope of defeating, and settled
ut the North End, for the purpose of swelling the
vote agaiust Burlingame. Multitudes Of bachelors
and men whose tents easily struck aud pitched
again changed their domicie from one end of the
city to the other for the same purpose. These
changes Of donicile were not strictly Illegal We
suppose; but II was morally the same az Border
Rulianlsm in principle; for it was an attemp. to
fasltn IN District representative whom It's per-
Han,ut inhabitants abhOrred, by means OF transient
residents imported for the purpose, who were
there t. day and away tomorrow. In addition to
these foreign leyles, the Wings and Democrats
stuck hands on til bargain Of shame and !ltImy.
The intensity VI the hatred to 4Ir. Sumner and 10 the
ideas he represents can only be understood by those
sufficiently well acquainted With Massachusetts
polite, To know the bitterness with which the Wings
and Democrats there regard each otAer-bitter-
ness con phcsted with contempt on the )ne side and
with mort fcatiOn on the other. Strong, indeed,
must have been the common passion which could
overcome these nyeerate ant pathles and blend them
ntO one homogeneous mass. \ community Of Pro-
slavery procliyities aud Of personal hatred toward
the Senator the daily beauty OF whose life did
make them ugly, was the menstrlum which dis
solved and combined their differing venoms iJr one
desperate and deadly purpose.
On the one part, tie Democrats consented to
take to their arms a Wing Of the very nensest
kid in Mr.. Appleton, and on the cher Wing
Coumit'ee publicly embraced Sir. CD ,,les q.
Greene Pierces Naval Officer fer the port. ana
lbe editor Of The Boston Post tue seirctes, can
ddate OF Whiggery. If the Democrats had dose
ties could scarcely away with IN Mr. Appleton,
lteJ at least had their resengc in commenting Mr..
Cretre IL the lips # Their cou,ederated y l,gs.
Cons GtrHg he force Of al these cOncurriDg coai
i;o1s ,be fierce Fr, Slavery Iuaiicism which IN
.Iltj bch VII q 81 the allied armies, the thirst for
ieyeuce united III Tie hope Of sPols 1t Is crafty
inp T. know th1t there wac strength enough eit to
de;eat them II WAS the last desperate
Struggle of Wing malignity, and as it
has NJ. been abe to prevail even with
be ad Of Known thing spite and Dcm0cf4tic