New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-07

| Mrs Micawboi g devotion TO Mr.. Micawber i. no
! longer without parallel. As that admirable mat
ron WIS resolved, under al circumstances that she
would lever desert Mr.. Mcswber, so there are
men in Boston determined to be faitbful to The
Wig Party. Their fidelity surpasses even that Of
the spouse Of wilkins, inasnuch a il is stronger
TRAN desth-it prevails egainst the grave itself
S,me widows have done virtuouslJ -wdowers,
even, there have been, that have mourned their
departed mates and would lot be comforted; but
what desperation Of devotion ever equaled the
poshumOys passion of these transct ndent Wings
They are more than faithful TO the last.
We see by the Boston papers Gas well as by the
letter o. our Correspondent there that the Whigs,
called of men raght, belonging to the Legislature
Of Massachusetts,, held meeting last Tn Irsday even
ing. We did not know before that there were
enough of them in the Grel. and General Court to
furnish Chairman and Secretary. But we were
in an error, it seems; a Chairman was found in a
Mr.. Sever and exc Secretary in Mr.. Charles
Hale, the youngng of The Daily Adrertiser. For
sptakers however, they had to go to The outsiders
ard, We presume, for the balance of the meeting,
our Southern friends say. Mr. George 5. Hard,
the CoIypieus Of the occasion, had the astonishing
iDtrcpdiy to affirm that the Wing party still
Lives III the hearts of the people" We kuo : that
there sre people who believe that John c. Colt,
john w. Webster and, just now, John Sadleir,
",till live in spite Of the prima Jacie evidence
that they bave Welded their lives to justice by the
hand of the hangman, or By their OVID, but We
were hardly prepared f,r so stupendous case OF
delusion as is heie presented.
This Spartan bard went on to resolve that the
Wings of Massachusetts, " will join no accidental,
"ri'isl temporary organization; they will sweilno
"ciy Of prescription; they will give their cOunte
" nance to no sectional, geographical faction. Their
patriotism is national and comprehensive; aud
they will enlist in the ranks of no party which
does not bear the flag and keep step to the music
"cf The Union" Every one knows what the
emusic Of the Union MEANS just now. The
word Union is fast getting as -sorted as the word
"aocommodate" was in Bardolph's time. 1t is an
excellent word in itself, but is made, like democ-
racy, loyalty, and many others, the cover of very
rascally things. In the Castle.Gardenite days of
1850, the Union meant slave. catching, and deyo-
zion TO the Union was understood to imply read-
ness to hunt negroes to any extent, and nothing
ese. 1t means that now but then the word has
got another twist in IFS Specification snce then.
1t now expresses willingness TO let Slavery take
possession Of Kansas and Nebraska, and resolu-
ton to stand brayely by and suffer the shareholders
10 80 just what seems coed unto them. And this
is precisely and exactly what these Massachusetts,
Wings mean by the flag and the music Of the
Union and all the rect of il.
There are plenty # Girty dogs in politics as well
as in the gutter. But for a particularly scuIvy
political eur commend US to this Particular breed
of Massachusetts, Whigs-wheps that, after fawn-
ing Webster, went mt his pointing to lick the |
hsnd of PIERCE ard then, that they might trip up
the heels OF genuine Wing of the Old School, |
Or Rockwell hastened to roll in the dirt at the
t,et OF Gardn.r-Webstero-Pi erco-G ardnero Dem
ocratico. Know NOtbirgO. Wigs Genuine de.
scei dants Of the old Dog in the Manger of Ksop's
tine. We knew that this breed is by no means
confined to Massachusetts. We could point TO
some special specimens much nearer home. The
race is TO BE- fCuud everywhere in the North where
there is a chance OF mischief But the main pack
kennels in the Old Bay State, only waiting to snuff
out which way the Shareholders want them to go
to follow the scent exultDg in the crack of their
masters whip.
The Massachusetts, Wings once had weight in the
nation. They protested at least principles, and
were supposed to have some. But, since the bank
Iuptcy which their Webster speculation brought
upon them, they have been sadly out at their poiti
cal elbows, and seedy and shabby to the last de.
gree. All the comfort they have lies in trying to
dan age those who are still in tie business theyOnce
pretended TO carry on, and in doing their best to
help those whom short time since they professed
to believe the worst enemies of the public. Had
these triple turncoss had any belief in the trdth of
what they were say ing, the instantaneous CONVEX
sion Of Mr. Benjamin OF Louisiana-whch was an-
nourced to the Senate just about the time that
they expressing their faith in the life of the
Wig party, and which made Mr. Cass and the
other Democratic saints shouting happy we
say that announcement must have spoiled their
breakfasts the next morning And as II was, they
could hardly help feeling the righteousness of the
pre- 1icsmsnt in which this telegraphic commentary
en- their ford text of the night before must have
put them 1t was pulling the ASS ears out of the
lions shin with vengesnce. Mr.. BeDjamin's re-
calteti,n was the verdict of the "crowners
quest" and the ssseyeraton of all b ston cannot
prevent the rest Of the world from seeing that the
Wig party is what Nr. Nan alini used to threaten
TO make of himself-"s damp, unpleasant body"
be- ord the hep Of the Humane Society.