New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-04
Mr.. Hillsrd, who exhibited happy mixture Of the
;nc .n6 the hughir = rhtlut opher in hie speech |

weeping and the hushi a philo.opher in his speech
lin The brief report of which daughter" Is hve
times reporter lily psrenthesized), called the as.
sault on Mr.. GUNNER the act OF an assassin
seemed "a il the roof would come down. Inc
n ute.ms baa been thirsting for strong word, and
vh.n Il came they welcomed it as cold water in
tbirsu pand. So when Mr.. Speaker Phelps fald
that he hoped the people of Massachusetts, would
teach those at Washington that THERE Is A
" MASSACHUSETTS, as we'll az Federal Govern.
"ment, his words went to the right place ana
were responded to by tempest of applause; In
reading the account Of that meeting 1t should Dc
borne in mind that il stood for very much more
tLan what the resolutions said or the speakers
spoke. III.
This week, you will understand, is our Holy
Week when high, high mass is said by all
kinds Of pOpes in all sorts of Saint Petetses. In
the good old times it used to be the Election Week,
when the Governor was sworn IN AID the govern
mtnt of the State took fresh start Wednesday
used to be the Great Day of the Feast, and was
populary known as Niger Lection" from the
circumstance that that class Of our citizens are
allow ed their equal rights on the Common upon
that day. This was in cOntradlstnct0n IRON the
ARTILLERY Election, which takes place on the first
Monday of June. on which day the Ango-SaxOn
race used to yindcate its superiority by eliminating
the African element from the general play and
parade ground. But this week was all "Nigger
~ lie IL
except negroes, and things naturally and necessa-
rily.connected with them, The negroes, and the
attack on Senator Sumner, which due regard for
their welfare had compelled took sll the Religious
and Philanthropic Meetings by storm, and had
everything their own way. Beside the regular
New England ADti-Slaver. Convention, which Is
always crowded, was more so than ever this year,
which properly belongs to them, they went up ana
seized on the Tract Society, and, after creating
prolonged disturbance succeeded in thrGstlDg DR..
Nehemiah Adams out of the windows of the Dlrec
tors Room, in spite of his entreatles and cries for
mercy. They took possession of nearly every
meeting ard diverted it more or less from its
legitimate objects to their own purposes. Even
the Massachusetts Medical Society was not spared
by them. DR.. Holmes, whom you have sometimes
had occasion to correct, but whom you will be
more glad to pat on the head, made very good
speech introducing toast (Which can't put my
hand On) to the Surgeons at Washington, who had
in their charge wounds aimed at future ages and
unborn generations. This sentiment the assem-
bled sawbOnes drank standing with multitudinOus
cheering Besides this, these pestilent intruders
got into the Senate Chamber whittier the Repeal
of the Personal Liberty Bill had safely arrived
from the House. and under their pressure our
Conscrpt Fathers indefinitely postponed that
peace offering to Slavery by vote of 26 to 5!
As there were but five, may as well give you
their names, as it is possible that some of your
million readers may know them-thOugh never
| so much as heard their names before. They were
| the Hon. Messrs. Fl. c. Brown, MILLS, RAY
| MOND, TAYLOR, and THATCHER. | commend
them to the particular attention of Mr.. Pierce.
Mr.. Brooks, Mr.. Keitt, Mr.. Douglas, or whoever
else may be appointed to rule over us next week
at Cincinnati. Further particulars and fuller
testimonials may be had on application to the
Democratic State Central Committee, or at the
office of The Boston Post or Courier.
To be serious, however, is it not thing to blush
at that there should have been found twenty
men in the Massachusetts, House of Representa-
tves to vote against the very moderate joint resO-
lutons On the attempt to assasslnate one OF the
Massachusetts Senators | should thlna that that
Western State, among the many advantages o.
which an emigrant wrote home to the allurement
of those that remained behind, one was that al
mighty mean men get elected to Office" can hardly
have exhausted the old States of the raw mate
rial of their Legislators few OF the same sort
must be left On hand. l do not Know VINO they
are and have not had time to inquire them out.
But of course, they must be OF those hybrid poht-
| ical reptiles 9pgendere1 last Autumn between
| Pierce Democracy and Webster Whlggery. 1ou
think you know something of mean Democrats IN
| New.York. But. bless your souls, the meanest
snecimen YOU could pick out would tower into mag
nanimty by the eide of the average OF ours
| Democracy has always bad certain degree OF
social respectabty in your State which it always
| lacked here. Persons with the education, and In
| the recognized position Of gentlemen nave os'eh
(pelhaps still are) connected with the Democratic
party. II has never been So here MI Bancroft
was an exception, to be sure; but he has found II
more comfortable living in New-Y0rk. Mr.. Haw-
tborne might overcome the taboo of his caste by the
force of his genius if he cared to do so. But the
| exceptions are hardly enough to prove the rule;
| The Democrats have always been kind OF social
Pariabs in Massachusetts,. And the various fu-
scns and amaleamations fthe last twenty years
Anti Masonic, National Republican, Wing Free
Soil and SO forward-have by degrees rid the
Demo cratic party of whatever elements OF re-
spectability it once possessed. 1t pretty thor
ouehly purified nOw-it has only the lees left to
brsg Of The Shareholders have no more fawnlng,
greedy. eager hounds than the pack they kennel
in the Bay State 1t is their meat and drink TO DO
the pleasure of their masters the Shareholders;
and il is for meat and drink, or the hope OF II,
thvt they do it. There is but one class OF men
in Massachusetts, more abjectly base than the
Pierce Democrats, and that is the Webster wings
who Join with them, (whOm they desplse,) or win
Gardner, (whom they hate for the sake OF de-
featng the success of what the Wings used to
claim as the essential principles of the party when
it seems likely 10 inure to the Inconvenience OF
Slavery. biLhs'
NEHEMIAH ADAMS, DELLA A. WEBSTER,
JOHN b. COUGH.
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