New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-09

ycntion and made a speech Of near an hour on
taking the chair. A. you may read it long before
Won can get this letter, Ondcrd, b. read II from
printed slips of some evening paper to which he
had furnished it in adyancc,) | do not think 1t
necessary Ia give YOU any account of It. OF course,
tLc gist of If was Sectionallsn, with a sneer
now aud then AT your presumption IN calling the
Shareholders an oligarchy. and the prescription of
Mr. Fillmore ~ the Pdndeea that was to cure al
our Ills
After he had ceased, amid loud applause. while
the Committee were out, Mr.. j. Thomas Stevenson
addressed the Convention. Mr. Stevenson Il a
most worthy and respectable gentleman IN private
life who labors under an odd hallucnation that the
gods have made him oratorical. And IN the terrible
famine Of talent that has rcgncd IN the Wing
kingdom ever since the stampede of ISIS carried
of nearly all their speakers h. is usually put for
ward at their meetings greatly. ! must LAY, Ia
their cnliyenmcIt | never miss an occasion when
| know he is "a speak The intense soEmnty ot
his manner have never seen approached. except
hv MIR Burton. whom he strongly reminds me OF.
TRUST whatever else may be- taken from IL when
tb Whir raft goes to pieces, that shall not lose
Mr.. stevenson. When he had done, motion was
made to 90 into an informal ballot for Governor.
Some Of thc wretchcd Fremont Wings, of whom
there was a remnant, tried to have this postponed
until the credentials of the members had been
rcportcd upon doubtless because there were very
ugly stories abroad of the way IN which the Con-
ycntiOn had been packed. But thcy were put down
with high hand.
When the ball0ting was through, it appeared that
DR.. Luther Y. Bell had 2l5 votes out of some $780,
50 he was acclaimed into the proper corner of such
newspapers rs still hold by the true faith. This
nomination was perhaps the most hopeful sign about
| the whole affair: for YOU must know DR.. Bell was
| for MANY wears the Head of the Macl,an ASl lum
| for the Insane connected with the Massachusetts
General Hospital. Now know the whole need
not physician, but those that sick and the
Party calling in the services Of an eminent Mad
Doctor at this particular crisis showed that they
had nice appreciation of the particularly OF their
Gaze. IT must have been done IN lucid interval.
| This comfortably over, Mr.. IIllard reported the
| resolutions which, after saving the Union, prrprt
| uairg the " hig party, and freeing Kansas recon-
| ncndcd Mr.. Fillmore as the candidate the most
| suitable for Wings to vote fora most Christian
resolution surely, considering he had left them for
| tie KnowNothings as the only party capable OF
| saving the Union: AN evidence that two Of trade
c0n sometimes agree Amendments were moved
| by Mr. Ladd of New Bedford and by Mr.. Nathan
| Hale ir the effect of which was 10 strike ont this
recommendation, leaving every man free to vote as
| he thought best. Mr.. lilard made his speech at
this point, and good one il was quOad speech He
| didn' I seem pleased with what You said Yesterday
CTucsdty) about the Boston Wings, and called IL
"a most Tribunital article but perhaps you din't
mean to plcdte HMM which case YOU succeeded
| to admiration.
When he had finished, Mr. Shaw of Bridgewatcr
rose with roll Of paper i'll his hand He was
| grave whtcEaircd gentleman, aud impressed all
| present as one Of the Whgeiest of Wings, from
| whom nothing but the most solemn of fogysms
| could possiblv proceed There was little mpa-
| ti.ucc wlcn after his cXOrdium he opened his
| manuscript and began to read lis speech; hat, a.
| i. did not seem possible that anything improper
| could issue from the mouth Of person Of such emf
| nent gravity. he was allowed to proceed. Judge
| 4 l., Il tl.r flt..t
| though he thought very we'll of Mr.. Fillmore, and
| would willingly enough vote for him had he
| chance Of election, vet as he had none, he should
give his vote TO Col. Fremont, whom he considered
| sure of beng chosen THIS more than our
| Wings could stand and for a minute two the air
| was filed with hoOtings and cries of Throw him
OVER Zip him out of the window" CUES
| ton question" Ind gnant patriots rose to points
of order. But Mr. Winthrop maintained the right
| Of tie old gentleman to be heard, as he well might.
considering three speeches had been made for Fill
| more: and he stood to his guns like heart of oak
| iii he had got through with all he had TO say.
| TheD Of course, the amendments OF the Fremont
men were voted down, and the resolutions passed,
| and tie play was done.
| Whatever else may be said of the Wings, | think
no one can deny them the grace of faith. Mr..
| Winthrop, in his speech, could not resist making
| point although he thereby let the cat ont of the
| BAG He said he had voted for one candidate who
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| had but single State (Webster), and now he was
| disposed to try how it would feel to vote for one
| without any State at all But he caught pussy
| by TIE tail, aud bagged her again, at once, saying
that he did not mean to say that he considered Mr.
| FimOrc's election " any means desperate This
| was warmly responded to by the Fillmore men. And
| so, when Mr.. Shaw said that Fillmore could not be
| elected shout went up from them, eyes he can ~
| 1--WE will elect him - Now either these worthy
| gentlemen, as | have suggested, had an eve to
| their own treatment in the selection of Dr. Bell
| as their candidate or else they have faith that
| could remove whole chain of mountains, if they
only apply themselves to the work. Faith may be
| sufficient for their purpose. / will only say to
| them as ParsOn Sprague of Dublin, n H. did to
bis parishiOncrs, after he had told them speaking
| Of the power Of faith, that if they had enough
| they could remove the Great MOuadnOck aud
then looked at it, just behind him, out OF the pull
| pit window and saw how big il was; Il don't
| think, on the whole, you can do it," said he,
| shaking his head-"6m you can try any Of you!
| Before leaving the Wings, there is one thing |
| wish could be explained to me. You know | have
not yet committed myself to any of the candidates
| my sole wish being to ascertain which is the
| surcst to save the Union Now, all the speakers
| at this Convention complained of your party as
sectional because it exists only in sixteen Northern
States If this be so. is the Wing party less sec.
| tional, which exists in no Southern State, and in
only five or xix, if many, Northern States An
early answer will Obhgc.
And, talking of saving the Union, Messrs. John
L. Jewett Il Co. have III their press an account of
one Of the very chlecst Of these great dciyerances
to which owe all We hold dear. Ii is TO be en-.
titled "Anthony Burns, and gives clear and un.
imprisoned account of that transaction. Ii makes