New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-19

"a w OASA O1AAh
tsm cocks, Of Tom Thumb, Of Sir Jeffrey Hudson,
the truculent dwarf of Charles ii. Having besc
ourselves not seldom in an attenuated minority we
are rot over. disposed to snub the day Of small
things. But when we consider the mature and
well defined Anti Slavery sentiment of Massaehu-
setti 50 predominant and genuine that it has swept
before it party after party and given tone to all egs
atonfor nearly ten years, are not willing to admit
that an organization which can only send twenty
FIVE delegates toa State Convention embraces all
that is honest and trustworthy in the Common
wealth. Such factions, although numbering, per-
baps, some well-meanipg men, are very to be
only factions-disagreeing with the main body
mainly upon points Indifferent. The split is al
ways, or almost always, the result ol personal
dnlikes. 1t never transesnds ~ dignity Of
private qussrs. h 10 hhs Q fsetios 1sht at an
Irish fair. To mshe schism respec>aess, it must
have numbers, mot because ii 10 inposie's fcs ~
men to be in the right and twenty thousand in the
wrong, but because such contingency is not very
probable. Therefore, when 4r. +. W. Bird aud
twer ty four others claim to represent a she veri
table Ant.SAsesy sentiment Of one d - most
decided Of Ant -6sssry States, tae tsns b - funny
as farce.
The per,oss wAo thss ssscspbaed il little but
august conceive, from hr. Bird, ~ sAisf Of the
Straiehts, who 10
strsgbter tbsn strsishte. pine upon ~ sssss
Head Of an aged mountsinu
the least celebrated Of the two dosen, profess 10
believe that it makes no difference whether Gov
Gardner beats Mr.. Banks, or Mr. Banks beats
Gov. Gardner That is the significance Of their
opposition at least its only honest significance And
what renders this lite eoss sa,ioas 10 tat this
faith is entertained by mon vho hsss ever protested
extreme views and whose PIT msssures have
always been thwnrted By Gsrdser. One wosd
have thoxeht tast hessrs Bird G Co. would have
been willing 10 male . saeriAcs 20. eSesedinSy
immense TO insure tAe defeat Of one who 10 AvOw
edly innicsl 10 tter peculiar sentimenes-wAo has
kept Judge Lorins in bis ,est and whe hss boon the
sworn foe of oil measures for the relief Of Ksusss
Gardner has gsbbled little about Anti Slavery, as
he has about everything else, but he bss been h and
will continue TO BE- BY the force Of nature, edsca-
ton and poeitiOn, thoroughly Pro.6lsvery. He
"cottOns" to moderate and tmid Republicans and
is beautifully expert in bambooslins them; but he
hates the Bird style Of politician intensely, except
when he can use it-and he is usiDs IL nov-te pro-
mote his o1n selfish purposes He wosh, if he
could have bsd bic way, have caused the whole set
to be indicted for high treason and levyins war,
along with Parher Phillips and tbe rest Now see
what beautiful instance We here have Of the for
giyeness of enemies Mr.. Bird holds . Convention
and prints newspaper expressly 70 secure the
election Of man with whom he has not single
opinion in cODpOe, except indeed it be the opinion
that Mr. Banks must be defeated.
Then look st the other side. We are 40 sorry as
any be that there should Be- the least
smirch of Dsrk.Lanternism upon Mr. Bsnkss
character. Bat the pots and hettaes in Aasssohu-
setts are 90 equally crocky, that ressininstion is
not exactly well timed. We rs*her taink il GER
tain of the twenty Eve who are boosins md ssddlDs
to ride into the jaws Of death will review their po
litical career, they will nOt find that they have
always regarded Dark Lsnte ,ni.m as an insuperable
objection to a cane idate. Moreover, so far as
I" "Americanism, in its pristine nonsense, arro-
gaDce injustice and intolerance, is Represented at
all in this Massachusetts canvass il is represent
by Gov. Gardner. We should be willing to wager
shilling even in these tight times that nnetenths
of the electors of that State who voted last year
for Mr.. Fillmore will this year vote for Gardner.
Wherever there is lodge left, he is still its light
and love- 1t is by using what is left of the Know
Nothing system that Gardner hopes to be reelected;
and bis triumph will be the triumph and the resus-
citation Of the Order Therefore, when this stage
Iced of Disconnected people who have made this
bolt gravely object to " "Americanism as found, 10
certainly mild and mitsated form, in Mr..
Banks why, they seem to us to be willing to aid
and comfort the big monster for the sake Of
spting the little one. They are, whether they
know it or not doing all in their power to revive
the original SAM with all his Oaths, lanterns,
grips, passwords and breastpins.
As for the Anti Slavery opinions Of Mr. Banks,
we cannot see why they should not be satisfactory
to the Republicans of Massachusetts,. Whatever
may have been the ambiguity of his speeches, there
has been none in his actions. He opposed the
Nebraska bill to the end, mauger the profered
brides and mensees Of the White House, and when
aim ost any price, however high, would have been
thought moderate one to pay for his vote and in.
fuence: And since that time he has been leading
man in the Republican ranks; and while We have
not always approved Of his notions of party man.
agement, we have regarded him as one Of the orna-
menu and bulwarks Of our organization. Such
man Mr.. Bird and bis friends cannot vote for.
Really, are they not little too queasy'
Tie Jssrssi :f Commerce, under the heading Of
1. The Heart of a Shareholder !" nnhliahea the fol.