New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-24
FROM BOSTON
. s.h.N. Y. Tribana-

are generally poorly attended. There have bsen
very few .'moDster meetings, Mr. Banks Gen.
Wi,on and Mr.. B1rnsame draw toleraby well,
bu. the men OF lees ability AID reputation fare
rather hardly At FaneUil Hall aud st Huntington
Ha in Lowell NJ. Banks has spoken to large
audiences. Gov. Gardner speaks only at the agricll
tura and military shows, and these are nearly oEer.
MessIs. Baker and Brewster bis best speakers, do
not seem to be very active Mr. A. G. Cary is SICK.
He promises TO come out and defend hlmscf
from the charge Of having agreed to go for Fremont
if he could have $500. 1t is easy to believe that if
Cary named that price for bis services, it was de-
cGned. Money has never been 30 plenty here, or
purcbasabe politicians so scarce, that man of
Cary's caliber could command $500 for any political
service Of the Kind mentioned
/ have attended no Gardner or Beach meetings,
and but one Banks meeting. One Of the speakers
| tad the pleasure of listening to was Mr. 3. G.
Maine a lawyer OF Chelsea, and an active cam
psigner. He devoted good deal OF attention TO
Gov. Gardner. l should judge from the tenor OF
bis remarks. that he has not that uubounded conn
dence in bis Excellency which Major Cobb exhibits
or even that qualified preference for him which Mr.
Winthrop and Nr. Hillard have lately avowed. Mr.
Maine discusses, perhaps not 0l,oayS in candid way
the Governors yetOes; but one of his direct asser
tions is so remarkable that it worth while to prnt
send it 10 you as Illustration OF the Governors
great financial skill Mr.. Maine stated, in substance
that while the bill for the relief of the Vermont aud
Massachusetts Railroad was on its progress through
the Legislature Of 1855, the President of the road
Mr. Thomas Whittemore, waited upon the Cover
nor and was BY him given to understand, if not pos
itiyey told that the bill would be "apprOved" Un.
Ger this comforting assurance Vermont and Massa-
chusetts stock went rapidly up, and between the
time when the conversation took place with MI
WbttenOre and the time when the bill was vetoed
r.. I'll, atstra.
iions had disposed of eighty thousand dOitdrS uorh
Of tie stock Quite nice operation" Can we
wonder that the Governor was chosen Director OF
the Bank of Commerce the other day-the very day,
if / correctly remember on which the Bank OF
Commerce, with all the other Banks. came to the
conclusion not to psy its notes Can we wonder
that Dir. Robert c. Winthrop and Dir. Geo. s. Hl-
lard have for the first time in four years, come to the
cor cuson that Henry j. Gardner is worthy of their
delicate and scented suffrage
The Governor has lately returned from an agrlcu-
tural campaign in the western part OF the State Tie
is very much opposed to Mr.. Bankss course in
tskng the stump, and tries hard to make some csp
tai out of supposed prejudice on the part OF the
people against such practice. lie will hnd, how
ever, that the experience which ths people nave
had for the last four years Of his novel system
of electioneering has rendered them quite calous to
sny innoya ton like that which Mr. Banks has intro
duced. II Mr.. Banks does nothing worse than to
introduce a system of stump.speakng by candi-
dates for Office, he will come off blameless. por-
ton of the Governors errand to the West is said
TO have been to demonstrate with Mr.. Fisk pub
Usher of paper in Palmer, who, after receiving
several offices at the Governors hands, has proved
30 recreant as to declare himself in favor of Mr..
Banks. The Governor may well institute an inquiry
into this subject There is no glory but great
utility iD hunting Mr.. Fisk. 1t is, to use Sydney
Smiths illustration, like the burgOmaster hunting
rat in Dutch dixie, not for fame, but for fear the
rat may food the province. If the Palmer pub
Usher shall be allowed to strike at the hand that
feeds him. what security is there that more OF the
$500 Office holders who have been appointed within
| three years will not DO the same thing
Nv statement Of the number of Gardner's ap-
Monuments is not made at random. 1t the result
OF actual investigation. In the two years aud niue
months he has been in office his appointments have
| been 342l in number aud before the year expires
| the number will nO.doubt reach $3.50. In looking
over the list Of appointments observe ODe at least,
that has been made illegally, and in violation of the
| Governors oath OF office. Reuben A. Chapman, an
| able lawyer and respectable gentleman OF Spring.
| field was on the 2lst of December appointed JUS
tee of the Peace and Quorum. A law of the Stats
six months previous bad declared that no person Who
holds any Office under the laws of the United States
| which qualities him to issue any warrant or other
process or grant any certificate under either OF the
Fugitive Slave acts, shall hold any Office of honor,
trust or emolumeut under the laws of the Common.
| wealth. This may be harsh; II may be impolltic;
| but that the Legislature had right to enact IT, no
| Judge or lawyer has yet oenied. Mr.. Hillard ex.
pressly admitted it, and went much further IN bis
speech lhst Friday night. Well, MIR. Chapman hap.
pens to be United States Commissioner aud quail
fled to act as a slaye-catcher. 1 don't believe ne
,eouid act in that capacity, but he has the right.
He has the right also to contest if he peases before
the Supreme Comt the right Of the Legislature to
demand that he shall reinquish one or the other of
bis Offices But the Governor has no right deb
eratey to violate law Of the State and confer office
upon a man who is expressly debarred from hold
ing it.
This is net the only instance in which Gardner
has shown contempt for the Personal Liberty Law.
That law declares, II, that the Governor shalt
"Gppoint in trery county one or more Commis-
sOners to aid i'll the defense OF persons accused
| of being frgtives from Slavery. He recognized
| the coBstitutonalty of this provision by making
| some appointments; but where commissions were
| returned he made few, if any, new appointments,
| and in some of the counties there are now no per
sons authorized to act Commissioners And IT is
upon this very point of the Personal Liberty law that
| Gardner and his Hunker brethren denouncing
the Anti i-Slayery nulliiiers and enemies Of
| law and order.
Gen. Gushing has put up his shinee" upon
| Nes's Block II is not believed, however that ho
has any serious Intention Of making the law his pro-
iession for the remainder of his life. He will prob
ably be elected to the House of Representatives
from Newburyport. This s the place from which
be started, in 1851, after bis political downfal i'll
the days of Polk and the Mexican War. lie i, To
speak in NewburypOrt, on political topics in the
course of few days, but probably not until next
week. There are reports that be has lately had
several interviews with Gov. Gardner, and it is sur
mised that the purpose Of these interviews to do
.ouathinJ for his F1cellepcy in a potcll Way