New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-11
FROM BOSTON.

BosToN, Tuesday June 9. 1856.
The motives Of the Republicans who follow tia
lead of Mr. Bird in attacking Banks, Wilson and
Burlingame and in opposing Mr.. Bankss nomna
ton as the Republican candidate for Governor. ara
SO various that they can hardly be brought under
one head Mr.. Bird himself is DisuniOniss Ia
was President of the Disunionist Convention which
met at Worcester last Winter and the main featur,
of his speech on that occasion violent abuse o.
Gen. Wilson for adhering to the Union and the Con.
stituton. As Mr.. Banks is equally determined in
his adhesion ~ the Union, il was 10 be expected that
Mr.. Bird would sssail him whenever he had an OPP
portunN. II is Mr.. Birds hope that if Banks
Wilson and Burlingame, Sumner, and the other con-
spicuOus members of the Republican party can be
put down or crushed out, and the management Of is
affairs put in his hands as that of the FreeSol
party few years ago, il might be converted into
Dsunon organization, auxiliary TO that which 10
led by Mr.. Garrison. So far, he is consistent
enough in assailing Mr. Banks; and in 81
doing he occupies an Ineligible position But IN
motives which actuate the Republicans who aloI
Themselves to be led by hun, while they have no d.
signs hostile 10 the Union or 10 the principles {
their own party, are not so easily to be perceive,
A few Of Mr.. Birds most active supporters are d.
appointed Offce-seekers Three or four OF thd
would like TO be themselves nominated for GOyerna
Others would like subordinate offices, which the
see no prospect of obtaining except through the e.
walton of their own particular Clique or hcuono
power These men are active and clam0rons, u
their opposition is not of much weight and will sp
side when they are satisfied that the tide is Sethg
Banksward. In month from now Mr.. Banks Ill
have no more jealous advocates than these sno
men.
The bulk of Mr.. Birds followers are honest, WI.
meaning persons, whose judgments have been pr.
yerted and their minds n1amed by fraudulent ts-
representations. They have been told that tey
have reen "sold out" or are to be- sold out -
for that is the favOrite phrase, believe he
astute gentlemen who use the phrase so freely el-
dom stop to define what they mean by it. he
credulous gentlemen who are influenced by t1
seldom stop 10 inquire what it means. | have ben
told hundred times during the last ak months tat
| have been - sold out;" that the Republican patty
has been "sOld outs" that the cause OF Freedom
has been sold ont" and by whOml BY Banks
Wilson and Burlingame Six years ago, during
Summers first session in the Senate remember to
have been told quite as frequently that Sumner hal
sold out the FreeSoil party and the cause Of Free
dom, because he declined to make speech quite as
early az some of his impatient friends desired. Tbs
men who said that of Sumner are now saying the
came thing Of Banks, Wilson and Burllngame.
few years later the cry was that Adams Palfrey
and Mann had Z" sold out" Mr.. Bird and bis pres.
ent echoes led of in that cry, and so electnay that
they drove Adams, Pallrey and Mann into retire
ment. Sumner was too strong for them. II re-
mains TO be seen whether they will succeed any BET
ter with Banks, Wilson and Burlingame.
II is remarkable that these extraordinary sales
or rather should say, sells"-are almost always
negotiated between people who either do not know
each other, orif they have been formerly acquainted
are now on bad terms. Wilson, Banks and Burln.
game are represented as having sold us all to Gard
ner, when neither Of them has had any intercourse
with Gardner for two years. Another peculiar Tea.
lure H. that these three gentlemen are so infatuated
with the desire to trade, rather to donate that
they persist in selling or giving themselves, their
friends their party, their honor and their eSPecta'
tons to Gardner, not only for no consideration
whatever, but in absolute requltal for all the
III services that Gardner has been able to render
them. Governor Gardner opposed to the utmost o.
his power, BY voice and by writing, General WI
sons election 10 the u. ;. Senate, and Gehtrdl W.
son knOrs IL. Yet with sublime magnaninity, IL
Mr. Bird is to be- believed, General Wilson transfers
10 him all that be possesses including the Repabr
can party which he does not possess. GOyeraw
Gardner did all in his power, which happily was nt
much, to prevent the election of Mr. Banks IS
Speaker of the House. Mr.. Banks in return sells
himself 10 Governor Gardner, if we can place any
reliance on Mr. Bird and TIE UOrcsster Spy should
ike to know for what consideration, and also what
Governor Gardner has done with the property.
Even your humble Boston correspondent who's
the least commercial Of men, and never trusts hun.
self to buy or sell anything if he can help il has not
escaped the Argus eyes Of Mr. Bird. lie has ae'
cused me- through The Worcester Spy, OF Seiln3
cut the Republican party, or the State OF Sassaeh5
setts-for he names them bOth-tO Governor Cara.
ner and to Ex-Governor Clifford. / plead not
guilty In the first place, ! do not own, and never
have owned either the Republican party or me
State of Massachusetts,, and my fear OF the statue
against frauds is such that would not dare % %h
what does not belong to me- Ia the second place.
have spoken TO Governor Gardner but once IN t"o
wears. and then only for moment, in the presence
Of fifty others on which occasion 1t may relieve an
Bird to know that our talk was OF the weanel.
His Excellency remarked that il was hne day, ID
which proposition | assented = unheSitatlngll,
promnty y77,l.." as biz E1celleney aeceysa
the nomination against Rockwell LA sale OF Mas,
sschusetts or of the Republican party was nyoi'taa
in That assent 10 the Governors proposition, ! WI
Acknowledge the transaction. But did not 80 u''
derstand it ut tie time.
With regard 10 the other gentleman whose naur
Mr.. Bird bas seen III to link with mine az partners
O the aforesaid sale, can only say that never ~
my life exchanged word with Governor ChhonI
hat have not the honor OF his acquaintance Slh
hat do not even know him by sight.
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APPEAL TO HE BEsEyoLEST.-The subOlned rug.