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

L.u, vn..,s % be understood that no opinion
r. ,b;s :o,t has ,y,r come from the Aaorney-Ge
erals Office. zo5.o th;, nr..t,on :.
manifest 10 the close reader oI MS aua
h; Ros,on spefch In the sc two speeches. he ragged
ors, The Whole field Of national politics, and dis
oss.d The Slavery quest in various aspects, de-
80 Great deal Of attention TO matters Of much
60 nnortaDce than this new Presidential doctrine.
yst he does not once allude TO this doctrine in bic
Roston speech, and in his Newburyport speech his
cny sluson to it is the one have quoted, and one
other toward the close:
~ had intended, be says, "to speak of that
question Of law which, rather uDsea sorably and
quite superhuously. it seems to me, troubles the
good judgment Of Mr.. Chapman. With much 10
spect for him, personally and professionally it is my
right to say, and my hty, that in my opinion he
errs, both in the premises and the general couclu-
SION, as well as many Of the special conclusions,
which he deduces from these premises. I have
tespatsed On your indulgence too long to venture to
pared to do it on proper occasion, in the belief of
being able to do it to the entire satisfaction Of the
people Of Ma" schusetts"
This is exceedingly vague, and commits Mr.. Cush-
ing to nothing In another part Of this same speech
Mr.. Gushing seems to touch the point involved in
Mr.. Buchanan's declaration, but does not. He
says that the people gained in the Kansas and Ne
braska act "the complete recognition and firm
" establishment Of the political doctrine that the
"people of each incipient new State shall, at the
",time Of her admission into the Union, have the
"pOwer Of determining for themselves their future
nitltutiOns, without being subject in this respect
" to the mere dictatOn and arbitrary will OF Con-
"eress." Nr. Buchanan's doctrine is Il quote
again from the Silman letter. that slaves are rec
"ognzed to be property by the common COnsttu-
"tion," and that only when the people come to
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" decide the important question whether they will
" continue, modify or abolish Slavery" Mr.. Cush-
ing goes further thsn to say that the people may
prohibit or introduce Slavery as they zee ft Mr.
Buehsnan's declaration goes to the extent that un-
less they do prohibit it, exists by the power of the
Constitution. What the motives of Gen. Gushing
in thus evadiDg the question: is matter Of con-
lecture Perhaps, after ALL his design is to impress
the slavehOders with the conviction that their favor
lite doctrine, announced by the President is not yet
the lawOf the land, but If they will place him upon
the bench Ofthe Supreme Court he will not scruple
to assist in making it law, and that he has reasons,
plenty blackberries, which he does not choose to
waste upon Mr.. Reuben A. Chapman, but prefers to
announce as an opinion of the Court
The people have already done talking about the
election Of Governor but there is beginning to be
little discussion as to who shall succeed Mr.. Banks
in Congress. The only names have heard men,
toned that are worth repeating are Charles Hudson
of Lexington and James II. Duncan of Haverhill,
both ex-Members of Congress; Daniel w. GoOch of
Melrose, young and active Republican lawyer,
Prof Stowe of Andover, Marcus Morton, jr., of the
same place, lawyer Of some ability and son of
ex-Gov. Morton and j. @. A. Griffin of Maiden,
lawyer of extensive practice in Middlesex County.
Either of these gentlemen would represent the
district respectfully, but it is quite likely that some
one have not named will yet be nominated. Unless
the nomination is VIGOROUSLY bad one, it is very
,ure to succeed. The vote of the district at the
lsction last week was as follows: Banks, 6,69l;
Gardner, 4,797; Beach, 3. l03. Mr.. Banks lacked
only about thousand of a majority over both his
opponents and it lie not at all likely that they will
be able to combine against him with any prospect Of
saccess. The Democrats are talking about Mr.. G.
w. Dixie of StOneham and are trying to palm him
off as National American" But he was never
anything but Democrat, and by no means the best
specimen Of that class of persons. GILBERT.