New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-30
nsssses, saa he rnen H. 10: seem 70 undsfssarsl
aAd bahe uss Of tho oppor.usi.es Shseh are placed

n ttsr power.
tirce tie aecve was written The JowraA. has
pubhshed letter from NJ. Banks, 6ased at Wai~
ham, The day, in which he says Ia. ne only PEI
son WITH whom be hss mad any conversation on tie
,abie.t Of the tunnel, the present year, is Mr..
Baker: tina. he bss made no secret OF bis opinion
ON .be suhec. Of the tunnel, az measure Of ia;ern:
moro, enent and row processes no change OF Op'n-
ion. He reoes.s what he said a. F1Deul Haul,
"tba. az a candidate, AN committed 10 no policy
"sbateyer upon tsis question" His desire has been
TO unite the people Of The State who are opposed 70
"tbe Slavery PrOpoeanosm OF the General Govern
- % emf, and who favor rigorous retrenchmeht Oh
Estate expenditures" He accepted the nomination.
and viii aecep. Office for this purpose and no osher
He il not wiling ID embarrass such united sccon oy
assuming 10 act, "either for or against mere cor
"pOrat on measure, which may never be presented
30 the Legislature az all" Neither Br. Baker,
nor aDy other person, has, or VII haVo me sigo.
''est clsm upon me 70 give an onle9l approx 20
any measure relating TO the tunnel; and sna1
"hOd my self perfectly free to approve or 70 condemn
"apy proposition whatever upon TINS subject, as IN
"ny udg nent the interests OF the State and people
"sbslI require az the time when il shall arlse.
Mr.. Ba1ks's enemies are circulating by thousands
a email handful containing al extract from lie
speech a. Faneuil Hall and the extract which have
quoted from bis letter 20 Baker.
We have not had for some days any letters from
politicians defining their positions. There is a
doubtful story that Mr.. Webster spoke to the peo-
pie of Lawrence last Saturday night, through a
spiritual medium named Curner, and that he eI-
pressed his preference for Mr. Gardner, by saying
" that the champions OF Freedom should be kept m
" Congress, where her battles 10 be fought"
This is the Interpretation placed upon his comnu-
nicaLiOn by GardDer newspaper; but, as you VIII
see il il hardly warranted Can it be poss.o'e that
such vague and iI.cOnseglcntial message has In
duced Mr. Winthrop and Mr.. Hiboard TO declare in
favor OF Gardner
Mr.. Sumner, when last heard FROM, was az Glas-
gov. He viii probably not return u this country
in season TO take bis seat at the opening Of the next
session of Congress; and he may possibly remain 10
Europe until next Summer. His progress toward
health is encouraging. GILBERT.
CouesponSsoee q The N. T. Tribune.
BOsTON, Oct. %, I@57.
Caleb Gushing made bis appearance in Faneai
Hall yesterday afternoon. am not sure but this
is the first time be has spoken there since the
memorable occasion when the Massachusetts, Vol
unteers, fresh from Mexico, aud their friends
packed the Hall with the determination thst he
should not speak, and for half an hour or more
clamored and Kissed so that he could not be heard
TO utter syllable. The Hall was well filed yes
terday, though not 30 densey crowded as on the
DEVIOUS OccaSlOn. 4 fdncls j. tdThb! pTe5lueI,
and when some reference by Mr.. Gushing to S. p.
Chase, William II. Seward and Charles Sumner
brought ont cheers from a portion of the
audience, Mr.. Parker stepped forward and made
some energetic motions which were quite in contrast
with the cool and deliberate style OF OratOry which
Mr.. Gushing had adopted. The speech was writ
ten one, and was read from manuscript. Occasion
ally the orator would take of his spectscles and
extempOrize paragraph, which seemed especially
.,parf Than he wuun rpsume his glasses and his
reaslng. This method, he acknowledged, was less
advantageous fOr mOmentary effect at least, than
extempOraDeOus OratOry, but the latter had It's dam
gers. which he desired TO avoi After this a1rolt
intmation that be considered what he wss going t.
say OF considerable importance, to himself If not to
the country he proceeded with bis speech, which
occupied two hours in the reading. need not say
that it was sbrewd aud able as well as thoroughly
heartless and nhumaD. To say that 1t came from
the pen of Caleb Gushing, is 10 say precisely this.
think Mr. CushiDgs motives in coming forward
at this time to make speech on political affairs are
personal rather than political. 1t is not likely that
be tskes any particular interest in defending the
Administration of Gen. Pierce, in praising that OF
Dir. Buchanan. The one is, to use the elegant
smile SO frequently employed here, "a dead horse.
and the other is q horse which Gushing does not
seem likely, at present, to succeed III riding.
think he means TO set himself up ss a rival Of Mr..
Banks for the leadership of Massachusetts,. lie
sees that Mr.. Banks by superior activity, if not
ability has become the representative of the party
in this State which opposes tb, Democratic Admin-
straton. He sees, too, that there is no man In
the State bold and able enough to lead the other
side except himself Gardner is bold enough, but not
able enough Winthrop, perhaps, is able enough, but
no. bold enough; ChOate is busy, and is las potl-
cian) neither able nor bold. Gushing is both. To
him the Conservative, or Hunker, or Pro-Slavery
party must look. He is willing to see Gardner
beaten and thrust aside forever, and then he means
to snatch the daggers from these men, "inbrm of
purpose," like Winthrop and Hillard, and himself
take the leading part in bringing Massachusetts into
position Of active PrO-Slavery, or OF MEDITERRANEAN
toward the great question. There are many Obstt-
cles in bis way, but al the time many encOur.
sgemeDts. The Aht-Savery nen OF the State are
split ND into factions. Their control of the Legisa
ture for three or four years has not resulted salts
faci0rly to business men and taxpayers political
hatred has been substituted for warmth and activity
of partsanship the Republicans are not all satisfied
with their leaders, and there is general condition Of
Immature, crOssness, crabbedness, among the men,
bers of the party which is unquestionably dominant
as 10 numbers. Gen. Cushing advised his friends 10
vote for Beach. Though he devoted much more at
tentiOn TO Banks than t. Gardner ain by no means
sure that he does not desire Bankss election. lie
hopes that reaction will Ia Ike place next year, and
his political almanac tells him that the Legislature,
which is to be elected next year, will have the OPP
portuptv 10 elect Senstor of the United States IN
place OF Gen. Wilson. To carry Massachusetts, into
the Senate and there deliver her up to the Slave
Power, would be a service TO that power equa!ed
only by that which Henry A. Wise performed when
he STAY ed the tide of -NOthingsm in Virginia,
and kept the entire South for the use OF Mr.. Bu-
cbanan.
An sssterly storm has kept people in their houses
end places Of business, and peliticsl meetings must
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