New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-28
r.,.l. Constitution maintaining the platform Of
ths recent Convention. M 4 ..'
FROM BOSTON,

B0sTos, Friday July q, 1857.
AsMr. J.. W. Bride letter to TIE TRIBUNE 10 au-
,rer to me was mo,tly compilation from his longer
letter in The yVorccster Spy, to which had suth-
GENTLY replied in The Boston Journal, have not
hitherto though it necessary TO take any notice Of it
But az the IImker papers Of Boston, The Pos. and
The Courier, have seized the opportunity to make
the basis Of repeated attacks upon me- and upon the
Republican party Of Massachusetts,, will, with your
pe,mssion give an answer briefly as can, fof the
benefit of that class Of persons who always take for
granted that what is unanswered is unanswerable.
Mr.. Bird. chief ground of complaint is that have
the relations in which he stands or las
stood, to the leaders of the Republican party in
Massachusetts. A few months ago, when Nc Banks
was 6rst talked Of as candidate for Governor, Mr.
Bird began series Of harsh and unjust attacks upon
him in Tie Worcester Spy. / thought ft In my
letters 10 THE TRIBUNE to caution the Republicans OF
Massachusetts not TO be disturbed at such attacks
from such quarter, because the onslaught was no
evidence Of anything wrong IN Mr. Banks or his posi-
ton but was only sign that Dir. Cd had fallen into
one of his periodical paro1ysms Of discomfort npder
run omok as the Halays ray, against friends az well
as foes,, And referred to sundry instances in the
past where Mr. Bird had attack distinguished gentle
men of his own party with great fury and with JUS as
little reason as he had ct the present time for assang
Mr. Banks. Mr.. Bird himse says, auding 70 Messrs.
Adams. Sumner, Wilson and Buihngaue, MI. Adams
..has had no WARMER admirer and no mere earnest
"supportor than myself In tie oacholy differences
"u,ch grep out The coalition zee offered but those
Differences never disturbed our anncabe relations
In 1852 Mr.. Summers friends were good deal DIS
satisfied that he did not take an active part in the
Campaign. Oliver does not charge, but nsinuates,
That denounced him then as having sold out
"This is SO far from being true that" &c. "Oiver
"Anoms that up to this moment the relations of per-
"sonal and political intimacy between MessTs. Bur
- u.alf haxr hpa
"disturbed and that no man in the State according
TO his position and ability, has supported those
"qentemen more faithfully end cordially (dlcays en-
"eepting their -Nething episode a.d some SUISSE
f" resxlt,ng from it J than myself"
The phrases have italicsed confirm all that have
said of Dir. Birds conduct toward the distinguished
sps%edP iae cordially and fy n as
:" always excepting those episodes and some sub
sequent freaks when he was "a good deal dis
saisfed" and had melancholy differences !"
with them. A. few years hence Mr. Bird will prob
ably be found saying that " in 1857 there me-
Iancholy differences between Mr.. Banks and myself
Il was good deal dssatisdeu--but, always ex-
ceptng these little episodes, Mr. Banks has had no
warmer admirer and no more earnest supporter than
myself" i''.
bIr. Birds Iext complaint is that have done him
injustice by calling him Disunionist He says
Having raised the mad.dog cry OF Disunlonst, he
thinks not only to hound down put to ALLEVIATE all
"my personal and political friends by blackbaling
them as the dupes Of scheming fanatica Disunon-
"ist. = y have never performed IN
+" act, nor written nor uttered word which could be
" tortured into Dsunion., ..,e. 80 a. .s.. .. ,
In calling Mr. Bird Disunionist, I merely stated
what / supposed was admitted fact. 1 added no
epithets and did not make it subject Of reproach.
merely stated it as sufficient reason and explanation
of Mr.. Birds hostility to the Republican party aud to
Mr.. Banks. AS a Dism iOnist, as prominent mem:
b,r of the Disunion party he could not be expected
to be friendly to the Republicans or to Mr.. Banks.
In view OF Mr.. Birds explicit denial that he is a
DisuniOnis or that he has ever performed an act or
written or uttered word which could be tortured into
Disunion feel bound to produce evidence to show
that my statement was not without four dalton. My
PnesIdent o Convention q Disunonists at Worces
Ter, the orators Of which Convention were Messrs.
Carlson Phillips, Higgipson and other leading gen.
tlemen Of the Disunion party. My second proof is
that on the 18th Of the present month Mr.. Bird ad-
dressed letter to the Dunion organ in this CITY, Mr.
Ganisohs LiJerat0r, in which he says: Accustom
the people to look at Dieunion, not as raw.head'
and.blot bones monster but as possible Proba-
BILE and the present tendency OF things deslra-
NV last proof which, like the Others is of itself
sufficient to substantiae the alleged fact appears IN
the shape Of circular. which is printed in IHe Bos-
ton T,areer Of this morning, and is dated July g.,
1851 1t begins thus: " The State DisuniOn COnyen-
"tiop, held at Worcester, Mass. January, 1897,
"of which State DisuntOn Convention MIR:
" Bird was President, recommended q National
" Convention, based on the principles. dur
inC the present year" This circular is sigLed by
Thos. Wentworth Higginson, Wendell Phillips, Danl
Mann, VIM. Lloyd Garrison and-F. w. Bird
Here We have Mr.. Birds own signature to docu.
fnent which begins by styling the Convention over
which Mr.. Bird presided in January last the State
=" Disunion Convention" And the gentlemen whose
names appear in conjunction with Mr.. Birds are L;
W. Higginson, Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd
Garrison-the three foremost leaders Of the DisunOn
party of the North. If the President of :" State
Disunon Convention, who writes letters to The LIP.
orator declaring that pisgnon is probable, dnd N
who unites with Messrs. Higgnton, Philips and Gar.
not Dsunionst, what is he
The third and last OF Mr.. Birds political complaints
against me is my statement that in October, 1854 he
called Free.SOil FreeDemOcratic State COny sn
ton at Springfield after the rest OF the Free-So OF
Free Democratic party had gone into the Republican
party and after Republican State Convention had
| been held and Gen. Wilson been nominated for Gov
ernor made the staemen mt merely to show that MIR
Bid was apt to be dissatisfied, and was not contented
with the course of affairs unless he had the direction
of them. Mr.. Bird prODOunces this ststement fase
and refers to as convincing proof of his assertion
that the statements Of your correspondent are utterly
utterly unworthy of credit" He says: u called suct
Comrenton at Springfield, for that Convention wa
member and attended all it, meetings.
" acas not present at the C0nrentton."
| Mr.. Birds assertion that was member Of the
State Committee which called the Springfield Conven
ton, IL Lot correct was ~ tnot u!iio u'ohioC vi
the Republican State Committee, Of which Committee
was Secretary. Mr.. Bird persisted in calling him.
self Chairman Of the Free-Democratic State Commit
tee long after the Free Democratic party had ceased
to exist and had merged itselfn the Republican party
He called meetings Of that Committee, one or two OF
which attended, not a member, but for the pur
pose Of protesting in the name Of the Republican State
Committee against the course he was taking and es
pecialy against his proposed Convention at Spring
field. He denies that he called that Convention
Here is the call which copy from The Boston Ttle
graph, Of Oct IT, the day before the Convention met