New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-24
FROM BOSTON.
FROM Our Own Correspondent.
SMILES.

From Our Own Corr. .Ipndcn;.
BOsToN, Sept. 20, ls5s.
The American party" held Slate Convention
in this city one day last week. Strange to say,
although the party which it proieosed to represent
mustered 81 900 votes last year, no particular i'm
portance was attached to their meeting. They
were not of sufficient consequence TO be dick
cred" with, after the manner of the last two
years. 1t is well understood that %, 600 to $4,000
OF the 81 900 who supported Gardner, are now for
Banks, while perhaps 1000 Others, old Wings, are
gong for Beach; very small squad indeed is
left to represent the great American organization.
let these We're, II seems To me, worth saving, aud
l wonder that the Republican State Committee did
not enter into negotiations with them. Gather up
the fragments, Is good counsel.
His ex-Excellency Gov. Gardner presided, and
made two or three speeches during the day. He
Was pathetic over the ie0ni0us puromlng of the
American name aud organization by the leading
Republicans: and his statements about the fnan-
ciul affairs al the Commonwealth had the genuine
Gardner ring 10 them; like pewter quarter of a
dollar on II bar-rUOm counter, palpaby false. he
cx-Goycrnor has no reason Ia find fault with his
luck with The American party. No man, except
Gov. Banks and Gen. wilson made more ont of il,
while it lasted, than he did; and il WAS his own
blundering stupidity at last which prevented him
from seeing that the day of its dissolution had
come, aud which led him 10 resist the popular i'm
pulse toward new party In which if he had been
shrcwd, he would have had pretty respectable
position. You rcc0llect. perhaps. that Gardner
was nominated in iS,i, at Mr.. Burngame's sug-
gssion: the latter gentleman desiring in some WAY
To get rid of him as Il competitor for Congress.
80 he was am accidental Governor IN the outset
"A fortuitous concentration Of circumstances"
procured his reelection in lci5 and ls56 Surely
he has no reason Ia complain of his luck.
Mr.. Amos A. Lawrence nominated for Gov
ernoT, receiving 30 votes to 20 for Marshsll y.
Wilder, l3 for Henry J. Gardner, and about 20
scattering Increase Sumner of Great harrington
was put up for Lieut.. Governor A. a. Richmond
of North Adams for Attorney General, B. l.
Allen OF Boston for Secretary of State, A. G
Underwood of Milford for Treasurer, and e.. K
Ransom of Roxbury for Auditor. These nomins
tons are mostly sham. Ii was said that Mr.
Vim. s. King. the manager n sfiairs had letter
from Mr.. Lawrence declining Ia have his name
used. But 1 suspect that Mr. Lawrence, with his
usual iniirmity of purpose where politics is con-
cerned had not made his dccliGation very distinct.
Kings purpose is probably to get Mr.. Lawrence
out of the way of Newell A. Thompson (king's
business psrtner) in the Congressional contest in
the IVih District, and the chances are. just now,
that he has succeeded. Unless Mr.. Lawrence
defines his position very speedily, he might as well
give up all political aspirations for the present.
Since the above paragraph was written under
stand that Mr.. Lawrence though Be considers hinl-
self 10 have declined The nominati'p for Governor