New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-06

Treasury great rnaDy thousand dollars q year has
had the ttiec, To increase the competition for Con
cTessisbal seats, and to induce the aspirsnfs to
adopt, III nNs eases, very INSCRIPTIONS methods
Ia obtsin them. This Compensation Biz To-
ceiyed the unanimous cote Ot the Massachusetts
members, a fact " ich more than Justhes all the
severe criticism with which the Delegation has
been visited. So when any one OF the members
who voted for il is defeated there Is sort OF JUS
tice in the Event which tends sometimes Ia soften
regrets which msy otherwise be- felt let tins
of-ne has not entered at all into the consideration
Of the public. Ii DID not hasten the defeat OF iir.
Chale or Mr.. Hall or Mr.. Davis or retard the
triumph of Mr. Bltiuton aud MIR. ComIns. pre-
suDr II VIII have eject upon the fortune. "i Mr..
BurllDgsme and Dir. Knapp.
Dir. Alley is man Of wealth, and could not have
been governed By the pocket consideration. he Is
Il shrewd, enterprising business man. and well
grounded in the Antl-Shyery fath but Is no orator
Ii, is always one OF the men 10 go 70 where money
is wanted TO carry distant elections or To sustain
feeble newspapers, and though considered prudent
or even - close r" man, has spent good deal OF
n.oucy within the Inst dozen years IN these ways He
has but little personal popularity, but VIII BE- elected
without difficulty unless Mr. Davis should carry
cut his threat Of rebellion. Last year, for Cover
nor, the vote Of the district stood thus: Banks.
5,3y3: Gardner. 4, $50; Beach, 2,3l0. Banks over
Gardner. l163; over Beach, 3,0c3; Gardner
over Beach. l,s20. There is no chance for
Democrat, yet George b. Loring and Mr.
Nesseryey Of Salem fighting desperately
for the Democratic nomination. LOrng IA
renegade Abolitionst, ike Halest and Gushing,
aud most of the leading men OF the party. He now
represents the Outs. while Messervey represents
the lns or the Custom House. Gushing was un
able even TO carry Newbuyport. Yet his letter to
the Orr festival in which he used up all the i've
syllabled words in Web>ters dictionary, j. regard
ed here as bid for the Presidency. There is not
niger in this district but has Us good chance
for II as he.
Before this week is ont, the Republican uomina-
tons for Congress will nearly all be- made In Bur
lingame's district the Convention will be held To-
morrow; in Knapp's on Wednesday; in Thsyers
and Damrells on Thursday. This will leave only
Mr.. Dawes, but he will be- nominated without op-
position whenever the Convention is held.
Dir. Thayer's Popular Sovereignty speeches
have got him into little difficulty. The people of
the old Ant.Sla,ery County of Worcester--who
rejected Charles Hudson ten years ago simply be.
cause he deemed il expedient Ia go for General
Taylor, and who. eight years later, threw over
Alexander De Witt because he voted against the
resolution to censure Edmundson, one of the con-
spirators against Sumner-are rather hard subjects
to try new experiments upon; and. as might
be expected. Dir. Thayers attempt 10 make
them indorse the exploded aud ridiculous
humbug of Popular Sovereignty meets with
some resistance. AT caucus in Worcester
on Saturday night, h. was admcnished by the pre-
sentation Of a series of resolutions by 7. Emery
Aldrch, that the Republicans were not
quite ready u swallow the most obnoxious doc
trines of the Sham Democracy; and before the
meeting closed he Was compelled to modify bis
views considerably. He will probably be renomi-
mated on Thursday bot am not without hopes
that his Convention will give him TO understand
that his opinions are distasteful to the people and
dangerous departure from the doctrine and policy
of the Republican party. Mr.. Thayer, however,
has a good deal of the popular element. lie had
no small share in debsuchiDg the people of the
county with the doctrines and mummery of Know
Nothlngism, and may succeed in the present enter
prise.
You will see by the contents of this letter that
political affairs in this State are still in all unsettled
conditions: perhaps not more unsettled however
than we ought to expect. We could hardly expect
that the destruction Ofthc old Wing party, thedieor
ganizaton of the Democratic party in the Free
States, and the rise and downfall of the Know
Nothing party, could take place, all within four
years without leaving political elements In
chaotic state. But it seems hard that when we be-
gin to see our way out of chaos, new adventures
and new humbugs should make their appearance to
distract our attention from the great purpose of
encounering and oyerthrowing the slave power of
the sOuntr!.