New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-06

sentiments OF tnt ptoPit' Vul NJ" INV N-oN
children Of the Commonwealth abuse their own
parentage turn traitors 70 good neghborhood' and
mn race of libel. SANDER and misrepresentation.
Foremost in this is Benjamin F. lisllett above
named. Why this person stays IN STATE "hicn
he 80 terribly dislikes, and which so diSlHes him.
i. more than We can comprehend. A great
many years ago he might have hoped
for the dreams Of youth ARE brght-to
bring his felow-ctizens 10 q sense OF their
political errors; but, then, great many years
ago. Benjamin happened 70 be- upon the other side.
Still We must say that he has worked long. If he
has not worked well, in the cause of patent De-
mocracy. He has written thousands of articles he
has made hundreds of speeches, he has been willing
10 be considered bore-and ne has been consld-
cred bore: but where are the fruits OF his pro-
traced labor in the political vineyard The harder
H. has worked the smaller has been his party, until
il is now the opinion of the tew well-niormed men
in IT, that nothing but his stern. absolute and re-
morseess suppression can restore 1t to anything
ike respectability of character-respectablhty OF
numbers being of course ont of the question. III
is not, therefore, wonderful that the temper OF Mr..
Hallett has become slightly scdulsted He might
bear the contempt Of his opponents but 1t must
be intolerable to be so confoundedly despised by
his best friends-to do dog work, and then to
be cheated out of dogs Wages-to abandon we'll
/ avowed opinions, to eat ones own words, and then
to miss even the filthy lucre and TO be regarded a.
an unmitigated old humbug. Mr. Hallett has
right to be ill-natured. Any one who could pre-
serve his equanimity under the circumstances
would justly labor under violent suspicion of
idocy. We will do Mr.. Hallett justice. He is as
uncomfortable as his worst enemy could desire.
lie has even sunk to the depth of enyymg the
Massachusetts, negro the little social consideration
which he receiyes-little enough, Heaven knows,
yet great enough to provoke the Jealousy OF Ben
jamin +. Haett. In this Convention he was par
ticularly exercises upon this point and bawled
and beloved lustily against smalgamation IN
Massachusetts. although he did not say one word
about the Southern States, which IN this particular
are setting MS such an excellent example. But We
/ think that Mr.. Haett is unnecessarily alarmed
! He NAV have horror of assocating with negroes,
but on the other hand most negroes would have
/ horror of associsting with him, so that for the
present, at least, Mr.. IIalett is safe from contain
ination. To be sure they owe him = debt of graft
tude for his astonishing blunders in drawing pre-
sentiments, and they justly consider themselves
much safer when the Office of United States Dis
trict-Attomey is filed by an iguoramus through
whose indictments a coach and six eau with the
utmost ease be- driven. 1t was Mr. Halletts hard
luck to be Obliged tn witness that interesting per-
formance and to be laughed out of Court. But
upon that occasion he did the negroes service,
and they know it. He might be District-Attoney
forever if il depended upon them.
1t is quite refreshing to find one Massachusetts
man who does not consider that State to be abso-
lutely perfect. That man is Mr.. Hallett. Here
are his own words: Massachusetts, is mighty
- little State when you get few hundred miles
from her. She is degraded political SOdom,
and all that saves her is the true and holy men
" OF the Democratic party"-"o of which l am
" one" Benjamin would have added but modesty
forbade the words, if not the thought. "We
- mean he continued, " to remain in this Sodom
a. till we drive out the heather and restore the
promised land" There is slight confusion in
this sentence which causes some apprehension that
diligently as he should or as one might think he
did from his learned illusions to Ham and Japhet.
However, We fancy that We know what he means.
The idea is certainly curious one. He wants
TO regenerate Massachusetts, and to do this he
means " to drive out more than two-thirds of the
legal voters, including the best, the wSest, the
most patriotic and the most yirtuous of the popu-
Lot. Wbat . nj tata 2 k.. .ttap
Mr.. lIallett's purge! There would be Choate to
do all the talking; Ben fIalett to draw the resou.
tions: Ben Butler IL command the militia. if hapy
he found any militia left to commando; while Mr..
Gushing might devote himself TO ihe general inter
ests of virtue. The idea is certainly q striking
one; and as twill unquestionably arrest the public
attention, We hope it may not lead to any such
unpleasant result as the eXpurgaton of Mr. lIalett
and his companions. If there is to be ann driving
out, We fancy they will be, like the dog " leetle
ahead" Mr.. lIallett must certainly be more eau.
tious IN broaching such incendiary ideas.
The resolutions passed upon this exceedingly
interesting occasion were prepared by new hand
that of the Reverend Mr.. Lovejoy, the great
clerical gun of the lquor-dealers, and a worthy
VI III tnt Ol
resolution mongering. They are very long, and
we are sorry 10 say they are very lucid. They
deserve the praise Of being boldly, Enthusiastically
and unqualifedy bad. They are not merely be-
hind this age, but behind all ages. They are based
upon the wretched and blunderng presumption, not
merely that We should drop the Slavery question,
but that We caa drop it. Men who really think
hat "A h.. IL.
by resolution are fools; men who DO not think