New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-11-09


party, will guarantee that it will nominate and
elect him. Gudgeons in general are caught with
sprats, but you may angle for this sort win nhafes.
There lie nothing in nature that uatcbcs the SIC oil
the swallow or the enormiiy Of the creduhfy OF
State-street Wing For instance, they really De-
ieved that they going to dcmollsh the RePao-
hcans and elect Mr. Heard over Mr.. Bur,ingame
by announcing their intention 10 vote Tor him
And YOU know how well they succeeded.
Mr.. Winthrop probably, labored under the same
smiable dclusiou when he put forth biz announce
ment of his intention to do the same thing. But,
alas he only had fresh proof OF hls political e1-
ti,guishment This is really very odd case
Most men are content with killing themselves once;
but he persists in repeating the operation OF sell
slaughter so often that BE- must ike il. He has
evidently contracted a habit Of II. II IL a clear
case of Chronic Suicidc. The only practical effect
heard Of his letter being likely 10 produce was 10
lose a vote for Mr. Heard. You know that the late
MIR. Webster was nos fond of Mr. Winthrop while
he liyed-a quality Of liking which it pleased God
10 decrease on better acquaintance, as Mr.. Win
fhrop suco.ssively promoted first the termination
Of Harrison and then Of Clay, and then of Taylor,
and then OF Scott, leasing Mr. Webster in the
lurch; and this affection he bequeahed to his real
friends, distinguished from bis toad-eaters. One
of the chief of thes complained, | was as
sured, that Mr. WinthrOps letter had spoiled
his vote. He had meant 10 vote for Mr.. Heard, of
course Int how could re vote for the same man that
that gentleman djd--emplOying however, more
perphrr site but very emphatic form of expression,
which, cut of regard to the more queasy of your
readers, Twill considerably preternit (Now dontlet
your printers and Rake ''gueaSy" into 'greosy,"
as they did once for h. Whether he persevered
IN his determination / AIN unable to say But If
he did mt imagine Mr.. Winthrops letter bad no
effect at all. Or none excepting to give an added
pOignancy TO the excellence OF the practical joke of
his and the Messrs Appleton voting the Demo
cratic ticket Nothing could be better, unless il
were Governor Gardners bupger. mngeering with
the latest caught Paddles Wit is not the quality
above al others, that is generally supposed 10 dis
criminate Boston Wing from the rest of mankind;
it certainly is not the strong point of Mr. Winthrop;
and bls worst enemies never accused Gov. Gardner
of suffering under that dangerous affection of the
mind. And yet if Wit do indeed consist 10 the un-
expected bringing together of incOngruous ideas
Sheridan nor FOote could not improve what
what they have done in this way, if they did their
best.
The vote Of thanks which the Republican crowd
passed, on motion OF Dir. Wilson, to Gov. Gardner
for the help bis opposition to Mr. Burlingame had
given TO the election of that gentleman, was singu-
larly well deserved. Probably one man did
much to effect il, not even Mr. Wilson himself, in
that district, though he is entitled to the largest
slice of credit for the cleanness of the victory OF
your sort Of fellows in the State. His ex-Excel-
lency even diverged from the examples of dignited
aOOiuess set by his predecessors, and was busy in
distributing votes and bringing voters to the polls.
j never heard of Gov. Brooks or Gov. Strong en-
gaging in these patriotic abors, and | don't think
that either of the Clintons, or John Jay, or Temp
kins, ever far conquered the prejudices
which obtain as TO the proprietes OF a great
magistrate in retirement, as to put forth their
activities in this particular direction. At any
rate, | am sure none of them ever gave such q
labor of love to the party they had most earnestly
opposed and by victory over which they chad
originally come into power. SO, it is no wonder
that Gov. Gardner was accOsted by Republican
who saw him thus employed with" Well, Gov
ernor, you are giving the Pope lift, see!'' |
"And, faith, and it's good work he's doing them"
said of the ex-GOyernOrs Milesian co-wOrkers,
who was standing by. perhaps so," replied the |
first but if so he has been i'll a id bad business |
for the last four years. A remark the logic of
which We cannot dispute, however much We may
be shocked at It's profanity.
The Adas told story the day after Gov. Gard
ner had made his speech in Faneuil Hall, by which
he inter ded passing his KnowNothngs over to the
Irish Democracy, which made me laugh, and per-
haps may you. You know that one of the hooks \
which We're cast into the troubled waters of politics
by the Pro-Ssvery party was baited by the assur-
bnce that all the candidates were Hgh-Tarilf men I
however in contradiction to all the antecedents |
of their life. On that evening Gov. Gardner in |
d Protective Tariff. As this was rather startling /
statement to be made of an old dyed. in-the-woOl |
Democrat, he thought it needed some confirmation.
So he added TO this effect: 81 tell you fellow citizens
" that COL Heard told me this himself; and when !
" tell you that he said this to me, think no one
will be disposed to doubt the fact" The next |
morning The atlas, in commenting on this re-
mark, said, that it put it in mind of what certain
Bank President once said of note that was Of /
ered for discount. 1t was signed by person we'll |
known in the neighbOrhOOd and Endorsed by an.
other person yet better known. The President !
taking up the note and turning from IFS face to its
back SAID This note, by itself, without the in
-" dorsement, is about the worst piece of paper / |
ever saw in my life; but icith the Endorsement, il
- is mt worth -"
The Gardner wing Of the Know-Nothngs must |
have voted largely for Mr. BurliDgame, and that 4
from disgust at their being traded of in Faneull |
Hall Market, like so many horned beasts by their |
drover to the Democrats. Nothing else can sc-
count for the largeness of his majority. Two years
ago, you will recollect, he was chosen by only |
sirty-nine majority. 1t is affirmed and believed /
that from 400 to 800 Irishmen were colonized from
the southern part of the city-where there was no |
hope of defeating the Republican candidate-to the
northern, and this seemed an ample provision /
against another defeat of the South Carolina party.
And yet, though money was spent without stint, |
and though the Wings and Mr.. Winthrop gave his /
antagonist their weghty assistance with Gov. /
Gardner thrown in, Mr.. Burlingame had all but !
four hundred and fifty majority His opponents |
had not made allowance for the changes
which two years have worked on mems |
minds. All that could be said in his disparage. |
ment, admitting il all to be true, had no
effect whatever. Everybody felt that BuTngsme
stood for Massachusetts and Heard for South
Carolina ard Lecompton, and voted accordingly, /
and hence the result. The Judge Loring ques.
tion too | trust is put forever at rest nv the |