New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-26
FROM BOSTON,.
From Our Own Correspond u.

From Our Own C,TsspoDGeu:
BosTON, JGy "a. 1855.
The call for the Republican State Convention q
out snd is signed BY fourteen gentlemen, seven OF
whom are the Executive Committee, or Sub.
Committee, Of the Regular Republican State Con-
mittee, and seven prefe 10 hold the sane rei.ton
to the Banks American" organization. The
names of these gentlemen are placed in alphabetical
order, and, as sood luck would have it, The names
which 6rst strike the readers eye are those Of well
known respectable and responsible Rspabicans.
The fIlibus.ers are placed in less noticeable po-
sitons. There is sone reason to hope, if not -
expect that this is the last concession which the
Republicans will be compelled to make to the little
squad of Americans" who have so perseverngly
black mailed them for year or two past. The
ostensible for yielding now is the delicate
condition of things in the Boston Congressional
Districts Our members of Congress are as usual,
active in pursuit of any policy, however crooked
and undignifed which they think will yield them
dozen votes extra, and in trying to gain these, they
will probably lose ten times as many. The Repub-
leans are in duty bound without doubt, tostrengtheu
themselves by all proper means within their power,
and if they should see fit to conciste the Americans
who adhered to Gov. Gardner last year, they might
probably obtain an accession TO their strength worth
computing. But the process of swapping them
selves off 10 each other, cannot increase their
strength particle and may seriously interfere
with more important plans. However, it is some
thing gained that we are to have only one State
Convention. Ii is to be held in Worcester on
Thursday the 9th day of September, and the voters
"who are opposed 10 the present corrupt National
Administration and the aggressions of the slsve
power and who are in favor Of the general policy
"o of the present State Administration" are invited
to send delegates. 1t was formerly the fashion 10
call for twice of three times a. many delegates as
the towns or cities were enrltled to representatives
in the General Court. But the town system of rep
resentation having been abolished, this plan has TO
be changed. Every city and town is TO send one
delegate in its corporate capacity, and one more for
every two hundred voters IT may contain Accord
ing to the last census there were 2l1 309 voters in
the State and there S2 towns aud cities, the
Convention if the representation is full, will con-
sist of l,3cc delegates. This is on the suppOs-
zion that allowance is made in the towns and cities
for fractions.
Considerable interest is beginning to BE- felt here
in the Gerrit Smith movement III your State but
although there are many Republicans who would
like 10 be in party OF more decided Ant-Sayery
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new project. We have learned here that Gov
ernor cannot do everything, if he is the Su-
preme Executive Magistrate" The idea that Mr.
Smith could prevent the execution of the Fugitive
Slave Act, is funny one. If your military force
resembles our "Sims Brigade any Commander
in-Chief who should order them to resist a process
of the United States Government would find his
soldiers in revolt against him. Besides, in Mr..
Smiths case, all difficulty would be avoided if the
United States Marshal should see tit to wait until
9 or 10 O'clock at night, when il is the habit of Mr.
s. TO retire to bed. OF course he would not be SO
inconsistent as TO ask his subordinates to be more
yigilant than himself.
The American Tract Society, the Boston Branch.
is about ready TO proceed with its work of publish.
ING tracts on the question OF Slavery. There will
be no necessity OF letting them rot upon the
shelves" A copy OF each tract should be carefully
mailed 10 each member of the Society, and of the
New York Society. Here and there q doughfsce
may be converted at the North, at any rate, and
don't apprehend any difficulty in getting the views
of the Society before the shareholders themselves
An important church movement is in progress
here. The Pine-street Congregational Society.
established seme thirty yess ago by the aid of the
other orthodox societies, had heavy debt entailed
upon il from the beginning, and has not been able to
get md of it, though under the pastoral care of the
Rev. Henry W. Dexter, il has been extremely well
managed, and of the most fourishing churches
IN the City, except in pecuniary point of view To
get rid Of IFS debt of $50 COO il has sold its proper.
ty for $4,000, and has resolved 10 move UP 10 the
corner of First and Third avenues, near the inter
section of fremont and Dover streets, and build
there large church, which will cost. with the
laid, $4,000 and which VIII seat ,, 600 persons.
or more than twice as many as the average of the
churches, reducing the cost of seats oue-half and
thus lesscning the burdens of those who desire TO
attend. The lot Of land has been secured with the
surplus money realized from the sale of the Cd
church, and very liberal subscriptions have been
made by the church and society itself. but about
$4,000 are needed from the public TO enable the
enterprise TO 60 ahead without being involved in
new debt. The energetic pastor and committee OF
the church have set about this work with determi-
nstion to succeed in it. Whist makes the rloys-
ment especially interesting, If the faettt.. The south
spe !; .ssng u shJet seeclsn neSatons, aDd cor.