New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-19
FROM BOSTON.
Prom Our Own Correspondsp..

t6en By body purporting 10 be the original "Coh'-
xMttee Of Sixty" but which is much more hkey
psw TO be Committee Of Six. This eseret ana
irresponsible band of terrorsts may perhaps carry
their point this year, but the people are becoming
q little re,iye under their dictation and beginning
70 demand more opennsss and responsibility.
non,nation by half dozen men sitting do@n To
supper at the Parker House, may be ar excellent
enc an itself; Mr.. Lincoln may be the wisest man,
a born hing, and thus, according to Mr.. Carlyle,
entitled to rule; but many people desire to look at
his credentials and TO zee who stand behind him.
Since the mischieyous era Of Know -NothngisIn,
we aresomewhat jealous Of these Vehmic tribunals.
III Mr.. Lincoln gets the Republican nomination,
this objection will be removed. And it seems to
me that there are many things to be said IN favor
Of nominating him. Mr.. Lincoln is very
worthy and respectable man, who has the good
will of the merchants and mechanics of the city,
and is a fayorite of many old Wings, who, though
thev find themselves without influence political
leaders, still exercise great power socially and as
business men. Mr.. Lincoln never has been much
of politician, though the Wigs used TO elect him
10 the Legislature once in while, and they sent
him TO the constitutional Convention in 1913.
never had any high aspirations. He IL not, there,
fore, like Mr.. Winthrop, soured, discontented
and disappointed man. Neither Is he OF the IN
scDsely malignant Pro-Slavery class, ike some oi
the philosophers who gather round The Boston
lonri.r; men who believe Ito use the language ei
Mr. Hillard) that "a platform is structure not to
stand upon, but to step FROM" and who, there
fore, have no hesitation Ohough the straddle u
esmewhat of the widest) in stepping down from the
Anti Slavery Wing platform Of 1856, and enlist
ing under the PrO-Slavery banner upheld by
Erasmus ID. Beach and John I. Heard. Mr.. Lin
nell has 10 liking for Gen. Wilson, or Gov. Banks,
Or the Republican leaders generally. But he does
not carry bis dislike far to vote for the lead
ers Of the Black Democracy. The name OF his
father was, believe, appended to that most re-
markable and most absurd document, which ad
ysed the old Wings to vote the Democratic ticket
rs preliminary step toward the reorganization of
the Wing party; but the name Of the Mayor IL not
found there. Having to make his choice between
Mr. Burlingame and Mr.. Heard, he voted for the
former. He preferred to sacrifice his feelings
rather than his principles. This is very much to
his credit. IL is not pretended, believe, that his
Administration has been brilliant success; but it
u no doubt true that hc has been surrounded by
Board of Aldermen whose incompetency not to
say mbeety would have bafled the energies of
much abler men.
The Temperance movement in connection with
S1c CITY tltctlOn, VIII Hoi W tHHR'
The people must be converted before the runsellers
can be convicted Most Of the leading Temper
aDce men, if not all, are Republicans, who will do
what they can to forward the success of their party
Like DesdemOna, they perceive dividedduty, and
Ike her they are pretty apt to give their devotion
to the cOlOred person. Thus, at the Convention
held on Saturday evening, for the purpose Of NOM
mating candidate for Mayor, % of the delegates
voted TO postpone the business until after the Re-
publicans had nominated and "a voted to proceed
Immediately. The majority are men who care
az much or more for party success as for the
enforcement of the liquor law the minority
are more straightforward in their warfare
against the rsm-shops. l presume there will
be Temperace ticket at any rate, but
it will not receive many votes. l am inclined
10 think the ProhibitOnists, who are in favor of
nominating ticket of their own, are pursuing the
right course to draw attention TO the terrible evil
which they desire to suppress, and that, perhaps,
D Temperance vote of even two or three thousand
might have some effect upon the public authorities,
md perhaps pave the way for more important ac-
lion by and by. But worldly wisdom lie sadly lack
ing in the men who have charge of the movement. |
They have but little influence, and are not very !
(amiliar with the usual modes of influencing men.
They are easily humbugged. AS evidence of this,
il is only necessary TO mention the fact that they
believed implicitly in Gardners Temperance pro-
Iessions, and shouted with delight when he cOnde
ecepded to preside at one OF their State COnven.
tons.
The Democrats seem thoroughly dsheartened by
the severe beating they received at the state eiec
ton. especially in the Vth District, which they
confidently expected TO carry; and they show but
small disposition to fight. If the Repu6hesnf do
not get majority of the Aldermen it will be their
own fault Ifthey do get majority they will sub
stantally have the City Government, and IT they
manage prudently can keep it for number OF years.
There is some little stir ut Cambridge relative TO
Professor Huntingdon attempt to introduce new
religious notions and practices (Crypto. Calyinsm,
somebody calls it) into Harvard College The
funds of the college are likely to suffer TO the
amount of several thousand dollars, 10 pay for
sOme laboriOus alterations made TO accommodate
the Professors chance and extra pulpit-extraya-
pances which, when brought to the notice OF Pres
ident Walker elected from him the blunt eJacula'
ton, They can't say we're on the road To Rome
Nee got there His emotions and those oi MS
brethren of the Faculty, when they saw that their
permission Ia add few psalms to the hymn. book
had resulted in laborous Liturgy, may be easier
imagined than described suspect that the Or
thodox CongregatiOnalists, who thought Protes-
sor Huntington's appointment an indication that
they were at last TO enter upon their heritage,
as they consider it, of which they had been I'M
justly deprived many years, have got ra'ner
more than they bargained for. They agree with
the Unitarians at lesst in the government OF
the churches, aud have a righteous horror
of everything which looks like Popery or Epis-
eopacy. cannot say in what respects Prot
Huntingtons Liturgy differs from that in use IN the
Episcopalian churches, but suppose the orthodox
doctrines are excluded. The Christian WitRess ac-
cordingy complains as if the compilation was an act
of sacrilege almost and informs the Professor that
he had better let the Liturgy alone. The form
does not 10 the churchman, compensate for the
em,sculation of the doctrine, and the orthodox
Conpregatonaliss do not find any consolation form
and doctrine both being bad.