New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-04

again. to the satisfaction Of everybody except aboat
seveety Thousand voters, that rress Massachusetts,
gives up her nonssDsicsl philanthropy, her e1psn.
s;ye honesty, her ridiculous love Of night and her
s,upendousIy foolish hatred Of wrong, the dome Of
the State House would fsll IN. crushing the statue
of Washington by Ctantrey, and the stuffed cOd6sh
in the Representative Hall BY some artist unknown
burning considerable portion o! Beacon street
under the ruins. and filling up forever the frog.
pood upon the Common. To avert this dire catas-
troohe' NJ. Robert c. Winthrop wrote the cell
sbrsted and vigorous epist!e to which we have
already given immortality. To avert this DIR.
Rufu. Choete. BY particular desire Of his party by
a resolute, praiseworthy ard almost incomprenen-
sb,e effort, refrsined from masking any speeches
during the campaign. To avert this, sundry so'ld
citizens unbuttoued their pockets, took ouI taeir
pocketboo and plauked their money without
groan. Ben HaIlett-to sise single instance OF
the astonishing pot rourr.-hgures for one nigu'
only upon the same platform With Proi. ben'
Perce Of the august University Of Harvard. VINO
saw on Sunday more stars than he ever "a" before;
Isaac II. Wright, the Mexican brave; and Charles
Theodore Russell, whose middle name affords the
ONLY indication that he is the gift Of God.
All! that we should be compelled to record the
failure Of 90 much ga,lantry, selfsacrifce letter
writing and speech making That lavender
scented srissosUts should get into bed with NAL
odorous loaiers-thst uice nobility with unPugged
noetrils. should meander in mud and perambulste
the dangerous districts to the utter ruin Of ts var
pished boots - that Demosthenes, Hyperdes,
Cicero, Pitt and Canning (these eminent men still
live in Boston, although populary supposed BY the
rest of the world to be dead) should pour forth
Goods of eloquence - that George Lunt, the
modern Junus, should write some hundreds OF
columns awful to look upon, and still more awful
TO road-and all in yain We are gong to
ruin. and no mistake. We see the "demnition
bow.wows" in the distance. We sce tue
yortex. the naestrom, the eddes, the quick.
Sands, the rocks the breakers. MAN the life
boat! I" should be upon every white and trembling
lip in Boston and the dcmesnes adjacent. For
Church is nOdding to State and State is returning
the compliment. Responsibility has retired for
the purpose of committing Jclo-de-s. The Boston
Courier alone stands firm.
1--WE little logger wait;
But hos little nore can know"
-" In this connection, il may bc uncivh, and 1t
may be even brutal, for US to indulge in the IAN
guage Of exulAtion or congratulation. But our
opinion being that Massachusetts Hunkerism is
nine tenths dead, We beg pardon Of the fraction
still living, while We say that the Massachusetts
Republicans have done noby. They have not
merely conquered, but they have conquered wisely.
These returns show that they are not merely pow.
erful numerically, but that they are fast becoming
powerful morally. The Dark-Lantern candle has
ceased to shoulder 1t has even ceased to smell
for which We even at this distance Of three hun.
dred miles, are sufficiently grateful.