New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-10
Ntm1lork Dailr Gribm1re
FROM BOSTON.
Yrom Oar Own Correspondent

bOurs 10 get over their astObishment at the news
from the telegraph feet, and very respectable de-
mOnst ration took place yesterday at noon and IN
the evening But there are plenty of people who
shake their heads wisely, or with an appearance OF
wisdom, and doubt whether it will oil come 70 any
thing. The merchants want to know how they are
going TO ship goods on speculation, when they know
exactly what the price is. Probably they will tiad
away. But if they Shouldn't what them
The Convention of colored people At New-Bed-
ford last Monday was the grandest affair in that
line that has ever occurred in the State. Though
no measures OF importance were undertaken for the
Improvement of the condition OF the race, free or
eDslayed. vet the Convention itself was demon
stration Of their capacity TO conduct themselves
with propriety, to manage public assemblies with
success and to speak with eloquence aud
humor. 1t was thus protest against Oppres-
sion, which cannot help being Of value.
Mr.. Remond Robert Morris Of Boston DR..
Smith of New. Bedford, and William Wells Brown,
were the ablest men present. Mr.. Brown presided
with dignity and skill. Mr.. RemOnd was defeated
in an attempt TO procure the appointment OF Com.
mittee to publish an address to the slaves of the
South on the subject of the right and duty of in
surrection. Better make good run than bad
stand" was Father Benson's motto aud this
seemed the prevailing opinion. There was, how
ever, a very decided feeling in the Convention
against all colonization schemes to Liberia Central
America and elsewhere, and i do not wonder.
Judging by the looks of the Convention, there are
a great many cOlored people IN the cities and towns
of this State who are comfortably of in the world,
enjoying a good many rights and privileges, though
still under the ban Of prejudice to certain extent
They not only consult their own welfare, but the
public, the AntSlavery interest, by remaining
here and showing that Freedom Is its own justlhca
ton and apology. How are Anti Slavery men going
TO show the world that il is safe to confer liberty
upon slaves unless they can point to class of men
upon whom it ia now safely conferred! How can
a demand be made for emancipation IN the South,
if we are continually talking about the expatriation
Of those who are already free 1t seems to us that
the expatriaton policy is worse than Slavery. If
negroes are to be driven out OF Missouri into ll-
nois, and then from Illinois back into Missouri;
then into Kentucky and from Kentucky to Ohio,
and from Ohio into New-York and from New.YOrk
into Canada--what is il but annihilation
1t does not seem quite certain as it did Il few
months ago, that the Republicans going TO have
a majority in the next House of Representatives.
We begin to think that it does not look as If there
was to be "a clean sweep" IN New-Y0rk, Pennsyl-
yania and Ohio, and the contest looks each day more
and more doubtful in Illinois and Indiana. New
England cannot be expected to do any better in the
next Congress than in the last. OF course you
pect no gains numerically, in Massachusetts,
for the whole eleven members are now OF the
Republican household but it is not to be
disguised that we may lose two members, aud even
more Things are looking badly in the two Boston
districts Mr. Burngane will be run III the Vth
and should not be surprised if Mr.. Comius were
again the candidate in the WITH, but the indications
of Hunker combination against them are very Sc
rous The most obvious plan 10 insure success To
the Hunker elements IS to run Democrat IN one
district and an old Wing i'll the other. The Demo-
crat seems to be pretty nearly picked out. MIR.
John r. Heard who lives in Burlngame's precinct
wants the nomination, and seems likely TO get It,
His strong points are his profession as n distier
bis official position at the head OF the Masonic Dr.
der in this State and bis entire devotion to Hunker
interests generally. He also proydentially
saved from being deeply involved in the ain OF the
coalition with the Free-S0ilers. When the Legls-
lature came together he was nominated for Coun-
cilor; but the Free-Soil branch rejected him, aud
he had to give way. He is understood to
have received new views of the enOrmity OF the cOa
Hton from that very moment. AT any rate, he has
been n consistent aud undertaking friend of Slavery
ever since. The princpa obstacle to his nonnlna-
on seems TO consist in the fact that there are Demo-
Gratis in the otter district who think 1t more lu-
diciOus that one Of their class should be selected to
run there, and Hhig be put up against Burlingame
On the other hand there is Wing III the INth Dis
~.
on the place and who feel bound to say, has those
available qualities which are likely to insure an elec
ton This man is the late Mayor, Alexander II.
Rice. He could probably be chosen against Mr..
Comins, or anybody else; but there would be con-
siderable difficulty in classifying him after election
He has Republican record, Know othlng record,
Whig record, and Democratic record. L don't
mean that he has belonged to these four parties, In
the above order or any other, but that he has con
trived to make people believe that he has belonged
TO the entire four all the time. There was all end
10 the old chameleon story in the schoslbooks, for
i recollect the last line was,
Produced the beast. and To- twas rlte;"
and il is possible that the vote for Speaker might
determine Mr.. Rice's position. Nothing else could.
II he should be chosen, and should afterward turn
out uack-that is, Black Republcsn-thst would
be awkward. And / AIN satisfied that the Admin
stration cannot safely trust any but their own men,
There ia a traditional hatred of Democracy among
the old Wings of Boston, which will keep them a
considerable while longer from full communion
with the Democrats. With the exception of Mr..
Choate, who will not take office and few poor
creatures whom nobody will vote for, who have
they got frem the Wing ranks
1t seems that Mr.. B. F. Butler of Lowell wants
10 90 TO Congress- and that this is the reason why
he discourages the presentation of his name as the
Democratic candidate for Governor. He thinks he
can carry the Lowell District against anybody but
Gov Boutwell,. He is mistaken in this; but there
is no doubt that Mr.. Butler is looked upon more
iavoraby than ofyore by men of all parties He is
liked by the old Free -Soers, because he was an eff
cient supporter of the Coalition aided and abetted
in the election of Charles Sumner, and within year
has said he should do the same thing again il Occa
sion eemed TO require. Commencing tie practice
OF the law with a reputation not the best, he has
worked himself into a leading position, and is the
best criminal lawyer in the State and of the best
Of any sort. There is something in this sort of
career that people like, and when, last year, the