New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-22
IRON BOSTON.
From our Own CeIrospSne-n:-

s.,sr.t;on of trade The Boston Courier sttrib4tes
il 70 "6rna.ieism," which, it says, "h's been az
work among Us for years." "Oar poAAcA pni''o-
thropy." il says, "nterfercs with the course o'
Grade snd the means Of living" fear this "trne'
But il has always been so in Boston 70 some eA.eu''
The disease is cbropic. Boston caught u oetJre
the Revoh,inp. and IL has held on ever since IL
woua not be difficult to show that We
are much less fanaticI than our ances.Vrs.
There have been tmes, indeed, when the
disease seemed slnos. entirely 10 be thrown
og There was precious season of health about
the time Garrison aud Thompson we're moooed' ana
more recently when Sims and Burns were returned
to their lawful owners. What complain oil 10 lhat
sucb nap,r, as The Courier are continually making
matters worse. When a man has an estate 10 sell,
he does not tike pains TO set forth IN his advertise
mept ALI the disadvantages well IA advantages OF
the location He dOes not say, " In TINS helgaDor-
hood the cholera broke out last year, or =" ne
subscriber regrets to add that the smallpox ls IN
the next street, or y Inc ohiy dfa"eacA - Tue
nearness of bone -beilng eetab shnent aud lhree
distlleries." lie leaves his purchaser 10 nld
out these things, and dwels upon the thousand
elipiblties which his eseate possesses over any
other. Your neghbor of The Journal ct Commerce
did the handsome thing by us the other day when II
published that roll of our ilustrous conssry itive
men Wings and Democrats, beginning with Choate
and ending with Gardner. Let me tell You, Slr,
that though we are considerably plagued with lana
tics we have some as excelleot d0ughtaces "a tue
whole country can boast of. Newl0rk got little
the advantage of us IN the Tract Society matter,
but YOU must recollect that we were overslaug1ed
bv the outside barbarans from the other NEWELL
gland States The good cause was upheld oy Lieut.
Stetson. Reynolds, Tobey, Richards, and many
others as true and firm, IN every respect, As Dr.
Rethune or Bishop McIvane. Then 1 desire you
TO lock at our last years vote Tor Governor. why,
Mr. Beach, who represented the genuine natlohai
Democracy, and Mr.. Gardner, VINO was national
enough for The Courier, and now mas the approoa-
ton of The Journal Of Commerce, received, togetner
over , 600 votes more than Gov. Banks, IN this CITY.
don't see why the Southern traders should neglect
us. Mr. Buchanan does not hesitate To come 10
Boston and take remnant OF our damaged judiciary
TO niece out the Court OF Claims and why should
our conservative cottons aud national or0gans 90
begging, because, forsOotb, Lowell and Lynn over
poWer ne with their anatical majorities, and keep
such men ia office as Sumner, and Wilson and
Banks. ~
This has been military week in Boston. The
National Lancers had a dinner on Monday: on
Wednesday the Tigers" returned from New-fork,
and Yesterday the Boston regiment aud some of the
ChaIlestown companies paraded, In honor OF the
battle of Bunker HILL Mr.. Winthrop, who says he
is "farly and willingly enrolled both the political
" and military retired list" presided at the dinner
or collation. in Faneul Hall, on the return OF the
Tigers. believe he was once commander OF the
corps His speech was an excellent one III good
spirit and tgOOd taste What could be better, or
more fnely,in contrast with Gov. Banks's and Mr..
Burlingamtss war speeches than the following:
ICED grant that foreign war may never come IN
our day ard generation And rejoice assln to e1
press my believe that such event Is still great
way o-much farther off, certainly, than 80 ne recent
denominations might lead Us to apprehend For one,
1T thH the nag OF , our suy
vnoicasN either on land or on sea. II i; should,
there wHsbe hearts of oak enough to do the need
fu. And als,pur hearts will be with tnem, and our
haLds, too, whenever and wherever they may DC
wanted. ,
{" But no foreign natiou-and certainly not our old
mother Brainwill ssriousy and deliberately advco-
lure ulon the experiment Of attempting to humiltatc
tn. banner of the AIerican Union, whatever provok
ing annoyance may here and there have been pepe-
trated by few petty underlngs who may be privi-
legged TO wear button and e cockade. Great ap'
pause Great Britain has certainly enough TO do at
presert in the ungles of India without rendering her
tef resporsible Tor " unchaping the tiger on this
side Of the ocean; ard if she had n0t-for had
always rather trust TO her justice than TO her esrs-
she IL too seuebe Of what is due to us, and due to
herself and due TO the Of civilization OF inter-
national law and international love, to let slip her dogs
of war waptonly and willfully upon our commercial
marine. We have already sufficient indie itons,
th K. to ASSURE us that all our grievances in this
( line will be redressed without soy appeal TO arms.
All, my friends, the honor OF our flag is always 10
darger from ourselves than from anybody else. We
are able to take of for ourselves and must
take of il for Ourselves on the see and the
shere Let US OILY preserve it In is integrity and its
purity untarnshed and uniform, without spot rent
wrinkle in it: cd original unsuied luster, and all the
nations of the earth will respect it, and may
pose beneath its folds with nothing TO fear for its indie
pendepce its honor
There are some things in Mr.. Winthrop's speech,
/ however, which show, as it seems to me, that he
does not quite appreciate our present military sys
tenn or the principles of the Adamses and the other
great men of the revolutionary era. lie says in one
place that "a standing army is the very bane OF
- republican system" He expresses respect and
reverence for that article of national Consttu-
ton WI ich recognizes "a well regulated militia as
essential to the security OF free State. Again:
1.-The whole history of our commonwealth and
country frsm the days of Shays rebellion to the
present day, bears continuous testimony 10 the
vital necessity Of a weDorganized well-dsclp-
lined, patriotic militia, az part OF our republ-
"can system" lie quotes John Adams, who IN
London was asked as TO the origin of the peculiar
characteristics of New. Englanders, and replied,
THE meeting house aud schoohouse and
training field are the scenes where true New
ENGLAND men are formed" These quotations
will serve 10 show that Mr.. Winthrop has got
the idea that the present militia system OF Aassachu-
setts ia the one contemplated by the trainers Of the
Constitution chief among whom was John Adams,
who 30 euogzed the influences of the training
field" / take If there can be no greater mistake
than this The volunteer Militia " OF Massachu-
sets bears q much stronger resemblance to stand
ing army which the Constitution declares TO be
dangerous 10 liberty" and which Mr.. Winthrop
acknowledges to be the very bane of republican
system" than TO the system which Mr.. Adams euo-
gized. You may search through the Constitution,
and y.u cannot find ANYTHING there which leaves the