New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-15
From BOSTON.



BosToN, Sept. l3 ~.
II has become matter a some curiosity, though
not of any great consequence 10 know how Mr.
Everett, Mr.. Winthrop, Mr.. Stevenson, Mr.. Hill
lard, the AppletOns, ths Curtses, and other Old
Line Wings who supported Fillmore for President
and Luther V. Bel for Governor IN $50 are gong
10 vote this wear Tie only data have for
mating the strength Of this class are the election
returns Of ls56 from which IL appears that they
cast 7,O0O votes for DR.. Bell while 10000 were
east for all Others In 1-jj they east l., coo VOTES
and in ls54, "a, 900. Thus you that they lost
about three fourths OF their strength between I-.i
and l-56 Supposing them to have fallen off in
similar proportion since I~jG, when they made
their last appearance q party they would now
number about 1.7j0. Let us be liberal, and allow
them 1000. The Courier is the exponent OF the
views Of these men, ana as II has lately come out
for the Buchanan candidate for Governor. il has
been. not uureasonably, supposed that they would
follow in the same path. ] neednot say that such Il
contamination as this is d,youtly to be- wished, but
until the men speak. We have no right Ia state pos
itiyely what their position viii be. | AIN inclined
to think il viii be- premature tc include Mr. llard
among the supporters of Mr.. Beach. for, slthough
he is of the editors OF The COurier. yet Mr..
Lunt is supposed 10 have the chief control OF the
committed against the Democratic party. lie is
the author of the resolutions adopted BY the Whig
State Convention of l-,i, the lasi ever held in
this State. These resolutions may, therefore, BE-
considered the farewell address Of the Whgs Ia
their fellow citizens throughout the State. copy.
one or two Of them to show whist Whig doctrine
Was Two years ago:
W., ST-v ~ ~ T the rrrra =, ,he MI
Comricn.e, l their opinions, only confirmed by ,mei
and 'hey ess'e that ~ her, sae danssIoa' elements % d.
sIis ,,,- MT ~ 49, r..S and be Terr5,srS
emuy drc ied freedom be received u-o IL mon
"Re,eirG That the rrior was formed % e.tahh i,.e
insure domestic tranquility promote he :rncrs wesre ard
the blessings Of try 20 oIr.eyr- and pcsrTy;
and every Administration into vo' hards the goyernmer o
the country Is u;rled bound observe these 4fdns points
Of public duty IN their policy BIT she rIesn, administrator
& h- s S . - IN ,s ,es,s ~ "a s m IT s,a BON a y
the o aud .uheH, Of that sectional s, that
,hc paramount duty Of all good patriots aPresse"
Mr.. Hilard not only wrote these resolutions.
but he made speech III their defense, Ill which he
denounced the Democratic party as being the sole
csuse of the sectional agitation, and said Mr.. Bn
chansn quite out of the question. Wings
could not support him except a. All alternative 70
prevent dsunlon. believe tins is the last that has
been beard from Mr. Iillasd, IN peFson on nation
81 politics. Ii j. not fair 10 presume that he is
ready 10 support Mr.. Beach.
Mr. Winthrop, however, would seem 10 b. com
HilsId. in ls,6, would vote for Democrat Only
in case there was danger Of dissolution Of the Union
in taking any other course Mr.. Winthrop. in l-57,
expressed his Willingness to vote for dagb0ds 10 de-
feat Mr.. Banks. In a letter 10 Col. Sever, dated
October l6 he said, after stating his iuF
! opposing Mr. Banks:
AZ ihere 10 whs candidate ~ ne fed, sm d.p-, 20
tta q The o,asr candidates teld- he b..
chsucs oi beating hm The feuds with whom hsyr a--ed
hsrtooFr 20 entertain fse. confidence Goy.
al nan t1
distressing heir ldrmsnt than d. sra give bi
/ iil. ,eaI, }sr !sefr: is.e1
Mr.. Winthrop IL is safe tO say hstsd Gardner
as cordially his Satanic Majesty is reputed 10
/ hate holy water and though ne had mad three op-
poriunities 10 vote for him, had steadily refused;
hUt his cordial and lGylnclbie spite sgainst Mr..
/ Banks. and the Anti-Ssyery men Who were sup
| porting him. was sufficient t. induce him 70 tske
/ this ground. He would probably have preferred
| Mr. Beach on personal Grounds. This yesr b.
/ viii have lo excuse for not supporting him. ard
We await With interest bis pronunciamento 70 that
/ effect. This will be rather awkward for him. lust
: as the Republicans seem 10 be taking up something
/ of conservative position but there seems no help
! for IT, As for Mr.. Everett he attended the Pochet
Celebration. and probably means 10 be reckoned on
/ the Administration side. Mr.. Stevenson who
wept scslding tears over Websier's detection from
frce-SoI opinions. vii probably 80 the same way.
! 1t is by no means certain. however. that these
Democratic side. There is a traditional hstred of
the Democratic party among the old Boston Wings,
which Is not Vet eXtnguish-d. The best opinion
now seems 10 be- that the Democrats will have can.
didatcs of their own IN both the Boston districts.
and that they viii fail in both. An important
indication of the way events tending is found
in the fact that the Hon. 4. II. Rice late Nayor
OF Boston, who has been reckoned a HUnker
Wig all along. has come ont pumply on the Re
publican side. He was delegate 10 the STATE Con-
ycntion of that party was chosen one Of the Vice
Presidents, and TOOK hls seat, fashion. on the
platform. Mr.. Rice has not heretofore for the lsst
three years, 81 least, known 90 which party he did
belong. His position is now, however, plsin
enough. Ii is not singular that in the search after
available candidates. So strong man IN the popular
estimation IS Mr. Rice, shoald be locked 10 aud
/ spoken Of as candidate for Congress IN the IVth
District, now represented by Mt Ccmins Popular
opinion hsd wen-nigh settled down in favor of Mr..
/ Amos A. Lawrence. but the advent of Mr.. Rice
makes things look little dubious Ii would b.
hard 10 say which would prove the strongest csndi
date: either would be pretty sure of an election.
In the With District, Mr.. Barlinssme Will be the
Republican candidate, and Mr.. John T. Heard. ia
all probability, his opponent. There is nothing new
about the other districts.
Some things occurred st tie Republican State