New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-23
only to be exercised By the people Of Mi'sour

| whether il msy occur at Washington. that sublime
seat of government, or in the humber less ugy
| and less ostentatious State capitals. We Cannot
in ADEQUATE terms convey to the reader our sense
of horror and desolaton. when We read IN Boston
paper that the Massachusetts, House OF Represent
| atiyes had soIemnly excused the Hon. Caleb Cush-
ing from attendance for the space OF time oi h'e
| dsys. We rapidly and mentally revoked the con-
| sequences. We said to ourselves: NOW tha'
the guiding light Of that erratic body IL about to
be withdrawn, may we not anticipate conp
| dttdt' Whist revolutionary measures, subTersiTe
| Of all sound government msy not be introduced
aye, carried too, during that fatal FIVE days se-
clusiOn of the Newburyport guide, philosopher
| and friend Who will speak word for the un-
happy Judge LOring and bis salary Who will
| stand up for white folks VIII not the black,
the yellow, the red races take this opportunity Of
securing rights which white men are not bound to
respect" Our opinion was that the House had
acted very Djudiciously at this critical moment 10
allowing its Mentor to absent himself for single
| moment We cannot say, and we care not what
bis business was. This being penitentisl season,
he may have retired for private prayer or for in-
Prospective contemplation, for selfhagrlla..on or
for walking from Boston to Newburyport with IN
boiled beans in his boots But even these exercises
cannot be received sufficient excuses. The
House Of Representatives Of Massachusetts, with
out the ex-AttOrney General for five long, wesry,
wretched ansrchcal days Think of the Repus-
bean members, with nobody upon the other side to
answer. rushing upon each other ike 30 many eats
Of Kilkenny, with fratrcida intentions, and absO-
utey leaving nothing in the hall except little fur
and the emblematlcal Goldfish 1t is generally un-
derstood that Mr.. Gushing is the Atlas of petriied
Massachusetts, conservatism and bears upon his
shoulders that granite globe. Suppose the ancient
snd veritable Atlas had slipped off his orbicular
burden, and departed upon pleasure excursion.
Where should we all have been When Palinurus
falls into the sea, what can save the ship
We will answer, We will tell you. Atlas Cush-
ing departed for FIVE dave, but like defunct
grinder he left his organ behind He left it also in
the usual tune with an unusual volume OF wind IN
the bellows, and all the stops properly arranged;
30 that the artist loeum enenS has only to turn away
for dear life until the return of the original per-
former. When We saw the announcement of Mr.
CushiDgs departure, We supposed that the pablica
ton of The Boston Courier would be suspended.
Whom it would write OF, what bright particular
star it would worship during Mr.. Cushings obscur.
ation We were at loss to determine. But retro
spectiye review satisfied us. Even as country
doctor, who may not see his patient again for a
week, leaves behind him large collection of medi-
caments so DR.. Gushing emptied the entire con.
tents of his saddle bags into the bosom of The BoS
ton Courier, making it kind of healing medium
during his absence. Before his departure he
iammed, rammed, stuffed and crammed The Courier
full of Cushing, and thus by prophylactic means
secured Boston against contagion during his alb
sence To prove this let facts be submitted to a
candid world.
The Courier Of Saturday, the 18th should have been
called The Cushing Courier. Upon its fourth page
Was report of lecture by Caleb, upon 50 The
Expatriated Irish in America" delivered in Boston
on the llth inst. This report occupied three
columns and half or about 300 lines. Turning to
the middle Of the issue we find - loaded lines
devoted TO showing how well The Courier had re-
ported Mr. Gushing. Still further investigating,
We find l63 lilies defending Mr. Cushing's speech
against recognizing any save white men as human
beings The Courier Gushing account for Feb Is,
ISIS, sums up as follows:
Lecture ui.a Ex,s. 800 lines
Notice of the same. s! line.
Defense OF Mr.. Cu-uns'' NegrophOba 1853 lines
Toal. ................................s5 lines
But this was not enough. On Monday following
The Courier appeared with an elaborate report OF
Mr. Cushng's lecture on Mexico before the Demo
cratic Union Association, occupying two columns
aud half and containing about 600 lines. So We
sum up, as follows, the Cushing account with The
Courier for twO days:
Report Lecture E.ie' with paa,, gas iiue.
RePor. OF Lecture on Mexican kePubic.''' I'D lne'
Total :...''..''''''l 30 hhe.
Paid for at our regular rates for advertising in
The WEEKLY TRIBUNE, this would have brought
into the treasury OF The Coprier the handsome
sun of 1885. And yet We do not believe that
Caleb disbursed lonesome shilling for this atten-
ton upon the part of polite newspaper. He is
no coubt cracked up" without charge. He isa
lucky dog, is Caleb.
The Co,rier in another place sententousy re-
marks: There are many who think Of 3 newspa-
4" per only as matter Of amusement and luxury
Certainly the readers of The Courier cannot be of
this class. A little Gushing now and then may be
reEshed by the wisest men. But always partridge
To baye Gushing for breakfast, for dinner, for sup
per; to have Gushing baked, boiled broiled stewed,
fried, toasted and roasted must be discouragng to
the lovers of luxury and amusement. At the State
House they are obliged to stand him. Speaker