New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-27
FROM BOSTON.

BOSTON, DccenlDcf ~, lcOJs
The reception which Mr.. McRae and other Dem.
OeIatic Members of Congress gave to the speeches
Of Messrs. Lincoln Everett, and Cushing, at our
Union meeting, excited painful misgvI gs lest after
all, that meeting bad not completely averted all the
threatened dangers; but since your meeting came
of, we are well satisfed with ours. II we did not
have any O'COnor to defend Slavery, in the abstract
ard concrete, We at least did not have any dis
senters impoite enough to hiss and 80 help destroy
wlat would otberNise eerhaps be Pleasng delu-
sion for our Southern brethern. A." "ur sen-
cradle Ex-Governor Lincoln 50 far forgot hmsel. -
TO utter Ant-Savery opinions, we had no eX-Presi-
dent, us yOu oid prOcaiming that the shareholders
were responsible for John Browns invasion, and
therefore had no right TO complain "f u, Ihen,
again. our meeting did what little il could toward
LSssins Ar. Franklin Pierce forward for the Pres
ideLcy, while your folks took lurch the other way
aud nominated Gen. Scott much less sssIc and re-
liable man for Slavery. The Scott and Houston
mtn Of your city must have Inexperienced the oD-
iect of The meeting, and have somehow got the no
ton that il was of the legitimate purposes OF q
Union meeting 10 denounce Southern dlsunl0nlsts
For certainly Scott and Houston would make short
/, work of the SngetOns and Crawiords of the House
Of Representatives If they should undertake to put
their dsuniOn threats into execution. None OF our
| Sueakers made any such mistake. Nobody, to hear
| or read Mr.. Everett, aud Mr.. Gushing, and
/ Mr.. Lincoln, would suppose that three-quarters
| OF the Democratic speeches made in Congress sine
thin session commenced have been filed with trea-
sonGble sentiments. MIR. Gushing did not intimate
| his belief if he entertained it, that the men who
| have voted for MIR. BOcOck are a set of 90 drunken
| "nutiBecrs" Not he He knows his duty better.
| He knows what Union meeting is for viz: to give
| aid and comfort TO disuniOnists by blackgnarding
the only Union party in the country. 1t is ply
| your meeting had not been managed by men OF like
discretion Mr. FillmOre's letter should have been
suppressed, and the men who shouted for Scott and
| Houston should have been summarily dealt with by
Capt Pilsbury's police as dsturbers of the meeting
But always do these things better in Boston than
| you DO in New-YOrk. / remember only one single
| drawback TO the success of our meeting. The man.
ayers thought it would be fine thing TO have lot
OF the ex-Governors on the list of officers or speak
ers. We have quite number OF them, such as
| Lincoln, Morton Everett, Briggs, Boutwell,, Cliff
ford WasLbuln, and Gardner. They bagged five
| Lincoln, Morton, Everett, Clifford, and Gardner,
ard thought they had secured Briggs. So sure were
they OF this that they printed his name in the list of
| Ni0C-PIesidents. 1hls was more than he could
| stand so he comes out with card, saying that he
| did not authorize his name to be used and news
paper in Pittsheld says, substantially that he is
| Republican, only he don't like Gov Banks and the
! Republican parry. Small blame 10 him for that, for
1
ship and his sou out of another. Clifford and Gard
ner having been also turned ont of Office by the Re
| IUbleans, persuaded that that party is dan
cerous and sectional institution, and they had not
any real Ant-Slayery opinions to keep them out of
| tie dirty serape which Gov. Briggs avoided As for
Bouiv ell he is but little better than an Abohtonist
and presume was not invited. Banks, being lice
Governor, and not dead one, was also passed over
Of course But am inclined To think that the slave
| holders would bave been more profoundly impressed
with tie value Of the meeting as guarantee against
agitation If il had not been SO completely made up
Of t1-GOvernOrs and tr-everythIng else. A certih-
cate mem the Office of the Secretary of the Com
| mOnwealth, giving the number of DOaghface votes
that used 20 be cast say from 1850 to loi5 in the
/ good old DAYS when Harrison Gray Otis hunted all
over Boston ior Garrison and found him in garnet
with a colored boy, printing The LiberaiOr, and
/ when George Lunt found constituency mean
enough 10 elect him to the Senate--a certificate of
this sort would be Of quite as much value to the
Shareholders the list of obsolete personalities who
/ figured in the Union meeting Gov. Banks received
! g UtO votes at the last election, but this is
than the ive UniOn-saving ex Governors would have
/ got, if they had been all III the field against him.
Right ON the heel of the Union meeting came the
/ election of Republican City Government. Mayor
Lincoln, who for two years previous was elected by
the Democrats and Ilunkers OF oil sorts, this year
i accepted the Republican nomination against the
/ Democrats and was elected. l presume he is the
/ same Mr.. Lincoln he was last year, but 1t Is GER
/ tainly better TO have him labelled Republican than
| Democrat. On this Msyoralty question. regret to
say, TIE Post aud The Courier were not united
| Tie Post went for Mr. Wightman, and The Courier
| fer Mr.. Lincoln Mr.. Gushing and Mr. Everett
| also parted company. Mr.. c. was for Wightman,
or would have been il he had been voter here, and
/ Mr. Everett was for Lincoln. Ifthe neas had been
/ unanimous said Sheridan, on a certain occasion
| they would have lifted me out of bed But doubt
! ~ TOD a ola
ton. or The Post have materially sweIled his ma
] ior;Ar u thnt may Il Il nainfnl In see our