New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-13
Netu9lork DAILY G,ibm,Ie
FROM BOSTON
THE TWO YEARS AMENDMENT.

BosroS, May 9, 1859.
The vote on the constitutional amendment Ia 10
be taken to-day. II il is defeated, everybody here
will b. disappointed, for have not seen mSn
who expects any other result. For the last Two
weeks there bss been brisk discussion Of the sub
i.ct. If it had b-en commenced SIX months ago.
aud carried on With as much spirit, the amendment
would never have received two thirds oil the votes
IN the House Of Representatives, aud, ot course,
could rot saye been ,bmttei t. the people we
are now resping the mischlevois irui,s w Tue
fatal uistske made ia ESQ, ~hrn, ln't"ad oi " Az
inv themselves OF the opportunity which Inc r'esi
drntAl election offered VI crusolns "ut U'riherl'h
and Know No'blngIsm altogether, tu- 'P'iol'c'us
,i.lo,d tn, woUle field To Gard"rr, thus c"ul'
;n.nc NO a uolcy which VA. followed up 10
le57 by sgaiu .ubnttiug 10 the d'ct't'on OF
the Know Nothing Runp. IL the party hsa
em,nc,p.ted iselr in 1856, or IN 1897, TINS
pruscrlrtive policy tows.d foreigners wod
have been di,contc aed long aye, aud We
should have been - FIRE from kDoN'N"'nl'g'su rs
they az. in Maine or New. Hampshire. M specific
or drhpfe bargain VAS ever wade between the k--
uublcsps aud Au. ricaDs 10 r-alJu la tbls auiend-
me- or .ny other, bu the whole trniency az tniass
for three Years has bren To- yield soni-tbbg Ia tue
biz otry and fsnaticism of few sc'fo 81 adven-
tur.rs captains at tens and captains I'll bundreds
"a bv have covered Bustoo aud too adj iulug cities
With reliculatiop of s.cr-t .ocietirs woose motto
ia Death T. the Pope and Dove with the Paddles.
hall be disappointed il the succ-s. 1T this amend-
u,ut does not rulbodeu the leaders # these squads
TO r, esabhsh the Amerlcab parry, with toe design
of rrsumIus the sau,- Censorship aDo cohtro' over
the Republican nominations that tncy exercised III
lc,b and 1897. =.
Since nv last, Senatur Wills n has cone ont with
a second rit-T. much abIrI and sharper th,n the
first. Ii was written Ia rrply t" AmaS' Walker ot
Nortb Br,okf-ld who hs1 criticised u"dcr his
own q ,me, the S-nat"rs first l-tt'-r. MIR Wsker,
I t.h.ye. ass never n m-mber of the American
pa,ty; AID it is n striking tact that mtuy At the
ust prumn~ Mt advocates 81 tue pes NJ ihtiersnt
and proscnptive mrasure we're "'Rinni enen'es "i
that party Some Of them have sut'- ily become
increased with the fear that the P'pe his 'nmls-
.iourd Father Wiget IL es,ao lsh oraochrs at tue
Iuouis,top in toe country toSDs 0t Massachusetts,.
| suppose the h,ndbIl, of wh Oh 'ho following Is
cory. and Of which u deIst.ni $500 have oeen
printed CONES from tots class Ut uieu:
"Ctrlzyss oy MASSACHUSETTS, do YOU wish to
have IN. Bible excluded lrou tue Public Schools IL
Won do not then vote YES on the adoption "f the Con-
stl'utioDal Amendment. ELioi o'hooL'
The connection between the Constitutional
amendment and the Sco ,ol controversy, IL not
very sppareut; but much the better Tor the pnr'
poses of those abo have got up the hsntblli.
Where the Foil Family is TOR ~ 'st nu nerons,
there ibis a. gumeut viii have toe greatest effect.
But TO return to Gen. Wis n. lie, and those who
have cu0perate5 " tn him 10 dung ~oat has beea
dome against the amendment, drs'rvo the thanks OF
the Republicans Of the c"untr, for making It appa-
rent that TIE Republican par'yo' the State ID not
wb,ll, give o over Ia faDatlci'm AID folly. The
press has been, Nth few exceptions, tame and
inactive. The Springfield Republican aod The
Worcester Spp h,vs "pyus-d tho nniendin-nt with
ability ano skill; The No bdtord Mercury aud
Tn, Nur. Bedford Standard have token the same
side, but have said l-ss oD tn. subject; Toe
Hompsh,rs Ga-,t,, at Northampton, and The
Gresnf,ld Courrr aud 10 fact most of the Re-
publican papers in toe Vest.ro part at the State,
have gone The same why. On the Other hand, both
th. Republican papers 10 LoaelI have favored the
amendment; The H0re,Ser Trlnscrpt md Saiem
Gazette bave been active on The same SIDE;
The SaLm Register aud The Ncburyport
Herald have, 80 far as I have Ob.-rv-d been
neutral. The Boston Bee aid The journal have
been active ia supper: al tbe propositions; The
Adrotiser came out mildly ~ its favor At hate
da,, in an article which m,n, per-ons thought Vi
q sent, official character. sud reflected the views Of
the Governor; The T,acLr seemed to esp'use
both sides; The Transcript lea.-d "a toe OppOsl-
tlun. No great Importance Ia o. be- attached u tue
views of the Deaspnpers If This Stat. Two or
three Of them only have .tni"rd p".tion of inde-
p@bdence. The others either occupy the Did fash
iOsed partisan position, and are 10 great degree
depeudeut upon lunDs AID contribution. from lead
ing politicians, or they sre 10 tr,us't on state
from partlsau.hip to independently, which is much
worse than either.
Not nor boy,
But sh0bbledrhoy.'
In some Of the sWal or cities there ara two Re-
publican papers where only is aeeied or can be
we'll supported. Consequently there is apt IL b.
ih.r desp.rsie can ttiou "a s-- ~hIch ,hall
c.t.r u,ost 4, thr nlon.
or, where public seotui- Mt divided more equally,
the rival j,ur1 sb divide it b-twrrn them, aud one
takrs the conservative side Whenever tbs other
leads TO rsdlcnlism, an6 rersa. So, like Jack
Sprat and his wife they lick the platter clean BE-
tween them There Is No Anti Slavery polit cal
p.per in Boston; that is, none which gves the
AbtI-Slayery idea it's due prominence over all
others The Bee ia less conservative, AS . general
tn ng than IFS nr ghoors; but Il is more Americas
than X. publican, and It's senior editor made the
disgraceful svvwal within u ~eck, IN leading edi-
iorai that II BIZ lived in Ooo he should vote against
giviD2 D+gr'es the right Of suffrage. The Journat
is DotbUg but sn Did issbO n'd Wig paper, mOdl-
fed 10 suit the rx'geucIrs of politics. The TraCesr
IL tood deal y fuenced BY toe opinions, such a.
they are -, Mr.. Amos A. Lawrence, very b nest
aL0 very excellent mau, "tO nW persist 10 med.
dir vi b subject ho nyrr can know anything
about 10 wit ~, ric.. The Ifrsrtiser is the oest
Of the Republican papefr, but Is tO tdIii aud eau
Ii. US: and Nr. Cos,les Hale, man 81 great sbil-
~ and iud. fsissble Ddu.try, has litica nsPira-
tUus Which viii be apt ~ ubterfere wi making
the paper iuJrp-Dd-Dt as il SHOULD 10
There have been uisny and M statements, az 10
the position %, eur nieuibeTs vf Cnngrrss this
question. bave tsben some pains {" fi"d out the
facts but 10y Information Is not Very full. Such
ss 1t IL, however, believe IT 70 entirely reliable
There 10 ~ ~. culstup as +, G-n. Wilsod's po.i
g.. il IA fs, he