New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-15
FROM BOSTON.
From Oar Own Correspondent.

in 1856 Fremont received l0S, 100. Unofficial re-
turns for the present year make the total vote
los. 90. II may be one or two hundred larger.
Gov. Banks has 81, $50, or in round numbers 90, 900
Iess less than Col. Fremont. The Buchanan and
Fillmore vote in 1856 was 5,s65. Now the Butler
and Briggs vote ia 40 5Ss. These facts show plainly
enough that our reserved vote il mostly Republican
Certain ridiculous theorzers here have an idea that
the non voters are mainly Of the Hunker persua-
sion, and they have for the last three years been
watching for indications that they will some
day come 10 the polls and oyerwhelm the
Republicans with confusion and ballots at the same
time But since our politics got settled on The Re-
publican basis, in 1851, it has been apparent to
every person OF sense that the larger the vote the
larger the Republican majority The opposition to
the principles and measures of the Pro-Slayery
Democracy is increasing and viii increase, until
Republican principles become the common express
sion OF faith Of the whole people as much SO as a
belief in the Christian religion, or in the utility OF
common schools OF course there will be Custom
House party, holding different doctrines, for the
present ana they are likely to control, for time,
most of the Irish voters; but this party Will gradu-
ally diminish and its leaders will finally have no
other vocation than that Of eulOgizing the Admins
tratiOn and pOcketing their salaries. | presume
that Gen. Butler already regrets that he abandoned
an independent position and put himself IN the hands
of the Custom House party.
Strange to say, the philosophers OF The Courier
party seem totally incapable of reflection and logic
ON this subject. They are pleased as babies with
a rattle with the figures Of the late election. Tx
Governor Briggs got IL, 600 votes, with but little
organization of bis friends, and on short notice.
Nhereupon The Courier gays:
ave hail this golden streak in the political horizon
with iDexpressbe satisfaction Fifteen thousand men
OF nerve and principle enough TO discharge their duty
at such moment. and under all the Encouraging and
depressing circumstances attendant upon IT, and with
other hope expectation, except 70 express their
opinions and far they could to vlndicate Their
rights, capable Of revOluonlzlng the state. IL
would be easy now 10 organize Wing party IN the
State, which would be strong enough for any purpose
by another election. fths is not done, II seems OBJ
vous that the strength OF the Opposition will unite
with the Democracy for common object, and that
that party with candidates ludCiOusy selected would
be triumpbantly successful We do not pretend 10
foresta the Judgment Of friends on this subject
They NUT LAY which cOurse would be most beneficial
TO true interests But the time for deliberate con-
sultatOn on this serious question il at hand
Now ! suppose that three-quarters of the men
who voted for Gov Briggs not only had no expecta-
ton but no desire to him elected. Large num-
bers of them would have voted for Gov. Banks if
they had supposed he needed their votes. They
used the worthy Ex-Governor as sort of Pasqun
statue to stick their private grumblings and public
p1iefs on; that was ali. Others, like the old n. n.
leaders, had q faint hope that they might place
themselves in POSITION not to conquer in 1860, as
the deuded Courier seems to suppose but To sell
out TO the Republicans some OF their associates
did in 1856. The remainder of the squad, per-
haps three or four thousand strong, were old
" higs for whom Gen. Butler was not quite " re-
spectacle enough. You can Judge what the pros
poets are for Wing or Democratic victOryin 1860
predict a vote OF two TO one In favor OF the Re-
publican candidate for President.
About One-third of the Senators and One-sixth of
the Representatives have been reelected. The four
western counties have reelected one Senator and
one Representative only. The District system is
working badly in this respect. The country towns
are pursuing suicidal policy The Districts winch
are composed of two, three, or four towns, con-
trve to divide the hOnors of representation, so that
the reelection of member, no matter how well he
has behaved il q very rare event. In the cities
and in the towns which are large enough to form
Districts of themselves the case is different; SER
yiceabe men are reelected The result will be that
mind and experience will triumph as they always
do over unorganized numbers. But II the country
people choose to throw away their power, L don't
know as we are bound to prevent them. Every
village has some old Scion or Lycurgus, or some
Young debating club hero, who seems 10 the people
The test man to take part IN the business OF egls-
latjoD. So he has TO go, no matter VINO ls kept al
home.
Quite q number of the leading members are
among those who have been lucky or unlucky
enough to get realected Mr.. Phelps President OF
the Senate, and MIR. Hale Speaker OF the House,
are both returned. Mr.. Hale had the good luck to
live in the same Ward with Mr.. George Lunt, and
10 have him for an opponent. Hale had two votes
more than Lunt. The two men who cast these
votes have the heavy responsibility upon their
shoulders of postponing until 1861 our only chance
of Governmental reform. We have the satisfaction
of knowing that one of these thOughtless persons
was q negro / dare say the other was mulatto
or an abOlitiOnst, or some rt.raff OF that sort.
Such persons ought not TO be allowed TO vote, un-
less they will promise to vote on the conservative
tide. In the same Ward where this close contest
between Hale and Lunt took place. Ex-Governor
Gardner got into an alteration with one of the Re-
publican yote-distributors pebeian person though
white, named Mr.. Henry Morgan The cause OF
the trouble was the attempt of the Ex-Governor to
seize and destroy some ballots which he was pleased
to denominate as spurious by which he meant
merely that Mr.. Lunt's name was not printed on
them. Mr.. Morgan gave Mr.. Gardner "a piece OF
his mind" bluntly informing him that he considered
him the meanest man in the world his re-
mark illustrates the tendency of the Yankee mind
10 byperbole and exaggeration If Mr.. Morgan
had said the meanest man in Suffolk County, or in
Massachusetts, perhaps he might have maintained
his position by facts, or by popular opinion. But
his acquaintance in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the
Isles of the Sea- is hardly extensive enough 10 JUST
fly the very broad statement which he made.
Mr.. Liquor c Commissioner Burnham has been sent
To Jail by the House of Representatives for con-
tempt in refusing to produce at the request of the
Legislative Committee of Inquiry, his cash book and
ledger The Committee in the course of their in
yestigatiOns into the transactions of the Commits
sioner with John FELTON, * Co, came upon some
evidence which tended to show that Burnham had