New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-03
FROM BOSTON,

IacIurers ana the w0rkmen. The entnusiasm ano
unanmity with which the women have joined La ths
strike is oneOf the most embarrassing circumstances
| for the employers. For although many mon in the
New Hampshire and Essex towns are still willing
to work and refuse to STRIKE nearly all of the ma
chine work is done in Lynn, and if the women re-
fuse to do it, it will be difficult for the employers to
send out much work. Then tho strike is gradually
extending to the smaller towns and work which ia
sent out frequently back by the express which
carries il. The time is approaching when con
saltation must be had, and spirit Of mutual
accommC dation must prevail. Neither party
can afford to let the present state OF affairs
continue Perhaps the manufacturers and
other business men of Lynn are more interested ID
a settlement than the wOrkmeR. few weeks OF
uneasiness, tumult, and cessation OF WORK VIII
effect permanent, and perhaps irreParaDie INJURY,
to the business prospects OF Lynn, which is nav one
of our pIeasanrest, and has been one OF our most
prosperous ctles There is no propriety, however.
in the demand of the shoemakeYs, that they shall
dictate the terms of settlement and that the en-
pIoyers shall submit TO every iOta of their demands.
1t is not to be presumed that the whole bearings OF
| the question can be understood without an inter-
| change of opinion. suppose that Lynn ID cursed
| with half score of demageguss, who are making
good thing out of the continuance OF the mrsunder-
standing, and will be disposed to prevent settle
ment as long as possible These men, L dare say.
| have been Of some service to the shOemsksrs, In
promoting and organizing the strike, and are de-
serving Of thanks; but they should not b allowed
to stand in the way of any reasonable adjustment
which may be proposed.
The Democratic newspapers are diligently trying
to turn the strike TO political account, but cannot
learn that they are making, any he'ldway. sup
pose they will try to persuade the shoemakers thai
the Republican party is a lOw-waf,es party But
even should they succeed IN showing this, which 10
unlikely, not see by what proc ess ct reasoning
they will be able to convince thes,, men that it Is
their duty to vote with the party which supports
the nO-wages policy, and whose leaders would re-
duce the laboring man thrOughog t the country TO
the condition of the slave on the Southern planta-
ton. Some speeches, showing be present aspects
of the free land question, in n ,aton to politics,
would counterfeit the contompai led mischief.
The Legislature is fast dispes ng Of its business,
but it has enough to last three Or four weeks
longer. CharlestOwn annexation has been killed in
the House by . vote of neatly two to 0ns. Tho
bank capital of the State has been increased about
81 OOO 600. A bill has been passed legalizing the
proceedings in insolvency in the Gaze OF Henry ID.
Stone of w Orcester. A great camor has been
made agains t it, on the ground that 1t was an er
post tacto law; but the Legislature could NOT sec
the point We nv clearly, or they made up their minds
that if it W, ~ liable to that objection the Congress
and the So preme Court would End it out. A bill
passed tn, House authorizing the people OF the
towns TO designate in town meetings, who should
be appoir ted Trial Justices by the Governor. Inc
ogies sm eled innovation in thS3 MEASURE ana tnS
Senate elected il, and went home swelling WIN
pride Of nd congratulatiOn that they had saved the
Constit Ition from being broken into very spsil
pieces cannot see the validity of the constitution
Obiecti on or hOwthe question of consEtatonAlty
of u 10 statute could ever be raised. Ii
the Governor obeyed it. no question could
possif ,ly arise, for nobody, however anxious bor
10 ii, IN. ian a hon
beca use he had not received one. II he did not
obey it, but appointed some person who rad not
beef ! designated BY vote the Supreme Court might
sus ain the appointment, but co not see bat the
ger eral validity and usefulness Of the lag would
be maintained at least while we'll disposed Cover
nc ,rs continued to be elected. / presume some OF
II e Justices of the Court nterered to preyent the
assage of the law. regarding it as dangerous
,recedent SO great is the contempt Of the judicial
mind for the people that it generally supp0ses mau
in whom the people have confidence must be neces-
sarly unfit for judicial station Mr.. Justice Wayne.
of the Supreme Court of the United States, in Q
biography of himself which he furnished to Lyings-
tons Law Magazine s0meyears ago, actually stated
| it as matter of pride and satisfaction that for
yea rs before he was appointed Judge, the people
wO uld not elect him to any office whatever be
re rarded this as tribute to the high Judicial quail
ii es of his mind.
The Executive Council are considering the con-
! ientiOnal line of boundary agreed upon between
the counsel for Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Bristol County is stirred to . demonstrating pitch
Taunton protests, because Fall River, by the an
| nexaton of TiyertOn, is going to become too pow
| erful for TauntOn's interest and peace Of mind;
| SeekOnk protests because she is set off to Rhode
Island; Swanzey does not want her territory dr.
, yided and portion of it attached to Warren; At
tebOrO' affects to be afraid lest her people vii
> be seized and imprisoned when they according II
9 immemorial custom, pass through Seek0nk to the
2 clam-banks of Narragansett Bay; RehObOth has q
standing controversy with SeekOnk as to the sup
port of paupers, which she does not wish to have
q transferred to Rhode Island. Only Fall River
seems satisfied. 1t is my impression that the ad-
justment will fall and that the suit will have to ID
settled by the Court after all.
! Perham's great projects for cementing the Union
l together have all failed. The Pacific Railroad
bill shared the same fate as Isaac o. Barness bill
L" to regulate the width Of cart-wheels," in tho
, Legislature of New Hampshire many years ago.
! Mr. Barnes represented the town of Barnstead.
| Thinking that the roads would be benefited by the
, establishment of broad and uniform gauge for
cart-whees he introduceda bill providing that tho
wheels should not be less than five inches In widtn
When Franklin Pierce, who was in the cnalr, put
the question on the third reading MEMBER rose,
and said: "Mr. Speaker, | see monarchy IN that
bill, and Immediately sat down. Barnes VINO sat
beside Jim Wilson, whispered to him: " What
does that meanl" :" 1t means (replled Wilson)
that your bill is dead as h-ll; don't SIR sn inch 20
The question was put; not single aye was heard.
| but the conclaye was torn by yell Of nays which
might have been heard in the upper part Of Upper
| Coos The Pacific Railroad bill received precisely
the same number OF votes as the cartwheel statute.
The Excursion project did not even get favorable
| report from Committee.
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