New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-10


They were however, 30 neglectful Of the high priv
ege that two other men, as worthy if not as grave
and venerable, slipped in by 200 majority II we
could have been blessed with the presence at the
State House next Winter Of George Lust, Peter
Harvey, and William Hayden, we should have been
tOerably safe from radicasm and lnfractons Oh INC
Constitution.
The Belleverett party is, of course used up ana
dead. IL has east % 900 votes, or ABOUT 'VuV
more than it cast for Fillmore four years oeo' u
was established, and has been kept running soieiy
| for the purpose of defeating MIR. Burllngame ana
Mr. Rice and its projectors and engineers, lhciud-
| ing MFR. George +. Curtis, Mr.. j. 1. Stevenson
| Mr.. G. S. Hillard, Mr.. Geo. Lunt and Dir. Alpeft
Fearing and Mr.. Leverett Satonstal' ~ naVr
known from the beginning, and TO the end that 'ney
were guilty of an enormous cheat, and linposture
| and faIsebood when. in order to raise money and
voters. they pretended that they should give Bell
40 600 40 COO. and &C. 900 votes. No men OF Ord-
nary intelligence could have been 80 ignorant OF the
politics of the State as to justify them in such pre-
dctions. The uncharitsble supposltion that these
men are f0es, and not knaves, / reject entirely.
They are the confidence men, blachlegs and
sy indlers of our politics, and no more worthy o
the cOmpaDiOnship of respectable men Than the
sporting men" of Sudbury street ~
The defeat of Arson Burlingame spoiled all our
fun for Tuesday night. The grand results every
where else throughout the country were only partial
compensation for this loss. Not that Mr.. Bur
lingame is more popular than all other men, but he
bad for four years been the mark for the SANDER
and yituperation and sneers of the snobocracy OF
the city, and il was extremely painful To see nm
broken down by such q set of men. Various causes
may be assigned for his defeat but among the chief
of these was an organized system of calumny OF
Mr.. Bmlingame's private character. An honorable
merchant and not only honorable but plOus, aud
not only pous but rich, retailed these ISLANDERS from
house to house and also eXerted his Official influence
as President of philanthrOpic association to int.
midate the salaried clergyman of the society and
prevent him, under pain Of discharge, from voting
for Mr.. Burlingame. The accusation generally mace
was that Mr. b. was in the habit of getting intox-
icated charge easily substantiated II true by some
one of the hundreds of thousands OF persons who
have heard him speak or met with hlIn III political
circles for year past, but VIGOROUSLY as untrue OF
him as of any other public man OF our time. L
have known Mr.. Burlingame pretty intimately for
twelve years and never knew a man (uness
thorough abstainer from liquor, like Gen. Wilson,,
against whom this charge of intemperance might
not as fairly and truthfuIy be made Another
charge is that Mr. Is. is the companion OF gamblers
and blacklegs and sporting men, A portion OF TINS
class of men have been among Mr.. Burlinganes
supporters, because his popularity and luck made
him good man to bet on. This has, perhaps,
thrown him into bad company ON some occasions,
their society and discOursging their acquaintance.
But the vote of his District shows that he is not by
any means the fay0rte of the dangerous classes OF
society. | have heard men say that the Appleton
procession of Monday night or Saturday night was
the awfullest exhibition which these classes have
ever made in Boston. The drench, wash, aud of.
securing of the worst elements of society were
there, hurrahing for the man whose partizans were
at the same time claiming the vote of Beacon Hill
nd mhrido an thp nt IL
rality.
The RaStoR Daily Ad16rtiser of yesterday had
an uDqaciOus and uutimely article upon Mr.. Bur-
lingames defeat, which it attributes chiefly to his
neglect of his constituents. 1t says that enough
I" voters in the Fifth District to have turned the
'scale in hijfayor experienced at Dir. Burllngames
hands some neglect Of attention, due either to
themselves or TO personal friends within their
knowledge in the way of public service at Wash
"iDgton. Nobody ever applied to Ar Rice in
Z" van," &c, &c. Now, it may be true that Mr.
Burngame neglected his correspondence and his
constituents and it may be true that he lost votes
thereby, but there is fairness IN selecting from
among the causes of his ill-success one which is
dsparaging to him, and one, also which has com
paratiyely little TO do with it, | have no idea that
twenty men in the District voted against Mr.. Bur
liDgame for this reason, though they may
have seized upon some real or pretended dis
courtesy as pretext for opposing him.
But The AdrTtiSer means something more
than it says. 1t means that the merchants and
respectable" people, so called, did not regard
Mr.. BurliDgame as fit man to represent meIcan-
tile city, and by its parallel between Burlingame
and Rice, it means that the class of men To which
Mr. Rice belongs is the httest class from which to
select representatives for mercantile place. There
il something in this view If DIR. Burlingame could
have added to his popular qualities reputation for
familiarity with business affairs, it would have been
/ L a Il. ,..k II l.,.IN
the remark that Mr.. Buringame has tried one turn
Z" too many at the wheel of fortune, or with the
inference that he ought to have got out of the way
| | think it quite probable that some Republican Of
| the class TO which Mr.. Rice belongs would have
| been chosen, though the common opinion OF those |
meet is different. But it ia not surely wise fair
to canvass every two years for the purpose of as-
| pertaining whether vote or two may not possibly
| be made by discardiDg faithful man and taking
up an untried man. Something is due to the wishes
Of the of the actual members of the party. 1t
| is well known that Mr.. BuTlingame had no COM
| petitOr for the nomination this year. There was
| apparently no desire that he should retire.
The general fact is that the Pro-Slayery classes
| of Boston and vicinity hated Mr.. Burlingame with
| the most yirulent hatred, because he was what is
called an "AbOltiOnist." believe he ALWAYS voted
as our other members voted, but he never took
pains to be classed as conservative" or to fiat
! ter the Boston merchants by pretending to be the
especial champion of capital rather than labor.
have reason to believe that his great oense, next to
q consistent adherence to Anti-Slavery principles
was spirit of characterization toward the claims of
the rich and ignorant classes, the al, S. 81 r."
| party of this region He may have gone to the
| other extreme, and hattered the other dangerous
element of society; but if he did his constituents
| will forgive him sooner than forgive any treachery
or Indifference TO the demands of the Ant-Ssyery
| spirit of the age.
| Mr.. Rice made an extraordinary run, and showed
| popular qualities which will be apt to make him