New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-29
THE BOSTON RsNDRNs.

day on the danger We were IN or having the
wreath of civic merit torn from tho brow of our
well beloved Mayor, and transferred to those of
the Chief Magistrate Of Boston, How far we had
reason, as the French say, for this fear, they
now know from the accounts we have laid be-
fore them of the action of that functionary in
putting O stop to the meeting Of the Massachn-
sets Anti-Slavery Society last Thursday. Though
the campaign, il must be admitted, did not come
up to the proclamation that heralded it, Mayor
Wightman not having arrested the officers Of the
Society as guilty of the riot they had occasioned-
as he had said he would-stil his course in locking
the doors of the fremont Temple in the face of
its lawful occupants, after having acknowledged
the legality of the meeting and promised it pro-
lection, is not unworthy of the great official that
predOminates over ourselves. But it is not for
us to settle disputes like these, -'antds eomponsre
Gtey"-and must leave the palm to be borne by
him to whom an impartial posterity may award
it. We will only say as the old swain did who
was umpire between the shepherds who contended
for the prize of song,
IAN oaken staff each merits for his pains"
Rut this is not what We intended to discourse
of when we addressed ourself to this present
writing. We were urged thereunto BY fresh
fear-none less, indeed, than that we might have
the luster of another of our chiefest Jewels
dimned by the superior splendor Of rival gem.
We have long regarded our Rynders as treas
ure as unapproacbable in value as our Wood.
Indeed, as his functions have been exercised
60 tha Of ha
city, he might be regarded as even the superior
in value, from the more extensive character OF
the field of his usefulness. His services in keep
ing the Union well soldered together and free
from all crack or assure have been nicely and
Justly rewarded by the Office of Marshal, which
constitutes him the chief coDseryatOr of the Ma
tional peace in this region. We were therefore
the more annoyed to find that Boston should pre-
sumo to put forth rival to his virtues. But we
fear that, like Old Timotheus, he will have to
resign the prize, or, at least, divide the crown
with the Hon. Lucius Slade, member Of the
Senate of Massachusetts,. from the City Of BOs-
ton. This Conscript Father has, by his own
showing taken the protection of the Union into
his ow hands, and the incidental suppression of
whatever may tend to the detriment of that deli
cate fabric In a letter TO friend in Atlanta,
Georgia, written soon after the meeting in BOs-
ton on the anniversary Of the death of John
Brown, he says: "a John Brown meeting can
:" not be held in Boston now, any more than it
Z" could in Atlanta We hare go, most poreer
q. tvI organization here, uhieh riH be heard from
% ~ due time"
The I" due time" here spoken of had arisen
last Thursday. when the Anti-Slayery meeting
was mobbed II was to this powerful Organiza-
:" tiOn,' probably, that Mr.. Wightman, the Mayor,
referred when he told the parties applying to
him for protection to the meeting, 81 that certain
"things beyond the reach OF the law must be
controlled by other means, which it might be
"his duty TO employ" These "other means
seem to have been demanded and employed by
this exemplary magistrate. We understand from
Boston, from private sources that it is believed
there that the boast of the Honorable Lucius is
no empty brag A formidable association of
roughs ard rowdies, headed by men well known
to those learned in the Boston public, is known
to exist, pledged to suppress every expression OF
hostility to Slavery, and particularly by Mr.
Wendell Phillips, who is their pet aversion just
now From this loyal body proceeded the at
tempts to break up the Sunday meetings of the
late Theodore Parkers Society when Mr. Phil
lips occupied the pulpit as lay preacher. From
forth of it, too, came, most unquestonably, the
late attack on the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery
Society, and the suppression OF its meeting
through the friendly aid OF the Mayor. Our
readers will at once perceive the invaluable uses
to which such an organization as this could be
put, especially when there is. satisfactory I'M
derstanding between il and the municipal au-
thorities. Herein We conceive, if in No other
particular, the great Rynders must vail his brow
to the greater Slade. Fer We believe the former
illustrious man never succeeded in securing an
alliance. offensive and defensive, with the City
Hall. Indeed, we have recellectons OF occasions
when the City Police actually in.srposed to inter-
rupt slightly his. patriotic labors.
We learn from Boston that it has leaked OUT
that this intrepid leader and his band attended,
and probably are only confirmed in the purpose
by their late victory, to oserawe the Great and
General Court tselfifthe Repeal of the Personal
Liberty Bill should be in peril. This would Sc
cure the peace and happiness Of the Nation, at
least so far as the Bay State is concerned, ana
would entitle the bold originator OF the scheme
and hrs gallant followers to the gratitude OF all
future ages. Indeed, it is khely that the mere
intin,ation Of his purpose will be sufficient to
deter sufficient proportion of the Collective
Wisdom of Massachusetts from any resistance 70
auy measure he may dictate. We are AFRAID