New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-04
THE ANNUAL sPASM In MAsSA.
CUIJSETTa

that this is always done about the time when
the fall of the leaf is so touchingly suggestive
of the death and decay of human projects.
The conceptive and parturient process, if we
may trust our own observation, is as follows
Several hundred gentlemen issue call Sew.
eral hundred gentlemen nominate, 10 couven.
ton, State ticket. Upon election day, sew
eral hundred gentlemen vote for that ticket.
And that is the last you hear Of the matter
The several hundred gentlemen fall back upon
their otiose dignity and involve themselves in
their virtue.
1t must be admitted however, That this year
tho mountain is unccmmonly laborious, and
mouse rather larger than usual may BIO ex-
pected. The call for Peoples Convention y
on Tuesday next contains a curious array
Of names; and it is queer fact that
we fud our late friend, Henry j. Gard
uer, the great original KNOWN Nothing cheek
by,jowl with Patrick Donahoe, the Roman
Catholic bookseller. We do not care much
/ for Gov. Gardners feelings at this unprecedented
conjunction, but we are really sorry for Mr..
Donahoe, who is q respectable man. Wo
cal imagine no more beautiful instance OF
Christian forgiveness than this presents. Mr.
Patrick Donahoe must remember the compli-
mentary things which Gov. Gardner once said,
OF sustained others in saying, of the Roman
Church, OF the Pope, aud of Irshmen-he must
remember the Legislative Visitation of the
Catholic Ladies' School in Roxbury-he must
remember Mr.. Joseph Hiss and his noble COM
pany--he must remember the effort made to
render Irishmen aliens in Massachusetts, for
ever; or if be does not he must have lovely
talent for forgetting
One numerical fact in regard to this call for
a Peoples Convention, is remarkable, which
is that the People do not appear to call for it
at all. There is long list of names, looking
shockngly like an advertisement of letters re-
naming in the Post Office; but ono sees at
glance that these are of the people,
No more than church -steeple
IL Boston or New foIk."
--Boston is remarkably well represented; so
is its vicinage, including Roxbury Cambridge,
Charlestown, Someryille, and Chelsea, but only
about fifty towns beside these figure upon the
roll, leaving about two hundred and fifty towns
the citizens of which were either not asked to
sign tie call, or declined 70 do 50. Reckoning
with ordinary care, we find 993 names attached
TO the call, and Of these moro than half, viz:
ST. are Boston names. IL does not strike va
tina. this affords remarkably strong bottom for
the new party. Our invest cation disco,es the
fact that good many people in Boston and in
its vicinity dislike John a. Andrew, but there
was little need Of the resurrection OF all these
dead folk to tell US that We knew it sufii.
GENTLY well before.
Now let US see what these qucasy gentlemen
who, in this time Of the nations danger, de.
sire to involve Massac husetts in a local SQUAD
bic, have to say fox tLomselyc. They have
issued an Address which begins by informing
Us that the country ID in danger "a solemn
fact, which we cannot gaiEsay. But the
councils Of the country arc directed by men
Of large power and larger wckedness," which
means that Charles Sumner and Henry Wilson
are wicked fellows--aud 50 they are, for get
ting themselves elected to tho Senate, when
Mr.. Winthrop failed to accomplish tina, desira-
bic object But here is the cream of the cream
it is too rich to dilute:
For the frat time the loyal States are in |
yaded by victorious army, and our cities are
taken and occupied by the enemy; they are
laundering at the very gates Of the Capitals
and our brethren of the great aud prosperous
Middle States are threatened with the instant
horrors of war at their very hearths."
Wherefore, it Will be necessary to elect
new Governor in Massachusetts. q. +. D.
only we don't see how Then too, this would
have been first rate, week before last but il is |
the fate of these gentlemen always to be mouldy, |
and though they may rise and walk quite
iriskily, they can never get the smell of the
grave altogether out Of their garments. As
our cities are not occupied by the enemy, aud
he is not performing his tonitrous tattoo
upon the gates OF the Capital; and az the
Middle States seem to be quito able to take
care Of themselves, We fear that the effect of
the above otherwise beautiful bit of writing
will be quite spoiled by its tardy untmelincss
Now for the knot Of the address, for our
space is too limited to permit all examination
Of all its nltulcncie,. " 1t ia no time" we are
told, for party names. Party must be given
up. Names must be abandoned And 10
forth :" The Convention them which these
people propose to hold on the 9TH prox, will
solemny resolve that it is Nothing to No
bodvn-that N will nominate ticL.t ,yb;cb
everybody in the State must appropriateness
if one man votes against ito we have
party, and are as badly off as ever. The
trouble being in "party Names" there will be
a fnr fhia narf,r LII, L. ...l.