Virginia Argus

It is due to truth and to our Republican friends in the country, who ought to be informed as correctly as possible on the subject of public opinion in Boston, to state, and we do give it as our decided opinion, that for some years last past, the number of citizens who are determined to support the government of our country, has not been greater than at the present moment—notwithstanding all the parade in the federal papers about the unanimity of the citizens (a large portion of whom did not vote either way) at the late meeting on the subject of State Convention. We do not believe that a majority of all the legal voters in Boston, are satisfied that such a dangerous precedent ought to be established as that of calling a State Convention; which, as Mr. Dexter emphatically stated, if they even meet together, will be an "unconstitutional and illegal assemblage." Their acts and doings will not be valid or binding on the citizens; and unless they are ready for blood and slaughter, they will (like their brethren in New Jersey, who lately met on a similar principle) dissolve the meeting and go to their homes, as their only safe method of retreat.

The great body of the Republicans in Boston will not attend the frequent meetings, and seem not to care what resolutions or votes are adopted in this town, fully relying on the efficacy of the prompt and efficient spirit which appears to animate the Yeomanry of our country—but are fully determined to show their strength and their ardor whenever their duty to their country shall call for such an exhibition.—Bost. Chronicle.