Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1825-04-13

isfactory to the country, had now closed. He
was not aware that it could with propriety be
said that that administration had been either
supported or opposed, by any party associa.
tIons, or on any party principles. Certain il
was, that AS far as there had been any organ
lzed opposition to the administration, it had
had nothing to do with former parties. new
administration had now commenced. and he
need hardly say that the most liberal and con-
ciiatory principles had been avowed. 1t
could not be doubted, that it would conform
to those principles. Thus far, he believed,
its course had given general satisfaction. AZ
ter what they all had seen, in relation TO the
gentleman holding the highest appointment in
the Executive Department, under the Presi-
dent, he would take this opportunity TO say,
that having been member of the House OF
Representatives. for six years. during the far
greater part Of which time Mr.. Clay had pre-
sided in that House, he was most happy in
oeng able, in manner less formal than by
concurfing in the usual vote of thanks, to ex-
press his own opinion Of his liberality, indie
pencence, and honorable feeling. And he
would take this occasion also to add, if his
opinion could be Of any value in such a case,
that he thought nothing more unfoundGd than
that that gentleman owed his present situation
10 any unworthy compromise or arrangement
whatever. He owed it to his talents, TO his
prominent standing in the community, TO his
course of public service, not now short one.
and to the high estimation in which he stands
with that part OF the country to which he be-
longs.
Remarks, Mr.. Webster proceeded TO say,
mad been made from the chair, very kind
md rft I.
discharged the duties which he owed 10 his
constituents, i'll the House Of Representatives.
lie wished to say, that if he had been able to
render any, the humblest services either to
the public or his constituents, in that place,
it was owing wholly to the liberal manner in
which his efforts there had been received.
Having alluded to the Inaugural Address,
he did not mean in the slightest degree to de-
tract from its merits, when he now said, that
in his opinion, if either of the other candidates
had succeeded in the election, he also would
have adopted liberal course of policy. He
had no reason to believe that the sentiments
OF either Of those gentlemen were, in this res
pect, narrow or contracted,
ne July believed the contrary, in regard to
oo'h Of them; but if they had been otherwise.
ne Thought still, that expedency or necessity
would have controlled their inclinations.
iorbear, said MIR. Webster, from pursuing
these remarks farther. repeat, that do not
complain of those who have hitherto thought,
or who still think, that party organization is
necessary to the public good. do not CUES
ton their motives; and wish to be tolerant
even to those who think that liberation ought
not TO be INDUCED.
1t is said, sir, that prosperity sometimes hav-
dens the heart. Perhaps, also, it may sorne-
times have a contrary effect, and elevate and
llberalize the feelings. II this can ever be
the result of such a cause there is certainly in
the present condition of the country enough
TO INSPIRE the most grateful and the kindest
feelings. We have common stock both
OF happiness and of distinction, of which we
are all entitled, as citizens of the country. to
par'akc. We may all rejoice in the general
prosperity, IN the peace and security which
we ENJOY, and in the brilliant success which
has thus far attended our republican institu-
ttone. These are circumstances which may
wei excite in US all noble pride. Our civ
II and political Institutions while they answer
tor us all the great ends designed by them,
furnish at the same time an example TO 9TH
ers, and ditiuse blessings beyond our own lin
ITS. In whatever part of the globe men are
found contending for political liberty, they
look to the United States with a feeling of
brotherhood, and put forth claim of kindred.
The South American States especially, ex-
hlbit most interesting spectacle. Let the
great men who formed our constitution ofgov-
| eminent, who still survive, and 1T the chill
dren OF those who have gone to their graves,
console themselves with the reflection, that
whether they have risen or fallen in the little
contest OF party, they have not only establish
ed the liberty and happiness of their own
native land, but have conferred blessings be-
yond their own country, and beyond all their
| own thoughts, on millions of men, and on sue
cessions of generations. Under the influence
| OF these institutions, received and adopted in
prlrGIp!e, from our example, the whole south
ern continent has shaken off its colonial sub
lection. A new world, filed with fresh and
interesting nations, has risen to our sight. A.
merca seems again discovered; not to geogra-
ply, but 70 commerce, to social intercourse,
TO intelligence, to civilization and to liberty.
Fifty years ago, some of those who now hear
me, and the fathers Of many others, listened
In this place TO those mighty masters, Otis
and Adams. When they then uttered the
spirit stirring sounds ofIndependence and lib
erty, there was not foot OF land on the con-
tinent inhabited by civilized man, that did
| not acknowledge the dominion of European
power. Thank God, at this moment, flom us
| to the south pole, and from sea to sea, there is
| hardly foot that does.
And, sir, when these States, thus newly dis
enthralled and emancipated, assume the tone,
and bear the port of independence, what Ian
Suage and what ideas do we find associated.
with their new acquired liberty? They speak
sir, OF Constitutions, of Declarations of Rights,
of the Liberty of the Press, of Congress, and
| of Representative Government. Where, sir,
did they learn these: And when they have
applied TO their great leader, and the
founder of their States, the language OF
prais- and commentator, ill they have
exhausted it-when unsatisfed gratitude can
express itself no otherwise, do they not call
him their Washington Sir, the Spirit of Con.
tnental independence, the Genius of Ameri-
can Liberty, which in earlier times tried her
| infant voice in tho halle aud On f,n h;lls nj