Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-05-01

| to the Constitution, to the laws, and to
the interests of the country. After the
| adjournment of the meeting, however,
, as appears by the following extract
} from the Commercial Advertisef, Mr..
: Webster had an opportunity ofdeliv.
] ering his sentiments to the crowd in
D person.
: The adjournment Of the meeting was
: then moved and carried--with a re.
commentator that the people form q
] procession as they retired from the Cas-
: tie, and proceed up Broadway-a pro.
position which was universally accept.
able. After taking turn round the
Battery, before the head of the column
j reached Broadway, it was reported
that Mr.. Webster was at that time ma
king call at Mr.. Edgar's in Green.
wich street, near by.
i The procession, (says the Daily
thereupon Immediately pressed to that
point, and when they reached the spot,
the venerable revolutionary patriot,
John Trumbull, had the distinguished
statesman by the hand, and the multi
tude rent the air with their shouts of
applause. Hundreds, if not thousands,
of Cartmen, Seamen, Laborers, Mer-
chants and Mechanics, pressed forward
and seized the hand Of the man who
is so firmly seated in the hearts of the
American people. A gentleman from
the crowd called out for the man who
was the pride and glory of the country,
to address his fellow citizens.
Mr.. WEBSTER then raised his voice,
and although the crowd was immense,
and occupied all the lower end of the
street, all was silence. He said he
had not language to express the unex-
pected honor they had paid him.-And
all the return he could make then was,
to assure them that all the efforts that
he, as an humble individual, could
make, should be made, God willing, to
'lpreserve our glorious Constitution.
! (Three Cheers.) In common, he said,
with thousands, nay, hundreds of thou
T sands of his countrymen, he had look
|, ed on with unspeakable anxiety, for
the result of the great and fearful strug-
gle that had been mace in this city to
: preserve that constitution, and for lib.
, erty; and he had feltwith hundreds o.
/ thousands, unspeakable Joy at the tri.
Iumph this great city had manifested &c
the whole country at large, IN defence
Of that constitution. (Nine Cheers.)
| | am stranger to you, said the
! speaker, mo, no, no, rent the air.
I Then, fellow-c citizens, my face only is
j a stranger to you, am no stranger to
your ardent zeal, for the welfare Of
the country, and you are no strangers
to the humble efforts of him who ad
dresses you in defence of that Consti
tuition. Cheers, and loud clappine
with cries OF "we know it.") Then, my
fellow citizens, all | have to say is
onward, and may God speed the right
The cheers of the multitude continued
many passed on, but the crowd ex
tended SO far that only a portion coule
catch sound of his voice.
"A portion of the people now passed
on, ana fresh throngs arrived-pres
sing upon the Eastern Statesman SC
that he was obliged to retire within the
house. But the calls for him could
not be appeased until he appeared a,
the window, where he was again obi.
ged to address the multitude. Ate,
thanking them for the respect they
had shown him, he said that the grea,
! question of whether we lived under a
, constitution and of laws, was to be
settled by the ballot boxes, and in NO
other way, an appeal was made to the
public, and they, and they alone could
decide ito this city in particular,
, to this city which was the greatest in
: the country, and which was growing
with unexampled strides, all parts OF
, the country looked with an interest
, and a feeling of the greatest possible
' anxiety; they looked to it as it would
! give an impression to the country al
large.
$ AS citizens they had met the great
: exigency required, they had met the
9 high expectations raised and nobly
: triumphed % cheers.) AS one of the
: citizens of the United States, and in
b their behalf, said Mr.. Webster, thanl,
= you for the glorious effort you have
: made; and let me tell you that you can
S and haze done much, can do but lit,
e tie.
n We have the same hearts burning
: in all our bosoms, CHATS fact crieo
:. one of the crowd. 1t is a fact sale
n Mr.. W., and it beats high for the
D prosperity and welfare oftbis country
r have only to repeat my thanks ant
: say, God bless you all. Mr.. w. Their
: withdrew from the window, and thu
# crowd passed on but shortly those whc
had an opportunity to reach the spot
e crowded before and cheered, when Nj
II Webster said fellow citizens THANK yo,
J. for your friendly feelings, and may yol
G long liveto love and save your country
l. They then gave him nine cheers, AM
!" departed at once, turning again int
lie Broadway. A large number of tn