Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1835-02-11
MIR. WEBSTER.

We turn our attention 10 MIR. Webster. He
has been brought forward with great nnanimlty
by the Legislature Of Massachusetts, as suita=
BILE candidate for the support of the Wing Par
ty for the Presidency OF the United States; and
had we been at our post when that nomln alton
came to hand, it would have received our
prompt. cordial and most hearty APPROVAL
As a man in all the relations Of private life, his
character is without Il spot or blemish; as law
yer and statesman, his fame is Identified with
the history of our countrr, and his transcend
ant talents are the admiration of both hems-
pheres; as Patriot and Wing, friend of ci-
vii liberty, the able and fearless defender of the
Constitution and the Laws, the associate of a
gallant band of heroes in the Senate who have
so noby stood in the breaca, ready to sacrifice
their lives in guarding and protecting the insti-
buttons of our country against Executive en-.
croachments and despotic sway, he is not only
respected and beloved by grateful people, but
he is in their estimation the man of all Others
who if elevated to the chief Magistracy, and
sustained by Messrs. Clay, Calhoun, and their
patriotic associates, would bring back the GO
vernment to its original simplicity, and perpetu-
ate, for some generations at least, the only free
institutions on the face of the earth.
In thus avowing our readiness TO support the
nomination Of Mr.. Webster, and our determine
ton to use all honorable means to aid his eleva-
ton TO the Presidency, we are acting under
Arm conviction that the time has arrived when
who will unite all or nearly all their votes i'm
support of their principles, and in defence Of
the Laws and institutions of the country. But
we seek not to dictate or lead in question of
such vital importance to the continuance Of our
present form of Government. Most cordially
do we respond to the nominaton made by the
Legislature of Massachusetts. and in the same
spirit which dictated their action, we proclaim
our readiness to unite on any other known Wing
whenever il shall be demonstrated that he will
command more ofthe suffrag"s OF the Wing Par
IN. We have weighed well the sole and only
objection which can be urged against Mr.. Web
ster IL is that he t1ds q Federdtist. But in the
emphatic language of Martin Van Buren, in the
Senate OF the u. s., We say
"Kis of itself immaterialb by what political dp-
"peilati0a men hare heretofore been called
"The great question is What are honestly their
"preSeRt sentimenfs!"
Where is there in our country, an individual
to whom we are mere indebted for his manly de-
fence of the constitution and laws than to Daniel
Webster2 Who has stood in the front rank for
years, resisting day by day the encroacbments
Of an aspiring and ambitious Executive? Who
has CALAMITY and fearlessly arrayed himself a
gainst the ultra federal doctrine that all power not
expressly withheld, Of necessity belongs to the
Executive2 Whohas endeavoredby his talents
and his influence to keep the Purse, separate
and distinct from the Spord2 Who has oppos-
ed consolidation in every shape in which it has
been presented, and thereby protected the rights
OF the states and of the Legislative Branches of
the Governments Who has planted himself
firmly upon the Constitution and the Laws and
i'm common with his patriotic associates, been
ready to peril life itself in their defence? We
answer with pride and in the spirit of triumph
DANIEL WEBSTER And Who is il that has made
these assaults upon the Constitution Of the
country2 Who is it that has trampled upon all
we hold sacred, grasped at supreme power and
sought TO convert our free Republic into most
odious despotism? We answer ANDREW JACK
SON, aided, counseled, and abetted by MARTIN
VAN BuREN, of New York. Yet MARTIN
Van BuaEN is to be supported as Republican,
and DANIsL w EBsTER thrust aside for having been
a fsderalistl Never will the people of this coun-
try be thus deceived by mere Names" and the
Vhies at least acting upon the correct doctrine
nromulgated by MIR. VAN BuREN in 1928, will not
stop to enquire "by rAdt political dppeltation"
Mr. WEBSTER 'has heretofore been called" but
agree with that conspicuous individual in pro-
Claiming, that "tas great question isI~hat are
SonssfIv his present OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES was he
= year AGO When but for gallant Senate, An
nssw Jackson might have been proclaimed Die
tator for iife?- Nep York Courier.