Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-10-01
WHOLE NO. 2S7.
DANIEL WEBSTER.

While some of on. Anti-Masonic leaders
in this section Of the country are laboring to
destroy Mr.. Webster and to transfer their
party to the support of Mr.. Van Buren,, our
readers will perceive from the following ar
ticles that their efforts are not seconded by
the Anti Masons in other quarters. The ar
ticles which follow are copied from the Pits
Lurgh Cazette-an Anti Masonic paper of
high standing and Influence. We submit
them without comment to the consideration
Of rejecting Anti-Masons, and Of all the
friends of Wing principles in New England.
Boston .Gf'as.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
At the present time there seems to be
great reason to apprehend much difficulty i'm
the concentration of the whole opposition to
Martin Van Buren upon one man. Several
names have been brought forward and offer
ed TO the consideration of the people. Among
these, White, Harrison, and Webster, are
most prominent. 1t seems to be generally
agreed that northern men cannot give their
support to the first named gentleman; his o.
pini)ns on the subject Of the Tariff and Inter-
nal improvements are such as cannot be ap-
proved north of the Potomac. This objection
lis so strong and conclusive that we have new
Ter heard but one Whig express preference
for him over Van Buren, and we believe that
if that party was forced to choose between
them, they would almost unanimously prefer
the Magician. The same objection would
exist in the minds Of the Antimasons, and
this additional one, that White is an adhering
Mason, renders it impossible for that party
to support him.
General Harrison is a Wing, uniform and
consistent he is a friend of a protective Tar
if, and an advocate for Internal Improvement
fIe is also said to be no Mason, and indeed it
has been said that he is an "avowed Antima-
SON." In these respects ne would be accept
able to the Whig and Antimasonic parties OF
the middle and northern states. But his
qualifications for the first Office in the eoun-
try are certainly not of high order. The
fact that be was never thought of in connec-
\ ton with this high office, until within few
months past, of itself must satisfy every intel
| ligeut mind that he has no striking qualifica-
| tons. Every man who looks over a paper
now supporting him, will at once be convinc-
ed that if he had not commanded at Tippeca-
i moo, and at the river Thames, he would new
er have been dreamed Of as candidate for
the Presidential Chair. The "hero of Tippe-
canoe" figures now as prominently in the
| Harrison papers as the "hero Of New Or
leans" used to do in the Jackson papers.
There remains, then, Of the three persons
above named, only Daniel Webster, man of
pre-ominent and Of universally admitted fit-
ness and qualifications for the high station to
which his friends wish to elevate him. We
deem it not necessary to point out his suta-
bleness for the first civil Office in the country.
His lofty attainments, his splendid talents, his
thorough knowledge Of constitutional law,
so generally known, that an attempt to point
them out would be a work of ridiculous su-
pererogation.
! IF we must have Hero. Daniel Webster
! is also Hero, not Of New Orleans or Tippe-
canoe, moi a conqueror with sword and bay
onet. powder and ball; no. he is the Hero of
the Senate Chamber, the victor by reason and
argument, and sound constitutional princi-
pies. He is con9ueror, not of few misera-
Bile Indians, who annoyed one Of our frontiers,
but Of that domestic enemy notification,
whose fangs penetrated to the very heart Of
our country. He was the victor in that strug-
gle of minds which was unaccempanied by
'blood and carnage;" in that glorious contest
| in which reason and patriotism contended a
gainst sophistry and treason. He, then, Is
the man upon whom the opposition may unite
without inconsistency or sacrifice Of princi-
pie.