Litchfield enquirer., 1835-08-06
Ehn,n fIls Rnttimor, Entrint.

tOnable with the ruine shirt Van Burenites, 1, tO prafs about the arist0cracy Of Daniel Web
 stcrl Yes, the veriest mwhrVOm aristocrass
 in Chfistendon. who would not for worlds be caught in contact or in company with a real representative Ofthe bone and muscle,' the i 6anbstaItial democracy of the community. only | !. Co obtain his vote. or political influence. and { wha never even saw hard days work per. formed in their lives. may be constantly heard l declaiming against the aristUcratc, notions l and nrinciples of Daniel Webster! And pray | where tlo these gentlemen upstarts in practice,
 but democrats in words, words, worlds on. | Iy, get their authority for calling Daniel Web ster an aristocrat3 Will they eXplainl Did la inherit aristocracy from his'plain republisl can father. who sSas iiller of the rugged seil of New Hampshire Did be imbibe, it in till (;iug that soil himself until he was seventeen years of age :? Did lie imbibe it in college, where he was universally denominated tue
 most practical republican of all his classmates
 Didhe earn the appellatiOn of .aristocrat, as an adxacate, pleading the cause of the poor and oppressed without charge? Does his ar
 istecracy consist in his known liberty to- the $. poor, often gisiegaway the last and .onl ysdol- lar his pocket | Does it consist iR the no ss hle aud generous. ulanner in which he. has, on the aoos of Congress, defended the rights Of
 freemen, the liberties of his sco,intry--plea
 the cause of South America and of Greece,
 and opposed the dissolution of the Uniun, as
 well as the efforts of an Executive to control
 and use at his discretion the money ofthepeo-
 pie 2 DANIEL WEBSTER an aristocrat, for ssoOth Read the following sentiments from
 him. uttered sfram the b0ft0m of his heart, On
 a grrat occasion, and say. you that have sIan
 dered the man. vhen nobler, ,purer. more pa
 triotic and truly republican sentiments ever
 came from your gloriied or from the
 lips fany man, ancient or modern
 }" Important as deem it tn discuss, on all prDFer occasions, the policy Of the measures at present puraned. it is still more important
 to maintain the right of uchdiscussions in its -fnll and just exteni.s Sentiments iateIy sprung eups and now growing fashionable, make it snecessaryato he explicit an this point. The
 more ! pereeiye disposition to check the freedom of inquiry by extravagant and hncon-
 stituli0nal pretences, the irmer shall be my tone io which I shall assert. and the freer the manner.in which shall exercise it. It is the
 ancient and nnbounded prerogative of. this people, to canvass public measures. and the
 merits of the public men. Itis shome-bred right fre-side privilege, s5ia.5,
 <. ' It has ever been enjoyed in every house, cottage. and cabin in the nation. It is notto be drawn into controversy. It is as undoubt- cd as the right of breathing the air, or walk ing on the earth. Belonging to private life as q right, if belongs to public life as a dnty- and tits the last duty which those whose rep.
 resentative am shall find me to abandon.-- Aiming at all tiMss to be courteous and tenn
 peratein.its use, except when the right itself shall be questioned. shall then carry it to its aBsSafSRts u ushal! P!ass myself as the extreme arm that would move me from the ground. This high constitutional privilege shall de-
 lend aNa exercise within this house, and in all places-iR 'tims oftSMar, and in time oi peace. and at all times. Living.I shall assert ,it-dying. shall assert it--aud, should | leave no other ainheritance. to any children, by the blessing 0f God. LWill, leave them the iaheri- fance, of free principles, and the sxampls of a
 manly Independent. and cSusiitational de- fencc: of them,"
 ss HoNEsTY rs THE BEST PoLIcY''-The truth of this excellent, though nnfashionabIe
 maxim, is demonstrated every day. IL is one tOf the first principles which should he indeli- bIy impressed upon tho character. It would save conscience many pangs and the heart much bitterness in after life. It would have saved us the pain of recording lanieolahle instance of Fe riorseless infatnation and depar- lure from moral .rectifnde which duty com l pe!s us to narrate fo day. It would have say Ftt HIS lnulStGuai nus unufterahIe anguish Of| mind and reE1Orse of conscience and public ign0rniny. and stIi reserved for society u val,,a- ble member. It would have saved the moral esense of this c6mmdhity from outrage : the laws of God from. violation. and his parents agony and grief fnnspeakable,!! {! <, It would have saved mother from most acute suffering and kept from her torn bosom the anguish of an ! almost broken heart a's hSSN St
 The natural feelings must indeed be sadly perverted which can inflict such pain t,pon [ others-which can coally stab confiding, af- [ atectionate parents and lacerate their sensibil f 1ies and sting their hearts. Could those V ho { 4perpesrate crimes and infiict outraees nnon
 society. know the pain they give the feelings
 of Innocent friends it might often. do soms
 thing tosdeter their perpetrasion. It m;rh, awaken some feeble, ,une xsinruished noarai l psiucipIe and thus interrose barrier betw zen themselves, and guilt, saving them from iueti. table disgrace and ruin. $e AsFeRg &8,s t{ We hardly know what language td use in .ezpressiug sonr sorra,s and .astanishn,ent at .Aus sdeteetion of yoAng Bardwell iu such ,a c0nsee of eOol.s calculating yillainv. 3aa has just been developed. It has surnr;seI snd
 clarified us beyond measure, We can hardly
 realize the truth of his conscssioos or the ss
 tent of the moral oblignity of his character.-. We esQFely had right to expect better and < neblef things rom him than this voIuotary. i. ssnoEnihiAus sslf fimmolaiion. Ho has heer, m GnFs employ more than four wears. < Dus nlek iso ns1.SA nfA