Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-02-04
MR.. WEBSTER.

MR.. WEBSTER.
1--WE have had for some days, rumor upon rumor, Of
interviews and negotiations; and il has been given
out in high places, that Mr. Webster would send 10
his adhesio" an early day. As questions must soon
arise upon which he will deveope his position il,
is due to him that public opinion should await his
ton upon ,hem."-U. s. Telegraph.
The intimatjon in the above paragraph is
as base as it is unfounded and it could have
been penned only by man utterly ignorant
Of Mr.. Webster, and utterly incapable Of ap-
preciating his high motives Of action. Mr..
Webster engaged 10 negotiations with Van
Buren,! Mr.. Webster receiving overtures
from the administration! Mr.. Webster Civ
ing 10 his adhesion to the cabal of political
desprradoes who stake their principles 10 the
great game of power, and blindIy follow their
proAigate leaders for a share of the spoils Of
victory!
We do not hesitate to give direct and open
contradiction to all the statements and insin-
uations of the above miserable parag' aph.-
Justly disappointed as the friends of MIR.
Webster may be, they cannot forget that the
great object of their effort has not been the
elevation of a certain man. but the triumph Of
certain principles and whether those prin-
ciples triumph ia the person of Mr.. Webster,
Judge White, or General Harrison, is to
them matter Of secondary moment. The
defeat of the Office Ho!ders-the breaking up
of the vast system of corruption which the
dominant leaders have fastened ON the cOun-
try-this is the great end and aim of the pres
ent political struggle.
If the people say Judge White-we are
prepared TO acqniesce 10 the discriminating
up past antipathies, and looking only TO the
able men and good principles which we be-
liese he will bring into the administration Of
the government. If they say General Harri-
son-we know of nothing 10 his career which
indicates an unworthy ambition, or any want
of manly and consistent patriotism nothing
W hich should induce Us to withhold our conf
dence from the administration, which he
would introduce. But to Martin Van Buren,,
the people Of this State, the friends of Mr..
Webster, himsef-have well founded and in
superable objections. There is no possible
combination Of adverse circumstances. which
should induce Wing Of Massachusetts to IA
vor the advancement Of that man; and, as
far as ourselves are concerned, no high stand
ing, no distinguished service, no argument
drawn from policy or expediency, shall save
the individual who should counsel or counte-
nance such base regeneration, from the name
is Observation-Disclosures pledged against
Van Buren,; pledged by her own high poti-
cal character-by the records Of her past his
t"ry-by all her recent professionally all
her future hupes-by her attachment Ia that
liberty which the men now in power have in
vaded-and by her holy reverence Of that
Constitution which, both in letter and spirit,
they have profaned aud violated.
Let US hear no more then of rumOrs and
reports touching the 6delty Of Mr.. Webster
to the cause he has hitherto sustained: : no
more of combinations, and negotiations. and
Overtures, that have no existence hui in the
minds Of their inventors. Mr.. Webster will
never be- false to the fame, which he values
far more highly than power; TO the Great
Charter with which his own name is 50 illus
triously identified to the Great Cause " hich
he has lived only 60 defend, and which in no
emergency can he ever desert.-Boston AtLas.
Effects Of Party.-To what strange incon-
sistpncies does devotion to party lead men ?
White was the friend of the President, and
! before he was candidate, and while there
| was 40 expectation Of his standing in the way
Of the Globes favorite, that paper pays him
the following tribute:
"Mr. White, Of Tennessee, replied to Mr..
Webster, and we have published that Gdmira-
bic speech to show to the public. as he show
| ed to US, how easy it was for truth, candOr,
intelligence, and patriotism. to triumph over
great talents unhappiIy engaged in soph'stry
and electioneering, instead Of devoting them
selves TO the rights Of the people and the cause
of the country"
But since this same M. White has become
| prominent candidate for the Presidency in
| opposition to the Globes candidate, that pa
per speaks Of him as follows:
"For years he sat in the Senate like q
grandsire cut in olobaster," as mOtiOnless as
| stone. His posture perpendicular-his hands
clasped-his eyes fxed-each particular hair
being combed straight as pIummet line to
his shoulders. He was, 10 look a very Cato
OF Utica. and one would readily fancy that he
was dls'nterred from the las Of Herculaneum,
an6 set up 10 the Senate as the Squire of Rec