Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-03-28

pify 90 Intelligent and capable OF rendering sound
Judgment : thai Of the great commercial Heir"p'
ohs Mr. Webster sa,cr,ed to the obligations 81
natural legislators 10 study the intoresis. not of
sect,ous bu, Of the whole Union and justly laid
claim tn the nerit ofhartne endcavorcd 80 to shape
his Legislative conduct, through the whole OF his
political course.
he taen enuke Of General Jackson with the re-
spec, due 10 his ogc, the high station 50 lately oc-
cupica by him. and his mGuy yalnshlc ser'ices 10
the county hs measures had been sustained by .
the viii Of the mslot,y, and 10 that will 1t was the
duty ct goud citizens ~ submit but those meas
ures were public property. aud oil had night to /
Judge oftheu, au9 to express HE judgment freely
a right which he should proceed to exercise, with (
courtesy and candur, bot wrh no unbecomlng res ,
oryation- nothing o. non conmiual.
He conceived thl constitution to have been I
widely Departed from. and great approach made /
10 the principle Of elective monarchy. That prin-
cple seemed 20 be gaining strength throughout |
the Kingdoms of The old world and he could not say
that II Is not distinctly visible in the new. The
executive has assumed new cha 5acier, not men
toned in the constiiuion-thOt Of representative
of the people. The constitution provided for
representation Of the people in Congress and to.
an executive power appointed TO do the peoples
viii bot II the people not oocycd but ytpnScn.
ted by the executive then the government is mon
archy. and the head Of II a dcspot for he not on
~ docs bot determines the VIII Of the people. which
is sovrcgnty
Under The administration of General Jackson,
Mr. Webster said, the constitutional balance has
been violently shaken BY the new employment
of the appointing and moving poser, and by The
conversion Of Office into patronage. On these
mighty engines of corruption he spoke with cS-
coeIng force and digectacss, and demonstrated tho
perils with which they threaten the stability OF
those institutions. carefully devised by the ioun-
dcrs Of the republic the strong hold of lis per-
mancnco aud prosperity
Mr. Webster mex, took up tie subject the pub
lie lands the disposition ct which he prom ounccd
Of the most important questions Of the day
in connection with the surplus revenue of which
they the prlncipa! source and he emphatcally
declared his deliberate opinion, that the land bill Of
Mr. Clay is the efficient remedy for the evils with
which the country is threatened from this quarter
and this DILL he pronounced one Of the most ielicr
Gus political measures Of that great statesman.
The reyenuc from imports he thought sufficient
for The current expenses of government, and this
4 he would have managed to be incidental to
$ protection ; though not a strenuous advocate for
Il high tariff, he would extend ample protection to
$ the industry of the country, all products which
c are The subject Of competition with Europe.
M5 5. M s then saeed "rGa 1 :.",
u Texas, IN the course of which he gave brief but
y glowing history Of The struggle out of which tina,
. independence has arisen. lie thought il well Der.
q baps, that Texas should be indie pendan, of Mexico
! but not that che should be annexed to the Ubion
He thought it time that there should be limits sci
to the enlargement Of the u. States by the add
u ton territory, and that it believes us especially
>, 10 pause and reflect before adopting that
Il could possibly be the means of increasing slavery
" There is n and re, e.;
:, existence Of this institutional feeling strong c.
" no"gh to shake the Union TO it's very centre pnt
70 one which every effort should be made To nllay
rn'hor than to excite and agi,ate.
Ihe great and most deeply Interesting subject
oil The currency, then called forth the finest cxh
bl'ion OF Mr. Webster's acute and powerful intel
- Iect. We cannot pretend TO give the merest synop
- sis. even of his lucid and convincing exposition
" not only of The principles connected with this sub
- Ject bat of the great struggle between tho gov.
y" eminent and the bank fthc U. States-by the for
heF ior victory and destruction--by the latter fo
~ existence and just rghts. For this. and for lh,
- subsequent remarks upon the inception character
and effect of the specie circular the object for
aud the manner in winch it was devised and nut in
n "perai"n--I's consequences 10 the welfare Of u,
- country. and especially TO the mercantile con,mu
nny-and the probabilities Of presidential actor
upon II heroafter-we must refer our readers Il
Tue reported speech which. as already iutima ed
n VIII be Published IN tne Of few DAVIS al
Il We have reason to suppose and in which We do no
tie hesitate Ia say, the richest intellectual feast yil
'n DC spread before The eager eyes of Mr. Webster
10 thousands and tens Of Thousands Of admirers. that
Of has adorned the columns of on American journal
since lis noble defence Of the constitution deliver
ed on the Goor ofrhe Senate in 1880.
III large portion Of the address consisted Of de-
n tails Of facts connected with orr political history
A. and the events and measures in which the Seosto
=. had borne par-alording Of course but I'M,
d scope frr rhetorical display. These portions, how
ri ever were distinguished by accuracy Of state
" uco and clcarness Of analysis for which bis clea
- and comprehensive mind has such . happv albania
a. tion. There were, likewise smid occasona
s flashes Of wit, several pssssges Of deep and Thrill
lie ing eloquence sufficient 10 fire ihe eoul. On n,
subject Of the admission Of the rev slave stale.
>, from beyond the original boundaries Of tho repub
nd Inc. he vac electrical and tho perora'ion was wro'
~ out With surprising cloquPnca and e0sct r,l