Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-20

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Of things, an interchangeable relation between RASH
COUNCIL AND FEEBLE EArcrTIoN.
"lt was not, sir, the minority that brought on the
war Look to your records, from The dac oil inc I'm
barro in 1907. 10 June le2 Erery thing mt ma"
c,vd d. tiSy dbl 10 stun yOHr When ut last
they could icc, no more they urged you delay your
measures They cn,rcated you to give yet niue
time for elaboration, and 10 wait for favorable events
As If inspired for the purpose OF arrestns your pro-
rress they laid before YOU the consequences "t your
lust as we have since seen them take place
Thev nredicted to YOU their effects on public opinion
They told you that instead of healing they would m
fame the political dssensions They pointed out to
you also, what would, and what must happen on the
frontier That which since hath happened there, is but
their predictions turned INTO history Vain IS the hope
then of escaping Just rcribuon, BY inputng TO The
minority oc the government, or to the opposition among
the people the disasters Of these times VAN IS the
attemn, 10 impose thus on the common sense oil man
kind The world has had too much experience OF M
n;s,r;,l cliffs and eyasions 1t has learned to Judge oil
men bv their actions and Of measures by their conse
quences.
.If The nurpose be- BY casting these mpntations up
on those who opposed TO the p"cy OF Tue govern
ment 10 check their freedom ofinfry, discussion and
debate such purpose also incapable of beng execu-
ted Tia, oppoSitiOn IS constitutional Gnd tssm 1t IS
also CONSCIENTIOUS 1t rests IN settled and sober con
yicton that such policy is pEsTRrcr,E TO THE INTER
EsTs or ruE PEOPLE, and DANGEROUS TO the dcfHg q
The 0orerumen.-Thc experience ofevery day confirms
these sentiments Men who act from SHch moiircS are
not 10 be discouraged by trng obstacles, nor awed by
any danuers They kH0ar The tnni 81 constitutional or
positioR-tr THAT LIMIT, 1T THEIR o"N pis'ELfl"N
rHry Will WALK, AND WALK FrAEIfssLN. Ii they
should find in the history other country, precedent
for ronr over, II | trust they VIII not follow 1t
They re not Ola school in which RSarrtcion IS tauEAt
as virtue They will not seek promotion through The
paths of ssiti0R nor qualify themselves 10 serve then
country in any OF The high departments OF 'is govern
ment IN making rebellion tic first clement q tier Fo'
! iincai Scitncc
What is the English of all this: Why was it neces.
sarv for Daniel Webster thus 10 vndcac the proceed
ings of the leaders of the Federal party Why neccs
sary TO declare in addition 10 the common denunca-
tons Of the war their opposition constitutional and L.
gah" that men acting from such motives as they were
actino under were not 10 be "AWED By ANY DAN
| GERS" TIE PROJECT FOR DiSt MON was then
n.,rlv conyi.-.i hv sc.s;.:" ',ad,yS 0 mc Fcct-@'
Oqr,p" OF these, John @ adams says IN his commu.
ncation to the editors of the Nat n"llr-cncc Oct y
l-2- That their object and had been for several
wears dissolution othc Union, and lie establishment
OF separate considerations he knew from the unequivo
cal although not proveabe IN court OF law ana
that in the case ola civil war; the ad o! g. Britain to et
feet that purpose would be surely resor'ed TO, as
would be Indispensable necessary 10 effect that design
And al the vcrv time this speech made, the Con-
vention which assembled at Hartford, the Oct tol!""
ing, was maturing, | DO NOT, my dear sir, Gays
Gouyerocur Morris in letter dated Feb. -, ST.
Hook WESTWARD FOR THE SUNRISE OF
FREEDOM My EYES ARE TURNED To, ANE
| STEADILY FINED ON THE EAST. L Ny
TRUST Is NOT IN \ PRESIDENT, SENATE
AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, But IN
HIM WHO GOVERNS EMPIRES, THE WORLD
THE UNIVERSE" Was not Webster in full political
communion with the leaders OF the Federal party DAD
not he vote and act with them
But here are further extracts from this speech mark
how he speaks of the brave defenders oihc country,
the times of its s'patrio President Madison.
at is certain that the real object O: this proposition
TO increase the military force extraordinary de
gree by extraordinary means 10 act 0rtr G@dh me
scenes of tic last campaigns To that object can
not lend my support. ! am already satisfied with the
e Inhibition.
"Give me leave to saw sir that the tone the sub
iect of the conquest OF Canada be not lc
changed. Before the war, that conquest was repre-.
scented 10 be quite easy affair. The rdit"m E''T"S
who nedtated it, were only fearful lest i should DC
too easy to be glorious They had apprehension
except that resistance would be powerful 10
| Ger tie victory splendid These confident cXpecta.
tons. however, accompanied with cowmen@atte %p'rn
0fmoGeration the true mark OF great nGs, and 1t was
sravclv said, that ought not 10 make too large
grasp fox dominion, but 10 stop III our march OF con.
Guest norihward. some where about the line Of pcrpcu
al conrelaon, and TO leave 10 our enemies or others
the residue OF the continent TO the pole How hap
pened it, sir that this country, easy OF acquisition
and over which, according to the prophecies,
to have been hv tins rrislatu-. dividing intG
States and Territories, not vet ours: Nay, sir, how
happens it, that not even free OF invasion our
selves that gentlemen here call " By all the notive
Of pari0sm iu assist IN IN. defence Of oar soil
pourray before the state of the frontiers, by frequent
and animated alusion all those topics which the mode
/ Indian warfare usually suggest:
sThis sir. not what were promised. THIS !:
not the entertainment TO which invited. Th:
is no fultilment o.. those predictions which il
deemed obstlnacy itself 10 believe. THIS is no
that harvest of greatness and glory, the seeds of which
were supposed 10 be with the declaration of war
"When ask sir, for the OF these disappoint
ments told that they are owing to the opposition
which the encounters, IN this house, and among
the people. All the evils which aiict the country ar,
imputed to the Opposition. This is the fashionable doc
trne both here and elsewhere. 1t is said to be owing
to opposition that the war became neccssary and OWN.
10 opposition also, that ii has been prosecuted with II,
4 better success.
"Ths, SIR is no new strain. 1t has been sung ;
thousand times il is the constant tuar Of every
! WEAK or WICKED administration. what minister
ever yet acknowledged, that The evils which Eel! or
his country, were the necessary consequences oi hi
own inca pacitv, his tOiiy or his corruption
What posseSsoc of political power ever yet failed L
charge the mi>cncts resulting from has measures
upon those who had uniformly opposed those measures.
Extracts nigh. he multiplied from other speeches ht
delivered all OF them made to oppose, cmbarrass tn,
administration. But look now 10 his VOTES. They
are thus summed up BY Hon Isaac Ill., in speech De
| lvered in the presence Of Mr.. Webster, March -
1922, IN the L ). Senate, and not contradict By hm
nor attempted To he pail.acd. Thcy mGttcrS Of his
tory THE EVIDENCE Is TO BE SEEN IN TIL
| JOURNALS OF CONGRESS-:
Thc efforts Of the iactious opposition al shat pcr;cn
tons rcriod, were directed 10 deprivation Of the
Of carry NJ the war and to the ruin of the govern
ment. To carry the government al ALTO enable i
to RAISE any on lis credit, direct tax ant
internal duties we're Indispensable The records OF the
House Of Representatives, show the gentleman from
Massachusetts, then fresh in his seat, the lSt Of july
1913, voting against bill for the and coec
ton of direct taxes and internal duties. On the 9Th o
the same month"; he voted against bill laying dutie:
on refined sugars, and on the same day against bill
LAYING duties sales at auction; on the luth against
bill LAYING duties carriages. On the 9TH of Janua
~ eli OF the darkest periods Of The war, and after
gallant ltte navy had covered itself with glory he
voted against appropriation for defraying The ex
penSr 81 the navy: the lGt he voted against prcpo
son riJcually 10 detect and punish traitors and
spies. On the 18th OF January, he voted against BIZ
making provision 10 ill the ranks Of the army. On the
d, be voted IN minority of seven against bill author
zng the enlistment, OF troops for five years during the
war--cn the 2Jth, against bill enforcing the non.in
In rI,. 81 February Ip vailed