Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-06

day found part of IL published in Tue ~. d
cal Advertiser OF last evemng-onc OF the Gloes a
mos, ron,bl If our ancient Federal journals-whc"
, firms i 10 have tccn copied tr0m l ~ ).
,r,c Pays What was told me Al FateH'T
fully confirmed nv this report so lar a. = ,ort "a
,ains much to amusc and to h'n"I . " = orory sense
- =, o,r-.ss;on O. Mr.. Webster :, Is ~ eNe'S 80
use an ..zaast e1sraorG!aary speech; ana
~ :" ha,hsr we consider the speaker or INC pace
, OF the auditory Its general dFit, ASIDE
s!e ~ nr,is,s which the orator bcstows upon nun
ron ron - show that SIR Van Burens principles and
oI;, ore not Democratic; that they 90 not ioiiow III
I tr,ck of Mr. Jefferson that they are not such ~
he would have supported, not /" such as
,,,rs. old school of Democracy, would nu'e supf
cd" and therefore not such as .he De'o 'uos,me
Snfolk county-the descendants OF "t'e - i.o
a;o,S and the Floyds and the Smiths, ana 'oheses
should support In order TO give great f &c
and effect to his appeal "to the 'mts'"S." No., c;nn
folk Mr. Webster exhibits hiniseii as . ca,
pnrcon ont and out Democrat-and as ne i.i.
-, ,.;n Tim, the assumption oil TINS chatac'eF
nold ba very ant to lead to historical "reminiscences,
md tbat in the course OF them u "o"iu
that no was not only no Democrat, ou. ''e w, =
, an oristorrat-he lashes himseif hlo to"ei
s;or and stouty a.;rms, not only that ne Is hol'
"a lever has BEEN aristocrat, but that 'he h'ai
who saws he is is LIAR, and tle man ""' III. I
meet him fairly with argument, ana VINO USES ~. a
I;o exclamation instead, and then VIII not come
;,b;, te reach of lbs arm, is not only LiAh' ou'
oy,sp, In view of language like thus, we ihay' uu'
L. saw with Mr. Webster, that he times are eN aoi
r,orv:' that they are indeed "most eItf""Tat""'g
For j, is no vulgar demagogue-ho DRAWER M" ~ Wy
tennaIs-that EMPLOYS this language; It IS DANIEL
wrpsrrr of Boston, distinguished at the par, thrice
DISTINGUISHED in the Senate the educated, accomplish
ed refined Mr.. Webster-thc orator ana Tue S'aU
mantle great "Expounder of the Constitution -uIe
uGodlke man" And he utters II, not IN Tue iiea, "
debate moi when roaded by nsolent antagonist pu
,vben addressing his sfriends when surroundeo oy
HE admirers in the presence, too, OF the Sehtef sen,
whom his fame had drawn to the assemeiage ana as
mart of "plan speech TO the intelligence OF inc coun
~, of Suffolk in the State Of New ork loneers.I
This Is not the first occasion which MI WEBSTER
has characterised the times as "erfra0TdtRary pe
member that, in the spring OF 1851, ne ''ous"' ~
even more "ertraordinary than they now are: iol, ~
reference TO certain exhibitions IN the streets OF ba
800 - Which he firured. and to which have already
alluded he repeated, in his place IN the senate ue
caration that had been made to hun, implying INA. ''c
fines were rerOiut0nary and mat Tue o"ooa'" 'au "
bIo,tsd out Both those implications, however we'e
erroneous; much as u was desired " 'ie 4s c,r
.he revolution did not Gomez and to the great JOY Oh 'e
.cl;o;ous community of all denominations, the Sabpa'h
sl remained 1t had been desecrated, u IS lrue' ou'
II still remained to bring to manand beast their appoint
"a rest-to gladden. the face OF chlldhood-to recruit
, movers which labor had exhausted-and TO instruct
ad elevate all classes Of the people. Cheers Still,
M doubt Mr. Webster really believed tat, unless me
noueys the people were restored TO the c"es VI Tue
hank revolution would ensue; Just as ne now thhhs
fiat the "ex,raordnary efforts making all over the coun-
nv n q
nIish that result In the bitter disappointment OF his
hiuh raised hopes and his frantic predictions IN lei we
may ind an augury of like catastrophe 10 await nun
now. Cheers .
Fellow. citizens shall leave it TO you to form your
own iudrment on the propse,v and good taste OF thus
exbibition of Mr. Webster; and shall now proceed 10
charge and TO prove that he is, IN what CONCEIVE 10
no the approprate and Just of the WORD, an ifS-
tocrot To prevent misunderstanding, let me cieu'l!
define what mean by the expression
sayi hat
son,l appearance or bearing his intercourse, manners
or his domestic appointments IS Liable TO TINS charge
In dress and manners ! know him to be simple an"
transformations. Rave never been within nus d"eii,
inc. and if had the example of Charles Ogie would
not be initiated by But p!ainness ana smplic'-
" Of manners and domestic arrangements, are no
proof that a IS not in Aristocrat' IN E's'"n"
where the Arstocratlc spirit exists IN us efealcs'
power, the nobility of the highest class are Saa 10 DC
exceedingly plain in their dress, simple IN their man
ners and often simple in their general habits Even
there the question whether public man Is an arsto-
craft or not must be chiefly If not exclusively deter
mined bv the system Of Government-the course OF
policy TO which he gives his influence and support
In our country this is peculiarly the case, because
our fundamental laws have forbidden titles OF nobility,
and have secured 10 Republican forms OF Govern
ment What mean then by calling Mr. Webster an
.iriS0crdt is, that as pubic man ne mas advoca'ea
and maintained principles of legislation and OF Govern
ment which, in their tendency in some cases, and by
their direct operation in others, decidedly Arsto
cratic sb.n >Aziss LIZ us ,.isSi
upon IFS proof am fully of the task have as
sumed The Goliath who thus arrogantly detes the
hosts Of his opponents is very much my superior IL
intellectual ability, well in size and stature
but perhaps it may happen now as It did OF old, tha
the STRIPPING with his sling may bring the boaster to
the earth Ifnot greatly deceived, have in it stone
furnished by himself, which will achieve this result
But before | resort to it, let me employ few other
proofs which may perhaps be sufficient for my purpose
| remark, then, that Mr.. Webster, during the long
period OF his service IN the Congress ot the ), has
generally given to measures of an ArIstocratc ten
dency his warm and decided support The Bank of
the T. s. Internal improvements, and since the capt.
a OF Boston has been invested in manufactures, pro-
tectIve Tariff, have been defended and sustained by
his voice and by his votes. | OF those who
think that these measures, and especially National
Bank, have AriStocratic tendency: that they are
calculated to give advantages and benefits of pccu-
mary KIND TO particular classes, 10 the exclusion OF the
rest of the pcopleto increase the inequality of wealth
IN our communicate make the rich richer and the
poor poorcr-and 10 give, in many cases. 10 the few, a
conmant-ovcr the labor and the minds OF the many
and thus thinking, hold that he who deliberately and
Systematically gives his support to these systems OF
policy is, 50 far American legislator be, an
aristocrat. know not how, otherwise, member OF
Congress make himself by his votes obnoxious to
the charge.
The proof If left here, would be abundantly salts.
factory TO those who think with me, relation these
laws. But Mr.. Webster will doubtless denur TO our
view Of them; and shall therefore bring forward the
more decisive evidence TO which alluded. II consists
OF Mr. Ncbsers views, delivered in the Convention
OF Massachusetts,, held for the amendment of tue
Constitution Of that State in l-2l as 10 .he proper ba
ss and measure of political power. You will find that
he deliberately defended and maintained with precision
and distinctness, in reie. TO the Constitution OF
,he Senate OF that State, the arisocratc principle in
preference 10 the democratic.
10 enable you to see this, must first state the man
ner in which the question arose.
The Constitution of Massachusetts, adonied in 1880
divides the Legislature into two branches tho Senate
and the House of Representatives. The Senate con-
slss of forty MEMBERS TO be chosen by districts into
which the Legislature to divide the State In APP
portloning the Senators, the Constitution provides
that the General Court Legislature 'sshall govern
themselves By The proportion Of The putiic faJeS
paid by he said districts. In other words, the Sc
majors, instead being apportioned among the districts
N proportion to the population of the districts respect
lvey, las il the New York and in almost all the
other States of the Unon 10 be apportoned among
ihem according TO the property within them, that being