Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-13
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No better evidence can be furnished Of the dishoncs
~ Of the Opposition, than the utterly unprncped and
reckless pursued by their leading men. Daniel
Webster whose political principles we have DIS
puted, we have always heretofore regarded as man
sincere and honest least his advocacy Of them,
however dangerous they would prove if acted upon
our governmental policy. His course lattery has
cd US TO change opinion in this particularly and
are forced to the conclusion, that rendered despe
rate by repeated dIsappolntmens, he has thrown him
self away and become reckless demagngue. In his
visit Suff"lk County, knowing that the auditory he
had TO address would be mainly Democratic, and be-
,eving them to be an ignorant, rum drinking clam
ating' tribe, easily TO be misled, he unlushnsly
commenced an elaborate haraugue 10 deceive them
nto the belief that he Democrat. The ut
er absurdity Of such attempt from such man,
IS apparent TO every one at all acquainted with MIR
Websters history. 1t is known to almost every
schoolboy in the country that DANIEL Webster the
author Of the Rockingham Circular, adopted by Con-
ventI"n of old Federasts, denouncIng The late war
with Great Britain /, is known that i, 1872, at a
Federal Convention held in Brentwood, reported
lutions jus,fying the public enemy and condemnatory
Of his government. tits known that he exuted in
the defeat of and the murderous nroads othe
reEiorseless savages on our frontier. II IS recorded
on the archives Of the nation that in 1872 he voted
against bill for assessing and collecting taxes TO
tain The war. 1t is recorded that in 1914 he voted
against bill TO FIJI the ranks Of The army against bill
10 defect and punish traitors and spIes-againSt bi
IN minority Of screen, 10 enlist troops during the
against the non.itnportati0n laWS-againSt
calling out the militia 10 execute the laws and repel in
VISION against rebuilding the Capitol and the public
Offices which had been burnt by the enemy But why
enumerate the dark acts Of times SO long past tha,
blacken the pages of his political history when it was
but as the other day threatened with war
with France, he in his Senate place declared that sf
the enemy were battering at the walls of the Capitol
he would not for appropriation to repcl them
Yet this man stgmatzes those who would say he was
an Aristocrat as LIARS! This, however, calcula-
ted for Democratic audience.
Mr. Webster next makes his appearance in Wall
street, among the merchants and money changers
Here he p.esnmes he must be guarded in his Ian
guage choice his epithe,s, more chaste in his
tone, more profound in his argument Here his speech
to be heard by that portion of the community whose
feelings were more congenia to his own. What does
he in his speech' Does he persist in calling him
self Democrat No, indeed. He comes out flat
footed for National Bank This suited the people he
was addressing; and fully established him in our opin-
ION >arrant political knave and consummae hypo-
critic But the palpable piece fduplcty have
yet seen heard of any public man, is his speech
before the people of Richmond Knowing the people
of Virginia to be opposed to the designs of the Adolf
ouists he has the assurance installing their charac