Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-10-26


The annexed letters 10 the N. York /
Courier and Enquirer will be with read
more than ordinary interest. They
are said to be from high sources.
Lot. jour.
WAsH1NeroN, D. C. Sept. &c, 1871.
Col. WEBB: A story is going the
rounds ofthe Wing papers that de-
serves the severest apprehension. 1t
is in effect that but a small part of the
Wing members Of Congress approved
ofthe address which that body have
spread before the public. 1t is al
lodged that on Monday, the day on
which it was issued, there were but
very few members in the city, and |
of course that it met with the appro-
baton Of very small parl the whole |
Wing delegation. The facs are brief |
ly these:
On the Sabbath proceed g the |
Monday on which Congress adjourn
ed, Wing caucus was called at the |
Capitol, at which the address, was
presented, read, and the subject deba-
ted till a very late hour Or night
No diversity Of opinion listed as to
the propriety ofall "a features
of the address,; Evans, of
Maine, aud M bf Massa-
chusetts, wished TN Gguage of it |
might be so altered as~not directly to
to censure The Secretary of State
They urged, in the present state Of
the foregoing relations with-Great
Britain, any Language that W
pei Mr.. Websterto resign
ad hoe, be very prejudicial
terest ofthe United States
gentlemen left the impress sey
did not pledge,) on the min their
associates, that, after what ] hap
pened, the Secretary would retain
his seat, except for the single patriotic
purpose of completing the negotiations
in the Mcleod affair.
There was not at the meeting, |
venture to say, five Wings who believ-
ed that Mr.. w. would retain HID at,
or could do it with honor as a
nent matter. So l heard all 81
they came out Of the Capitol
night; and appeal TO them I'd
truth of the assertion, that this Is
the opinion of the whole caucus.
There were at this time probab ly
about one hundred Wings in the city
OF Washington, and they were at the
Capitol almost 10 a man. tt was well
known that on Monday morning the
large mass Of members Of the House
of Representatives would leave the
city, as they had no business before
them, and the address was referred to
the appropriate committee, to be so
altered as to be less offensive to the
friends par excellence Of the Secretary
of State. The members did dispense
accordingly, and the meeting which
was held on Monday continued, as was
anticipated, many less men bers than
that of Saturday. But the members
Of Congress were acquainted with the
nature of the address a week at least
before the adjournment, and those
who bad previously left the city were,
IN the main, in favor Of the sentiments
contained in that production Il is,
therefore, all idle to say that il did not
meet with tie appreciation of the Wing
delegation. When the question was
taken at the meeting on Saturday, al
ready mentioned, it was passed unani-
mousty; all the Eastern members pre-
sent voting for it.
will endeavor, in the course Of
day or two, to show you and your rea-
ders that, while Massachusetts may
have reason to be sorry that her favor
lite son las notin everything acted as
the principles of honor would seem to
dictate, yet his conduct has been such
as TO thwart the design and check the
ambition of the vilest compound of
yilliany, hypocrisy, and Ireachery, that |
you, and all other Wings, will have to
forgive the Secretary of State for ac-
complishing, although probably not by |
design, the overthrow, for the present
at least, ct man from The same State, |
to whom they in the main owe it, that
they are now divided and Frustrated. |
| blush for New England, that she
should even have produced so unwor-
thy politician as Caleb Gushing. You |
know much, and you have said much
about him; but will, with your per-
mission, tell you more. 1t is tine the
Wings should know who the Bene-
dict Arnolds and the Catalines are, that
have brought about the present evils Of
the country. In future number l will
lift the veil.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. %.
While many of Mr.. Webster's best
friends felt grieved that he did not retire
from the cabinet, they saw at once that
his remaining was dealh-blow to his ad.
versarles and to the enemies of the Wing
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