The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-09-03
DANIEL. WEBSTER AND OFFICIAL
INFLUENCE.


"To-NIGur EVERY WING MEMBER is TO
ne AT TIE ROOM OF DANIEL WEBSTER!
MARK rIlArw Such is the language in which
tho vhr Journals announce the fact that the admin
istration members of Congress repaired TO The mouse
Of the Secretary of State, at time when "the
oor,v,, was in establishment, wrath, and despair
from the manly boldness Of John Tyler in so right
eously exercising the veto power. Other accounts
say that Webster appealed to them teryen''y' and
that to him is owing " the salvation OF the conn
trv." The same arguments that Daniel Webster
used when writing to the New York Commercial
Advertiser, in favor of 'union-immeda,e union
of the wings" he probably used when addressing
the representatives of the people, when "ereFy
uLig ut,nbcr" was at his room.
Daniel Webster, then, appears secretly in the
newspapers" the less manly and therefore the
more objcconablo"--ond openly at his room' as I"
GREAT ELECrIoNEERING oFrIcE-HoLDER'
While "cmpoycd under the government while
"paid for his services out of the public treasury
hc il hard n, work for Ills PARTY-striyins for
8. union--immediatc union" among the WIGS
lie is appealing to the people through the press
and be is enlcavoring to warp their agents, while
engaged in an Independent exercise OF Their iesls-
la,iye duties, into an accordance with his views
lie is openly bringing all the WEIGHT OF HIS
OFFICIAL INFLUENCE to bear upon the DE-
CIsION OF CONGRESS!!! By promises Of OF
Gce-by threats of dlsrnissal--n thousand ways
n SECRETARY OF STATE can operate upon a
MEMBER or CoNGREss. Is it not notorious
is it not matter of hstory-that llAMiLroN car
ricd his financial measures, precisely the same III
character as the measures now proposed by Inc
whirs. BY gross corruption? Had not this s'ea
lTedcralist used all the power his wonderful genus
I coud command. the first National Bank bill would
not have passed, the funding system would no.
have been adopted, and the shameful stock-Jobbin9
operations that swndlcd the poor revolutionary vet
Gran ont Of his to-carned pittance, would never
+ have occurred. TWAS TREASURY INFLUENCE
tina, carried the early federal measures. Now 1t Il
no, TO be Treasury influence that Is to do this
work for the incumbent at the head OF the Treas
ury Department has shown himself so utterly unI'
far bis station as TO make his influence contempt
lila. I'm, il is the influence of the SECRETARY OF
STATE that is TO carry through the present stock
;obb;nc plans. But with what face can DANIEL
WrasrrR stand before the Representatives oil Inc
people and school them in their legislative duties
after having put forth his "CIRcuLAR" oil Ma'c'
%. 1871! How can his graat partisan efforts DC
reconcilcd with his own language? Take the ioI'
lowing for instance; ...u,-
upERSOyS EMPLOYED ryDER TIE G 10. ;t,,
,,ryJ JyD pfID ron THEIR SERiICES OJl
, nt, JrlF pIfRLTC TREASURY, IRE NOI mr., =,
gn no TtKC Nv ICTUE OR OFIiCIOLS Xxx X
~ iTTE UPTING TO INFLUENCE Ith mi i. ~,
~ DnrUt,n tycO NSISTENT UiTH THE SPIRlI Of
, III. cOySTITUrIO IND TIE DUTIES VI FCD
tic IGENTS ACTING UNDER T.'
l. not Daniel Webster "pubIic agent: l.
he no, attempting TO influence the minds or votes
, If others, Is he not going beyond his Official du
,ios as Secretary of State when he collects " every
,,b;g member of Congress at his room and lee
,urers them on their legislative action w nat ar
| .l,r. for 90 union. immediate union OF the wings
hn .. par,isan interference in elections! According
10 Webs,er's circular, has not Webster hlInse'
.;r,, :. cou,e of removal? John Tyler, also, II
hi. address, threatened to remove lncunbents Iron
on;cs who engaged " in AcrivF PARTISAN