The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-03-02
From The Richmond Enquirer.
Mr.. WEBSTER.

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Mr.. WEBSTER.
Rumors are beginning to appear in the public
prints, that this gentleman is about to retire from
the Cabinet We have no means of ascertalnlng
his movements. We sincerely wish Mr.. Tyler
J safe deliverance from his counsels. he ls no
great favorite of the Democracy and, for our own
parts, we are free to confess, tha', from the mo-
ment he came to this City in October, 1s4O, at
the bidding of the Wings, to play the poster,
and to pass himself off upon Virginia as Jetter-
sonian Republican, we lost all respect Tor his
moral qualities, and our respect Tor the man
From such baenful inhIen.e in the Cabinet,
we wish Mr.. Tyler safe deliverance
| Mr.. Webs.er's situation, indeed, IS mos; unen-
viable. Suspected BY all the Democracy, he IS
becoming an object of denunclatIon with some OF
the Wing party. The severest charges are now
/ unhesitatingly made against him. Prentice, OF
the Louisville Journal, (of the Clay clique. and
the author of his Biography has recently propa-
gated most scandalous story about Mr.. web
ster's attempting to convert his Department into
a Harem to crafty his sensuality: and the story
| is stated of his making an attempt upon the VIZ
tue of the wife Of one Of his Clerks, who visited
his Office for the purpose Of obtaining some manu-
script to COPY with her pen. 1t is said that Mr.
| Webster has taken steps to disprove the story;
and the New York American says, it has seen
authentic copies of ahidavits made by him, and
bv every Clerk in his office, TO contradict IT.
! These have been forwarded to Prentice for pub
lication. We shall wait to hear both sides Of
the story.
The independent" (Mr. Clay's organ, we
still call it so, whatever it nay cay, because II s
in his confidence and in his in eress,) ls opening
a tremendous battery upon him. In it's No OF
last Tuesday, it begins with, No. l, Daniel Web
ster, with this emphatic motto
Not till thy fdl could mortas guess,
Ambitious less than littleness."
1t laws on the lash with an unsparng hand
Itspeaks Of him in the following unmeasurea
terms:
ave have never been among those who re-
parded this gentleman as "godlke" in any OF his
attributes; bu,, on the contrary, have always
THOUGHT that these claims and concessions OF eX-
ira. human abilities were most injurious to him
and debasing to others Their effect upon hi"
has been sad indeed He has considered HIM
self released from the common concerns OF lie,
which claim the attention Of all mere norta!s'
until their aeglect has been attended with an ut-
ter sacrifice Of character and Independence
These, however, are points upon which we VIII
no. dwell. We will leave him to settle with
his ilola:ers, whether they have been more to
blame in giving credit to his claims, or ne IN
abusing their generosity by over drafts. Nor
will we enter upon certain other points winch
have lately been enlarged upon by some less
scrupuous of our contemporaries Hit be true,
as has been alleged, that the Secretary Of SAFE
has literally made his public power the pander to
his libertinism and his lusts; that in him ia re-
viyed the worst features of the age Of Domit!an;
that he, coming from the land OF The PurItans, is
reallyone
"-quem Massa timet qucm muncTe p'pat
Carus, ct trepido Hymcle submissa LATINO
If.hese things be true, we would indeed weep
but out of sorrow should be silent. But we re-
peat-these are subjects upon which we do not
desire todwel 1t ls the Influence OF MIR. " eb-'
sterg private character upon lis ?:sa!ic conduct
with whc!. ve have tc Gea'.
"Sapremely selfish and devoted 70 pleasure,
he has been, through life, Proo'sal Of what was;
others and lavish Of his own -C!!YiduS ahena,
Drofusus sui-and, consequently, has incurred
numerous obligations, winch he has neither the
ability to discharge, nor the masnanmlty to ac-
knowledge.
"Accusomed for years 10 adulaton, and fond
Gas Mr. Calhoun once:told him) of addressing
The galleries, he was by no means prepared to
abandon his prominent position in the Cabinet,
while it could be retained at no greater sacrifice
Of public honor than he had often before made
on occasions fless notoriety. He was poor
Observation-Disclosures accustomed to tame
submission TO insult; go thai, when he declared,
in opposition to every other member ofthe Cabl-
me-, that "he could see no reason Tor abandoning
his posi- it was aconfusion of an obIlqulty oi
moral vision, neither greater than he had former
! " exhibited, nor more astounding than some
other Developments which are yet to be made
But how distressing to his adherents! Those, ard
they are few, who know him thoroughly, We have
already said, were not astoniehed; but Tor tie
rest, the great mass OF citizens, language canno
depict their amazement"
| Here we have the cue 10 the grleis OF the
Wings. 1t is the determination Of Mr.. Webster
to remain in the Cabinet, and not 60 all length:
with Mr.. Henry Clay, that constitutes the NOR
tai offence of Mr.. Webster But for this disoy
atty to the Clfy Clique, his sensuality and h's
profusion might have escaped the structures O.
the "Independent."
The same paper makes another charge uPol
him, which, ii true, is ntolerable in our republic.
The independent charges Mr.. Tyler with NeFo-
tsm Ohe rewarding ofhn with offce)-and ii
makes similar charge against Mr. Webster.
1--WE might take this occasion 10 descant on
certain additional cases OF Nepotism which are
within our knowledge. We might ask upon
what other principle young cousin OF Mr.. Rob