Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-10-17
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and OF Showing, tie correctness Of his own position az
Wing, sustaining al Anti-Wbig administration. W.
have already noticed son.e Of his assumptions; bu, va
have omitted To yser 10 that of them which is pe,
laps the most remarkable of ALTO wit that one of III.
prmc,ph objects of the struggle by which the Wing,
ELECTED the overthrow Of the Van Buren, administration
and the election Of 'Tippecanoe, and Tcr too J." was
the adjustment of the differences between Great Britain
and the United States! We were abs lu,cy startled
when we found, in Nh W,lsers catalogue ofdu,ies To
which the Wings were specifically pledged, that this
question placed in The very front rank by being dwr
upon with peculiar emphasis (and, doubtless in conse-
qnence Of the favorable manner in which the treaty has
been generally received by the communi,y,) with mark
ed self complacency. The hero Of his own Epic
he naates his exploits in lofty Homerc key; and "a
II with the special purpose omonopozins the honos Of
the triumph over the strong sense and pow,rtl
logic of Lord Asbnrton, expressly niimaies that The
president is entitled share of the victory ha yioy
the CENTRE responsibility" of the results of tho
negotiation upon the Aan,ean shoulders of his "Grea,
Secretary" He pourtrays the outlines of his di
poma'c achievement in luminous anil self A,tteru,
strains if to boast that peace hath its avels a. we
as War"-with which he stood crowned, by his own
hand amidst that "sea ofuptnrned faces that greeted
the conquerng hero on his from the theatre of hi,
cplss Of let0 1t is part of our intention to deny IN
MIR. Webster any portion Of the credit he may deserve
for the skill and ability with which he conducted the ne
COLLATION. with the British minister, or for its pacific ter
mnaon, though, as we have heretofore had occasion
to say, IN referring 10 ,he Of the treaty We do M,
by any look upon very brilliant folher inhi.
cap But even il Mr. w. had succeeded in alius,inr.
upon terms perfectly satisfactory to the whle American
| hot, hot
should stl deny that the question itself had the emo,cst
connection with the great struggle Of $780, the sluh-
test influence upon lis result. II may indeed. have
been complained, that Mr.. Van Bnr,n was smewha,
tary in bringing the negotiation cLse bu, in all the
discussions III 1870 in the newspapers in Congress, and
upon the haslings the subject Of our fgn relations if
ever adverted to at ALL only incidentally and very
slightly mentioned. We 90 farther and say that, al.
though M Webster, by his c,oness of temper aud SUI
ayi'y OF manner, we'll his uuqucsrioned ability
may have been the most suitable man in the L.
Mon to conduct that negotiation, yet it cannot
be donhaed that its result is a, last ari u,alle
less to his personal influence and his intellectual ire
enncnce than to the spirit in which the British gov
eminent instructed its minister act.-I.ord Ash.
burton came to preserve peace, and to quib
bic about unimporan matters 10 quarrel upon nero
points Of orn and ot1 ucttc and Lecasc he came in
that spirit, and because he in like spirit
countries being sensible Of the importance of preventing
rupture, the consequences Of which must have been
most Injurious to both, and the termination Of which
no mind was sayacous enough 10 ioresce that the
eot'alion speedily settled. terms mutually sat
iSiactory 10 the respective parties. And it would We
doubt moi, have been settled. had M Van Buren, con-
tinntd in power, or had Gen Harrison called 9TH
er man than MIR. Webster to the Dcparm,n, OF State Or
had Mr.. w. seen sufficient reason, in the Of the
Extra Session. with the oth members Of the Cabinet,
to have separated himself from AIR. Tyler. So far is it,
indeed from being true, that the adjustment Of quar-
rel With Great Britain ot the main objects OF tho
Wing struggle in 1910. it is manil, that tina, suh
lect, there was no difference between the two parties.
Each OF them was equally sensitive 10 the grievances If
which our government complainoJ-each was equally
determined 10 demand redress of tn crievances--
and each equally anxious effect tia, redress BY
pcaceablo measures. The Wing and LocoFo parties
never, therefore, auayed against each other ON this
subject. at a-and is absurd in Mr. Webster as wtll
as insulting to the Van Buren, party, to that tho
pacific ad jusment of cur differences with England on
honorable terms, Of the IJhig measures consumma
ted by this Wing administration Of which Daniel Web
ster is the sole Uhg member! 1t was however. per-
has natural that Mr. W ebsier should endavcr to mako
as Hcn as possible out OF tnS negotiation.
is the only plank to Which he grasp. for the re-
demption Of his integrity as politician But even that
rail support must fail him. The declaration tina, the
settlement otthis question of the main objects of
the Wing struggle in 1910, is met by both parties with
aunt aud jeers, which the Secretary of State unless
his feelings be callous as the hide Of tic rhnocercs.
cannot be iusensible.
The truth is (and it has heretofore we believe
been doubed,) that Mr.. Van Burcn's administration
was oyerthrown because Of the disastrous effects Of its
domestic policy upon all the great interests of the
ry-agriculural, commercial and manufacturing: and
was with view to effect change in that policy, that
the great Revolution of 1910 achieved. That
i the maln-we might almos, say the excusvc-objcc Of
the great body of the Wings. In their efforts
plsh this object. however, they have been fled, by the
death OF Gen. Harrison, and the tcachery of Mr. Tyc
And we conceive that it is only necessary hai
had the former lived, Mr. Webster would have been his
ardent supporter in the adoption of all those measures
that have been defeated by Mr.. Tyler to whom never
i'leless he still cngs, and even censures those Wings
who will not so far compromise their principles as 10
sustain the man who has basey tramplcd them under
foot. TO satisfy the world that "Modern Deg'neracy
has reached and corrupted the powerful s,ind Of 10
age.
Il pyoDlDi and .Ncited PebuLa will he recOlfcl-