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1HURSDAY, OCTOBER Is, 1912.
DANIEL WEBSTER.

T.
Webster aps'aoy from the Wing party as indicated
by his recent speech, is his emphatic declaration that he
still Whg-aud, mol only Wing, but, as ifby way
Of clnchng tie nail, "a Massachusetts Whig-a Fan
Gull Hall Wing" In speech. intended, as thai Of
Mr.. Webster vas ~ dspel wide spread suspicion which
he knew well to be afat Of his party fidelity. we mpht
have naturally expected To these bold and broad as
serons Of The integrity of tie oIator--snce he is not
yet prepared to take open ground against his late asso-
caies Nor will he be, perhaps, I'LL after the Massa-
chusets election is over, He can injnre the Wbio
cause in that State, BY nflcng treacherons ffiI,-rb
blows upon II, While pretending himself 10 be Whr-
"hfn, II he were 10 throw of the mask, the visare CT
The traitor would extract from those blows all their va,r
as well as Their venom. When Mr.. Tyler first BEGAN
to show the eleven foot he did prol,s IS to be .Do
ocratj" but his efforts and these Of his friends on the
oor Of Congress andn the treasury fed newspapers were
unccasIng 10 show that hc still Uhip-thoronob
going, uncompromlsing Wing, differing from his party
only IN single measure" and So DIFFERING from them
with lneApessibe recluciaucel But the revolution of ,
lew more moons has wrought wonderful chanpc in the
tone oil the President and his body guard .,or. Hen
S~e~ mat ne nerer mas "a Uhg al aH-and that in the
emphatic language Of n late Madsonian he is ",,r.
CHANGED DEmoCRAT''- we suuposo nc no vos
when he was Instructed cut Of his seatn the Sanoe liz
The ENpnScrs-When lie denounced the removal Of H.,
Deposiles, and tho expulsion of Mr. Duane from Office
when he made his R'lort in favor of Distribution in
ie59-"hen he want to the Harrisburg Couyen.
uon, a vehement Clay man-and when he So eagerly
aeceptcd nomination 10 the Vice Presidency fTor1
the big pariy,in opposition TO- the "Denocrats
"hcn nc made al cleclionecrlng Trip 10 Ohio, declaring
himself in the highways and byeways, in favor Of
hahh, lam and Distribution; in tie language of lis
letter to gentleman in Pisburg, his sentiments ON the
TWO latter questions being identical viii, those of Gen
Harrison and Mr. Clay "Like master, Ike man. =
The same process is going On in Mr. Webstcrs case.
that marked Mr.. TyleIs scrpcntne career They have
cast then dosnies the bosom of the same stream and
they must OF necessity be borne onward by the tide to the
same gull. The Faneuil Hall orator will gradually
throw off every yesge of his Wing garments. and like
Mr. Tyler, will soon be heraldcd to the nation as An
unchanged Democra,''-and his speech. delivered in
Richmond, under October sun . when he proclaim
ed himself disciple Of Je0rson will be quoted as III.
sign and the seal Of his orthodoxy, Surely such aneyeu
VIII not be sranger,-certanly it will be far l,ss sud
dcn-ttan Tylers mctamorphoss, But the country
WIN agree with us, that, If either Mr.. Tyler or Mr.
eos'ef be villa, the one openly processes and the O.
hef is preparing to profess they have been the veest
hypocutes up to the periods Of throwing of the mask
that ever bore the human form. Well may we excaim
IN gazing upon these two men,
"oh' what goody outside Falseiood hath,
"a heantcoos appc-1ott,n at the core"
Nj Wcbs1er's speech not entirely destitute Of the
proof Of the progressive ehangenow going on in his posi-
h0n-and shows that if he not now he soon Will be-
prepared to answer the signitcan, question: which, with
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Hall meeting; ~ here am 10 go?o The Tariff, for
example is popular in the New England States; and
more especially in Massachusetts, with all parties and
those who see The Loco Foco papers from that region
perceive that hey do not do their allies in the South
'nd'ayor to convict the Wings in Congress Of the hgh
crime Of passing the tariff bill of the last session. but that
Oh The contrary they endeayor TO deprive that party of
all crcda for the adoption Of that measure and actually
claim that the people are indebted 10 The Democrats for its
passage! We'll; Mr.. Webster strikes upon this chord
with admirable dex;erity and skill at is true.
says he) that the tariff act passed solely by the Wing
srengh"-whicl, by the way. is true enough, although
IN the AntIarIf sections of The Union this very bill
winch MIR. Webster shows moi, passed by tie Wings
alone, is chronicled as Wing abonnaiion, But Mr..
W eoser also knew very well. though lie cunninely
voded all alusicn To the fact, that about wohlrds
the thirty Wings who voted against the bill did so, mol
because they opposed to It's provisions. as he
lnsinuates, but because they would YIELD OF
even seem to Weld to Executive dictation. or con.
sent, even by implication, to surrender Of the lTlnc
pie OF Distribution. OF these Wings, the National In
teligencer enumcracs nineteen to vii. Messrs Adams
Arnold, Bolts, Milton Brown, w. b. Campbell. + J.
Campbell, Caruthers Casey, Gontry, Goggin, Green.
W. c. johnson, Mathiou, Oesley, Slrigg Summers,
}. B Thompson. Irplct and Underwood. When Mr..
Webster, therefore, with this fact known to him. as it
must have been, attempted to show New England
audience that they rather indebted the Demo
Gratis than the Wings Tor the passage of the Tariff BILL
he was guilty of shameless provarica,iou But he did
rot provarca,e without motive. His object was to
weaken the Wings. and to strengthen the Democrats
IN The 1or0 States; and especially operate upon the
approaching election in Massachusetts,, and thereby to
pave the way for his favorable reception by
the Loco Foco party, Whenever he shall be pre-
pared 10 make the final plunge. If he can dotach
Massachusetts from the Wing cause, he will have
performed service which will entitle him to for
bcarancc and euloey ifnot future reward aud this the
manifest object 9th speech Had heavowed change
III party relations, howevcr.had he declared that he
was no longer Whg,--ls influence wonld have been
destroy ed-and therefore he still the Wing mask
IN order to give effective stab to the Wing cause!
This is the secret of his avowa that he is still "a Wing
"A Eanpu Hall W hic - Remark able would IL If