Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1843-11-02


Courier and Enquirer, to run Daniel Web
ster for Vice President ofthc United States,
on the ticket with Henry Clay, has already
been noticed in our columns. How that
proposition may comport with the views Of
Mr.. Webster, or the feelings of the Wing
party of the Union, we Of course have no
means yet Of knowing. We are of those
who always believed that Mr.. Webster err
ed grievously and sadly, in retaining n seat
in the cabinet Of John Tyler, after his COL
leagues, Mcssrs. Crittenden, Badger, Ewing,
Granger and Bell, felt called upon to resign
their places. Our censures have been free
ly and openly uttered, ard We have no &C.
casion to repeat, deny, or attempt to con-
ccal them. Our opinions were honestly en-
tertained, and quite as honestly expressed.
We believed that in retaining his position.
Mr.. Webster was false TO his own fame, If
not to the party who had so long delighted
to do him honor. So far as his own char
acter and reputation were concerned, he
has, very properly perhaps, declared that he
was himself, the best judge of what he should
do, either to protect or promote his honor
Touching his fidelity to the Wing party,
and to the measures with which his name
has for years been so proudly identified, he
has also declared that he has been condemn
ed unheard, coupling it with an intimaton
that at some proper time he would set him
self right before the country.
To say that we were not for years warm
friend and admirer of the distinguished
Senator from Massachusetts, would be assert
ing an absolute untruth; to say that we
witnessed his alteration from what zoe con-
sidered the line of his duty to himself and
the Wing party. with sincere and heartfelt
regret would only be giving expression to a
fon1s snh o<ln,l Hh4 onk IF
true Wing in the land. That Daniel Web
tue in steadfast constaEcy and devotion TO
principle we all know. That he was for
years q shining light in our midst-'a cloud
by day, and pillar of fire by night'-to
guide the weary footsteps of our gallant but
disheartened band none can deny. His tai
ents, his statesmanship,his lofty and burning
eloquence, are known to all, are appreciated
by all. They are justly regarded as part
and parcel of the common glory Of our coun-
try. Had he remained where, through long
years of trial and adversely, he was found
firm as the native hills of his native New
Hampshire, millions of the true American
hearts would now be throbbing with emo
tons of admiration, confidence and affec-
tlon for the man who. by series Of noble
efforts, acquired the proud nppellation of
in the opinion of his old and long tried
friends do so. He made false step; he
faltered at time when courage and con-
stancy was most needed and the men who
through veal and woe had defended him
from the thousand assaults made upon him,
were alienated from his side.
Mr.. Webster'S future position depends,
now, greatly upon himself. If, as he has
commended all alonr,h Isl "Whig," Mas.
Sachusetts Whig." Faneuil Hall Whig,"
let him satisfy those who have mourned over
his supposed apostacy. Let him give TO his
old friends and associates clear, full and
satisfactory explanation of his course, and
wipe from his escutcheon the stain of treach.
cry, and then resume his old position in the
Wing ranks. He contends tina: he is Wing
contains good sound Wing doctrines-doc.
trines that every Wing in the land will
readily subscribe to. If he has &C ted
throughout in good faith TO US, let him con-
vince US that we have done him wrong by
our suspicious of his fidelity, and we for one
are ready to bid him welcome TO our ranks
again! More-if after having done this, he
is willing to have his name placed on the
ticket for the Vice Presidency, and it meets
the appreciation ofthe Wing party, we are
ready to give him sincere, hearty and en-
thusastic support.
If, as he declares, he has been i" condemn
ell unheard," we are ready TO hear him,
patiently, calmly, and with an earnest desire
10 do him justice. 1t will afford us more
pleasure to be enabled to forget and forgive
The past, than it ever did to cast censure
upon him and once more in his old posi-
ton, we shall look up to him with as much
pride as we were wont 10 do in other days.
Such men as Daniel Webster are not only
an honor to the party that can claim them,
but they confer honor upon the age and ma
ton in which they live. Should he be
placed, by the Wing party, on the ticket
with Mr.. Clay, no man can for moment
doubt its success. With two such standard
bearers at the head of the great Wing army,
we might defy world of locofocos.
The Carlisle Exposiior snystruly, that the
nomination of MIR. Clay by the National
Convention will come as large blast to the
waiting ears of the people, rousing them
from despair, and inspiring them with hope
and courage. Like the signal of Roderick
Dhu, in the highlands OF Scotland, whose
yshrill whistle, in an instant,
"Garrisoned the glen
With thousands OF his daring men,
the nomination of Henry Clay by tho Balti.
more Convention will wake up the Ameri-
can people from their death-like apathy
This is wha: the country is waiting for
Wearied out with experiments upon the cur
rency, by which the country has been
brought to the verge of ruin. and individual
prosperity reduced 10 wreck. the people
look for the restoration of prosperity
in the administration of the gov
.ernmert by Henry Clay. Too long have
his admonitions and warnings gone unheed-
.ed-inn long have the ncoplc been made the