The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-09
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DANIEL WEBSTER AND THE MoUsERs.

| Mr.. EDITOR. AS "S~''
completely Disguised at the course the debate
on the bill TO repeal the Bankrupt law has la
ken. The time of the country is expended, day
after day, in speeches ifom partIsans, on every
aud any subject bat that before them. Every
morning, when take mp the papers, am Ia
hopes to see that the House OF Representatives
has at last got TO work. More than one month
of the session gone, aud what has been done
Literally nothing! But, thank Heaven, this
sort Of leg islaton can last but Two months long
er, and then the nation will be relieved. l
| really believe that there will be more rejoicing
on The 4th of March, 1s43, than there was ON
| the 4th of March, 1871 aud if not so bolster
Gus as il was then, il will be full as heartfelt.
| But let US Inquire who il was that commenc-
ed at this session, wasting the time OF Con
gress. Who was be who, when there was at
least an appearance Of good intentions IN the
House Of Representatives TO do their duty,
threw a tire-brand into that combustible body,
which has kept them in a state of combustion
to the present day? Who, but Arnold, OF Ten
nessee, and who is this man that can throw a
body like the House of Representatives into a
fame2 Is he one of the magnales Of the land 7
Does his talents, or standing, or eiOquence rank
so high thai words from his lips are to have such
| an effect?
But, Mr.. Editor, for the purpose of letting
your readers have some idea of the man and
his eloquence, permit me to give you an extract
from his speech on the Bankrupt law, and on
which wish TO make few comments. IL is
extracted from the report in the New York He
rad and is pronounced by every one whom l
have seen who heard his speech, TO be literally
correct. Here you have it,
at was the lust of office, sir, that actuaed Daniel
Webster, sir, when he was in Faneuil Hail. to make
him say, sir in that Hall, sir, TO Massachusetts au
dience, sir, whining and pinng in that piteous way
| sir, cry, "Where am 10 60" Arnold said this so
curiously, and the whole Thing took such hold OF
the House, that the members roared right out Yes
sir, Daniel Webster, sir cared not if this noble edi
fee, sir, swept to the ground, sir. He cared not
if our flag sir, was swept from every sea, sir He
cared not, sir if the constitution was swept out Of
der John Tyler, sir. [Great laughter and cries of
| "Oh ohm This is symptom, sir Of the times, Mr.
Speaker. (Great laughter That this Daniel
Webster should have the confidence of this corrupt
administration, sir, as TO make him get up sir, IN
Faneu Hall, sir, should have the impudence sir, in
| the presence of such man as Abbot Lawrence, sir
as Abbott Lawrence, sir; yes sir, should have the
| impudence, sir, in the presence of such man as
Abbott Lawrence, sir, to make such most outrage
Gus and infamous appeal, sir TO the ofceholders, sir
| Great laughter Who ever heard OF such thing
sr' Had British minister, dared to do this, sir,
they would have hurled him out of Office, SIR; and
tarred and feathered him. sir; yes, sir, tarred and
feathered HIM, sir. Roars of laughter. They
would have pelted hun, sir, with brickbats, sir, II
| not with rotten eggs, sir. Shouts of laughter No,
ar 10 the Rank rpnt law air y n
this sir. It's law, sir as has been more sinned
against than SHINING sir it is not the law, sir, but
the cussed lust for Office, sir, for office, sir.
You will see, MIR. Editor, inlerlarded in the
report, The words ''great laughter" "shouts of
laughter" 1t Is TO me matter Of astonishment
that decent men, men of sense, men who have
any regard for their character as Legislators, or
men, could laugh at such disgusting farrago of
nonsense, as is recorded above. To think, that
such man as DANIEL WEBsTER,-a man, for
talents, ability, and patriotism, not TO be surpas-
sed in this or any other counUy-a man who has
received the gratitude of his fellow-citizens for
having saved them from war-who, as egisla-
| tor and. statesman, stands second to no man liv-
ing-to think that such man should be made
the butt for such mouDtebank to fire ats a
disgrace to the House of Representatives o..
which he is member, aud to the State which
had so little taste as 10 send him here.
But does he think any man Of common sense
or common honesty would put such consruc-
ton, as he would have them 10 do, on the words
of Mr.. Webster, delivered in Faneuil Hall p
He does not even quote them correctly, whethe
Intentionally or not, leave il for your readers
to Judge. Mr.. Webster was commenting upon
the resolution so foolshly passed by that foolish
convention in Massachusetts,, that they had in
the name of the Wigs Of the State, made "a
! full and final separation from the President Of
the United States" when he said:
| "And in regard TO the individual who addresses
you-what do his brother Wings mean 10 do with
him. Whre do they mean 10 place ms? Generally,
when a divorce takes place, the parties divide their
children. anxious 10 knou ,ohere, in the case Of
This diroroe shall fall This declaration denounces
! full and final separation between the Wings Of Mas
sachusets and the President. IL choose 10 remain
in the Presidents counsels do these gentlemen mean
to say that cease to be Massachusetts Whig1 i
am quite ready to put that question TO the people OF
| Massachusetts,
Now, can any man, who is not a rogue in
grain or fool by nature, distort the above re-
marks into meaning that DANIEL WEBSTER was
afraid he should o-e his ofiice-an office
that he honors, and not the Office him A man
who has been in the receipt yearly OF more
thousands, earned by his talents and labor, than
hundred such men as Thos. ID. Arnold would
sell for, TO be afraid of losing an Office which
does not give him living7 Absurd And
yet we find man Wing rising in his place
in the House of Representatives of this great
nation, and accusing one of the noblest and
worhiest Of her citizens of being place hun
ter Oh shame where is thy blush. know Of
no one TO whom the words of Pope would APP