New-York daily tribune., 1843-08-22

sion Of public sentiment in England, this letter
has put that question at rest. From information
that have received, the letters ofthe late Ameri-
can Secretary of State and particularly the last
one. which was directed to be read to the British
/ Secretary of Foreign Affairs, defining and ex-
planning the right of Visitation and Search, con-
tain what will hcnceforth be tho admitted public
! Law OF Commercial Nations. These results
have been accomplished since the inconsdcratc
and indiscrect members OF the Wing party would
have compelled Mr. Webster, if they could have
compelled him, to retire from the Cabinet.
Can it be doubted that the judgement Of the
people of this country will bc--now is-that Mr..
Webster knew better than others when to retire
from the service of his country in the Office of
Secretary of State, and that his decision on that
point was the right decision If this be So Ii IS
idle to say Mr. Webster has lost popularity. No
sir; Mr.. Webster never stood so high in popu-
lar estimation as he does at this moment
No man fills so large space in the pubic mind
Of his country as Daniel Webster. In consldc-
ration Of ali that has been done by him it ought
10 be so, and it is so. When Mr.. Webster left
the Senate, many of his best friends said that he
had made mistake, that his talents were pecu
liarly adapted to that station, and that he never
would be equally distinguished in any other.
We have seen the result of the change None
will now doubt that Mr.. Wcbstcr's talents arc
peculiarly adapted to discharge the duties of the
last Office he filed. So it will ever be with him,
and, sir, it is true, that this Republic has never
seen so able and 50 distinguished Chief Mag.s-
tratc as Daniel Webster would make. You
pleased to say that "if MIR. Webster has Wing
friends any where who wish to place his name
before she Wing Convention, they have perfect
right to do it, and you will interposc no objcc-
ton. OF course you can mlerposc none But,
you 90 on TO say, the real object ofthis movement
Gn New Hampshire is to facilitate his (Mr.
Wcbstcrsl reentrancc into the Wing party"
Sc Wien, pray, Mr.. Editor, did he make his
exit from that party He has certainly made
the most public professions that he was a Wing,
and has declared that it would take a very
strong man to put him out of the party. Has
that strong man been found When and where
was Mr. Webster expelled from my party, the
party in which | was born, and from which i
never travelled to unite myself to Anti Masonry
or Anti-Slavcrv? If you, sir, have undertaken
to read Daniel Webster out of the Wing party,
YOU will do well TO examine your authority for
the act; for you may rely upon 1t he will dispute
that authority, and he Is nc mean antagonist IN
discussing questions OF ttIc.
But, as YOU assume that he is out OF the Wing
party, why should he wish to re-cnter at this
time! What kave we to offer him! Are we
so strong in numbers, and united in purpose, as
to be confident OF victory If We are not, then
we want every man who has for moment left
our party, to re-entcr, and every man among us
to cultivate sentiments of harmony and union.
Can we gam any thing by assang such man
as Daniel Wcbster-by wounding his feelings
Who profits by telling the public that Daniel
Webster's prolesscd friends are hollow and IN
sincere in their professions, and that IN fact ne
has no friends worthy of notice
You tell the public, Mr.. Editor, that Mr.. Web
ser has no idea of nomination, but that he dc
srcs influence to enable him to nominate tt'rd
man. Against tins you enter your decided pro-
test The Wing Party" you tell le, has fixed
upon its Candidate or President, and will not
surrender lis choice TO the caprice ct 0ny md
ridUaj" Indeed Wherefore Convention then
in MAY, 1871 Did the Wing Representatives,
in Congress recommend Il Convention to no!nl-
nate Mr.. Clay, or 10 nominate Candidates Tor
President and Vice President Are the Delegates
to tIlc Convention 10 exercise 10 choice sup
pose that The nost intelligent Wing IN OHIO shall
be of the ohinon lately expressed by Judge Bur
nett of Cincinnati that neither Mr. Clay nor any
other Shareholder can Get the Electoral Vote OF
Ohio, and should suggest the name OF some other
good Wing, who, IN the judgement Of discreet
men, could get that voto, must he be set down as a
capricious indiuidnai, and no Wing Suppose
that what Judge Burnett says OF OHIO, Is equally
true of New York, and in all candor, do You not
firmly believe it 10 be true that no Shareholder
can obtain, by many thousands, the iull Wing
vote of this Stale Can we forget that when
LUTHER BRADIsli was our candidate, there were
S,0G0 votes for the Abolition ticket Who can
doubt that this number would have been greatly
increased if Mr.. Bradish had been stakeholder
Suppose Mr. Webster, IN the exercise OF his
private judgement, should presume te THINK and
reason upon those matters, and calculate tlc re-
suits, of ono course Of action or another, must
that be set down TO caprice Rely upon 1t, Mr..
Editor we will Go well to exercise our judgement,
and reason, before we put our Candidate before
the people. | suppose know, that the time OF
holding the Convention was postponed to later
day than that originally suggested by MIR, Clay's
friends. that rs much time as possible might be
given to watch the course OF pubic sentiment,
make deliberate calculations by winch our party
might be guided 10 victory. You may res; as
surc,i, Mr. Webster is not usually governed III his
public action, by caprice; II he has any advice to
give the Wing party, that advice WI! be the re-
suit of much reflection bestowed upon the SUBJECT,
and he will be able to give wc-consdcred reasons
for IL, reasons which any man may protest
against, but few Will be able 10 answer. Let Us
suppose now. that Mr.. WcbSter's advice 10 the
Wing Party had been iollowcd-wc should this
day have had a National Bank, Of the character
dclinea;ed in Mr.. Ewing's elaborate Rcport-we
should have had all the measures for which our
party contcnded in !Sl0, although we should not
have had, ! admit, wise President; but the
country has not TO blame Mr.. Webster tor the
selection o.; John Tyler.
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