Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1844-11-21
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nsughtof ito volume. o. its rmnsss, By the disHs'
tVous result q the elections round about "as
needy pronounced at the great meeting there On
Friday evening, in the following addrss!by DANIEL
WebsfeT.
MIR Webster, appropriately announced BY the
chair, was received with such heartfelt, enthusiast
tic, and prolonged aeelamatiOns as have Seldom
ever before, shaken the walls Of Old Faneui Hall.
Az soon a. he could make himselfheard, Mr.. Web
stey commenced as follows:
"What though the field be lost!
All is not lost. The unconquerable will,
the patriotic hope, the stern integrity, the high
sense Of duty, our attachment to liberty our hdell"
ty to the Constitution our love Of native land
will abide BY ~, notwithstanding the triumphs Of
enemies or the falling of Of friends, or any other
adverse occurrence. Our cause 10 the same, truth
is the same, our country 10 the same, and we are
the same.
Wings of Boston! If the information this morn
ing, respecting the elections, had been the same as
yesterday, had purposed to ask Of your committee
to excuse me from attending this meeting, which
would then have been one Of congratulation and
unmixed 10Y and could have retired to recruit
myself from the atigues Of the contest Of this CAM
paign. But when clouds seem to lower upon ana
darken our prospects. when we are assaulted by az
lacks uueXpGCteN
report myself and to my readiness, and deter
mination to do with alacrity and zeal, whatever
lies in my power to maintain just and righteous
cause.
Gentlemen, il may he, a. has been said, that the
National Elections wear an unfavofable aspect. IL
may be that the Wings have not succeeded in eiec-
| ting their President. But yet, Massachusetts -
not alone. Three Of her New England sisters are
with her, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island;
| a. also, Ohio, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware,
and probably Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, North
Carolina and Louisiana. But what il she should
stand alone in her devotion to the Wing cause 3
What il she should stand preseminont among the
Wing States! 1t would be noble Distinction
Let her win it and wear il! The honor we'll be.
comes her ancient brows
Mr. Webster said that it was too late to 60 through
with the topics that have engEossed the public
mind for several months past The sNfifages Of ma
ny Of the States had already been cast for President,
and our own State was about to declare herself at
the polls. He urged the great importance Of full
vote at the coming election, even were nothing but
| the administration Of Massachusetts, at issue. He
spoke Of the regulating influence Of the State Gov
eminent over social life. and of its happy effects,
wise and parental. Il the National policy IS likely
to be adverse to what we consider the true inter-
ests Of the county. so much the mere are we bound
to secure, az far a. in Us lies the safety Of oar
Commonwealth, and add its influence and voice to
the protection of our free institutions.
In his opinion no political party question was
more important, and at the same time more easy Of
decision, than those Of Texas and the Tariff; and
it was deeply notifying to him, a. an American.
to reflect upon the views ayowed by 90 many Of our
citizens; to find pauper labor recommended BY any
4 portion Of our citizens at the North Bus me
course taken by them with regard to the Annexa-
ton of Texas, was still more notifying. When
that project was FIRST proposed all parties at the
North rejected it, dsclaimed it. would have moth.
l AwA GvnN Il, ~ AVavah OPk
4 months, whole party, even in Massachusetts,:
wheeling deliberately around and advocating and
supporting that very project. which they have de-
clared Fuinous to the country and fatal to the con-
stitnti0n.
Mr.. webster remarked that, IL the election had
resulted unfavoFably, it was, perhaps, useless al
that time to investigate the causes Of disapPoint
ment. might not even be proper to state all the
causes Nhess Bot there was one cause, 30 consplc-
uous. 90 garng which stood out in such bold refie
that il impossible to shut our eyesto It, or moi
to deplore ito consequences. The results IN seve'
raj Of the States cannot fail to impress upon every
thinking and reasonable man the deep conviction 81
Of ths absaltA. HsGassitv # thqEQ9gh. 1eta T,
continued ehe~ing.) Mr.. Webster went on to
say that he believed upon his conscience, that the
preservation Of the constitution imperitively de-
manied this; and that all parties. however they
might differ upon secondary matters should unite
for the preservation of what was Of far higher and
tons.
We are of course, willing and desirots that A..
merica should offer an inviting asylum to the op.
| pressed Of all the nations Of the earth. We are
willing and DESTROYS that all on the Globe, who are
honest and industrious, and who would come to US
for the purpose Of lettering their condition and en-
joying the blessings Of free and popular Govern
ent should be made welcome. But It Is not unrea.
sonable that these foreigners before they take part
in regulating Government, Of which all Of its peo
pie are the sovereigns, should have resided here
long enough to have some acquaintance with our
laws, our social and civil institutions; that they
should have become Americans in principle, in in
terest and in feeling 40 well as in the fact of having
placed their domicils amongst Us. As to foreign
ers already naturalized, their rights are secured,
and let them enjoy them. But let US have such q
provision made that the sovereign power shall not
BE- swayed or shared BY those who are unused to
liberty, do not understand It, and have never learn
ed the duties Of responsible freemen.
MIR w. urged tha necessity OF an amendment Of
the naturalization law, in order 30 prevent the
gross frauds which have occurred at elections. II
was notorious that immense numbers of naturaliza-
ton papers arc obtained by perjury, and many for
eigners have been made citizens and voters, BY the
same set Of papers. Masters of vessels. who have
brought over foreign panpers to this country, in
thirty days after their arrival, have the same
persons sworn in a. citizens, and giving their notes.
tons At issue, or even the names Of the candidates
thus coanteraeting and overwhelming the will Of
legal voters. The question ID. whether this s an
evil, grevous to be borne" OF whether it 10 grev.
Gus evil and not to be borne.
Mr.. w. said that, If the general election went
against ~, he had not doubt that il was owing to
false votes and false voters in Southern cities. If