Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-10-24

or the toll ot his hands, requires 10 pe eo"'
Gated (Choers.) Let US have. will not say
VAIN. glorious, boastng Imagination, but let
us have a just sense Of our own condition ns
a community. Are we not FREE People.
every one Of whom possesses the elective
franchise, and is a part Of the governmeni3-
We elect our own rulers. is not t6ls the
very thing we now propose to do! Ana
what does all this require? Does II not re-.
qulre some degree ot-nay, entlre-pers0nal
Independence ? Does it not require some
degree of education Is II not requisite that
every man, who possesses the FRANCHISE ana
~ To elect his own rulers, should be elevated
above the psuper condition OF The laborer OF
Europe? (Cbeers.) And this is the whole
matlrr,-ibe people are the governors OF The
country, and the government cannot be right
Ily administered unless they have some de-
gree of knowledge, aud education, and indie
pcndence. Everything, therefore, which cle'
Yates the condition of The people, which gives
employment TO the masses and makes them
independent aud free men, raises them ~ The
scale Of society makes them the safe, as they
are the real government OF the country, and
Is that very thing on account Of which the
franchise may bo safely trusted in their
hands ? (Chcers.)
Now, gentlemen, If understand any thing
of the great Wing principles, as they have
been transmitted down from the days oi
Washington until now, they are exactly the
same by which he sought to maintain the
commerce and agriculture of the county,
We claim government for protection, and
our first object is to protect the interests and
maintain the independence Of The artisans and
mechanics Of our cities and villages. (Ap-
plause.) A great attempt is made nova days
To draw away attention from this part Of The
question, by representing the dangers Of hav
lng manufactures on too large scale. That
is but the dust Of the balance. The prnci-
pie of protection is for the benefit Of all
classes and more especially for the laborer,
whether it be in wood, brass or iron, the
weaver, shoe maker, tailor, every body who
lives by the exercise OF his own industry
l(Applause.) There is some slight abbrevIa-
ton IN the above paragraph, the reporter be-
ing inore than once interrupted by the pres
sure Of the crowd behind him.]
No one desires to carry the tariff 80 far as
to be rninous to the commerce of the country.
! Else why was the constitution Of this country
adopted II you will 60 back, or if | had time
to refer you to those early periods of the con.
s,iutlon, could show you what now avow
to be true, that the great interest which car
red II was the manufacturing interest, and
that II was framed with desire To protect the
labor OF this country against the low priced
abor of England. (Cheers.l For my part
never wish tn see labor cheap in the United
States. (Applauso.) God forbid that should
/ lRelterated cheerlng) look on Il high rate
OF wages as the greatest possible proof Of the
general prosperity of the great mass of the
community. tApplause.) You may gc
through AL possible calculations, denounce
It as a narrow policy. talk about the leaning
to capital as you please, still ! say that where
labor is highest aud best rewarded there al
ways has been, is now aud ever will be the
best state Of things. Immense cheering.)
fear | shall not be able to talk much Ion
ger, for my hoarscness does not go of will
speaking; but let me say, in all sincerity. tha
with regard 10 the pending question, have
as little personal interest as any individual
| hold no Office seek no Office, and desire
y nome several voices in the crowd. "We'l
have you in next-lt's your turn next," Sc.
/ but do aspire to tho distinction of doing
something for The general prosperity of my
country. tApplausc.)
II have been lately among your fellow citi
zcns in Pennsylvania, and we have now beart
n from fhlladclphia, | may say the frs, gun =
we shall hear others. (Cherrs) We canno
say what will be the result, but there i.
enough 10 cheer us, so that we need not de-
| spair OF success; and there is enough to cal
! upon ~, by our love Of country and our de
sire to do something for its best interests. tr
! 90 forward. Let our motto and our march
| be Onward" If we haze Obtained adyan
| tages we must not 1T them slip. And above
| all, let us not despair, We can succeed an,
we WILL succeed. We will rescue thus coun
| uy, the land Of our fathers, from msrule.-
! We Gun do II and WILL do ii. (Overwhem
ing applansc)
Il And now. fellow cirizens, 90 back from
some little attention to public afialrs to m,
own State of Massachusetts. shall tell m,
| fellow citizens there what have seen and
! heard III The cities south of this, and espec ca
| Iy will tell them what ! nave seen here TO-
| night. ] will tell them of this vast assem-
1 blnge-of your disintercsted pa'rin,lsm-ant
II OF the fixed determination of thousands o
resouic men to carry, for the Whig cause
! this great had almost said imperial cit,
OF New York. Aye, md they vii! carry il
and. in carrying the city, they will carry The
State, and IN carrying the State they vii
secure the elevation of the Wing candlda,,
| TO the Presidency Of the United States
II Mr. Webster then retired amid perfcc
| hurricane OF applause and prolonged cheers
tha, told how highly his services in the Wais
cause are appreciated, and how deeply biz
Statesmanlikc views and powerful Intellect
have taken hold upon the people.