New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-12

ffor, IT, for the day thou easiest thereof thou
shalt surely die
Then an VIII go for James X. Polk | a5s
It in the face .: .nf corntrymen, and Win 'Ee
sane so!emnity | would Use, were It my las:
words-what New England man OF any party,
RAJ give any vote o. a no vote winch may &c IN
stru.aentai IN e!ecting James X Polk Ii he is
elected Texas will be aDne1ec-:t must and VIII
follow. appeal TO ny friend here. ("e9s'efl
whose opinions are worth something, ioE tne truth
Of what | an going 70 pFec:ct: ihet N zen
months after the eection oi Nh Pcs, Teas viii
he annexed IN this county. fou may vote ioE
hin, Under protest and hope that Texas vii
not be annexed and the Tariii will not be repeal
ed Lay not that fa,tering JUNCTION to your
soul" II you thus deceive yourselves ycu vii!
soon wake 10 bitter Disappointment.
But some say that Nj Polk il n .avor OF
Tariff. Ncv, VI Eois, stand up here and let
rle cross. examine you. (Mr. Choe,e here put
questions to Mr. Polk as If he was really present.
and answered them in the language OF his own
speeches and votes against the Tariff, with date,
&c. and concluded the trial by informing Nr.
Polk of the opinion of the people in his case.l-
!
means, and, shall say internal, VII = tried IL
elect him. We, ew England, had never so
m,i2h to win, never go mucn 10 lose By an cleo
ton 1t is for great principles, whicn ought 10
be ou- notion the coming contest, that we stTug-
gle against disun!on, bondage. and Free Trade
and tot &" UNION, LIBER ~ AND LABOR"
This is but a mere outline OF Mr Choatc's
speech IL appeared to be eTteruporancou5, and
I'll. = atp
He was Sc excited III the earn.stness with which
he met the Questions OF Texas and the Iantt,
that, in the somewhat violent gesture which he
uses in speaking, he burst his coat leaving r-r:
OF fivc or six inches long. belcv :.ie right shout
der
MR. WEBSTER.
The President then said that. notwithstanding
4 resolution to refrain from speaking at Mass
Meetings, Daniel Webster had consented 10 ad-
dress them, and vas now before them. Mr. Wet.
ster came to the front Of the stand amid nine en-
thusiastic cheers lie proceeded TO state that II
was not the imposing spectacle which he saw be
fore hiul-not the great procession of Wings which
had brought HIM lhere-it was a desire on ms
part TO fulfil sacred duty, which he owed to the
people of Western Massachusetts, that brought
him out on that occasion.
often expressed ana not likely 10 be changed, bur
come as an impulse OF duty to talk 20 you of the
contest IN which you are engaged, and which Is
Interesting, not only to yourselves, bat to your
chdrens chlldr,n to untold generations
We arc now happy ann prosperous people, far
above any other nation under the sun; yet We are
threatened with change in every department,
when we ought to be giving staniity In the grca.
,,,;. I trn arp I hrsa
change of Territory We are threatened with
the revived at empt to charge The Constitution by
rrpndiare Stale lnterier, rec wi'5 It's PROVISIONS
AID we sre III, -s,epe1 WIN change III the pro
lection which We now afford 10 labor.
SPEAK my opinions with n" iour of Northern
mon, Of southern m:n yet with perfect re
spcct for both On what ground do we 70 lor
enlsrg, ment OF Terntory-;or Texas My great
ohle clion Ia 1t Is not temporary. The iundamen
tai, the everlasting objection is the extcns on ol
Slavery appeal 80 Southern men, and there
are many OF them who now hear me; | ask them,
as do others, DOES any one want 10 agltatc this
question now
know not how many Slave States Texas
would make. in some places, The perpetuaton
OF Slavery is the direct reason for Annex ttIon
The reason is urged, that If we don't take her she
will be free. This view was urged upon Texas
herself, that The emigration from Germany, and
other parts of Europe would destroy Slavery by
the competition O white labor, white votes and
white principles. That has been addressed tn
her to my own knowledge. On, who Can think
oft +! Texas will be free, say some people
The mass of unthinking people may entertain
large ideas Of the annexation of a new country.
Many people really get into a. fever Cor more ter
~ ply I'D. ~ hvuP oidvory wDere
it is, without extending it. pe wish TO say
g hitherto shsls,thou come, and no farther =
TIE Constitution found each State acting for
itself. Many of them have abolished slavery in
their territory, andhad it not been for violation
OF the constitutional spirit of compromise, it
would have been abolished still farther. re-
member that fifteen years ago there was much
more feeling in favor of still farther progress in
abolition than there is now. Maryland on this
side the Alleghanies and kentucky beyond, were
both more in favor of it than they are now.
am willing to let the Constitution stand as it is
Let not the South break the Constitution for the
perpetuation Of slavery, by annexing Texas, and
let not the North break the Constitution even to
get slavery out Of the country. Let no imagined
good preponderate against the welfare OF the
Union.
But is Mr.. Polk in favor of Texas and Annex.
alton Most assuredly SO. In my opinion, had
it not been for Texas we never should have heard
OF Mr. Polk as a candidate for the Presidency
Texas and PUik lIt . C-e.,I t4,,J rvlluA-lllcy
90 together. Mr.. Polk was chosen because he
was the man in whom the friends OF Texas could
trust. This leads me to contemplation which
fills me with profound humiliation. Had Mr.
Van Buren, been nominated, a majority Of the
nominating convention would have been opposed
to Texas But Mr.. Polk was put in nomination,
and they 90 for annexation. This is surrender
of selfrespect, and of principle, to party, seldom
known on the face OF the earth.
L agree with my friend that Mr. Polk is the
synonym, another forrn'of expression for Texas,
and yet We arc to annex Texas under him. TO
make Slave States OF it. This, gentlemen, would
be an epoch in history, and in The cause of hu-
nanlty. The progress Of sentiment Is toward its
extension IN a wise and Just manner. This woulc
be for its uPbuilding.
How shall this grea! question be disposed of in