New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-11-11

publicans, George N. Briggs and John heed, our
candidates, we have men who Will keep the Sotli-
mon wealth safe, as they have done;-tnai Is uae
10 them and TO the State, that popular nal3..y
should be their seal OF aPprobauon-snd iha', aoose
ali. our Chair of State, which radlcaism mas once
dsgraced, should not Dc occuPeu ny spun
even, than the hIst- ,;,,,.
Rssolred That in addition 10 their other import
AM duties affecting nearest interests as
the State i, will devolve upon the Legislature no"
TO be chosen 10 elect en- lndiFioIsi 10 'spi.seA
Massachusetts in the Senate Of the United STATES
that sbeetarchor of our safety when all else ials-
IL becomes our Inomenous duty to the country, as
we'll as 10 ourselves 10 10 II tlst W lls Legs
laIure in Massachusetts, shall control that e'ec!on
and that thereby our State shall continue 10 Ilou
that commanding position n TIC senate OF tile NJ
ted States which il has ever been her privilege 10
sustain.
Resolrei Therefore in conclusion, That our aoty
TO principle to our State, and TO our Country, is
plain and that will do il like msn-that we VIII
not yet despair of the success oil out cause III ie
Nation bur that al any rate, the fatal doctrines OIL
our opponents shall not have a sanction, or me
shadow OF a sanction from the Wing State OF Mas
sachusetts: that we will fight on ct home, though
defeat be every where abroad that though the
tide foreign influence and domestic corruption
NAV overflow the land elsewhere, here. ut least in
Massachusetts, shall be found one mountain eieya
ton at which Ihei, dark waves shall be stayed
Z |
now madiv 10 launch upon the dark and stormy
sea of foreign and domestic degradation ana
Distress with none but the miserable and ignoran
and false pilots that modern Democracy would
furnish her-Boston Light, al least, snail sui Do
kept trimmed and burning, 10 GUIDE her oack, !"
tha, hour of bitter shame and repentance that nust
come TO her. to haven Of purity, safety and peace.
Mr.. WEBSTER was then appropriately announ-
ced BIZ the chair, and was received with such
heartfelt, enthusiastic, and prolonged acclama-
tons as have seldom, if ever before, shekenth the
walls of Old Faneuil Hall. AS soon as be could
make himself heard, Mr.. Webster commenced as
follows:
'yvhat though the field be LOST
All is not lost. The uncoEdueTable VIII.
The patriotic hope, the stern integrity, the high
sense of duty, our attachment to liberty, our H.
deity TO the Constitution our love OF our naive
land, will abide by US, notwithstanding the tn
umphs Of enemies, or the falling Oft OF friends, or
any ether adverse occurrence. Cor cause Is the
sane, truth is The same, our country IS the same
and zee are the same.
Wings OF Boston! If the information this NOR
ning, respecting the elec.i ms, had been the same
as yesterday, had parposed TO ask OF your COM
| mittee TO excuse Inc from attending TINS meeting,
! which would then have been one of congratula-
ton and unmixed joy; and could have retired TO
recruit myself from the fa'igucs of the contest oil
this campaign. But when clouds seem to lower
upon and darken our prospects, when we are as.
| sauted by attacks of unexpected severity, feel
called upon to report myself, and to aver my
readiness, and determination to do with alacnty
aud ZEAL whatever lies In my power to MAINTAIN
| a JUST and righteous cause.
| Gentlemen, it may be, as has been SAID that
TIE National Elections wear an unfavora5ie as
pect. 1t may be that the Wings have not sue
ceedcd in elccting their President. But yet,
| Massachusetts is rot alone. Three oil her New
! England sisters arc with her, Vermont Connect
lcut and Rhode Island as also Ohio, Maryland,
| w.Jersey, Delaware, and, probably, Indiana,
Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina and LOUIS
lana But what il she should Stand alone in her
devotion to the Wing cause What If she should
stand prominent among the Wing States 1t
would he noble distinction. Let her win it
and wear it! The honor well becomes her an
Gent brows.
Mr.. Webster said that it was too late to go
through with the topics that have cngrosscd the
public mind for several months past. The SUI
frages of many Of the States had already been
cast fer President, and our own State was about
grea. Importance of full vote at the coming
election, even were nothing but the administra-
ton of Massachusetts, at issue. He spoke OF the
regulating influence of the State Government
over snciai life, and Of its happy effects, if wise
and parental. II the National policy is likely TO
be adverse 10 what we consider the true interests
of the country, so much the more are we bound to
secure, as far as in US lies the safety OF our Com
monwealth, and add its influence and voice 10 the
protection and security 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, as an Anne
rican, to reflect upon the views avowed by so
many of our citizens to fad pauper labor re-
commended by any portion OF our citizens at the
North. But the course taken by them with re-
gard to the Annexation of Texas, was still more
Notifying. When that project was first proposed
all parties at the North rejected it, discamed it,;
would have nothing to do with it. And yet we
find, in few short months, whole party, even
in Massachusetts, wheeling deliberately round
and advocating and supporting that very project,
which they have declared ruinous to the country
and fatal to the Constitution.
Mr.. Webster remarked that if the elections had
resulted unfavorably, it was, perhaps, useless, at
that time, to investigate the causes of disappoint-
ment. 1t might not even be proper to state all
the causes then. But there was one cause, SO
conspicuous, glazing, which stood out in such
bold relief, that it was impossible to shut our
eyes to it. or not to deplore its consequences
The results in several of the States cannot fail 10
impress upon every thinking and reasonable man
the deep conviction OF the absolute necessity of
thorough reform of the NATURALIZATION LAW
Tremendous and continued cheering.) Mr.
Webster went on 10 say, that he believed, upon
his conscience, that the preservation Of the Con-
stitution imperatively demanded this; and that
all parties, however they might differ upon Sc
condary matters, should unite for the preservation
OF what was of far higher and greater necessity
than any mere party considerations.
We are, OF course, willing and DESTROYS that
America should open an inviting asylum to the
oppressed of all the nations OF the earth. We are
willing and DESTROYS that all on the Globe, who
are honest and industrious, and would come to
US Tor the purpose Of lettering their condition
and enjoying the blessings Of free and popular