New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-09-21

which we thought would never enc. Alter they
were over,
Mr.. WEBSTER spoke as follows
Gentlemen, Wings c. Massachusetts. Wings OF
the Emitted States: A common cause; the love oil
our common liberty; our warm affections tor the
institutions of the country IN when we 1--we and a
deep and solemn coDcsEn for the preservation oi
those institutions, and the promotion Of the STsui
interests Of thar country-have tecuE INT is together
here, to-day behold before ne, IN TINS vast as
selnoiy itseinen, intelligent elow-ciIizens persons
periodically devoted TO the great cause OF the coun
Try, oil the Union. and OF every state Of the UnIon
And, in behalf OF the Wings o.. Massachusetts bid
you all a cordial and hearty welcome. Wings OF
Georgia. oil Louisiana and Mississippi, from the
whol. South and West as we'll as from the nearer
and gallant states OF Rhode Island and Vermont,
gallant and ,rue-hcaTied Wings, too. from Maine.
and. indeed, from every STATE all, all srs here
sembed IN support o. The Wing cause NOT the
cause Of Massachusetts, not the cause al ans one
Stnte-bui the caCsc Of our conImon Liberty, OF Our
common county, o. good government I" which
trust are all aIiached-ior the promotion and ad
vancement of this great and glorious cause are
now, and here, gathered together.
Gentlemen, today se iav no offering on the altar
o. personal. .Ivai or sectional preference. For ny
Sell, desire am sure all ces.re, 20 tear from
our hearts lisa;eai which binds us 10 any one
man, 70 my one portion OF the country "a dstn-
guished from another and from all, every sentiment
which rises within us to teach us that we are ausht
but Americans and Americans altogether.
We have visited, to-day, many scsnes-sanctlhed,
had almost sai--celebrated, certainly, as the
scenes OF revolutionary occurrences. They have
carried us back 10 the tunes OF our !2tilers-to the
| conpanionshp OF these men who stood up Tor
| liberty against the greatest power OF the known
world--who sustained liberty with fearless hearts
| who fought for liberty with strong hands and who
| successfully accomplished the American revolution.
Wb,f fr,.. an there
Throughout the land, who is Dot filled with Indr-
| scribable emotions, when his mind is carried back
TO the great of The age, and the circumstances
connected with 1.-THE American ievolguon
| Gentlemen, there are some things which are dlmn-
shed in importance and interest by the lapse OF tIme
| The comet which passes over our hemisphere, Is
seen, wondered M, and forgotten The great ufni-
nares OF the sky above us are noticed shine, go out
and also fade from particular remembrance. Not
so, however, with the great achievements OF our
fathers. Not so with the great achievements OF all
those men connected with contests for freedom and
establishment oil freedom. Not so, especially, with
the deeds of those men who carried out the Amer-
| can Revolution. For the further we recede, IN point
OF time, from their day, the more expanded appears
the disc OF their glory larger and lurger grows their
reputation; aud when the whole OF the work which
they so noby begun shall be compshed-when
freedom and good government shall be spread over
the whole earlh-then but not till then, Will their
fame have reached its full hight.
And, gentlemen, the deeper we drink oil the wa
ters OF Revolutionary Patriotism, the more we Im-
bibe the spirit OF the American Revolution, the better
for us. The more we turtiy our minds, the more
We strengthen our hearts and our determination, by
Il recurrence TO the sentiments which animated the
men who performed that great work, by so much
the more shall be. better men, better citizens,
better patriots, better in every respect.
bid you all welcome IN the spirit OF the Rcvo-
luton in the spirit of the Thirteen States which
| accomplished it, which established the Union under
which live, which we respect, which We love,
under which we mean 10 die which we will defend
with all our power TO the last gasp. In that spirit
again say TO YOU, 10 every one OF you here in attend
ance, here TO promote the great and coed cause in
which we all are d-welcome-wecome-
welcome We stand 10y the principles which that
spirit upheld, We gather around the standards which
that spirit raised, and We will do our best 10 keep
unsuled the national glory which that spirit estab-
lished.
But, gentlemen, will further say that we are met
now, the people ARE here to-day, in the spirit of The
revolution OF 775, to resist, TO the utmost of their
ability, the attempted revolution OF 1874. We come
in the spirit OF the old revolution To protest against
the new ; to preserve unconaminated What our faith
ers achieved by war, and established through
their wisdom; 10 guard our institutions against IN
novatioD, against tamperng, against rash expert
ment: in other words, 10 preserve, whole and pnre
the institutions which established for and
and left TO us by the Wings OF no. The surround
ing objects cry TO US 10 do this 10 and main
tam these instltutions-end We obey the call. Now
if there be any for this great assembly, il
there be any thing Serious i'll the political consider
atoms which now agitute the whole country, IL is
because something Is attempted which amounts 10 a
change in all our political affuiTs-not 10 say a
change in the very form OF our Government Itself
equal AT least 10 Il evolution. Ii there be any OBJ
iecI OF serious magnitude which presses itself on
the minds OF the peopie-menacing in form and dan
gerouslv IN tiine-It Is the porlcndlng, the
threatened change IN national identity, in the
first place. and, secondly, the change in the we'll
tabShed principles OF the Government, with re- ard
10 that great sS stem Of Protection which is building
us up. 1t is not for nie, in these brief remarks
which necessarily must be merely of introducio-
nv nature, is not Tor enlarge upon these
topics. But, with your permission, | will simply
say few words on rhese points.
We'll, gentlemen, will first aude TO the pro-
posed change in the territorial limits OF the country
by the admission of Texas, and then to the attempt
TO subvert what yea and |, what we all consider the
fundamental policy OF the government.
As 10 Texas. We we'll know that this question Of
annexation has been much agitated: that ii is one
oil the most stirring topics which has been, can
b., presented the consideration OF the whole
United States. The project has been submitted 10
Congress, and il was Observation-Disclosures 10 the gallant
and glorious Wig Sena;e--but now il is made a
principal issue before the people, and our attention
is com PEELED TO it. will not now descant upon its
dangers, upon It's hazards, upon It's evils. They
have repeatedly been spoken OF by your Wing
brethren they are u in view before the public
they suggest themselves at once to every mind
The question is, IL We desire 10 keep the United
States as they are-withOut dImnuiiOn and without
augmenIaton- we wish To preserve our present
established boundares-the question is, how We
10 acco nplish this Well, every one can answer
this inquiry at once There are two candidates for
the presidency before The one, not only for
Texas, but selected only because he Texas
malone who would never have been thought OF
but for Texas, who will never be remembered but in
connection with Texas. There can be no doubt--it
is idle 10 argue the matter-that every man who
means TO vote and does vote, for Mr.. Polk, means 10
vote and does actually for the admission OF
Texas. To deny this would be reasonable as 10
deny that man who, with deadly weapon in his
hand, should iniict deadly wound upon another,
was actuated by deadly motive. No subterfnge
can get rid OF this, no gloss can cover tup. The
question is-Polk and Texas, Polk and no
Texas.
Then, on the o,he: hand, there is Henry Clay
His opinion on this subject of Annexation has bern
repeatedly expressed And, gentlemen, allow me