The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-15
MR.. WEBSTER.


a., ool;,ieians have vacillaied more in iheir posi-
=" la view Of accommodating themselves to
~ presumed would presently be the tone and
~" s'hl;c opinion, than the very distinguished
49,. whose name g,aces the head Of this arti-
81. ,oualIy certain, that no one Of general
49,. a. great. has shown SO little sagacily in pen
nv ,,s probable determination of the public
s;,h relation TO the subjects upon which he
Aimed his ground or altered his opinions. The
- Inc East seems to have been deprived Of
'...,mab,e faculty which instinc,ively appre-
s,,ure; and hence he has been singularly
sruOas in every summerset which has marked
s;.,,,eed his political career. Now, though It be
!. we have asserted, that no statesman or
r,.;,o in this Union has fewer pretensions,
,l.v are founded upon his past course, to the
.,,,.r Of consistency and stability, than MFR.
E.h.,,, has; yet, il is very evident, he pumes him
- .,,n a rare dsintcres,edness and national
!. .e,ua,ing him in whatever he may advocate
.00o.e This high attitude, which, whether as a
,.,or or as a speaker at the hustings, he habitu-
! assumes, has always appeared to US to be pre-
osterously unfit.
To ;us,ify the opinion We entertain and have just
..,....a il is not necessary, and we have not the
,,lioalon at present, to recur to long by-gone
..o,. in the life of Mr.. Webster. "Modern in-
.oee,' in the career Of that great man. easily adj
,e.d and supplying the proof of too calculating a
A.ucsr, will be sufficient just now.
tn. ,wistings and turnings of Mr.. Webster upon
,.r, Of the great questions Of the day, are evinced
he first place, by his signal and very memorable
h,u,s upon the subject of the tariff. We say
Io,hine at present about his very early opposition
protective tariff except to make allusion to his
,u,rkaby able speech some years since sgains,
i. one Of that day. Undoubtedly, that speech was
1, Of ,nnscenden, power--probably not sipce sur
b.sssd by any opponent of u protective tariff. But
|, soon abandoned his then position. AT a later
bsiod-al period very recent--he, If we mistake
kot strongly advocated the propriety Of fixing the
Iara upon the foundation of reciprocity. This, il
y. remember, Yves the burden of an harangue at
Baltimore.
BIZ, forever taking new phases, and adapting
himself to whatever circumstances shall be consd-
he'd propitious for tue advancement Of Mr.. Web
Der, We now again find him flaming in The van Of
wing opposition to any modification Of the tariff Of
lSa9 and declaring, as loud as the loudest of them
pu, lha. "wsll enough" should be let alone.
In his Baltimore speech, ii was very Significantly
Admittedly the strongest implication, at least-thai
our tariff laws operated unequaly and unjustly, for
i was proposed to silence the clamor of opposition
BY permanent international arrangement in the
form Of treaty. M
How far or how certainly this project Of Mr.
WEBSTER was designed to injure his great rival, Mr.
Clay, may continue matter Of speculation. The
hsn stated evince a willingness at any time, when
! was thought "a political penny could be made in
lhe way Of political adventure, to make the expert
u,ent
Another very remarkable proof presented but til,
other day, of the INSCRIPTIONS political character
The penonage to whom we are now referring, will
be found in his present and past posision the "na
i've party. twill be recolected that, Immediately
lasr the last presidential election, Mr.. Webster
ldopted and advocated all the ultraisms of that fac
ion Such was the strong ground taken by him for
hat tone idea" concern, that il remained long
doubtful whether, under his authority and patron
We, the very name Of wing would not become
merged into the more popular and ad cspiandum one
Of "na,ive American" Calculating, as many 9TH
ers beside himself then did, "without their host, -
and seeing into what general odium "native Ameri-
canism" had since been brought, now, there is no
thing more eschewed-for Hint is so ,enderly re-
buked by Mr.. Daniel Webster--than this same ma.
tive Americansm.
Formerly, after the election, when foreigners
were to be prescribed, separate organization Of
men, who were native-born, was to be formed.
Now, it 10 advanced by Mr. Webster, that all tina,
. aliainable or desirable by the native American
party should be left to the wings to accomplish
and the great project has dwindled down to simple
modification Of the naturalization laws.
Wenow see Mr.. Webster taking tack destined
% eventaaie still more unuckly for him and those
OF his associates who follow his dctation. The
'endmenta which he has lately avowed with respec,
% our asserting our claim to Oregon, and the de.
sded opposition which he has expressed to its nc
qul'l'on by this country at all, upon any terms
va' ere long, be quoted against him with an effec
not now dreamed Of We do not, therefore, despair
q seeing before the revolution Of many moons, 9
sa' abatement of the Oregon opposition. An abate.
msnt Of opposition with those who are running the
race Of popularity, will come perforse to the Amer.
lean sde Of the question. h@
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