The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-11-14

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We showed conclusively a few DAYS 500, bv re-
ference to facts, that with foriy thousand men in
the field, instead of The present number, twenty
thousand men, the expenses will not reach one
third that amount during the first year. which in
all probability will be the most expensive. Mr..
Webster says:
1.-The people of the United States are no, in
the habit of calculating. when a right is To be as
serted. what will he the expense, but on an coca
sion OF this kind they will be very apt To ask what
the speculation will cost. MIR. Webster said that
he had been at some trouble Ia ascertain from cor
rect sources the expenses of the war, and he read
a paper on which was written a statement of the
resources and the expenditures of the government
for the last five months, by which it appeared
that the expenses were about sixty millions Of
dollars per year, or double the resources, without
taking into account the outstanding claims"
Mr.. Webster then alluded to the necessity of
susta ming and standing by the constitution of the
country, and his remarks are worthy of considera-
ton.
III was true that the annexation of Texas and
the Mexican war which had grown out of il were
violations of the spirit Of the constitution, but the
annexation was brought about by New England
votes; and the Southern people, who are by edu-
cation led to favor the sustaining and the extern
sim at the slave power, are not alone to blame
u the constitution has been violated, il is our duty
Ia restore il, and not To break it M altogether.
we may depend upon it that if the North had
been more alive To the consequences and had re-
sisted the annexation of Texas, as il should have
done, II would nut have been So violated. If we
are alive Ia onr duty, no more slave territory will
ever be ceded TO this country. The constitution
has made us what we are; has made onr flag re
spected on every sea, has caused our manufactures
to flourish. What should we have been without
ii? Without il, Massachusetts, would never have
found any other than a Massachusetts market for
the product Of Massachusetts labor. The sever
ing of the hund of union is not a mere act of wolf.
ton. IL cannot be done without n violation of our
oaths, withnut treason, bloudshed and war. To
speak of dlsuniun otherwise. is nonsense. IL is
revolution, and those who talk disuniun must be
prepared 10 meet a revolution. No whig can for
a moment entertain any such sentiment. Ii we
go to the East or TO the West, we are not known
as Massachusetts men, but as citizens of the Uni
ted States. Mr.. " ebster then alluded to the
times OF the French revolution, and Ia the posi-.
lion taken by him who in England at that time
was designated as the pilot who wea,hercd the
storm. and To him who in this country, the first
President, by the admirable adherence tn our cen
stllutlon. conducted MS through those troublesome
times, and not only weaihered, but controlled the
storm. In conclusion, Mr.. Webster said the con
stituiion is the r%allying point for all true wings,
now and hereafter. If we are to say, because we
suffer from some violations under it,, we are to
sever il, we should act as wisely, and no more so,
Than 1t we should strike down the sun because the
moon sometimes eclipses It's light, or a cloud OBJ
scures lis surface"
The Philadelphia Times alludes to The same
speech in the following strain:
"MR WEBSTER. considering his abilities, is
one OF the most trucking of statesmen, yielding
to every influence likely to turn 10 his advantage,
without the slightest regard for patriotism. In
south, his patriotism is altogether confined TO a
love for Massachusetts. That State is his coun.
try. The remainder he looks upon as So many
aliens, bound TO contribute to her greatness and
support.
" Ia his recent speech at Faneuil Hall he car
ned this idea out somewhat extensively. He
even. In fact, ut-Trolloped Mrs. TroIlope, in
abiding 10 what he is pleased to conceive the
renal character of the Americans-lheir love for
money. He said, for instance,
: The natural justice Of a ,oar, IL is perhaps,
not an american habit TO consider. But it is an
American habit 10 count the cost l'''
And this from an American Statesmani This
OF a people who worship justice, and have shewn
1t so mach in all their foreign relations! Is it
not enough that Cockney tourisls-ihat Hall.
Iroilope. Dickens. and others-should assert that
The American people think more of '. the AL
mighty Dollar" than of any honest and noble
principle, that a man pretending To be American
In feeling and sentiment. should echo such a dis.
graceful and disreputable lalsehood 20