The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-12-15
EXTRACTS FROM THE GREAT
SPEECH OF HON. DANIEL WEB

! SPEECH OF HON. DANIEL WE'D
| STER--DELIvE Erred AT PHILADELPHIA DEc.2
Political events have occurred since the
session that have impressed me with profound
emotion. The result of the late elections
especially ia the central State on the Allan
tic seaboard has been such as 10 awaken new
homes. There has been movement IN the
nation far too deep and general 10 ind ITS
cause in any merely evanescent glow OF tenn
norary feeling. Nc such Revision in the
political aspect Of the community has hap
pened within the last fifty years. The re-
mark will apply especially To the States oil
PENNSYLVANIA and New York. Nhrn has
such a revolution occurred in Pennsylvania
since the great controversy IN l|96 and toOO!
| At that period there was strongly contest
| ed election between Governor Mckran aud
Mr.. Ross, which resulted in the election oil
Gov. Mexican. aud which led 10 Il long Sc
RES of events which have followed. From
| that time Pennsylvania has Witnessed no
| such revolution in public sentiment.
The same thing may be said to some OK
tent Of New York. Since the great conro-
| versy which occurred in that State about The
same period. know of none which has taken
| all men so much by sarwise- Nor have
these great aud manifest changes hcen the re-
suit of any combined effort TO incie puhlic o.
| pinion. No mass meetings, no laboiious ex-
| ertions. no Simultaneous exertions OF the
oress. TO influence mems opinions, have led 10
result so unexpected. IL seems 10 me one
| of the most remarkable circumstances oil Inc
whole affair. that il has been the spontane
ous conscientious conviction OF the people al
large. that has produced these results,
The question is hat is this revolution
What is its character-for whom asainsi
whom-for what and against what!
intend to perform the duty before me
without Remuneration and without vltupera-
ZION. shall avoid, as far as possible, all re-
| Elections on men, and all unjust censures on
party. But is as clear as tho sun that tins
| has been revolution against the measures
and the principles Of the now existing Ad-
ministrat:ou. Great cheering. 1t is rev.
olution against the manner OF getting into
| war with Mexico. Ii is n revolution against
| The Tariff Of '46. revolution against that alb
| surdity Of all aosurdities, the SubTrsasury
a revolution asainst the duplicate veto. Loud
cheering and app. anse.
| The nresent Administration is not regarded
| as the Just representative or the regular sue
cessor of any other Administration. In ITS
PRINCIPLES and its measures, it does not re-
semble the the Administration Of General
Jackson. or Of Mr.. Van Buren,; and GOD
knows. il resembles no other. Laughter and
cheers.
But now we must be just to those VIII" ware
opnosed 70 us in times past. We must In
some measure forget the things that are be-
hind, and take the truth TO be, that ITS because
the present Administration has adopted sys
ron, of measures of its own, and assumed
character peculiarly its own, apart and distlnc
from all that went before, that hundreds an'
| thousands of citizens who zeslously support