The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-11

placed 20 the credit Of Mr. WspsrKn or 10 trust for
has family, or the money pledged TO him II the
act is not So The statement can be oontradicted IL
further said that at the beginning Of this winter he
was NOT disposed 10 the Senate al all, be-
cause some 80, 900 or go 900 Of the amount had
not been raised. Hell the attorney Of the manu-
| faeturers. They have ruised for him 500 600 ia
manufacturing stock. Here is shown the peculiar
cunning Of the Yankee. ~ the ''godke" shall sue
eesd IN preventing repeal Of the tariff, the stock
WI be very high but IL he does not then his in
| come wi sink IN proportion, II is so arranged as
70 reward hum IN proportion to his success II will
DC remarked that Mr.. WEBSTER, coming from one
OF the towns which the gentleman from Massachu-
setts Mr.. WisrBsor) represents Mr. wEBsrER
being one OF h's own constituents, that gentleman
denies that "in any just sense" Mr. W. is the pen-
soned agent Of the manufacturers; now as 10 what
10 "just senseo We may differ; our standard of
Justice may differ. 2. 'a.taa. '...a .".
Iheard Il said Ia Baltimore, by warn friend of
MIR. WEBsrEH, both personal and political that he
was a man Of expensive habits, and was poor, and
and could not afford TO represent the State of Mas
sAchusetts, IL his friends did not raise him this
money. Admit that he 10 poor.-as poor as Gin
einnsius, who was forced TO follow the plow Csn
he not, like cincinnatus, leave his pillow TO do
service TO his country, and then, Cincinnatus
a@ !, 's, Sn to his pillow as poor as when he
there not patriotism enough in Mr.. WIS heart
10 induce him 10 sumsit the common r,r yations
60 which Others submit, and 10 DO without the ex-
Iavasanee and luxury TO which his expensive hab-
"A may nave accustomed him, and serve his coun.
Try AT critical period like this, without being psid
$1,000 year, above what any other senator re-
ssves, for occupying seat in the Senate, Wbv
arc representatives paid Of the treasury of the
United Suites, and mot out Of the State treasures,
Because dad they look 70 their own States for their
pay, local influences and local interests would exsrt
too strong sway over their minds, and thew would
not be able TO preserve that personal independene.
OF character which alone fits a man 10 act on cen
eral views for the good Of his whole country.
The tax for tho pay Of representative l., there
fore, levied from the whole nation Of which he il
legislator. IL is wise provision Of the constitu-
ton. IL, then, Il be a fact thar Mr.. wEBsrER is
peasioned for his public services by a particular
class OF mon al home, is not the spirit at least IL
not the letter OF the constitution, thereby yoated'
IL he Is paid what is Il for Is il that his eloquent
voice may merely resound within the walls OF the
Senate chamber Is il that he may adorn the pub
he counsels merely, without any view to private
and personal interests' That is not human nature
II it be true that the manufacturer who have al
ready accumulated enormous fortunes are still ask
ing Tor more and more protection, that those for
tunes may be yet further augmented, and Mr.. WEE
srEH represents these interests in the senate il IA
not hard TO divine that the 900 900 have not been
raised merely that he may bring his talents and ex
perenee 10 the public councils IL, by the force of
truth ably presented, fash of aeht should cb.nce
that the constitution forbids his yorte doctrine of
protection, can he raise his voice against il in ODE
dence TO his conscience Would he not be dereIiet
to his engagement if he did, Might not the
manufacturers turn upon him and say, "You
are our paid attorney; did we not give YOU SI0l
900 for the very purpose Of defending this doctrine
Of projections and are you going TO betray us,'
No, SIR; he Is bound, hand and foot; so that when
the tantf comes up in the Senate, and he shall rise
and argue Tor The eonsttutonality of protection, it
wil be easy TO relort upon him, that his thoughts
like sweet rhorsel under his tongue
10 II, then, on this that the high estimate ofhi,
character, as alluded 10 by my colleague is founded
IL 70 nol Before he went 10 Europe il is said, his
debt, were paid. When in England, it is also said,
the barIngs, those shrcwd and far-seeine bankers
paid him thousand pounds sterling Tor his legai
opinion on the subject Of the State debts Did
those experienced and able moneyed men invest
two or three hundred millions in our State stocks
without, frs, knowing whether the American States
they give Mr. webstef i've thousand dollars for hi,
legal opinion merely as to that power. III NAV be
permitted TO understand that transaction in Iianv
inst scnsc," II would be that that money was adj
vanced him for purpose very far forei 4 from that
winch appeared on the face of the matter Was it
on this that my colleague based his estimate of Mr.
Wcbsters exalted eharacter-an opinion given 10 n
foreign Jew money-lcnder against his own coun.
trymen IL not, on what them He has not given
US single item. If all this is "trackng down. of
puonc men, then rear must occupy as fearful
position as any OF those who have presumed TO at
tack the ''godike." may prepare for as terrible
a "scarifying" az my friend over the way from
Pennsylvania. And Of what did this scarifvipg and
this rending actually consist Was il anything
more that "false" heaped upon "false," Creature
upon "thing, and tthing" upon s'creature," The
eagle scars into the blue vault of heaven and darts
upon his prey like the bolt Of Joye: but The muaco-
Wy duck loves to dip his foul feathers into the mud
and scatter about the dirty water on everything
around, az he shakes himself free from il,
1t is said that the gentleman from Pennsylvania GOT
a "scarifying." | think that the gentleman from
Pennsylvania gave the senator an emetic, and its
operation has thrown off his stomach an immense
discharge of bile, with which he has pentifully be-
'pattered the gentleman from Pennsylvania. Yet
he still survives and does not seem much the worse
or the infection. Il might be Just conclusion.
rom the vast amount Of bile thrown up, that the
senator's system could not have been in a healthy
State My colleague envies the feelings of no one
Who would turn over the pages Of vile party defna-
nan read the debates Of l842, and see what the SEN
TORS wing friends said Of him If it was half true. il
,laced him so low, that il was impossible he should
ret any lower. do not say that the charges Of the
Wigs were true-(God forbid that l should be an
werable for the truth of what they say)-but saw.
ct any man leok at what they then said of him
md then say, il his friends said such things of him,
urely the gentleman from Pennsylvania NAV: and
may refer, too, 10 his public acts to show that he
not entitled to that high place by the side of Wash.
ngton, which ny colleague awards to him.
Twill now pass to my friend from Connecticut
'ver the way, (Mr DIXON He says that the
harges made were gratpitous, and not supported
y any authority. have not heard one Of them
enied. has indeed been said that Mr.. WEBsrER
not, sin any just sense . the pensioned agent of
he manufacturers. Till it is denied in other terms
han these I shall believe 1t. But the charges, he
avs, are gratuteus. | have drawn them from his.
Dry. lfby this he means that they are not matters
q controversy with the gentleman from Pennsylva-
ia, agree that in that sense they were gratutous
sut the gentleman should remember that was an.
wering my colleague, Mr.. HnLIARD,l who had
auded the character Of Mr.. WEBsrER so highly.
protested against those Communications, and In
hat point Of view my charges were not gratuitous.
had right to 60 for them to history, and to use
hem. y ''.'a.' @t2@%' "'"
The gentleman from Connecticut said that, before
brought these charges had his high respect.
rust his respect Is not diminished. | should great
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