Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-10-10
SPEECH OF PIE Hon. ROBERT c. WINTHROP
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The following Is inc eloquent anu aunlraDlt
sneech delivered by The Hon. ROBERT G. WINTHROP
member of Congress from this district, in Faneui
Hall. on Wednesday last, before the Wing State Con.
yeption of this commonwealth. The excellent and
patriotic sentiments which pervade this address will
be heartily responded to by the good Wings of our
State.
Having been loudly called for from all parts Of
the hail. Mr.. WINTHROP rose and addressed the
Convention as follows:
should have preferred, many accounts Mr.. President
remain still longer listener this occason and 10 post
pone until later hour, if altogether any remarks of
own But hesitate respond, without further de-
lay, unequivoca and cordial which has
been made upon me- Indeed sir proud participate,
any Time and in humble way, in the proceedings
of such meeting before The presence at
those who have been lately and long confined TO
far other company, privilege which you and at least
know how appreciate. rejoice the faces
of many hearted Wings of Observation-Disclosures
few Of which have been familiar other years, and in
other fields Of public political seyiceaces all of which
greet the faces OF friends If there be any thing of truth
in the saying the great Roman orator. that Of the strong
estbonds Of human friendship is " to think alike concerning
the Republic.
Nor sir can find il in my heart regret that this Con-
venton assembled beren this city, covered with memorials
OF the patriotism the ia hers ana of the philanthropy and
nunifcence of their and III this hail. devoted, from the
FIRST to human liberty, and whose echoes the
which consecraed And of liberty Alone
much less OF Boston alone, of Massachusetts alone do these
veneated columns yonder speak us
of Liberty and Union and forever and nseparabe
We this day, Mr. President and gentlemen under
cumstances of than ordinary interest Rarely ever
have many momenous issues been presented at
consideration When assembled in this hall
last year, the Administration against whose power
had vigorously but vany struggled had but just
tered the threshold of their Their principles and pur
had only found expression paper III wordn the
resolutions of Baltimore Convention the manestoes
of meeting, in the hardly dgnieJ phra-
OF inaugural message. We had then reason
fall short Of their professions that their bite ht be less bad
than their bark that they might not be quite willing if
wng not quite able TO carry oa to their full consummaton
the plans which they had 80 boldly avowed
year of action has since ensued of busy, earnest
varied crowded action. Their whole policy has been
practically disclosed and developed subject in the
whole wide field Of national legislation has failed receive
the IMPRESSION the deep and strong IMPRESSION of their
ling hand. Questions foreign and questions domestic ques-
tons of currency and questions OF commerce. questions moral
and questions MATERIAL questions of peace and questions
questions OF labor and questions of liberty have
drawn, with startling rapd within the sphere of their de-
beraon and have received the unequvoca stamp their
decision.
Their before We know them by their
fruits And wei! becomes examine those fruits and
to for whom they meat and for whom they poison
In pursuing such examination cursorly Mr..
President who hears fail to be struck with
complete coincidence which found between the predictions
which pronounced by the Wing presses and the Wing
Speakers two years to the consequences of Mr. Folks
election 10 the Presidency and the facts they have
CURED great poet tells us Of
&" Some Juggling fend, who never spoke before,
pH; But cries, Il warned thee when the deed is DER
Not such the cries. "we warned you,' warned
you which the Wings where ringing through
the land In the columns of hundred newspapers, the
of hundred streets, the precise results which
before and upon us read heard two years ago.
the language of prophecy, but appears with the
literal Of history. We may indeed say with hin
of old, not little of whose patience called upon
erclse the things which greatly feared
that which afraid Of
know Mr. President, Of but single catastrophe whcl
was oreboded the consequence Of the defeat of party
the last Presidential election, which has been any dege
sverted. mean, war with Great Britain for the Terto
of Oregon. And certainly, certainly, do unerate III
importance OF this exception to the general assertion hav
made. Nor would withhold from the Administration an
of credit which may deserve Tor having saved tn
country from unspeakable calamity But what degree
credit does deserve Who can say this day. upon hi
conscience, that by the satesmanhp by the modea
ton, by the wisdom, by the civilized policy and Chria
principle Of the President bis Cabinet general
Of his supporters that this result accomplished Who
the other hand the Incorporate and bragglr
counses which brought the the perous ed
Of such ragged before and which only
strained (under God) by the patriotic rmness and indepen
dence of half dozen Of the nominal friends Of the Admins
aon, seconded and sustained by the great body ohe Whs
in Congress Yes gentlemen, the Wings in Congress,
particularly the Wings of the Senate with
honored and ius:ous DANIEL WEBSTER in their ranks
may claim the true glory Of having saved the peace of the
country, and of the world in this and fhavng brou
the Administration to the necessity Ct will call the hu
initiating necessy-there is nothing Illuminating in abandon
ing false course-t the highest honor rather
OF any party OF submitting 10 10 which
had rashy and reckessy declared that never would submit
Peace lasting, and, hope, eternal peace between the
United States and Great Britain by the settlement
only remaining disputed boundary between them-that yer,
peace which Shakespeare would have prgurd wher
he said, :" peace shall stand firm as ,cky Mon,
tatns-his has been secured To and for this the hg
in Congress- in hopeless minority though they seemed MAJ
claim second subordinate share of distinction Had the
looked only to party ends had they been willing embro
the country for the purpose of embarrassing the Admnstra
ton had they acted ia the spirit which many their
versaes have than exhibited regard the Ash
burton treaty, honestly believe that would have been
inevitable as Gen Cass often pronounced it, BIZ
the policy Of the Wings PEAcE-peace in this case
peace in every other caseand may add, they wou
have preserved IN every other also had depnde
their voices their votes.
But, gentlemen, with this exception, the whole
ogue OF disastrous consequences predicted from the election
Mr.. Folk has been fulfilled to the letter.
i. The Sobtreasury scheme, which the people Of hi
country passed sentence OF condemnation empha
and unequvocal in 1910 has been re-esahshed That
dit system, which the young and enterpsng
depend much for getting in life, aud which, unde
wholesome regulations, Of incalcuae importance III
honest industry Of the people, has again been placed unds
the ban Of the National Government From this day
every bank note in the land, without discrimination hetwee
the redeemabe and the rredeemabe, bears Gpvernmeg
protest its face II may be good enough for the people
but Is good enough for the oiceho1ers new diyorc
has been proclaimed between the people and the Government
and the decree does not contain allowance for dDl
n.y. d" Let the Government take Of ITSELF and let tn
people take Of themselves again practically avowed
the maxim Of selfstyed Democratic Administration
IT'S true, gentlemen, that the Administration has pIeser
tIs rlpgr tho