The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-04-30
Carrying the war into Af-ica.-Th


! Carrying the war into Africa.-Tbe
Balim"re Pstr,oI, correspondent has the
following mort appropriate remaI k on the
Characters Of the party and the inJisidu i:
who are now engaged in he hue and cry
against Mr.. Websrer:-
Washington, April IL.
"AnJ t0ho is Mr.. Charles J. Insersosl.
who makes these grave chsrgesl He was
once the United States District Attorney
Tor Eastern Pennsy lsanis. and so manag.
ed in the celebrated Tea Case OF Nj.
Thompson. the importer, by bringing
suiis iron each separate chest of Tea, as
10 put about seventy thousand dollsrs into
his pocket, and so toitify i, there, in using
all the arts and tricks Uf the law that q
r6.SslRhhs aSssE il fiR'Rslsh q bahh6
Of single dollar Of that vas, sun!
But. say the sccusers, Mr.. Webster
BE- loneed to The Federal party that oppos-
ed the war of lsl2-l3-I4. and burn, blue
lights along The coast OF New Engl1nd for
The heueGt of The enemy. And pray did
not Jas. Buchanan. the Secretary Of Stale,
belong to that patty! aud dad he not, in
1915. deliver flaming 4th Of July ora
lion, spplauding Fedora ism and denounc-
ing Dsmocracyl Was rnl George Ban
croft also an sptzwar FederslIs! Were
not Chnf Justice Marshall aud Chief Jus.
tics Tsnev, Muisler Mclean, nov al
London. Garrett ID. Wall. Of New Jersey,
IIsrmanus Becker and William G. Bry.
ant. of New York. Henry Hubbard and
r. l.. Cushman. Of New Hampshire, and
Ruel Williams and Robert r. Dunlap, of
Maine, members nfthe Feder.l parry and
advocates Of Federal ioctrines!
"But NJ. Webs'er was in Congress
during portion Of the last war and voted
against sundry appropriations for carrying
on the war or rebuilding The capitol IN lis
old ruins Very well--ihe name Of Nat
Macon. of North Carolina--ihe great pill
lar and apostle of Democracy-s,ands re-
corded side by side with that Of Daniel
Webster on each aud every one Of these
questions. Could Macon be right and
Webster wrongi The fac. is. other mo-
tiVes than thrse Of an unpa,rio,ic nature.
,ciuated bath of these gentlemen in the
votes they cave, ...-
ooh bat, fas his revilers falsely as.
seri. Mr. Webster declared, 10 the Senate,
some eleven years ago. ina, before he
would vote 10 put $4,000, 600 al the drspn-
sal nf President Jackson to enable him 10
GO To war with france, he would see he
enemy battering down the Capitol over
the heads Of Congress
a hsprsned to be presen, and heard
Mr.. Webster utter the ssnIimen', about
whish so much falsehood has been perpe.
,rated. lie sale. that to vote Tor the ap.
preparation. asked for in the HhcoRsfitu.
ti0nak manner in which it was. wonld be
to bre.k down and destroy the Copst'tu'
ton Of the country. Rather than do this,
he eaih, he would see The enemy with
their cannon turned upon INC capitol and
battering down lis walls. For that pile
Of stone AMI mortar could he rebuilt; bu
when the Constitution OF his county,
and he held up little book containing
that sacred Observation-Disclosures once be
broken in pieces aud irsmpled under loot
! IL eonld NJ more be repaired and restored
| II wonId bslns, forever. and the Gompac
nf our glorious Union would be no betteI
than rope Of sanal '-r II
This was Mr.. Webster's declaration
! and tho Hon. John M. Cisytnn. on re-
pea,ing it some time afterwards in the
] Senate, asked in tones Of the most thrill.
ing and burning eioquenee. where was
The Senator. aye. where was ihe Traitor
who would not adopt that very sentiment
No Senator made reply.