Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-05-15
FROM CHARLESTON, s. C.
VISIT AND RECEPTION OF Mn WEBSTER.

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4 FROM THE CHARLESTON COURIER OF MAY g.
i The Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER arrived in this city
| Yesterday morning. by the Wilmington boat, and
4 took lodgings at the Charleston Hotel AT twelve
! o'clock M. he was waited on there by the Commit
tee of Reception, consisting OF the following gen.
temen, viz Hon. +. II. Elnoe, Hon. ID. 4. Huge, Jas
l.. Pettigru Hon. William Aiken, H. A. Desaussure, Hen
nv Gourdin j. b. Campbell, Hon. Francis X. Huger, b. F.
Hunt ]. b. Legare r. Yeadon, Hon. John g. Ashe, l. W.
Hayne, DIR. John b. Irving, and Alexander Black
The Committee led Mr. WEBSTER into the spacious piazza
balcony of the Hotel which hronged with ladies' and
citizens gathered Gas also large crowd of citizens in the
street fronting the Hoe to give the distinguished guest
hearty welcome to the Inequalities of Charleston. Mr. Wen
STIR took his position centre of the balcony, mmed
aey fronting the street. and there addressed follows by
the Hon. FRANKLIN II. ELMoRE, Chairman Of the Commit
| tee Of Reception
SIN As representatives Of eowcitzens of Charles
wait upon you tender their welcome and good wish
Having heard that it your intention to pass through
their city through the Southern States, undertaken
procure by personal observation, better knowledge of
their people, pursuits and interests the citizens OF Charles
tom laying aside all differences Of political opinion in COM
desire to further wishes and to render your visit
agreeable, assembled and unanimously delegated the
pleasing duty OF expressing you the great satisfaction they
experience in thus meeting you in their homes Although
they well know there essential differences of opinion be-
tween great majority of them and yourself and the great
commonwealth of which you the trusted and distinguished
representative in the councils Of the nation yet on this occa
sion they remember with far pleasure that whilst at the
head OF the State Department. watched with fidelity
other sections of the Unions the South neglected
but her interests and her rights found in you able and inn
partial vndcator that you made, amongst other public
vices great and successful efforts to preserve relations in
peace and harmony with the free and powerful nation Of
the old world and that while you served the general
of humanity and civilization doing, you at the same
sustained the honor and promoted the best interests Of
country They remember, too, that Massachu
also of the Old Thirteen that she the leader
the struggles of the Revodon and that amid its common
trials and DANGERS she with own State won common
heritage of freedom and common stock OF glory They
feel ALSO that these grateful "reminiscences should be
bound up in love for each other, and in unaer
able determination honor maintain, and respect the rights
welfare and feelings of each They hope these ten
denotes cherished and these ties strengthened Events like
this transporting with conduce happily to such results
The influence of public powerful agency, and it
very much be regretted that of American statesmen whose
enlarged and liberal minds make their opinions authory and
best qualify them understand their character and do them
justice their own, few travel into other sections, and
make themselves personally acquainted with and known to-
their distant counymen In such intercourse, and in the in
terchange of coueses and opinions, peudices disappear
msudgnens corrected, and just appreciation Of each
other created leading cordially in feeling harmony in pub
lie and emineny conducting to their common
Entertaining these views constituents heard of the in
tenton and objects of your visit the South with unmxed
satisfaction.
They are happy in the opportunity Of expressing these
iments you, sir, especially They welcome you with the
ankness and cordially due your high station, your
preventative character and to your eminent abilities And
they will not this occasion, withhold the expression of
hopes which they warmly cherish that MASSACHUSETTS, will
in all she does that while South Carolina may obear
the maintenance of her rights with decision, she still
teans for your State all the kindness and affection due to
sister usous for her great virtues her great men, and her
great achievements For yourself and her representative
again. sir bid you cordial welcome to South Carolina
and to Charleston.
| Mr. WEBSTER, in clear, commanding, and full
toned voice, his noble and massive form and his
pleasing giving mingled dignity and grace his APP
pearance responded, with eloquence and feeling oows
GEsrLEMEs II would be oct Of great violence to
feelings Of injustice and ngatude the hosp
tally Of the citizens of Charleston If should fail to express
my cordial thanks for the welcome you give in their be-
half and to recprocae to you and TO them my sincere re-
| spects and good wishes
You quite right, gentlemen supposng that my pur-
pose in undertaking the which has brought into the
midst of you, to the country and the people Of the coun
try, and to obtain better and fuller knowledge of both Hi
therto have not been yster far South, and un
willing, quite unwilling, be longer stranger personally
the Southern States The citizens of Charleston do me an
honor which most deeply feel when they say through you
una, ncy nave satisfaction IN meeting me al their own homes
and wish TO render my visit agreeable When made
welcome to the homes Of Charleston, quite aware that
the warmth of hospitality go no further
Undoubtedly, gentlemen, differences of opinion many
subjects exist between your eow-ciizens and myself and
between South Carolina and Massachusetts but how poor
must be that spirit-a spirit which prevails neither
here in Massachuset-whch, out of these differences
would Of social alienation personal drespect
What would be the value Of political institutions if men
might not differ political questions without sacrificing
tua esteem drowning the Of brotherhood
We have divers political sentiments, but have but
country may differ to the best Of serving and
honong that country, but agree that she be served
by all to the utmost Of their power and honoed by all with
a and patriotic devotion If we do always
think alike, all feel alike feel that much of the ndiv
dual happiness, well the national renown which be-
longs may belong hereafter, does and will
attach to the undivided and hope always the ndv
| sible, members of the great American Republic
am happy, gentlemen, you think that while dschargng
the duties Of Secretary Of State paid just regard to the pro-
lection OF Southern interests In my Judgment those nte
rests, important in themselves connected with grave
questions Of public law questions touching the immunity Of
flags and the independence and equality Of nations upon the
To the magnitude Of these questions could not be
nsensibe II is true that they commanded my utmost aen-
ton and the result has been greater freedom from annoy
ance, security for maritime rights and general advance
in the maintenance Of peace and the friendly intercourse Of
nations bound ascribe this result rather to the
and support Of Others than any ability displayed by my
efforts.
concur with you cordially, gentlemen in the sentiment
that mutual intercourse strengthens mutual regard and that
the citizens OF different parts OF the country Of
another the will aspees be soened and differences
conciled may undertake say, for Massachusetts,, that
she ready, at all times, meet and to return the respect
and the hospitality of South Carolina and that she
beers ancient ties Of union and fraternity that she acknow
lodges interest," and fate, in common
country that there is nowhere else juster higher APP
probation Of the the deeds of this her sister State
and where the prevalence Of earnest wishes for what