The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-11-03
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NOV. 3, Is4r

and open hostility 20 his country.-His incon-
sisteneies and prcvarications.-The supplies
scheme of MIR. Webster, and the "no territory
scheme of MI. Berrien, substantially the In
effect.
Mr. Webster is looked upon by his partisan follow
ers as the wsest and brightest of mankind, not to add
the other significant epithet which the sarcastic poet
applied to the ustrious Bacon II he is entitled to the
position in the political and intellectual world which his
friends in the ardo OF their partisan egotsm assign
him--namey, of being the " foremost of all his
time" in the two great hemspheres of the earth-ds
interested would also expect to witness in his daily
life the exhibition OF the purest moral virtues and the
most elevated integrity of character. Ordinary mortals
would be shocked if they were to behold displayed in
man aspiring to be god and who should exhibit god
like virtues, some of the lowest frailtes which de
grade the human character. They do not expect that
parsonage pretending to greatness and subGmity
of intellect rivaing that of deity, would be stained
and bedimmed with the imperfections and failties Of
human nature that he would let down his godlke
character below the level of common morals, by ndul
gng in the odious habits of prevaricaton msrepresen
ation calumny of others, and recreant apostacy to
the of his country whenever il was engaged in
conflict with foreign nations. Even if a great man.
much less who had passed through the process OF
apoheoss and had arrived at the honors OF at least
mythtc divinity in his lifetime, should be guilty OF
such practices, ordinary men would consider him
very imperfect specimen of their race-nay, they would
be shocked when they beheld such moral phenomenon
We do not say that Mr. Webster exhibits just such a
phenomenon we leave that question for our readers
to decide after we shall have reviewed his past and re-
cent political history.
Our present purpose is to review the of Mr.
Webster in the controversies in which his country has
happened to be engaged with foreign nations, since he
upon the stage of action. The first impression OF
every true and right minded man, without previous
knowledge of his course, would be, that Mr. Webster
had all such OCCASIONS taken the side of his country
that he would be found to have been the advocate and
supporter of his own government, instead of having
been the apoogist and defender of his counrys enemies
This would be at least the conviction OF patriotic heart
and this conviction would be somewhat strengthened on
reading the following extract from the speech of Mr.
Webster, delivered in Philadelphia at dinner given to
him by the merchants and other citizens of that city, on
the second day of December, 1916, few months after
the commencement of the existing war with Mexico.
On that occasion Mr. Webster said:
Gentlemen, nevertheless the war is upon us armies
in the field; naves upon the We believe tina,
the government ought Immediately, in any honorable and
satisfactory manner to bring the a conclusion, il
possible. We believe that every reasonable effort should
be made put end to this But ,ce the par lasts
cile soldiers upon the land and the sea- up
holding the flag Of the country, FEEL and feel epery
american fees THAT succoRED AND sUs.
Tanned
This extract sounds like patriotism, and one would
suppose reading that the who uttered such Ian
guage would be found the side of his country voting
supplies for the purpose OF succoring and sustaining
the soldiers upon the land and the seamen on the sea-
who CALAMITY engaged in "upholdng the flag of
their country" But if any patriot has now formed such
expectation of Mr. Webster, who never yet voted to
and sustain the soldiers and sailors of his country
engaged in with foreign nation, he doomed to sad
disappointment Read the following tratorous paragraph
in his late at Springfield and see This
bold and hardy apologis and partisan of Mexico thus
holds forth;
"The exists. Suppose it to continue till the next
meeting of Congress What duty of good citizen
and good wing to do WE'LL say for one, that suppose
il TO be true that the next House Of Representatives in Con
gress will be composed of whig majority. think we
have had tones of denunciaon from the north and the
SOUTH from the east and the west sufficient to insure
that result although will be very great change Sup
pose that to be the say once, unless Presi
dent OF the United States shall make which shall
show Congress that the prosecuted for no pu pose
OF acquisition or dominion, for purpose connected
directly with the safety of this Unon then they ought
grant any further supplies. If we depart from thatf we
say that on the proprety of war; the necessity of
begun be begun, Congress has voice. no con-
stitutional power, we oberate the constitution"
Here is a direct proposition the part of this pre-
tended patriot 10 refuse supplies to the brave soldiers and
sailors who upholdng the flag of their country in the
war with Mexico And usual, the traitorous and in
famous proposition is be sheltered behind the bull
warks of the constitution, of which sacred instrument
Mr. Webster with an afeotaion at once ridiculous and
disgusting processes TO be the great expounder and de-
fender AS would the patriotic people of this re-
public conhde the honor of their glorious country the
keeping of Mr.. Webster as they would the exposition
and defence of the great charter of their Liberties.
We were about to remark upon the Inconsistency OF
the positions assumed by Mr.. Webster in his Philade
phia and Springfield speeches; but Inconsistency
hides its dimnutve head in presence of the infamous
proposition stop the supplies, and thus sarpe army
out of Merco, after the many glorious and splendid VIC
tories which it has achieved abandoning conquess
and covering country with rreparabe disgrace in the
eyes of the world.
But, while his speeches at Philadelphia and Springfield
may appear to be inconsistent in their positions, Mr.
Websters conduct in the late with England and his
proposed conduct in the present with Mexico are
not inconsistent to his past history will
clearly prove.
Mr. Webster was born in the State of New Hamp-
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