The North-Carolina standard., 1848-09-13
ND mrRsrER AND HIS POSITION.

MR.. WEBSTER AMI HIS rO0Ii ~. IL,
M sneacb of Mr.. Webster, pronounced tne Quiet
1ov in The midst of his venerable elms at MS own
eest at Marshfed, within sight OF the sea- wnere ne
catches his fish with which to make cnoWder; !nIS
aDeech has created in this community IN all PaIe
yerv odd and singular sensation. 1t IS queer
sneech. an odd speech, sort OF dish OF milk ana
IrateT or rather well prepared and cooked chowder;
manufactured by Mr.. Webster himself VINO Is Sa.r
to have great ability in preparing that racy ana ID
nous dsh-although it has never yet been found 10
have great substance animal nutrment. rms
sneech of Mr.. Webster is really and truly oish VI
GOOD chowder-a mere preparation tor goo0 uli're ne
and good wine, without which 1t amounts 10 3u' n
tie or nothing of sustenahce animal force. In lot
mer days. when Mr.. Webster was called on oy the
New England manufacturers, ne generally maue
snlendid and powerful speech on his soe OF Naso"
and Dixon's line. Whether the Prohts OF inc manu-
fcturers in those days had some influence IN Proouc
jno those bursts of eloquence,- ls quesuon 70 oe
solved by future philosophers and foCls II Is Ger
tain however, that Mr.. Websters position and sPeecn
in the present political crisis OF the country WIN e
gard to General Taylor, the most wlshy-washy
and the weakest that ever came from that quarter.
From beginning to end, he seems to Dc making an
apology for supporting man so Ignorant Ia Pu9Ito
affairs as even he himself represents UeheFal
He damns his own candidate with faint praise While
the obscure friends of Mr. Clay still boldly and chlva-
rously seem to be foremost in assailing Gen. Taylor
TO his face Mr.. Webster and his friends seem TO
place themselves in position OF halt and nall assas
sins-smiling with one cheek while there is scorn
on the other and the dagger itself is about being di
Tected to some place under the fifth rib. VI
The folly of the whig journals in New \ orK'
which while protesting to support Genen
large class of our nauraliZed citizens, oy taxing
the side of British tyranny against Insh lreeooH'
was not more suicidal to the cause OF General
than appear to be the speeches, the sen'en.s' tie
allnsions. and the temper displayed in the famous
addressed delivered at Marshfeld. Even the anti
masonic movement of Thurlow Weed & Co., at Al
bany who endeavored to get up premature lnolgna,
ton meeting against the hero OF 6uena ista, WIN
not be able to iniure the much In this State
or in New England, as the faint studied, and eiaoo-
rate praise which wasIbestowed on General Taylor,
from the lips of Mr.. Webster, within sight and sound
of the shores of Massachusetts bay. The surest way
to destov popular man is to become his friend, win
his confidence, and then betray him. Such appears
to be the policy of the New York and New England
who's even that portion of them who still cling to
the Philadelphia nomination. If General Cass should
be elected next November he will not have to bestow
his thanks on those leading wings of New York and
New England, Who while they affect to support the
nomination made by their own convention In Fhlia-
delpha, yet pursue such course as the wing Jour-
nails of New York have done all the summer, and
adopt such insane measures as Thurlow weed and
the an-masonic portion of the whg party have done
in Albany, make such speech, and Promu!gate
such sentiments came from the lips OF Mr.. W Weo-
ster last week in Marshheld. The defeat OF MI.
Claws nomination in Philadelphia divided the whlg
party and disguised the old standing personal Partl-
sans of the Ashland Statesman; but that portion OF
the whg party who stuck to the nomination, have,
since June last, betrayed more folly, more s-
ness and more want of wisdom and discernment than
the friends of Mr.. Clay did in boiling outright, when
the nomination made.
AZ matters now stand every day only seems to
strengthen the confidence of the friends of General
Cass-not in their efforts, not in their wisdom,
not in their discretion but arising from the folly, the
weakness, the imbeeility of those wings who call
themselves the supporters of General Taylor. We
have conventions and mass meetings in New York
and New England but unless some spirit springs
up among the great body of the people, the luke
warmness produced by the Taylor whig party in New
York. by the wing journals of this metropolis, and
Mr.. Webster's friends in Massachusetts, will pro-
duce their legitimate results in the defeat of the hero
Of Buena Vista. NeU York Herald.