Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-09-21
From the Boston Atlas, Sept. LIST.
Daniel Webster for General Taylor.


Daniel Webster for General Taylor
Agreeable TO notice given. a Whig meeting
was held yesterday afternoon, a. Ma'shield. OF
. piece Of land belonging TO Mr.. Webs'er, nea
The old Gov. Winsow house. At the place
I where the speaking was 10 be, a Stage wa,
i erected, suitable 10 accommodate forty or fifty
persons.
Early 10 the afternoon earriges were seen
/ filled with men and women. bending their way
from all quarters TO the place assigned for The
meeting Al three o'clock, E he ime appointed
for the orator, 10 speak, there were from Ghe
thousand 10 fifteen hundred people present.
AT The appointed lime, MIR. Webster. accompah.
led By Hon. Hiram Kelchum. Of N. York, Hon
George Ashmun, OF Springfield, Hon. ARENAS
! Hale, of Bridgewaler, and several others, " HON
we did no, know, appeared upon The stand, and
were most hearty welcomed by The people.
| Mr.. Webster soon after commenced making
his spe eech, verbalum report Of which we shall
publish on Monday. He spoke about an hour
and a half in manner truly Webslerisn. We
never heard him W hen he was more interesting.
or when he appeared 10 feel more fully the i'm.
por,ance Of the question now al issue before the
people of the Union. His spesch was devoted
| exclusively 10 the consideration Of The PfesI-
Dental question: He avOwed himself fully aud
unequvocally in favor Of eleciing General Tay-
lor. H
He said he believed him TO be an homes,
by high principles. He said he was a man Of
liule preienson--a modest. unassnming man.
He had been made candidate for The Presl-
dency, year before The Philadelphia Conven-
ZION moi. He was fairly nominated al The Con-
yenlion. He believed him TO be true Wing.
Our opponents said General Taylor was a
Wing. and they tried TO disgrace him and the
other Wing General, Scott, for It, by putting a
Democratic civilian in command over them.
He did mol believe thai the slavery question
had any thing TO do with his nomination. The
convention believed him to be Wing they
thought him 10 be the man who would, under
existing circumstances. be the easiest 10 elect,
and therefore they nominated him. Mr.. Web
s,er spoke in this strain for some time. vind.
ealing the Wings Of he Convention, and speak
ing highly OF The character Of Gen. Taylor
He denied the correctness of that part OF the
Buffalo ''plailorm" which said that the nomna-
lion Of Gen. Taylor was induced by desire
on The part OF the Wings TO extend slave ter
fiiory. Nor were the Wbigs Of The Soulh 10
be held Accountable for the nomination, wheth-
er il be good or bad The free States had
some sixty majority in ,ha, Convention, and
could have nominated whomsoevefi hey pleased.
Mr.. Webster went on TO say, that in his
judgment The question Of who shall be our next
Preslden, lay between Gen. Cass and Gen.
Taylor. One of them will be elected. Who,
ihen, should Wing. vote for We all could
not have our personal preferences grati6ed.-
The skies were no. about 10 fall, so that We
coud calch arks. |, was idsI 10 talk abou.
third candidates. We had enough Of them IN
44 Every vote given for Blrney, in that eIec
lion, was half vote for Polk aud the annexation
OF Texas And euery uo,e giren this year By
Wigs. for Van Buren. or any other third can
didqis, ,oas protticdny half pots for Cass.-.
He had warned the people against This third
parry folly III "A, and he would again warn
them Of its Consequences.
He spoke Of The Buffalo platform. He said
what was good in il. was what the Wings had
always ad,ocaied, and Van Buren and his
friend. always had gone against, and ~ha,
there was new ifl, wss unsound. He had no
confidence in Van Buren,. II he wa. 10 ex-
press confidence in Van Buren's Free Soil
principles" il would appear udcrous !; for he
had opposed every hing that looked like FREQ
soil all his fife /; and lie had no doubt, from he
knowledge re had Of the man. that were they
together, Van Buren would laugh in his face
when the "flfe sol" question was uamed and
were we alone. said Mr. Webster, we should
probably both laugh at tho folly that had made
Mr.. Van Buren an anti.sIasefy candidate for
President.
Mr.. Webster then went on, at some length.
TO show up Mr. Van Buren's conduct. He had
already been he supple tool Of The South, and
the alder and abe',or of Slavery. He did
more, said Mr. Webster TO de(ral John Quincy
Adams, and elect Gen Jackson. than any len
men in the country. He was The Soul gnd CEN
ire Of the opposition TO Mr.. Adams. He spoke
Of his conduci while Secretary III Slate his
opposition 10 slave abolition in Cuba. Hswas
the only President who ever. in advance, ihrea.
tened 10 veto bill. if Congress should pass
such one. 10 abolish slavery in the District
of Columbia He referred TO his casting vote
10 rifle the mails of an,i.-siavefy papers. He
said that no one ever exercised more con,rol-
ling influence over his friends than Van Buien
and his friends all went with him. 3
He was, and so were his f,iends, in favor Of
annexing Texas. Southern Wings in both
houses Of Congress. vo'sd asaipss adn'tp''Os