Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-09-13
fBy Telegraph to the New York Trib"ne.l
speech sT Hon. Daniel Webster.
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spccrh oT Hon. Daniel Webster.
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I BosroS. Saturday, Sept. g.
! At3 O'Clock Mr.. Webster, accompani-
ed bv Hon. Hiram ketchum, Of n. \ DIRK,
Hon. Geo. Ashmun. Of Springfield, Hon.
ARENAS Hale, Of Bridgewatcr, and 9TH
ers, appeared upon the stand. aud was
heartily greeted by the people. His
speech was devoted exclusively 10 the
Presidential question. lie avowed him
self fully, unequivocally, in favor Of the
election Of Gen. Taylor.
I. lie said he believed him to be an hon
est man, whose conduct had ever been
marked by a high sense Of honor. lie
was q man of little prefension, modest and
unassumng. lie had been a candidate
for the Presidency a year before the Phil
adelpha Convention. he believed hin. to
be a true Wing. Our opponents said he
was Wing. and they tried to disgrace
him and the other Wing General, Scott.
by putting Locofoco Civilian in com
mand over them lie did not believe the
Slavery question hal any thing to do with
his nomina alton. The Convention believ-
ed him to be a Wing. thought him the best
man under existing circumstances. and
therefore nominated him. MIR. Webster
spoke at some length. in vindicating the
! Wings of the Convention and extolling the
character Of Gen. Taylor. lie denied
the correctness Of the Buffalo Platform.
which stated tina, the nomination Of Gen.
Taylor was induced by desire on the
part OF the Wings to extend Slave terri
tory. nor were the Wings Of the South ac-
countablc for the nomination. whether it
be good or bad, the Free States had some
sixty majority in the Convention and could
have nominated whomsocver they pleased
Mr.. Webster said that, in his judgment.
the question. Who shall be our next
President! lay between Gen. Taylor and
Gen. Cass; one Of them will be elected
Whom then should the Wings vote tor!-
We could not all have our personal pref
erenccs graiificd, the skies were not about
TO fall so that we could catch lalks. IT
was idle to talk about third candidatee.-
We had enough Of them in 1914.
i Every vote given for Birney in that ell
ection was half vote for Polk and iI'e
annexation OF Texas, and every vote Civ
en- this wear for Van Buren, will be practi-
callv half a vote for Cass. He had warn
ed the people against this third party folly
, in l844. and he would again warn Them
!; of its consequences. He sp' Ike of the
Buffalo platforn-sad what there was in
it the Wings had always advocated. and
Van buren, and his friends had always OPP
posed: what there was new in it was un-
sound. lie had no confidence in Van
Buren,. 1t would be ludicrous to express
confidence in Van Burcn's Free Soil prin-
ciplcs, for he had opposed everything that
looked like Free Soil all his life, and he
had no doubt. from the knowledge he had
of tue man. that were they together. Van
Buren, would laugh IN his face when the
Free Soil Question was named.
Mr.. WEBSTER went on at some length
to show up Mr.. Van Buren's conduct
lie had always been. he contendcd, the
supple tool of the Sou,h-the alder and
IA better of Slavery: he did more. said Mr.
WEBSTER. 10 defeat John Quincy Adams.
and elect Gen. Jackson. than any ten men
in the country. lie was the sole and cen
ter of the opposition TO Mr.. Adams lie
spoke Of his conduct while Secretary OF
, STATE in his opposition to the Abolition of
: Slavery in Cuba-he wes the only Prcsi-
: dent wine ever. in advance. threatened to
veto IA bin, if Congress should pass sucI,
an one. to Abolish Slavery in the District
of Columbia. lie referred to his casting
| vote TO rifle the mails of Anti-Slaverv pa
, pers.
, lie said that no one ever exercised a
more controlling influence over his friends
: than Van Burcn and his friends in favor
Of anncxing Texas. Southern Wings in
both Houses of Congress voted against all
uniting TEXAS into the Union. The Van
Buren, men. those who nos. for purposes
ct private piquc or revenge. Cry on! for
Free Soil. were the very men who were
the most vocifcrous for Texas Mr.. Web
stcr had no confidence in any Of them
Talk about dough faces! Why. said Mr.
Webster. the Ven Buren, men in Congress
had not only dough-faces. but they had
dough. hearts and dough-souls all
dough. lie said that there were Wings
at the Buffalo Convention whom he res
pcctcd highly. but he thought it would
have been proper. before they took up Van
Buren, to have required Of him fruits meet
of repentance. lie spoke of Cass. He
held him to be the most dangerous man
that could be put in nomination. lie was
the embodiment of the war--hc was OPP
posed to the treaty of Washington-he
was for the whole of Oregon. and the mat
ter would never have been settled bv peace
full negotiation if he could have had his
way. lie was for continuing the war-he
is all Tor war.
Now. said Mr.. Webster. we are to
choose between man like Cass and one
like Gen. TAYLOR. One or the other will
be elected, and no one else. Ii is TAYLOR
or Cass.
Gen. Taylor has been fairly nominated
by Wing Conven,ion-hc is Wing. If
believed him. said Mr.. Webster. to be
in favor Of war. or of extending slavery.
! should oppose his election. | believe
him to be in favor of neither-that is NV
' opinion.
BE KIND TO EACH OTHER.
''Be kind TO each other.
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