Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-09-07
From the Boston Alias Of Saturday.
Daniel Webster for Gen. Taylor,

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At the appointed time, MR.. WEBSTER,
accompanied by Hon. HIRAM K1TcHUm, of y.
Y, Hon. GEo. AsHMuN, of Springfield, Hon.
ARTEMAs HALE, of Brdgewater. aud several
others, whom we did not kSow appeared up
on the stand and were most heartily welcoln-
ed by the people.
Mr.. Webster soon after commenced making
his speech. He spoke about an hour and a
half in a manner truly Websterlan. We new
er heard him when he was more interesting, or
when he appeared to feel more fully the i'm
portance Of the questions now at Issue before
The people of the Union. His speech was de-
voted exclusively TO the consideration Of the
Presidential question. lie avowed himself
fully and uncquivocally in favor Of electlng
Gen. Taylor.
lie said he believed him 10 be an honest
man-onc whose conduct had ever been mark
ed by high principles. He said he was man
Of little pretensiOn--a modest, unassuming
man. He had been made Il candidate for the
Presidency, a year before the Philadelphia
Convention He believed him TO be a true
Wing. Our opponents said Gen. Taylor was
Wing, and they tried 10 disgrace him and the
other Wing General, Scott, tor II, by putting
a Democratic civilian IN command over them.
lie did not believe that the slavery question
had any thing TO do with his nomination. -
The convention believed him 10 be Wing ;;
they thought him to be the man who would, !,
under existing circumstances, be the easiest
to elect, and therefore they nominated hlm.--
Mr. Webster spoke IN this strain for some
time, indicating the Wing. Of the Convcn-
ton, and speaking highly of The character Of
Gen. Taylor lie tonied the correctness of
that part of the Buffalo "platform," which
said that the nomination Of Gen. Taylor was
Induced oy n desire on the part Of the Wings
to extend Slave Territory. Nor were The
Wings Of the South to be held accountable for
the nomination, whether 1t be good or bad =
The Free States had some sixty majority in
that onyenti0n and could have nominated
whomsoever they pleased.
Mr.. Webster went on to say, that IN his
judgement the question Of who shall be our
next President lay between Gen. Cass and
Gen. Taylor One Of them wW be eLected.-
Who then should Wings vote forl We all
could not have cur personal preferences grali-
fed The skies were moi about ~ fall, so
that we could catch larks. II was idle to talk
about third candidates. We had enough Of
that in A Every vote given for Blrney, IN
that election, was half vote for Polk aud the
annexation of Texas. And erery roie giren
nhis ycar By Wings, far Van Bmen or any Oth-
cr Hird Cahdid0tc, WdS prdCtiCaLy hay q rOtc
for CASS. lie had warned the people
against this third party folly IN IA, and he
would again warn them of It's consequences.
lie spoke of the Buffalo platform. lie said
what there was good in 1t, was what the
Wings had always advocated, aud Van Burcn
and his friends always had gone against, aud
what there was rev in IL was unsound. lie
had no confidence in Van Burcn. If he was
TO express confidence III Mr. Van Buren's
F" Free Soil principles" 1t would appear Iu-
dicfous; foo he had opposed cre'y Thing that
looked like FREE soil all his life (; and he had no
doubt, from the knowledge he had OF the man,
that were they together, Van Buren, would
LAUGH in his lace when the free soll' qucS-
tion was named and were we alone, SAID MIR.
Webster, We should probably both laugh a, the
folly that had made Mr.. Van Buren, an Anti
Slavery candidate for President.
Mr.. Webster then went on, at some length,
to show up Mr.. Van Buren's conduct. lie
had always been the supple tool Of the South,
and the alder and abcttor Of Slavery. lie did
more, said Mr.. Webster, to defeat John Gum
cy Adams, and elect Gen. Jackson, than any
ten men IN the country. lie was the sole and
centre of the opposition to Mr.. Adams lie
spoke of his conduct while Secretary OF State;
his opposition to slave abolition IN Cuba. Tie
was The only President who ever, in advance,
threatened to veto a bill, If Congress should
pass such an one, to abolish slavery IN the Dis
trict of Columbia lie referred to his casting
vote to rifle the mails Of antl-slavery papers,.
Al. "a
controlling influence over his friends shan Van
Buren, and his friends all went with him
lie was. and so were his friends, IN favor OF
annexing Texas. Southern Wings, III both
houses of Congress, voted against admitting
Texas into the Union. The Van Buren, men,
those who now, for purposes OF private Plque
or revenge, cIy out Tor free Soll, were
the very men who were tie most voclicrous
for Texas. Mr.. Webster had no confidence
in any of them Talk abou, . dough faces
why, SAID Mr. Webster, tie Van Buren men
in Congress had not only dough faces, but
they had dough hearts aud dough souls. my
wcye all doUgh." He SAID that there were
gentlemen, Wings, at the Buffalo Convention.
whom he respected highly, but Ae thought ~
would have been proper, before they had Ia.
ken up Van Burcn, TO have required OF MN
" fruits meet for repentance.
lie then proceeded TO speak oi Cass. He
held him to be- the most dangerous man that
could have been put IN nomination lie was
the war embodiment. lie was opposed To the
Treaty of Washington lie was for the whole
of Oregon, and the matter would never have
been settled by peaceful negotiation, if he
could have had his way. He was for contln.
uing the Mexican war, and he could have stop
ed 1t at any momcn, lie chose 10. lie is all
war.
Now. said Mr. Webster, we are TO choose
betwe cen man like Cass aud one like General
Taylor One or the other is to be elected, and
no Que else IL is Taylor or Cass. General
Tavlor has been fairly nominated by a Wing
Convention. NE Is 4 WIG. "lf | be
cved him, (said Mr.. W. to be in favor OF
war, or of extending slavery, should have OPP
posed his election. Ib,licrc him 10 Be m tdror.
Of nd,hcr. That is my opinion.
Mr.. Webster proceeded 10 speak on various
topics connected with the Presidency, bu,
which we have neither time nor room Ia refer
to to-day lie concluded in an eloquent pero-
ration
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