Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-12-27
Tar UsIon commendto 10 the deep

eminent Statesman, del ycred before the
u. $. Senate, January, 1880, when South
Carolina or rather some Of her leading pol
iticisns were struggling to wrench her
out Of the Union. II Mr. Webster had
made no other mark upon the page Of his
tory, this speech, in answer TO Gen. liayne,
would render he name immortal. We
wish that it could be reprinted and copy
placed in the hands Of every man, woman
and child in the country if they would
all study this speech, and mediate serious
ly rpon it's noble sentiments, we should
hear much less talk about a dissolution Of
the Union.
Mr.. Webster concluded az follows -
MIR. President, have thrs stated the
reasons Of my dissent to the doctrines
which have been advanced and maintained.
am conscious Of having detained you,
and the Senste, much too long | was
drawn into the debate, with no previous de-
liberation snch as is suited TO the discussion
OF sograye and important subject. But
It iss sub,e Of which my heart is full, and
| have not been willing to suppress the Ut
teiance Of it's spontaneous sentiments. /
cannot, even now, persuade myself 10 re-
linqush ii, without expressing, once more,
my deep conviction. that since II respects
nothing less than the Union Of the STAKES,
il 10 of most vital and essential importance
to tn, public happiness. | prsfess, sir, in
my career hitherto, TO have kept steadily in
view the prosperity and honor Of the whole
country, and the preservation Of our Feder-
al Union II 10 10 that Union We owe our
safety at home, and our consideration and
dignity abroad, I, is to iha, Union that
we arc chiefly indebted for whatever makes
US most proud OF our country. That union
We reached, only by the discipline of our
virtues, in the severe school Of adversely.
It had its origin in the necessities Of disor-
dered finance, PROSTATE commerce, and
ruined credit. Under its benign influences,
these great Interests Immediately awoke, as
hom ,he dead, and sprang form with new
ness Of life. Every year OF It's duration has
leened with such proofs of III utility and its
blessings and although oui territory has
stretched out, wider and wider, and our
population spreads farther and farther, they
have not outrun it's protection, or its bene-
fits. !, has been to Us all coplous foun-
lain Of national, social and personal happi-
nca. ! have not allowed myself Sir, TO
look beyond the Onion, TO see whs, might
lie hidden in the dark recess behind. !
have not cody weighed the chances Of
preserving liberty, when the bands that un-
i,e US together shs be broken asunder.-
! have not accustomed myself to hang over
he prccIpce Of disunion, 10 see whether,
with my short sight, | can fa,hom the
depth OF the abyss below nor could ! TO-
gard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs
Of tn Government, shose thoughts should
be mainly bent on considering, not how the
Union should be best preserved, but how
,oerablc nigh, be The condition of the peo-
pie v hen it shall he broken up and destroy
ed. While the Union lasts, We have high,
exciting, gratifying prospects spread ou,
beior, US, for ue and our children. Beyond
that ! seek not to penetrate The veil. God
grant that, IN my day at least. that curtain
may not rise. God grant, that on my Wis
ion never may be opened to what lies be-
hind. Whea my eyes shall be turned TO
behold, for The ast time, the Sun in Heav-
en-, may not see him shining on the brok-
o. and dishonured ira Imen,s OF once glr,
rious Union on 81 ates discovered, discord-
ant, beIligeren, on land rent with civil
teuds, OF drenched, it may be, in fra,ernal
blood Let their last feeble and lingering
glance, rather, behold the gorseou: Ensign
Of The Repuolir, now known and honored
throughout the earth, still full high advan-
ced, it's arms and trophies streaming in
their original us.re, not a stripe erased or
polluted, nor single star obscured-belr-
ing for lis motto, no such miserable inter
rogalory as What IS all this Uorth ; N,r
those other words of delusion and folly
Liberty first and Union aftruards-bu;
eyeryw here, spread all owe; in characters Of
living light, blazing on all its ample folds,
as they float over the sea and over We
land, and in every wind under the whole
heavens, that other sentiment, dear to ev.
cry true American hsari-Lihcrty and Un-
ion, now and forever, one and insepsrable -
LirksARY TRiyLIse. Great men have
often exhausted their talents on minor and
unimportan, subjects. Pasquier wrote 4
collection OF poems on nca which he
found on the bosom Of Caihsrine de Roches;
Pays wrole two poems in praise Of tobacco;
Pope produced an epic on a lock Of hair
81 III wrote mediation on 4 broomslick /;
Swinden d ,rea,i on the nature and To-
caliiy Of hell Scaligu on the goose Swed-
cnborg on the pleasures Of insanity Tasso
wrote Twelve admirable cantos on bucket;
Don Heinsius treated of louise and DON
key lIehly on he philosophy, history and