The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-04-23
Mr.. Webster and his Constituents

The Boston Advertiser publishes the
following reply of Senator WEBSTER to
the Boston Address:
WAsnINcroN, April 8, 1850.
TO Hon. Thomas II. Perkins, Hon.
Charles Jackson, Rev. Moses Stuart,
Rev DR.. Woods, Hon. William Stui,
gis, President Sparks, Caleb Loring,
Esq, Isaac p Davis, Esq, William
Appleton, Esq, aud others, sgners Of
the letter to me, of the 25th Of March,
N 1850.
GENTLEMEN-li would be in vain that
l should attempt TO express the gratifica.
don which have derived from your LET,
Ter of the 18th ut. That qualification
arises not only from ITS manifestation of
personal regard and confidence, but es>
pecially, from the evidence which it af-
Gords, that my public conduct, in regard
to important pending questions, is not al
together disapproved by the people of
Massachusetts. Such letter, with such
names, assures me that have not erred
in Judging Of the causes of existing dis
contents, or their proper remedy, and
encourages me TO persevere in that course
which my deepest convictions of duty
led me to adopt. The country needs pa
cfication it needs the restoration of
mutual respect and harmony, between
the people in one part OF the Union and
those in another. And, in my judgment,
there is no sufficient cause for The con-
tlnuance OF the existing alienation be-
tween the North aud the South. If we
look at things justly and calmly, there
are no essential differences, either of in
terest or opinion, which are irreconcila>
BILE, or incapable of adjustment. So far
as the question Of Slavery or no Slavery
applies TO the newly acquired territories,
there is, in my judgment, no real and
practical Importance in dispute. There
is not, and there cannot be Slavery, as
firmly believe, either in California, New
Mexico or Deseret. And if this be so,
why continue the controversy on a mere
abstraction The other disturbing ques-
tons respect the restoration of fugitive
slaves, and Slavery in the District OF CO.
umbia, and know no reason why lust
and fair measures, all within the UNI
doubted limits and acquisitions of the
Constitution, might not be adopted,
which should give, on these subjects,
general satisfaction. At any rate, we
should make the attempt because, so
long DIS these dlssensons continue, they
embarrass the Government interrupt the
quiet of the people, and alarm their
, fears and render it highly improbable
that important acts Of legislation, affect
ing great objects, and in which the whole
country is deeply interested, Can be ac>
compllshed. Indeed, the ordinary ope-
ratlons, essential to the existence Of the
Government, and its daily administers
ton, meet with checks and hindrances,
hitherto altogether unprecedented. We
:. must return to our old feelings of cons
|. Citation aud regard-we must refresh
e ourselves at those pure fountains OF mus
y tual esteem, common patriotism and fra
: ternal confidence, whose benehcent and
! healing waters so coplously overlooked
y the land, through the struggle of the
>. Revolution, and in the early years ofthe
,, Government. The day has come, when
0 we should open our ears, and our hearts,
y to the advice of the great Father of his
country. at is of infinite moment,
said he, "that YOU should properly esti-
~ mate the immense value of your naiion-
r al Union, to your collective and indIvid-
,. ual happlness-that you should cherish
5 a cordial, habtual and immoyable attach
t, ment to it; accustomng yourselves to
d think and speak of it as of the palladium
J" - Of your political safety and prosperity ,
watching Tor its preservation with zeal
e Gus anxiety dlscountenanclng whatever
J. may suggest even suspicion that it can,
i. in any event. lie Abandoned an indig>
Is nantly lrownlng upon the first dawnIng
c of every attempt to ALLEVIATE any portion
=, of our country from The rest, or 10 en-
,, feeble the sacred ties which now link to-
i. geiher the various parts"
III Notwithstanding what may occasions
lie ally appear on the suffice, the American
r mind is deeply imbued with the sPiflI Of
a. this advice. The people, when serious
- danger threatens, will, in my opinion,
~ stand fast by their Government. They
!, will suffer no impalring of its foundation
e. no overthrow Of its columns-no dis
- organization of its structure. The Un-
ID ion and the Constitution are to stand I;
c, aud what we have TO do is SO to admins
y lister the Government that all men
10 shall be made more and more sensible of
to its benefcent operations and its inestl-
c. mable value.
'e 1t is not inappropriate that | should
accompany this answer to your letter by
T. the copy of a recent correspondence be-
" tween Hon. Hugh N. Smith, delegate
=, 3. from New Moxlco, now in this city, and
I'd myself
tie l have the honor 10 be, gentlemen,
ID with profound regard, your obliged fell
lie low citizen, and obedieut, humble SER
:. want. DANIEL WEBSTER.
a. FBTWe take the following from the Bos-
ton Bee:
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