The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-23
Mr.. Webster's Return.

| We are happy To announce that the Score
tsIy Of State has returned TO his duties here
with restored health and revived hope and con-
hdence in the prospects of the country. NJ
man is more competent than he to measure the
dangers and difficulties that seem brooding in
the Northern and Southern horizon and to nc
one do the hope and trust of the friends OF
Peace and Union turn with more assurance
than to him.
MIR. WEBsrER's recent experience has been
remarkable. Within the last twelve months
Massachusetts has deserted her political leader
her champion for five and twenty years; the
man who has done more than any other to
spread prosperity over her towns and villages
to increase her wealth, to vindicate her name
and shed lustre upon her annals. A fragmen,
of the Wing party of Massachusetts have aban-
doned MIR. WEBSTER, and have consequently
abandoned the State to coalition of Democrats
and Abolitionists.
Under ordinary circumstances, and perhaps
under any this must be a source of regret to
Mr.. WEBSTER, for it has, no doubt, made part
of his compensation, in the long conflict he has
waged for the country, that Massachusetts APP
preciated and acknowledged his services But
still, on the whole, he has gained position be
fore the world, and in the hearts of the people
of the United States, which far outweighs the
loss to which we allude. The real state of the
case doubtless is, that even in Massachusetts,
among that class of men whose opinions are OF
value, ne never was so much admired SO devo-
tedly regarded, as at the present moment;
and besides, as the world views the case, it is
Massachusetts that is suffering in her character
for having become the hobby of political fanatics
and jugglers, not Mr.. WEBSTER, for having pur-
sued the path of wisdom and patriotism.
The Wing party was once the party of
Union; and, as great leader in it, Mr.. WEB
sTER became the champion of the Union and of
the Constitution. Then was Massachusetts
proud of her son, and then the Wings of Mas
sachusetts gloried in his name; nor did they
change till they sought to make the Wing party
OF Massachusetts, the Notification party. Then,
and not till then, did they denounce him.
And what is the result? The Wings of Mas
sachusetts are crushed by an unholy conspiracy,
" shCy oloou w LHclI NATIONAL platIUrIn,
they would have triumphantly overcome. AS
1t Is, they must pass through the ordeal of re-
pentance, and return to that high and honor
able path of patriotism which Mr.. WEBsrER's
course has pointed out. In the mean time,
ne and his friends may rejoice in the grateful
manifestations of public regard he is receiving
on every side. Even the hard old Democracy
of the Granite State has thawed out, and many
of Its most stubborn sons, including Isaac HILL,
have recently given him unequivocal tokens of
their admiration for his recent course. In New
York, as he passed through the city few
days since, some of the old Tammany men
came to the Astor House to shake his hand
and to express their gratitude for his patriotic
views; and there is now feeling of this kind
over the whole country, without distinction of
party, giving to Mr.. WEBSTER at this moment
a character more decidedly national, and an in
fuence more commanding, than he has ever
possessed before