The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-04-19
Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.
\y,sU1yGroN. April 4, 1856

Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.
WAsHINCroH, April 4, 1850.
The most important and gratifying intelIi-
gence to-day, is the triumphant success OF the
| Hon. Daniel Webster, in his own state, and the
vindication of his course in terms of classic eu-
logiunl, by the most eminent scientific, profess
sional and business men of Massachusetts.
Allow me here to insert; letter, the contents
of which will speak for themselves. 1t is no.
Bile, patriotic document, alike honorable to those
from whom it emanates, as to him to whom it is
addressed As long as such men as Daniel
Webster find men of such substance to listen
to them, there is no danger OF the Union and our
glorious institutions which make that Union
valuable.
To The Hon. Daniel Webster
Sir-Impressed with the magnitude and i'm.
portanch of the service to the constitution, and
the Union, which you have rendered by your
recent speech in the Senate of the United States
on the subject of slavery. we desire to express
to you our deep obligations for WHAT speech
has done, and is doing, TO enlighten the public
mind and to bring the present crisis in our ma
tional affairs to fortunate and peaceful terlnl-
nation.
As citizens of the United States, we wish to
thauk you for recalling us to our duties under
the Constitution, and for the broad, national,
and patriotic views which you have sent with
the weight of your great authority and with the
power of your unanswerable reasoning, into
every corner of the Union.
1t is, permit US to say sir, no common good
which YOU have done for the country. In 4
time ofalmost unprecedented excitement, when
the minds of men have been bcwildcred by an
apparent conflict of duties, and when multit-des
have been unable to find solid ground on which
to rest with security and peace, you have point
ed out to whole people the path of duty, have
convinced the understanding and touched the
conscience of nation. You have met this
great cxigcncy, as patriot and a statesman;
and although the debt of gratitude which the
people of the country owe to you was large be-
fore, You have increased it, by Il peculiar SER
vice which is felt throughout the land.
We desire, therefore, to express to you our
entire concurrence in the sentiments of your
speech, and our heart felt thanks for the inesti-
mable aid it has afforded towards the prcserva-
ton and pcrpctuation of the Union. For this
purpose, we respectfully present to you this our
address of thanks and cOngratulation, in refer
cncc to this most interesting and important oc-
casion in your public life.
/ We have the honor to be, with the highest
respect, your obcdicnt servants;
THos. III. PERKINS,
RUFUS CnoArE,
WM. APPLETON,
SAM'L LAWRENCE,
rurrr TrsTrcp SIy,cE
and nine hundred Others
Boston, 25tir March, 1850.
From all can learn, the President highly ap-
proves of the course of Mr.. Webster; but the
Cabinet still clings to Gov. Seward on his soil
friends. On the other hand, it is confidently
asserted thatthc present Cabinet is doomed, and
that Webster will be invited to the State De-
partmcnt, aud Mr.. Evans, Of Maine, to the
,".-rcasury. These appointments would certain
IL iusu,e the country with confidence, and re-
san for the President himself that popularity
which he enjoyed OH taking oliice.
The Committee appointed IL :99ulre into '''e
Gal phin claim, and the agency of Mr.. crawford
in the premises, will no doubt whitowash the
Secretary, as. in a legal point OF view, | have
but little doubt he deserves to be. There was
no doubt good legal cause for paying seventy.
seven years interest, but vulgar minds will not
be able readily to comprehend, that if one Of
them had any such claims before any Of the
Departments, they would be thus promptly and
plcntifully served. The vulgar, however, are
liable to prcjudiccs ofthat sort. X.