Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-11-02
Letter from Mr.. Webster.

L FRANKLIN, ~. H. OcTohkh 20, iooU.
GENTLEMEN Nothing in the world but regard for the
state Of my health prevents from accepting at once you
invitations and assuring you OF presence at the Union
Meeting" at Castle Garden "Wednesday evening next
rejoice to know that such meeting Is called rejoice to
know that il will be attended by thousands of intelligent
men, lovers Of their country party men doubtless but abect
slaves TO no party and who will not suffer either party camor
or party discipline dry up within them all the fountains Of
love and the constitution OF their country The
voice Of such meeting will be heard and respeced it will
ebuke disobedence the laws actual or threatened it will
tend check the progress OF mad fanaclsm will call men
who are honest but who have been strangely mised back
their duy and will give counenance and courage to the
| faithful friends of Union throughout the land.
When the commercial interests OF the great metropolis Of
the country speaks with united hearts and voices expressing
its conviction Of the presence of the great DANGER and its de-
termed purpose meet that danger, TO combat with it
and overcome it, the example is likely good men
where and when the country shall be rouse the
try will be safe. Ya
concur gentlemen in all the political principles contain
ed in the resolutions copy Of which has been sent to me
and stand pledged to support those principles publicly and
privately, and always the full extent Of my influence
and by the e1erton OF every faculty which possess TIE
eminent whom you mention, and with whose names you
have done the honor to associate mne well worthy
of the praise which you bestow them. shall for
get and trust the country will forget the patriotism,
the manness the courage manifested by them in hour Of
difficulty and of peril
The peace measures Of the last session are the Texan
boundary act the for establishing the Territorial Go
venmens Of New Mexico and Utah. the for the abolition
Of the slave trade in the District Of Columbia, and the ug
tive slave law This last measure gentlemen, is not such
measure had prepared before left the Senate and which
of course should have supported if had remained in the
Senas. But received the proper sanction of the
Houses of Congress and of the President of the United
States II the law of the land and such be respect
I'd and obeyed by all good citizens. have heard
whose opinion worth regarding deny its consutionay,
and those who counsel violent resistance counsel that
which, take place. is to lead to bloodshed and to
the commission of capital offences remains be
how far the deuded and deuders will go in this
faction, folly, and crime
There honest and well meaning members of Congress
who did not see their way clear to support these great and
leading of the last session. You are quite right in
saying that the motives of these gentlemen ought be
mpeached But the have been adopted they have
become laws, constutionaly and legally binding upon ALL
and no man is at liberty to oppose them
NO man is at liberty to up affect to set up, his
above the law which respects the rights
Of Others and the obligations, civil social and POLITICAL due
70 others em him. Such pretence saps the foundation Of
all government and is, Of ITSELF perfect absudity and
while all bound yield obedience to the laws wise and
wedsposeC citizens will orbear from renewing past agitation
and rekindLg the flames of useless and dangerous
versy. aa
we would continue one people, we must acquiesce in the
will OF the majority constituonay expressed and he who
does not mean to do that to disturb The public
peace, and do what be overtun the Government
Gentlemen, led to the adoption Of your last resolution
in an especial and emphatic by every dictate Of my
understanding andI embrace with full purpose of heart
and mind. Its sentiment is my sentiment With you,
declare that Grange myself under the banners of that party
whose principles and practice most calculated uphold
the Constitution and to pepetuate glorious Union"
Gentlemen, am here recruit my health, enfeebled as it
has been by ten months of excessive labor and ndescbabe
anxiety The air of ese my native hills my strength
and my spirits feel its invigoraing influences while am
writing these few lines; and shall return shortly to my
post to discharge its duties well can, and resolved
all events that far depends upon me, Union shall
pass through this fiery trial without the smell Of smoke upon
its garments.
am, gentlemen, with very sincere regard
Your obliged feow-citizen and obedt serv't,
DANIEL WEBSTER.
To Messrs. F. s. LArlRor, GERAnD HALLock, CHAs G.
CARLETON P. s. DuRrBE, Committee, New York.
| Mr.. JAMES w. GERARD was then introduced to
the meeting. He said that he had come at the call
of his country meet those who had here assembled
regardless of party bonds to concert measures for
the safety Of this glorious Union Their action would be
and felt all through the length and breadth Of the land
It would be heard in New England the top her highest
hills, and would carry aid and comfort every corner Of the
glorious South Their voice would be heard all along the
seaboad, and every merchant and every sailor would Join in
the cry raised here for the Constitution and the Union Nor
would die away until it had the Rocky Mountains
and been echoed from the Pacific Every mountain
would hear it, and every valley would Join in the glorious
shout raised here tonight for the Union the Compromise
and the Constitution Sixty years ago this Republic was
founded upon compromise and by compromise alone has 1t
since been preserved Our fathers proclaimed the Union to
be and ndvble, and adopted the kngy eagle as the
emblem of destiny And we'll has the progress of our
country justified the selection The warriors and statesmen
of the North and the South have vaed each other in their
struggles to promote the growth and the greatness of their
common country
The of the meeting tonight endorse and carry
out the peace of Congress For ten months the
Of the North and the dsunionists of the South
blocked the wheels Of legislation until such those whose
letters had been read tonight threw themselves the gap
to calm the troubled waters These would be sustained
no matter to what party they belonged from what section
they came Still there spirits who would rather
In hell than serve in heaven " who still determined TO
renew the strife that they might rise the scum to the sur
lace These considerations had given three resou-
TONS the ss Of which would approve the first class the Sc
cond would condemn the Others and the third would rsoom
mend the execution and support Of the compromise measures
lhe country needs peace, and have it. The kings of
Old World look with compacency on the growing strife
and dscord in this county but they doomed to dsap
poiniment.
Among the peace measures referred to is the fugitive
slave law, which has been most shamefuly abused and
msepresented only bill to carry the law of l7a3
and Mr. " pledged his personal and professional character
for the assertion that nothing more The law Of '93
been acted for % years. and why has never before
been denounced Simply because demsgogues want votes
and politicians want places He here to aid in cutting
down the and crushing the other They should be cast
out like the epers Of old unclean. All our sympathies
not in favor Of slavery. We all ee-sol men in
respect but God has given in the mountains and the
climate of the West better provso than Wimot ever drew
Mr. g. said he would give every fugitive who should come
to him, without fee reward his best services II the law
should condemn him, he yield obedience 10 the law
and then, instead of raising the cry rebellion he would raise
money to buy his freedom and give the first fee he should
for that object He therefore claimed be better abo
litons than the vile beings who disgrace our land
The resolution nurnosa ,oot;nc