The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-27

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Ansthsr Unloa characterization -rhs Hon. DanleI
w.bsssr saa sAs Union safety oema-issss.
Mr. Webster having. a, considerable Inconvenience.
attended the New England festival At the Astor House,
on Monday evening" the committee OF safety took the OPP
portunty OF inviting him to meet the citizens oil New
York yeserdsyat noon at the governors room IN the
City Hall and having accepted the invitation, the COM
mttee accordingly made the necessary preparations Long
before the appointed time the was crowded with
the most influential OF our merchants and other citizens
Among those present, observed X G. Wetmore,
Mayor Woodruff, j. T. Brady g. 3. Butler Mr., Tsppan.
Mr. James De psyssiesrT Ogden. +. s Lathrop. Hiram
AT 10 o'clock precisely Mr. Webster entered the ROOM
accompanied by Mr. Lathrop, OF the Union safety
miltee, and was received with enthusiastic applause
The Mayor, after the lapse of two three minutes,
said Mr.. Webster. Of Massachusetts,, viii now Be adj
dressed by Mr. James Brady. on the part OF the Union
safety committee and the citizens Of New York
committee OF the city OF New York have invited you
here 10 number OF yoar fellow citizens, DESTROYS
testify their admiration OF the YOU have adopted
IMPAIR if not destroy the liberty OF this happy republic
And feel assured that you must be gatfed with the
reception those citizens will give you They are OF va
rous political sentiments but they have one feeling IN
commons feeling stronger than any which ever bound
them 10 pary-an ardent and abiding devotion TO our
nebe and prosperous Union l. is because you have
stood by that Union during its latest and most i'm
mnent DANGER that they extend to you their heart.
felt gratitude. You are here in goodly company The
faces Of departed patriots surround you on every SIDE
g Some of the few--the immortal names
That were not born to die
You behold here the portraits OF architects who passed
their lives in constructing securing our political fabric
We feel that we revere their memory when we honor
him who assists in preserving their holy abcrs Tor pos
And though aso op ne ne
wicked acts OF the pagogue they serve but to render
more lustrous the nory Of those who did not prefer
tive as land lEaihssiaso cheering Our Country just
passing Out vi trying emergency. You have witnessed
the bad efforts OF It's enemies, the noble lahore OF its
tons for its safely and is most becoming that they
should attest their gratitude al every convenient oppou-
nifty. Even now, the very men who placed our country
against their own folly or wickedness-these men deny
that any peril existed, and sneer at the anxiety
which they did all in their power 10 increase lap
plause BE assured that they will not be forgotten The
time has arrived in our political history when the great
test OF every man proposed Tor any high place Of trust
will be the strength and sincerity o his attachment the
who does not believe that all the provisions Of the cons
tuition equally merit observance, and that the American
must seek n that SACRED cass, Taa, sn p
wisest law. tCheers] Now that the country seems re-
eved from the danger with which it was threat
red II has done much to allay if not destroy, the
bitterness OF party controversy it has mitgated those
sectional feelings which have too long and too gen.
50 sloquenly referred We feel. sir, tina. you would
not have shrunk from any consequence TO which your
il had resulted in martyrdom history would have done
yon the Justice it often awards, when place is assigned
sven to the humoes martyr IN aoy cause %ne n - re-
such you to die for the constitutional is much
more our wish and interest that you should live and labor
for its preservation Nor need you leave TO posiey the
duty oil approaching what you have done for glorious
Union You already enjoy the admiration and gratitude
OF every true patriot within our broad territory Great
cheerngl | shall say but little more This audience
desires 10 hear you. These gentlemen know how well
you depict the fearful tendency OF those sectional d.
visions which have destroyed many republic No man
can better than you explain what happy results have
emanated from our excellent government You can
force the belief that in preserving this government we are
executing trust not alone for those who now live under
our laws, but for all mankind Our spread territory
is theatre for the enterprise OF our entire race Here
free competition insurss to merit its deserved success
Here the oppressed Of every cline find refuge and
generations yet to sake their thirst II we permit our
happy republic to fall inct curse and asorrow upon
The entire human family; We will zealoasy guard il
shall be elected TO any high station who. after giving
solemn that he would maintain the constitution
might yet employ his office IN manner TO Indicate that
when he gave that assurance he medltaed perjury and
treason.
The conclusion OF Mr. Brady's observations was fol.
Mayos ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, MIR. Webster will reply
Mr. Webster Gentlemen, am afraid you expect
Many voices-Wedo. [Laughter.l
Mr. Webster then stood chair so that he might be
in compliance with the expressed wish OF those as
sembled, and spoke as follows:
am Infinitely obliged 10 yeu, fellow citizens. for thus
inviting meet large number Of the citizens Of
espousing particular associations but assembling and
acting. ana receiving Americans, IN The largest and
most comprehensive sense OF that glorious appeaton.
Il has been truly said by Mr. Brady that there subor
dnaie questions which different parties entertain diff
ferent opinions Those questions ought TO be and
ought to remain subordinate, because when we rise
to the magnitude Of that great question on the decision OF
which country and our national charactefl might
say political Acknowledgment. there should be
two opinions among men OF any party whatever Zap
pause Undoubtedly, gentlemen, have been attached
maintained the doctrines OF party; but should be unwor
thy Of the regard have received in other instances and
especially worthy OF this proof OF your regard Il did
not hold all party dogmas and all party principles subordi-
nate and interior 10 the great question OF the constitution
and the government under which live. And did not
feel and have felt that there any hazard In coming
out boldly, and firmly coud, in favor Of the meas
necessary TO the unfolding OF the country, what
ever party might receive reject them There IL no
danger in giving utierance anywhere on this continent
10 the feelings OF the true and patriotic American heart
No party can put down such sentiments No party can
repress those that utter Them because, throughout the
length and breadth OF the land, the great predominant
feeling after ALL is, and especially when the public mind
is arousedthe great and predominant feeling oil all is
that we are one people-that we are Americans-that
we live under constitution, the achievement oil which
cost much blood, much treasure, and so much
efort-and that we are determined TO maintain II 10 the
last Gentlemen il is true. Mr.. Brady has suggested,
that there those who pretend 10 think there has been
danger TO the Institutions OF the couniryhat those
cries for Union meetings. and the raising OF the Union
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