Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-28
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lfs wsbs.er's speech.
There seemS TO b great diversity ofepinion In
tue north In relatios to this great speech. Many
ana II 10 b. amore easy to complain of it, thant to
answer its He gives reasons, weighty reasons, for
On he says. While he honestly Acknowledges that
rexas II entitled to four slave states he at the
sane time boldly shows By whom and through whom
such privilege was conferred upon her. Not BY
him or the party with whom he acts, but BY men
in the locofoco ranks, who are now singing pseans
% free soilism. The fact exists and he states 1t
without incurring either for himself or his party
ne responsibility Of even winking at such mons
trous extension Of slave territory. His mastery
method In placing the responsibility where ougn'
70 rest, while It exhibits his own consistency,
should consign the subjects of his whitening irony
% ohloouy and reproach. This admission, there'
fors. on his part, should not make him obnoxious
10 his constituents. The fact, il it be such, may
b rev 70 them, and it may be at war with their
sense Of right, but the bare statement OF its exits
tance courts no alienation of feeling or opinion be-
tween them and Mr. Webster.
The other principal points which seem to have
awakened hostility among some OF Mr. WIS north
srn friends are his advocacy Of the doctrine that
positive Obligation rests upon the State govern
ynents to restore fugitive slaves in prescrissd
mode; and the yielding up the Wiinot Proviso in
those territories where slave labor can never Be
avsilable.
We should look At the object and scope of the
whole speech. II il intended, we take it, as peace
e6sriao to the whole Nation. would be strange,
while this il not kept steadily in view, If all should
subscribe to it in its various details. The northern
states have framed laws a. to the particular mode
in which runaway slaves are to be recovered oy
their owners. Those in pursuit Of them, BY con-
FORMING to these laws, have their remedy. A d.
versiy Of opinion exists a. to the manner in which
the recovery 10 to Be made, and although Mr. WIS
A. Of r0r
states, endorsed a. they seem to be By the opinion
81 the o. 8. supreme Court, his mere declaraaon
honestly made, cannot and will not aoSogate the De.
cisioA OF the Supreme Court, while the moment
cAosen 70 pronulgate it may have, an: has had, an
astonishing influence in modifying the heartburn
nings Of the South. The Constitution aims simply
70 prevent the slave from becoming free, in esca-
ping from one state to another and securing his res
torstion to his rghtfu onwers. The nzodus operan-
ii Of doing this is the only question on this points
cues tiou about which we think Mr. W. and his
Constituents may honestly differ without sAy ne
csssity for breach Of confidence.
The re,inquishment Of the wilmot Prosiso,-Mr
webster's thunder, before the slave cloud manu-.
hctured it for its present namesake-is, after all,
The most Objectionable feature, and the hardest to
swallow Of anything in his whole speech. We are
not without hope that President Taylor's plan may
yet prevail. That Uncertainty, coming from the source
IL did and in justice to him is preferable and far
more economical to any other mode yet suggested.
But In the face Of all the anticipated low flung
taunts and ibes Of loco focos and with the UNDER
standing that all the Wings ever advocated the Will
mot Proviso for was 10 prevent the farther extern
sion Of slave territory, ifthe South will be pacied
by its REIMBURSEMENT from territories where slave
" never can exist, we have no insuperable ohjec-
sion to offer against giving it up under such cir
eu,nstances, over such territories and for such
object.
The speech covers much ground. II is specific,
patriotic, andif honesty is not always included in
patriotism--it 10 honest. No speech will be read
with more interest, among the many that have been
delivered on the same subject BY the great men Of
our land. From all quarters we learn that the i'm
mediate effect Of was to soften the ascerbiies and
restore the ssequilibrum'' OF right feeling among
those whose madness had led them far astray. II
u speech full of lofty sentimental true regard
- The Notwithstanding the inviolability Of
contracts even when they are entered into to the
Nations hurt-in short, it is just such speech
which none but DANIEL WEBSTER could make
We shall commence its publication in our next.