Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-12-11
The Latest Demonstration. !


Massachusetts at their recent State election,
strenuous efforts have been put forth by the
other and weaker portion of the defeated party.
TO create Webster sentment-to fall back
upon as sort of '..forlorn hope" we suppose.
The announcement is first put forth, that Mr..
Webster is about to resign his place in the
Cabinet-he having rescued the country from its
imperiled state-and retire to private life
This ac, might draw forth from the press, If
respective of party considerations and express
sions, encomiums complimentary to his talents
and ability as man, which would serve as an
admirable basis upon which to get up demon
strations. These demonstrations, to be likely
to succeed, must be started at home; conse-
quentlv we find an early call made for a great
Webster Convention, to be held in Faneuil
Hall, Boston, on the 25ih November, Ammo
Domini, 1S5l-addressed ''to the citizens of
the United States Extraordinary efforts
were made to have large delegations from the
different sections of the State, by procuring the
fares on the Railroads To be reduced one half
for the delegates, &C., &.,-and it seems that
some t,oo thousand wings were thus drummed
up for the occasion. The convention was or
ganized with due pomp and ceremony, Presi-
ident, twenty-eight Vice Presidents, and seven
Secretaries being selected to officer it. i'z' 1ss
In due time, an Address was reported to the
meeting, drawn mp by Hon. Edward Everett,
which was intended, no doubt, to embody the
sense of the meeting. 1t commenced as fol-
lows @
Fellow Citizens Of the United States;
At very large and respectable Convention
of Delegates from all parts of the Common
wealth of Massachusetts, assembled this day at
Faneui Hall, it was resolved unanimously and
with great enthusiasm, to submit to your CON
sideration the name of our fellow citizen s-
sta- DANIEL WEBSTER -sd
as a candidate for the Presidency of the United
States, at the next election. ,,,1y. :. 49,
The address comprises recapitulation Of
the distinguished services of Mr.. Webster, in
behalf of the country. Its closing portion con-
,ains the most important feature of the address,
in the following paragraph aai7s e' ei2al
"We have sought to disparage no other
candidate we have endeavored to enlist no
support on party grounds. The time has come,
we think, in which the welfare of the country
requires that mere party claims should yield to
higher considerations; and we feel that in the
support of Mr.. Webster, good citizens of both
parties and in both Of the great sections of the
country, may cordially andconsistently unite.'
g No support on party grounds - is sought
to be enlisted So this is the game to be
played. is its A Union, party organisation
is to be got up, having a ,uhg head, to appease
whig consciences, and a patriotic heart, we
suppose, to secure democratic support with =
Now if Mr.. Webster was standing on inter
mediate ground, occupying position peculiar
ly his own, and one which he alone is capable
of occupying, and if the democratic party was
foundering about in uncertainties like the wing
party at the present moment, there might be
some plausibility in this new movement-but
when we recollect that Mr.. Webster is stand
ing on democrafic ground, occupying the same
position as that in hich Gen. CAss was
found during the last Presidential canvass, and
which he still occupies, and not only he, but
the mass Of the party throughout the country,
numbering in It's ranks scores Of Statesmen of
less doubtful political character than Mr..
Webster, how. in all conscience. we ask, can
the friends of this latter gentleman hope to
make any capital out Of such a movement as
the one above alluded TOT 2 sas iPrrzs7 ~
A summary Of Mr.. wsbster's political life
by no means exhibits uniform course Of con-
duct in unison with patriotic motives. nor does
1t present much that commends him to the favor
Of the democratic party Of the country. His
splendid talents have ever been prostituted to
the usss. Of the moneyed aristocracy, rather
than devoted 70 the interesss of the rpsople.-
We're it not for this, there might be some hope
that shs people would rally This support.
9tQU Mr.. Thnsher has besn ssnt FROM Haya-