Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-10-16
SPEECH OF Mr.. WEBSTER

day, and was received wtn the greatest
enthusiasm. Being loudly called for he
delivered the following address:
LADIES AND GENrLrMES-i hardly
know how IN occupy the very few NOM
eats in whichit is proper for me 10 ad-
dress you. came here to-day as n VS.
itor and guest, TO sec and 10 hear, and
o exchange ccngra'ula' ons with my
coun'rymen and countrywoInen of New
llampchire but il is too late ia I he day,
il The occasion was proper, Tor the dis
cussion of any subject except those
which belong % that particular object
in regard TO whcl, your eloquent friend
has so fully and ably discourse1.
Ladies and Gen'lemen--On these oc-
casions know very well that there is
some limit 10 patience and 10 strength.
You may desire TO see me as one oil
your original fellow citizens. You may
desire 10 hcariny voice, hut | am sure
you do not desire TO hear me discourse
Oh topics such as have discussed and
commonly discussed elsewhere on an
occasion so closely confined in its ap-
propriatcness To one object. | will say
to you, ladies and gentlemen, that if
there he any one thing in my heart
stronger than any other WISH it is that
all the various pursuits OF life protected
by law, prosecuted by scientific discov-
cry. and guaranteed by free govern
mcnt may continue TO prosper in this
our land.
Ladies and Geutlemcn your fathers
and my fathers, generations that have
A.. q, ol, 40, ,,l'
soldier and farmer. They fought the
enemy and they fought the inclemcncy
Of the weather, and lney struggled with
the soil The mechanic art they pur.
sued and enjoyed no farther than was
necessary to carry on those great ele-
mentary operations Of Il farming coun-
try. They lived in cold region--a
region OF six months of winter, and
ST. ort summer, during which, they were
to provide Tor this great length Of in
clement weather they went therefore,
zealously to work and cultivated the
fields for their own subsislenc ; and
am old enough and have seen, and seen
since | was IA member and prac,iced at
The bar. those who have been shot and
wounded in their own corn fields by III
liam muskcts on This river Just above us.
Now, gentIcmen-all Is changed
Wars Of that kind have ceased, and some
have come to an end. He who was once
halfsolder and half farmer has now be-
come altogether farmer or else he has
goac TO the mechanic arts, TO those va
rlous improvements which enrich and
adorn society and our State OF New
Hampshire is as great participator IN
these improvements AS any part OF the
country; and need not say 10 you, gen
tlcmcn-l need not say 10 you, that this
new face Of things-this great change
tina has come over us. while it is parity
owing u peace OH the frontiers, which
has released in former times SO many Of
the people oil New Hampshire from tor-
der wars, that peace itself has been pro.
noted, and all the arts that we see flour
ishng around Us, and the Increase Oi
wealth which we behold. are the fruits,
first of all, oi the cnterprising character,
and next the good government which II
has pleased Almighty Providence to per-
nit US To live under.
Friends and Fellow CitiZens-We are
at the head Of the Western world. No
man can appreciate what is due 10 HIM
self as an American citizen, or what
are the duties incumbent on lin as such,
who does not feel that he is one OF the
twenty-five millions OF people, who are
setting great example Of lcedOm ard
repubicansm to the rest OF the world
and if he be narrow, or local, or preju.
diccd--if he be as blind as mole-il
he cannot see an inch before him, he
caanot comprehend his destiny. He
does not know the place he fills amidst
the human race. Therefore, ltnink that
it is incum bent on Us all, On all ti.cse oc-
casionaI public meetings, that we see,
and know, and feel the progress of our
! own prosperity, and remember that it is
! the result Of those institutions which our
| fathers founded for us, and which ii is
our duty always, and II; every sacrifce
/ TO maintain.
Gentlemen, the hour of tn day. if
| nothing else, would prevent me from
! discussing any Of those subjects which
more appropriately belong to another
/ sphere.
The eloquent gentleman who well
/ coined me AT the cars this morning was
/ kind enough to say that in this vast as
senbiy there was no political party -
7 there was a general attachment 10 the
Union. believe ii. | DO not believe
/ that the soil of New Hampshire can pro.
/ ducc any OF the opposite poisonous plant.
/ Ii is as free from all noxlous weeds o!
/ that description a. any part OF the coun-
/ try. | am glad olt-iUr mere barren
ness on the naked tops Of The Goiislown
4 IIilla IN ~ hIfn NJ lnl1,, n is t.r IN hn
preferred 10 the richest soils which pro-
duce nothing but plants Of mlschievous
poisonous growth.
Gentlemen, delight to dwell upon the
consideration that | am a New Hamp-
/ shire man, aud am now among New
/ Hampshire men. delight to ieei that
/ stand on my native soil, in the neig
! borhood OF those whom have regarded
IRON my infancy. | am able to recol.
/ lcci thai the tomb OF the great Hero Of
| Bennington is near us. ! am proud TO
remember that many of my friends, and
especially my own father, was with him
on that occasion, ana TO know that on
these hills in early life have seen his
| comrades.
And now, gentlemen, if we turn back
/ to our New Hampshire pcople--if we
| remember the men who shed their blood,
and employed Their councils tor the lib
crty ol this country-Il we think OF Bart
/ lrtt and Whipplc aud Thornton, Of the
/ Gilmans. the Langdons. and all those
! patriots oi'twu or three generations ago,
| who founded our New Hampshire gov
] ernlnunt who connected Us with the
orpat government of the Union who