The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-15


and descriptcn,-to expose the dangerthe treason,
and the anti-American spirit Of sectional political
agitation. From the great fount Of Nature, pour
ing it, food between the American and the British
shores, he may be expected to start forth on the
greatest, proudest mission of his hfe-the mis-
sion to annhiate political imposture, cow
ardice, and knavery. lie will, probably, pass
over the great wheat fields Of Northern
New lork-those hot-beds Of antimasonry,
anti-rentism, socialism, and anti-slsvery; and
not neglecting the work Of publication, will
enter Vermont, and. perchance, cross to the gra-
mite hills Of New Hampshire, where his first strug-
giles in life were made, tearing up the weeds and
their banefcl influences, which have scattered
poisonous seeds throughout that region, and prepar
ing the soil, hitherto desccrated by the Stewards,
the Van Bureas, and the other myrmidons Of trea-
son, fc- better and more wholesome fruits than
have been yet known in those infected districts
The topics which will engross his attention, in the
face-to-fsce battle with intrigue and corruption in
the whig ranks, will be, presume, those contain
cd in the letters of Seward and of Van Buren, to the
Boston aboitionsts Journeying as disciple Of
truth and justice and honor he will always find in
these subjects room for argument and illustration,
which will have happy effect on the destiny Of this
great confederacy. Though, as he has said, he
and his associates in the cabinet do agree on the
great political questions of the hour, Mr.. Webster
does not agree with either the President with all
of his associates, on the means which should be
taken TO uproot the dangerous and menacing anti
slavery political agitation of the North THIS
knotc. Mr.. Webster stands alone the champion in
feeling, as hope he will be in action, of that
broad massive, universal body of the people, North
and South, East and West, who, with great
heart of patriotism, are determined to crush the
hydra of Sewardism. Millions look upon him as
the Hercules to confront the filthy monster, and
we have made an erroneous estimate of the great
statesmans moral courage, If he does not, without
regard to personal consequences, attack the great
difficulty of the country.
Should Mr.. Webster indeed do this, as we truly
believe he will, his name will be more enduring
than monumental marble, and the voice of great
people will signify their admiration of his patriotic
courage, in tones which cannot be mistaken. Let him
pass through the region have been told is his in
tention traverse and then return to New York, to
make his great speech the prominent topic of the
hour, the day, the generation, and we shall learn
how his great analytical powers-how his clear con-
ccpions of the details of policy under constitutional
regulatons--how his condensed power of argument
can shed light the political fanatcism of the
country, and in whose brlliancy the Weeds, the
Stewards, and the old and young Van Burens Of the
day, will seem like pestiential carcasses, oozing
with the corrupting slime and rottenness which has
too long had biighting influence on the whole
people.
Were any grounds for hesitation the part of
Mr.. Webster to be urged with respect to this great
enterprise in behalf Of the country-were any doubts
to exist as to the ability in obtaining topics for the
enlightenment Of the infected districts which he
may pass, the plain answer to all is thisthat Sew
ard and Van Buren,, in their reasonable letters to
the Boston Anti-sarery Convention, have furnished
the raw mateFials-the timber for great platform,
which must be erected and occupied, before the do
nestle political peace of the country is reestablish
ed; and that the wings of the old school are
longer to be cajoled by the foolish cry Of military
glory, which is not platform to place statesmen
upon Mr. Webster can take a new-an indepen-
dent, and popular Platforms platform which he
can ascend with more honor to himself, and with
more benefit to the whole country, than any states
man W no has yet appeared before the people as a
candidate for the Presidency. His own individual
feelings should have no weight 20 make hun decline
the work. 1t may conduct him and his country to
n high position. Will he do 50 We wait for the
speech.