Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-06-12

I'he NelD 1oTf Courier aud En-
quirsr, speaking Of the recent tn,
umphaht progress Of Mr.. Webster
through the injected districts Of New
York. says, among other things the
following:
"But we have Inadvertently wan
dered frcm our purpose when we
commenced these reflections, which
was. to cali public attention 10 the
very remarkable circumstances at
tending Daniel Webster's triumphant
journey through the interior Of this
great State. He has passed through
tine very heart OF the so-called rnfec-
ted District. He has met the Free
soiIer face to face, and asked him
wherein any one of them has a bet
ter claim to be considered the advo-
cate Of Free Soil than he, Daniel
Webster of the old Bay State? He
has inquired which Of them by his
past life, has proved himself a better
friend OF Liberty7 And he has called
upon the friends Of Liberty and Free
Soil, TO come forward and say which
Of them, or who among them, desires
Free Soil or Freedom, or Liberty, ex-
cept that which the Constitution Of
the United States establishes, and
which this glorious Union has been
created to perpetuatel And to all
these questions he has met with but
one response:-"We ask for no Free
Solve desire no Heedom--and we
advocate no Liberty-other than that
which the Constitution of The United
States proclaims and guarantees; and
we are ready now and forever, to
maintain that glorious instrument,
the compromises upon which it is
based, and the invaluable Union
which is its offspring" They have
listened with patience, with pleasure
and with pride, 10 the great expoun-
der Of the Constitution; and great as
was their respect for his character,
they find new cause for admiration
and respect in his Jealous devotion 10
the Union, and his fearless exposition
of the respective Compromises 20
which it owes its existence, and the
binding force OF those obligations,
legal, moral, and honorary, upon ev-
cry citizen Of the United States
His words of fire, in a cause so sacred
land so Immediately connected with
every mans happiness, as well as
with his political and moral destinies
have given strength and conf
dence to those who clearly perceive
and boldly recognize their constitu>
tional obligations. while they have
strengthened the timid, and COM
PEELED the wavering TO pause and re-
fleet upon what the Constitution re-
quires of every individual, as well as
upon the inestimable blessings it con-
fers.
"Men Of all parties, of every fac
ton, and OF every shade of political
opinion, have listened TO, and been
instructed by the great Apostle of the
Union as it is, and the Constitution
and Compromises TO which it owes
its origin. He has caused the fame
of patriotism to burn brighter in the
hearts Of all, by showing the bles-
sings Of the Union, its condition, and
the obligation it imposes; and he has
everywhere convinced the people or
his honest devotion to the Consiitu-
ton, his consumate ability to sustain
it, and his readiness to sacrifice eve-
ry thing-even life iiself--to main-
tain the Union Of the States. With
this mighty intellect in all IFS vigor-
in the ripeness of mature age-and
with a constitution still capable of
supporting the efforts OF a mind
which never slumbers; he has fear
lessly, and with the energy Of youth,
taken the field in defence OF the cause
TO which his life has been devoted:
and his pathway has been marked by
a triumph as brilliant and bright, as
the wonderful agent which with
lightning speed has distributed
through the whole Union the outpour-
ings of his gigantic mind. Abolition
ism, fanaticism, and demagoguism,
have skunk from his presence; and even
Party, with all its exacting require
ments, has been hushed before him,
who having ever been the great expoun-
der ofthe constitution, has now become
its missionary and its Apostle. We re-
joice in the triumph he has achieved,
and in the enthusiastic feeling which
has everywhere been eyinced in his be-
half; but we rejoice still more, in ths
incalculable good which is certain 10
flow from his noble efforts. And we
irustin- God, that he will be spared to,
make a similar tour through the whole
Union; in The full conviction, that his
triumph is the triumph of the Constitu.
tion itself, and wherever he goes, and
wherever he breaches the Constitution
and its compromises, there will burn
brighter, and purer, and rholier, the