Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-05-08
BURLINGTON HAWK-EYE.
From the Boston Atlas.

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From the Boston Atlas.
The friends Of the Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER, in
this city, gathered in front OF the Revere House,
yesterday forenoon at IL O'Clock, and welcomed
him to the city. The number present was about
5000. The windows Of the Revere House were
filled with ladies'.
Atl1 O'Clock, Col. N. A. Thompson appeared
upon the platform, and called the meeting to order
by proposing that the Hon. Jos. Bell, Col. John T.
Heard, Daniel l.. Gibbons, Adam w. Thaxter, Jr.,
George Darracott and Levi A. Dowley, Esqrs., be
a Committee to wait upon Mr. Webster, and inform
him OF the gathering of his friends. The Commit
tee soon after appeared, accompanied by MIR Web
ster who was received with the most enthusiastic
applause, which was continued for some minutes.
Mr. Webster spoke from temporary stana, 'front.'
ing the Bowdoin Square Church, as follows, which
| report copy from the Journal:
FELLow-ClTlzENs OF BosToN:-You rather take
! me by surprise this morning-bnt II Is very
| agreeable surprise. am as much pleased to see
your cheerful and satisfied faces. as am TO see
| again the face of that luminary which shines out
| from the heavens above us and if, gentlemen, you
| are half as glad to see me as am to meet You,
there is at this moment great quantity of happi-
| ness and good feeling in Bowdoin Square. Gap
| plause.)
| Gentlemen, a long and violent CONFUSION Of the
elements has passed away, land the heavens and the
skies smile upon us. There is often an analogy be-
tween occurrences in the natural world and occur
rences in the moral and political world, and some
times political agitations pass away bringing after
| greet you as citizens of Boston WELCOME you,
offer you my heart and hand with the deepest graf
itude for what you and your fathers have done for
me, from the days of my early manhood, when i
| came from the North to throw myself among you,
to partae OF your fortunes, for good for evil to
| the end of my life. am not vain enough to sup.
pose. fellow citizens, that have done any essen
tial service to my country in my day and genera
ton. If have so done, however little, or howev-
er much it may be, owe it mainly to the constant,
the warm, the unwavering friendship and support
| of the people of Boston. am bound the way of
all the earth. l shall ere long follow your fathers
and my fathers to my last home. But while live
| and breathe, while have the power Of language,
| or of thought, while my heart beats or my tongue
moves, shall feel and shall speak OF Boston, as
the cherished object of my public, political, may
| say, friendly regard.
Gentlemen, you do not expect to hear from me
| to-day any discourse. come to see You, and you
come to see me. tits not an occasion for the dis
| cussion ofany political topics. You do not expect
| me to detain you from your affairs, while re-
hearse any opinions of my own, or state the
| grounds OF those opinions. But let me congratu
late you, and let me ask you to congratulate me,
that the events Of the last year or two have placed
| us under better auspices. We see clearer, we
breathe freer, we feel new assurance that po-
litcal institutions, the rich blessings and Inherit
| ance which we derive from our fathers, will en-.
dure, be perpetual, be immortal, il any institution
| Of man on earth can be immortal
Yes, fellow citizens, the youngest Of your chill
| dren, the youngest of your grand children, will
|
are born to an inheritance Of imperishable liberty
| in these United States of North America, and in
| this ancient and beloved say beloved, and to be
| always venerated, under all circumstances-be.
| low ed and venerated Commonwealth of Massachu-
| sets.
| Why, fellow citizens, we need not be vain,
| need not be too much selfsatisted, but after all
| who is there among you at this moment that would
exchange his political and social condition for that
which befals the inhabitant the resident of any
other country under the wide scope of the canopy
| which is over us? Where would you 60 with sat
| isfacton? You would stay under the institutions
! of your country with satisfaction: you would en-
| JOY that political power which is universally
disseminated on popular principles. with satrsfac
ton aud qualification. For here every citizen feels
he is man. II he is one OF the governed, he is al
so one of the governors, and he has voice in eve
| ~ transaction of public policy and national con-
| Germ. Let others say what they will; let others
| commend what they please; let them like either a
more royal, more despotic, or more democratic
| form of government; for myself, and believe
| NAV speak for you, satisfied with our con.
dtion, people of the United states and citizens
| of Mas sachusetts-hrng under a free, popular,
and glorious representative government, which
| makes us known farorably all over the world.
| Gentlemen, let US despair Of nothing in behalf
| of our country. We see il growing in prosperity.
We shall see that the returning sense of the COM
munty, and the great principle of love of liberty
| and, we might add. and / would add. with all the
| emphasis that can pour out of my heart-the love
| OF Union will keep us together. fApplauseJ II
had ten thousand voices. II could speak so as TO
| be heard on the shores of the Pacific, IL l could
| gather around me the whole of This vast nation,
would say, fellow citizens, union, UNION, UNION,
| now and forever! (Great cheering) What are all
these petty distinctions what all these cavis,
| and questions. and sectional quarrels. They are
| not the dust in the balance They not fit to in
habit the heart of true Americana for the heart of
true American embraces his whole country, and
il 1t is not big enough for that he had better tear it
| out and throw il from his bosom. tAppause.) l
have said, gentlemen. that the little have DONE if
have done anything for good, is mainly atrlbuta-
| BILE to the support which you and your brothers
and your fathers have given me here in the city or
Boston. am not ungrateful for it. AS have
found you in times past find you now, and am
| sure shall continue to find you and let me say
| to you let me entreat you this day to deliver to
| your children what say-that as Boston found me
thirty years ago she finds me to-day, without vari
| alton or the shadow of change-and shall go to
my grave full of the deep gratitude which Icherish
for her and her support of me in political course
| thus far through life. (Applause.)
| Gentlemen, bid you an affectionate adieu By
| the blessing of God shall you again, under
circumstances il may be, that will enable me to ex-
press somewhat at large my opinions upon the pre-
sent state of things in this country. (Cheers, and
| cries of s.good," "good.') All this, gentlemen.
| is in the hands of that Providence which is
| us. To him commend myself, commend you.
and 1 commend all the great interests Of our own
| dearly beloved country. Gentlemen, farewell.
| Loud cheers for Mr. Webster, the Constitution
| and the Union, followed the conclusion of Mr.
| Webster's remarks, while from The windows above
| and around him, bouquets fell upon him from the
| hands OF fair women, who occupied them This
| mark of approval on the part of his fair hearers
| drew from Mr. Webster the remark, ssThe ladies'
| God bless them, they are all for the Union." MIR
| Webster then retired to his rooms, accompanied
| by the Committee, and the gathering dispersed.
| Rail Road Meeting.
A large number of citizens met at the Court
| Room in the city of Burlington on Friday evening"
| and organized by appointing Lyman Cook, ESQ.,