Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-12-13
PLAQUEMINE:
SATURDAY DECEMBER l3, 1851
Nomination Of Mr.. Webster.

Nomination Of MIR. Webster.
"A convention of the people of Massachu-
sets, assembled in Faneuil Hall, Boston, has
nominated Mr. WEBSTER for the Presidency
of the United States. In an able appeal ad-
dressed to the people of the Union, we extract
the following, its conclusion:
The conduct of Mr. Webster, as public
man for full generation, is now before the
public. The greater part of that time he has
passed in Congress, with what honor to his
immediate constituents, and what benefit to
the country at large, need not be said. Twice
he has been called to an important executive po
sition as Secretary of State. We have already
spoken of the manner in which he performed
the duties of that department in l84l and l842.
We have pointed out the success with which he
disposed of controversies alike inveterate and
embarrassing, and preserved the peace OF the
country on honorable terms, at a moment when
it seemed all but hopeless to avoid war. On
the lamented decease of Gen. Taylor, he was
again invited to the Department of State by
President Fillmore. We are confident that
the whole country will bear US out in saying
that when in the extreme difficult crisis of af
fairs which then existed, he took charge Of the
Department, there was no one of the leading
statesmen of the country, so clearly indicated
by public opinion for the Office. That this
administration has greatly won upon the confl-
dence Of the country. it is superfiuous to say
The people are satisfied that if the Union is to
be preserved, it is On that platform upon which
the Administration has placed itself; the plat
form laid down by Mr.. Webster in his speech
Al g .rn%1 eofs
fed that the honor of the country abroad may
be safely trusted to the statesman who has so
ably at all times vindicated the freedom of the
Charge d'Afairs already alluded to. We are
confident that no person in the country would
bear more willing testimony to the manner in
which Mr. Webster has administered th. De-
partment, than the President of the United
States, between whom and the Secretary of
State, the most unreserved confidence hasever
existed. -. 80 8 fls'as
With this experience of his ability, does any
President, he would do honor to himself and
the country? For ourselves, we feel confident
that he will give the country and the world an
example Of Chief Magistrate, such as will re-
fleet new credit upon the leading Republican
head and representative of the country he will
pursue course, of which all its citizens will
be justly proud: returning to the office as much
dignity as he will derive from it. We believe
that all parts of the Union will feel that the
Government is in hands eminently safe and well
entitled to their respect and confidence, and
that foreign countries will own that Republics
are not always ungrateful for the services Of
their most distinguished citizens a "a
We are persuaded at the moment when we
put forth this address, that there is no man in
the country in whom the great masses of our
fellow citizens have higher confidence, and we
cherish with equal confidence the conviction
that in the judgment Of the civilized world,
there is not more than one American name
entitled to stand higher than his. We feel a
just and elevated pride as Americans that one
whose name is thus known and respected
throughout the world, whose thrilling eloquen-
ce has reused and encouraged the oppressed
wherever they have been struggling to be free;
who has best defended the constitution Of the
country, and done most for its permanence, is
an Amsf;can patriot, worthy the highest honor
his country can bestow, and whose election
would be regarded as one Of the purest
triumphs ever achieved by our republican insti-
tutlOnS. ~ a 4%s s5#zs ~
We have thus endeovered, fellow-citizens,
without oyer-statement and without injustice
to others, to discharges the duty which has de-
volved upon as on hisimportar,t and interest
ing occasion. We have sought to disparage no
other candidate; we have endeayored to enlist
no support on party grounds. The time has
come, we think, in which the warfare Of the
country requires that mere party claims should
weld to higher considerations: and we feel that
in the support Of Mr.. Webster, good citizens
of both parties, and in both Of the sections
Of the country may cordially and consistently
unite Ass5s# tsta& - fss4
Fellow-citizens Of the United States, on the
7th Of Marth 1850, Mr. Webster said, in COM
msncing his speech, Il speak to-day for the pre-
seryation Of the Union. Hear me for my cause.
/ speak not is 4 Massachusetts, man, nor as .
Northern man, but as an American" To-day,
fellow -citixens, we also speak FOR the Union.
and act for the Union. We also speak, not as
Massachusetts men, but as Americans We
speak for that great cause so highly transcen-
ding all local considerations, and all merely
party objects; the cause around which our
hearts and dour hopes eli cluster: the cause Of
our common country. q sss sss