The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-21
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We alluded, a few DAYS ago, 10 The very gross in
dignities offered 70 the Secretary u state BY the Lee
gsaturs Of New York q, Albany and by the Board Of
Aldermen a boston We then called he attention Of
the people at large V the facts IN the case, which
were, Il viii not be forgotten exceedingly Disgrace
ful-disgracful 20 the characters Of the two bodies
which had the tsmerily to indulge in such gratui-
tous insults to an eminent Statesman, and to the
right-hald adviser Of the President Of the United
States. In the impulse Of the moment, when the
reports Of the disgrsceiui proceedings reached A.
We at once suggested that some vndicatien, by the
action Of the people Of this great metropolis was
necessary to wipe out this stain upon the character
Of population, thus inflicted by servants Of the
people, who mistake the opinions Of their country
men IN thus acting against one whose long and ar
duous public services acknowledged on all sides,
whatever differences Of opinion may abrdge the full
measure Of Daniel Websters popularity. The sug-
geston thus thrown out by vs., not happy To
learn, has been taken up in the proper quarter, by
the merchants At the Exchange, who have proposed
to make some suitable amend 10 the honorable Sec
rotary Of State, for these indicate and wantoa in
suits, so reckessly perpetrated at Albany and by
the Mayer and Aldermen OF Boston. Accordingly,
the following invitation for signatures has been lei
at our office, and we believe similar ones win be
found at various other public places in the city
TO THE rRIESps OF "uSios," WITHOUT DISTINCTION %
In view of the services and sacrifices Of the Honorable
Daniel Webster in maintaining in,olae the consttu-
ton and laws Of his country in contrast with the recent
act Of the Mayor and Aldermen II Boston la refusing the
OF faneui Hall TO the friends u that gentleman to
congratulate each other the recent yerncaion Of Ls
representations regarding that ancient
and in view, also, Of the refusal OF the Legislature Of
New York to invite Mr. Webster 10 visit Albany the
guest Of the State ndigntes east upon that dstin-
gushed statesman by aboltonts and others opposed TO
his patriotic course;
The undersigned citizens Of New York respectfully
invite Mr. Webster to meet them in this city al
period convenient himself in order that they may
express to him person their deep grateful appre
citation of his devotion to the great public interests Of his
country
New York April 10Th, 1851
The purpose contained in this invitation, We hope,
will be carried out by all the respectable and pa
triotic portion Of the metropolis In order to insure
one of the greatest and most popular assemblages
ever known in the city, We have only to recapitu-
late the disgusting and dsgracefu conduct Of those
whose insults to MIR. Webster have produced the
powerful reaction to do justice to the distinguished
statesman.
Recently, Mr.. Webster was invited to be the
guest of the Pennsylvania Legislature, and also to
visit Annapolis and other places, his public services
towards settling the anti-slavery difficulty, and in
carrying out the provisions of the constitution and
laws in Boston, having excited the admiration of
every patriotic citizen In Boston, however, POI
litca current was set against the proposition to in
vite the Secretary of State to address his friends
and the friends of the country at Faneail Hall,
which has often vibrated with his eloquence.
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen, directed by
the insane spirit of the abolition factions shut the
doors of the hall against him, and thus virtually
pudiated the decision Of the popular voice in favor
of one whom Massachusetts was always proud to
honor, and always willing and anxious to hear. At
Albany, similar dsgraceful transactions character
lied the Legislature Of New York. Some of Mr..
Websters friends proposed that he should be in
vited to address them in the State House, and there
the proposition lodged in the Assembly, and
put off in the Senate, where, singuarly enough, sat
the very who had asked the opinion of the self
same Secretary Of State the constitutionalty Of
project to vote away millions of dollars for the
enlargement Of the Erie canal. Aud, what is more
singular, the Assembly at Albany, at the very
same time that such an indgnity exhibited
towards Daniel Webster, invited upon the floor Of
the House, and within the bar, of the creates
political humbugs Of the day. and promoter of all
the various phases of infdelity, blasphemy, and
the isms of the day-a silly, crack Drained philo-
soIher, who runs up and down the country, distin-
guished more for old white coat and white hat
and portrnanteau in his hand with one leg Of his
trousers in one boot and the other leg outside Of
the other, than for single dignifed sentiment,
for one Christian thought, one fixed principle, or
for any practical usefulness to society While Daniel
Webster, eminently distinguished for thirty years
Of public service, could be fouted and secuted
by such body Of men, even such a dwelling
as we have described could be
invited receive public honors the Juvenile Speaker
Of the Assembly rising gravey from his chair, to
culogize this dangerous patron Of rationalism and
socialism, as a friend Of humanity-yes, such hui
manity as consists in putting OF, as sacred and d.
vine, the vulgar lnockings Of the Fish girls, and in
cleyatrg, as musical exhibitions, the contemplate
butIoonery ofthe llutchnsons, and every other hum
bug by which weak mon would turn politics into
money. Surely, after such taste the part of the
servants ofthe people, may anticipate anything,
however monstrous, that be grown in western
New York, viii spring up to degrade the character
Of our State Legislature.
II is on account Of such proceedings that We hope
the people will bc alive to the importance Of wiping
out the stain resting upon their character.
knitted effort should be made, among all classes, to
this end. If, in the history Of Daniel Webster's
career, there i any thing, more than another,
Of his great public acts, which commands the al
miration Of every good and patriotic citizen, II l.
the steadincss and constancy with which he has de-
voted his whole mind, with admirable singleuess Of
purpose, to insure the compromise measures. and to
carry ont the constitution and laws, in their full in
tcgrity ard force. We will be the last to take away
from him one jot or title Of the credit which he
has earned for himself h. lis noble condac in these
affairs. We class him with Clay. and Cass, and
Footc and those patriotic associates who threw
themselves into the breach, when the highest moral
courage called upon to sacrifice itself to party
hoTcs ard PARTY dictaGon Though we may Cad,
IN Mr. Webaer's course, much 70 blame on certain
matters. to which we shall be forced hereafter to