Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-08-08

DANIEL WEBSTER TO The GAZE CoDEho.
The following letter from DASIEL WEBSTER, Is IN answer
TO an invitation signed by VIM b. GIoch and 5a other CIT
liens of West Dennis Cape od inviting him TO vsi. their
town during his anticipated sojourn at Marshteld:
WIsulSoroS, JuLY l4h, 1851.
Grs-,rsrSI have received your friendly letter OF the
3th OF this month"; and highly sraed WIN the patrioc
sentiments expressed therein Indeed souid nave eApect-
nd nothing else becalse such worthy ol those
Pilgrim Fathers whom you are desccndea rs weas OF
the general character OF your community ,
Ii will give me much sasacun circumstances shou'u
allow to nccept your invitation 10 pass day among you
In the mean tle shall be must 9appy t" sed u each OF
YOU such productions Of mine as may tuy explain my SEN
irnts in respect To the great questions u the preseht me
With oi ye1I Ihtn ia your good D~n-
MS we'll as all the other the Cpe. ais,
attached letter many personally known
me- bu, belonging families with which had acqlnl-
lance in former | have always ivund the Of
your county delightful in summer and there many
remarkable fine and supusr ought 10 Confess nj.
So that in my pleasant visits, did entirely neglect
the streams, highly estimated ny the angers that have
thrown tile fly in hem.
Grnctnen: The of your population is sonewhlr
peculiar have often been struck thr very great
Der ul captains, well other mariners
county ni Barns1bc and The neshnJrns Islands furnish
On Cape and the lei rnds frequently cunv-sed
with persons wh" well acquainted win the u ,Iii
pag l.llud. Sandwich Islands aud piris oil New
Holland witn counties Ut Hampshire AID Berkshire
engaged in the trial ola cause iny'ur D,rc,
in which question respecting Tie entrance atn The
nuoor Of Owhyhee between the reels OF coral rS guarding.
either side The counsel Tor Tue opposite party prosc
call Witnesses Give Information jury CONCERNING
mis- al sliu, which thought Un
iersoud AMI suggested 10 lie Judge, that very prubd y
VI Jurors had the endncc themselves upon
Which OF the wv, I've Jurors and said that they
quite alIaty acquainted with H. having s"eu II often
The occurrence dare say, is Remembered by that most
snrty and eminent judge living a. am happy
know, and rnj ylng in advanced life the neciioi ot his
iiends and the respect vi all VIII, know him; mean
Judge Putnam Tni, incident the nature OF the
pigments pursued by your neg hbOrs and yours Ives
With the elderly gentlemen OF your county, have
had the pleasure Of frequent conversations concerning early
revolutionary times especially Respecting that eSaordl-
nry man. james Otis. have been where he lived and ex
anined such OF his papers could had: but IN the latter
Of his life he destroyed mns OF MS correspondence
Mr. Tudor has written good history oi his lr and
tUu all the emphatic euuy pronounced On hun ny The
oder Adams, viz, that was James Ots VIVA sci te ban o
Revolution Warm, cl"luent, and hishly ii-
lasSoned In the cause Il" liberty, his oIlhiht ic "ds c''
mted by sfukc al lightning.
Nunc were earlier Ucru, none more FerseScnSr main
Tined zauu,y struggled ID maintain the ciuse oi The
Revolution, than the people oi the Capn All the region
arnl james Gus and Tho Thomas and the other Ie-icaf-
patrlDs Ut huse times Is u sort oi classic Sf"u
REMOTE without large cities, scattered along an extensive
cosI there was yet l. hinE, in part OF The country
tercnt devotion 10 the patriotic case ln'i "is mail
| ies ed by your ancestors.
Gentlemen am you ascribe quite too nuch merit 10
mysfrls in behalf OF the Union, and Of the Consul ltion
only say have done what could and all that coun;
and that shall moi sacken hand Perhaps II Is natural
thayou should be attached 10 free and regular
of Government since know that first written CJnsti-
in The country, cumposcd and signed On board VI
the Mn. flower while she riding al anchor IN one OF e
success OF all your leading pursuits the prosperity o your
county and OF the whole OF MASSACHUSETTS,, are, at
this mcmenr living of the benefits conferred BY
the Constitution OF the United States and the adninstTa
ton Of Government under il.
Youl soi has always free soil; such you and your
have cultivated for centuries il needs no new
christening; but what the people Of Massachusetts wanted
and your county among The before the adoption Of the
present Constitution FREE SEAS free seas ON which
srndnstry could be displayed and their national rights
protected
Blythe blessing of Providence they have ejoyed this free
DOM and this protection for long of years and have
ourhed and prospecd under beyond all ormer rSan
What your soil be of the richest quality what il il
be no. fertile like Western New York and the Western
Stae5 s.ll hardly Know part of the country in which the
peou enjoy substantial Comfort have traYcstd
who'll, nia the "OutsIde in Provinceown, the line ot
Pym,uh without seeing instance ul ragged poverty
of ahulu: want Your aburs are on The sea- In
einphc sense than can De said Of any people, yOrf
home the deep. Nevertheless home Of your fani
lies home OF your affection the home which You
turn With much glndness of heart is in various
the Cspe where all your treasures be-"
t,tst that there Is among you who does not
ard that the prosperity of his labor is mainly
necte with the administration of the Government Of the
United States ana, therefore, trust that the political air oil
the Cape will always remain healthy its natural umos
phsre and that il will be free from faction md anatics
as il il from fogs and vapors.
If your hardy and enterpsng young men 60 Eastward
pursuing their employment 10 the Bay OF Chuleur, the
Straits The Grand Ban do they no. receive positive pro-
lection and encouragement from the laws o: the United
Safest II hey take wide range and in pursuit OF larger
objects coast along BRAZIL double Cape and
West or South North vast Pacific do they not find
they are safely covered by the shelter of their Flag,
which power ventures treat 18th dsreslect
NV Friends of West Dennis fsncf idsas alb
notions and all consderate attempts 10 reach ends
which, however desirable in themselves are not placed with.
in the compass OF your abilities duties. Hold ON, my
friends the Constitution Of your county, and the
ment established under il. Leave evils which
parts of the country but which beyond your control TO
the awise direction of an oyer-ruing Providence Per-