The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-05-12

prominen, candidates for the Vice Pres
l,hcv in the Sonth-IIowcll Cobb and
Hongnon Fna'r--hnih locofpcns. and
'uth in uomina' ION by the iuiohiSis
irrespective Of panty, for governor in
'h"it resp ciivc States we should hay,
rml iaiut hopes Of >c' ing the old time
Hono I'd whis banner. holding any yer,
80 -p,cnou- place. That such union.
a iuIl or partial 'uniou' OF the two
hrnnchcs of he union parry will bc
r'qHircd TO give Mr.. Webster any hope
or success we regard as certain; and
J dying from the tone OF the leading
Iunk.r papers Of the country all
l"emins with the praises of ihe great
'Cnionisi'--w, are led to believe that
such getting together is not an i'm
probable eve ni to be looked for. In.
deed il would seem that he. Himself,
80 thinks, o.hrrw,sc hr would not have
con'en;ed himself i'll this his last great
speech, il simply answering the argn-
meats. AND an.ihilatinga few mad caps
of the North, wio-c raning nobody
hced> at home, and whose importance
is only seen rs distance Lends enchan;-
mcnt 10 the view
1t will be noticed that Mr.. Webster.
in this speech entirely over Cor und"r)
looks the arguments urged against the
compromise measures, by such men as
Seward, John Davis, Winthrop, Mann,
Cas-ius NJ. Clay, and others of like
cbaracter.an d contents himselfby bring
inc the mi ght oihis giant intellect TO bear
upon that class of opponents of which
Garrison, Elzur Wright, Abby Kelly
& Co. compose the nominal head; thus
presenting as singular, if not as ludi-
crous an adaptation Of means to an
end rs would be exhibited by Gen.
Scott, should we, some pleasant day,
see him sally forth with II park Of ar
tlilcry on squirrel hunting expedition
Or with Il regiment of horse TO cap
tnre fugitive from the ranks. In
truth, Mr.. Webster has heavy work
yet to perform before he will succeed in
bringing the North to his present way
Of thinking ia work that will bring
into roquisition ali the, energy, mind
and genius POSSESSED even by him. lie
has yet TO overthrow the arguments
raised against this compromise 10y the
more conservative class OF resistants to
slavery encroachments and Ggress;ons,
class represented as well by those first
named above, as by any others, and
satisfy them that the present fugitive
slave law IS that 'propcr iaw," which
under the constitution it WAS ",iqM.
proper, eZped'e"t. Just TO pass for the
restoration OF fugitive slaves, found in
free states, back to their owners in the
slave s'a'rS.' Before accomplishing
thi.. he will find still another Richmond
~ The i-Il, the overthrow Of whom
wi'! csc him more difficulty titan al
aIh.r ur:,,..,.l,. rnmbi'lrl We Of
corr-. Il uir - tha, either DlHiel -
not DA i'll Of oIl-bu, the great Dam
i"l Webster Of the ew years past. In
lin h" VIII iinl IN opponent worthy Of
h,- >lr"I, a'd in such II collision we
may ,nv "nph,'ialIv. "whnn G. eek
m""j- 9 ',a'k, 'h:i cane IA: tug of war
Wncu the Daniel Webster OF to-day.
CON reconcile his position with that e
ia" Darirl Webster Of yesterday--hc
may >u"ceed in bringing tn north to
his grnuud When he can show prop
per cause for TAXI back his declnra
lion. Voluntarily made some ten or
twelve years since in Il Set Speech at
New York, that resistance to tho extcn.
sion Of slavery and slave power under
our Government was with him mat
ter Of conscientious principles and pa
l,otic duty which could not be waived
nor compromised bur which must be
lived up to at all hazards and at all
cost when he can reconcile his pres.
eni position with that held by him sew
en- years aga when in the struggle Of
1874 he made resistance to slavery ex-
tension the great controlling issue
and ihercupon called upon Northern
freemcn to rally to the Wing standard
when he can give another cause for tho
well known reluctance which he enter
cd into the support Of Genral Taylor
other than that given at the time, that
it Was in view Of the pro-slavery infu-
ence which TO great extent secured
his nominalion;--- and if he can saiisfac-
torily explain what he meant when he
exclaimed in one of his first speeches