Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-03-06


hounds of paty-than Daniel HIe6ster.-
1t has been his fortune. or misfortune, at
different periods of lis illustricus career, to
be placed in situations Of great difficulty
and trial, requiring the exercise ofthe cool
est Judgment. the most extraordinary tai
ent, the most enlarged and devoted patriot
ism, with the most infexible moral cour-
age; yet, in all these trials, he has proved
himself man of soul and Of mind, fully e.
quail to any exigency that has yet called IN
to activity his wonderful resources. In
his memorable struggle in 1912, with
the combined forces Of notification, he
showed himself as devoted patriot as he
was an able debatcr, putting to rout his
most formidable adversaries. When de-
nounccd, even by his own friends, for hold
ing Office under the unfortunate Mr.. TYLER,
he had the courage to resist the pressure
from without, and to remain steadfastly at
his post because his patriotism told him
he could be Of service to Lis country, and
he preferred that to the applause offiiends.
When Mr. Charles Jared Ingersoli, in his
place in the House of Representatives, in
stigated by the malice of most relentless
parfy-spiiit, sought to defame the charac-
ter Of this great American Statesman, by
preferring, in the most formal manner and
with seeming truthfulness, charges Of
corruption and malefeasance in Office,
the great New Englander quailed not
before the mighty hosts of his enemies, but
with defiant boldness that conscious limo
cence could alone nerve him with, he hurl-
cd back the degrading and insulting charge
and babe party malevolence do It's worst.
Through this ordeal he again passed I'M
harmed, whilst his accuser was ovcrwhelnl-
ed with public Indignation and scorn, as
one who had attempted to rob the State of
one Of its brightest jewels.
But the last and most wicked aud most
futile attempt to defamc the character of
Mr. Webster, has just been made in the
House Of Representatives by Mr.. Charles
Allen. Free Soil member and .Agitator'
from Massachusetts. He charges that Mr..
Webster Is unfit to be entrusted with the
duty OF making pecuniary arrangement
with Mexico for the payment of the i..,,;,l Il
ment due iisr under the treaty of Guada-
hpe tiidalgp, because simply, he is dishon-
est--for thai is the plain English of the
charge, though he does not, in words, say
so-and IN support Of this charge lie ale
ges that Mr.. Webster, as condition pre-
ccdent to his acceptance of the Office Of Sc
creiary OF otatG required the Brokers and
Merchants of State Street, Boston, and
Wall Street, Nev York, to raise for him
the sum Of 5000, S25, 900 in each CITY.
This money he sass was raised and paid
% Mr.. Webster, with the exception ofS6,-
600 in Boston, as consideration, for which
Mr.. w. was to accept the Office and be-
stow certain official tvours, and CONNER
mcrclal advantages upon those who con-
tributed the amount.
That this charge is false, no decent, in
telllgent man PRETEND for a moment to
doubt. Mr.. Webster, in the language of
the Washington Union, "has drawn upon
his head the arrows Of the free-soilers bv
the decided course which he has pursued
in favour of the Union. Does he expect
impunity from thern9 Who can, in this
hurly-hurly Of the passiorF avoid the at
tacks of the ultraists W, have sympa-
thies upon the subject with tie Secretary !:
and we only give lin the more creI.;;;
When lie dares to maintain the constitution
and the law, at the hazard Of drawing
down upon himself the abuse and the at
lacks" of these miserable faction;sts. He
and the President are objects of their spe-
cial hatred, because they come from Free
States, and their refusal to countenance
Northern fanaticism is the sevcrest rebuke
which these 'agitators" could receive.
1t will be seen that the time and the &C.
casion were ftly chosen by this caluunia-
tor to do the work Of his malice Why, a.
gain asks the Union, "did Mr.. Allen, if he
attached SO much importance TO his re,e-
lailons, postpone scrutiny till the ve,y
close of an expiring Congress, immersed,
as they are, in too many measures to adj
nit Of single moment being devoted to
this delicate investigation !"
For the simple reason, we answer that
he knew his charges to be false, and only
preferred them to serve the purposes ofhis
faction, and to satisfy the cravings of a
malevolent heart. Mr.. Ashmun, his col
league, promptly denounced the charges as
untrue, as soon as they were made; and on
the next day when the subject again came
up, he repealed them in a most triumphant
manner, declaring by the authority Of Mr..
Webster himself, that 'the statcmenrof Mr..
Allen was false in all its length and breadth,
AID IN all its details" AT subsequent
period, Mr.. Julien, another Free Soiler,
moved a committee of investigation into
the charges, but 50 little importancedid the
House attach to them, that they refused, by
an overwhelming majority, TO have any
thing TO do with the subject at all. Thus
arethcse base calumniators driven from the
Halls of Congress with malice stamped up
on their forehcads.
Whether the private friends of Mr.. Web
ster may have contributed sum for his
comfort and the support Of his family, we
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