Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-11-29

cspt ,uspcous result Of tho Southern elections Il not mainly
owing 70 hs belief thst Mr. Wsbsers courss on this occ
sion has been sustained by the Of the two great political
parties in the -avehodng Satss with Whatever violence
It may be denounced by the third party recently formed
the basis Of snt-s slavery ssitaon
The conduct Of Mr.. Webster as public man, for full
generation, s before the public The greater part Of
that time he has passed in Congress- with what honor his
immediate constituents and what benefit to the country at
large need be said Twcs be has been called i'm
portsnt executive position as Secretary Of State We have
already spoken Of the which he performed the du
lies Of that Department In S4r and l64s We have point
cd out the with which be dposed Of controversies
alike inveorae and embarrassing and preserved the
the country honorable terms, at moment when seemed
all but hopeess avoid On the lamented decease
General Taylsr be again invited 10 the Department of
State by President Fillmore. We confident that the
whole country will bear out in saying that when, ia the
extremely dcsl crisis Of affairs which then existed he took
charge Of the Department. here Of the leading
statesmen Of the country clearly indicated by public OPT
MON for the Office That this Administration has greatly
upon the confdence of the country II s supeauous 10
say The people sss6ed that if the Union to be pre-
served that platform upon which the Administrative IN hiss
placed itself the platform laid down by Mr.. Webster 10 his
speech of the 7h oMach They not less sls6ed that
the honor of the country abroad may be safely entrusted to the
statesman who has ably at oil times vindicsed the freedom
of the the author of the letter the Austrian Charge
dAres already alluded We confident that no person
in the country would bear willing testimony to the
in which Mr. Webster has administered the Department
than the President of the United Sste between whom and
the Secretary Of State the most unreseved confidence has
existed
With this experience of bis ability does any one doubt that
if Mr. Webster chosen President he would do honor
himself and the country For ourselves, feel confident
that he will give the country and the world example of
Chief Magistrate such will reflect credit upon the
leading Republican Government. We feel confident that,
the Head and Representative Of the country, be will pursue
Of which all its ciizens will be Justly proud return
ing to the Office much dignity he will derive from il.
We believe that oil parts Of the Union will feel hathe Gov
- knrl.
respect and confidence, and that foreign countries will own
that republics not always ungau for the services Of
their most distinguished citizens
We persuaded the moment when we put forth this
address that there in the country in whom the
great Of ow-ciizens have higher confidence
and cherish with equal confidence the conviction that
the judgment Of the civilized world there notmore than
American entitled stand higher than his We feel
Just and elevated pride Americans that whose
thus known and respected throughout the world whose thrill
ling eoquence has reused and encouraged the oppressed
wherever they have been struggling be ee who has best
defended the Constitution the country and done most for
its permanence 10 an American patriot worthy the highest
honor bis country can bestow, sand whose election would be
regarded ss one of the pure umphs achieved by
republican institutions.
We have thus endeavored fellow citizens without over
and without injustice to Others to discharge the
duty which has devolved upon this important and in
teresng occasion. We have sought dspsage other
candidates we have endeavored to enlist support party
grounds The time has come, think, in which the well
fare Of the country requires that party claims should
yield higher consdeaions and feel that in the sup
port of Mr. Webster good citizens of both parties and in both
Of the great sections Of the country may cordially and
sistenty unite
Fellow czens Of the United Sates the 7h Of March,
1850, Mr.. Webster said, in commencing his Speech "I
speak to-day for the preservation Of the Union Hear me
for my cause. speak not Massachusetts, man,
Northern man, but American" To-day, felow-ci
Eens we also speak for the Union, and for the Union
We also speak not Massachusetts men, but Americans
We speak for that great highly anscendDg all To-
cal considerations and all merely party objects; the
around which hearts and hopes all cluster the
Of oar common country.
After the Address had been read, the Conven-
ion was eloquently addressed by Hon. RUFUS
CHoATE, of Boston; MYRoN LAWRENCE, of Belcher-
own; WILLIAM G. BATES, OF Westfeld; and s. HI.
VALLEY, of Roxbury.
The Address was then unanimously adopted,
md the Convention adjourned.