Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-30
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

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THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1851.

MIR. WEBSTER IN WESTERN NEW YORK.
II cannot DO denied that in the late Erie Railroad Excur
on though President Fillmore nominaly the bip In
dsan his Secretary OF State, Mr. Webster tho centre
all attraction the Magnus Apollo Of the Presidential party
At Dunkirk the illness Of his son separated Mr. Webs,e
from his brother dgnares and his performances were tber
conducted on his own Independent, hook His speeches
Dunkirk and Buffalo, very remarkable in many
In the former place he had the ndelcacy though the chic
official adviser and organ the President 10 sncer M nr
rdcule those members of Congress- whose obligations
the Constitution and to their own consciences prevented
them from launching into wild system internal improve
hen's ana from swallowing the odous unequal and unus
River and darbor Bill Of the last session of Congress-
Dunksk, Mr.. Webster said
have been always advocate for the improvement
Ilers and harbors out Of the funds Of The national treasury
aIght house might be built the Atlantic seaboad, and
tnhorbors on that coast be otherwise improved without
rating principle of the constitution, yet that Con-
ges had power to do the the lakes. But must
notlmagne that am making speech in Congress, as if 1t
Unnecessary to convince OF the constutionay OF
the Rpovement OF inland harbors and rivers and OF The
universal benefits that flow from such works. Your own
harbq is sufficient TO convince you confess taken
by surprise the remarkable nauru advantages 1t posses
ses But how would these advantages be improved or the
genera good By the expenditure Of an adequate SUI" " mo
ney?
Here1r Webster only himself the advocate OF
ndbcrimnate expenditure Of the funds OF the Naonai
Treasury for the improvement Of all rves and haroor
but mes open bid 10 the people on Lake Erie, io ae
votes the ground that they must look to the party whch
maintains his views for sc expenditure of adequate
of money" These declarations, coming from the Secretary
of State on Presidential tour look very much like bring
ing the patronage of the Federal Government into conflict
with freedom und purity Of elections. 1t was especially
Of pl,ce when is remembered that the great Erie Rail-
road whose completion they were just then oytuy celeota-
ting constructed entirely BY State and individual enter
PRISE and without the expenditure of single dollar from
the Federal Treasury Were such appeals to the nerce
nary motives Of the people he addressed really insulting to
his listeners who witnessed the almost miraculous results of
State and Individual enterprise?
So much for Mr. Webster at Dunklrk His speech at
Buffalo, however is the great feature OF the excursion 1t
is marked bya power eloquence and manly candor that do
credit 10 his giant intellect We regret that have not
room for the whoe-and forced 10 conne ourselves 10
some of the most important passages Of which give CO.
pous extracts We pleased 10 hear him declare in Buff
ao hitherto head and of ireesosm and abolition
that the great and leading question OF the day that 1--WE
preserve the Union of the States not by by
military pouer-not by angry controverses-bw by the
administration Of the powers of the Constitution that shall
give content and satisfaction all who live under it, and
draw together, by military power but by the siken
cords of mutual fraternal patriotic Affection We trust
that of the good seed will take root and spread among
people
may inferred from the famous Erie letter of Mr. Fillmore
and that in response Mr.. Webs,crs advice they
we'll the people of the whole North will $50 adhere the
Constitution will and maintain laws preserve
that instrument that they will ''not only remain in the
Union themselves but permit their brethren remain In
and carry on We pleased TO hear Mr.. Webster vim
dcae the justice Of the fugitive slave law and urge its
cuion upon the people of the North he does powerfully
in the following passage:
The question: fellow -cilizens-and pu, II you now as
the real questionable question is whether you and the
of the people of The great of New York. of all The
States will administer the Constution-~ll so enact
and maintain laws preserve that instrument that
will only remain in the Union yourselves but permit your
brethren remain in it and carry it on That is the ques
ton viii you in necessary maintain
the or will you oppose such measures? That the
whole point of the
You have thirty forty members Of Congress from New
York have you! proportion in the United States Senate
We have many members Of Congress from New England. Well
they maintain the laws that passed for the administration
of the Constitution, and respect the rights OF The Suuh
that the Union may be held togeher and only that
may not 90 of ourselves. which inclined
do but that by aacerainng and maintaining the rights Of
Others they also remain in the Union Now gentle.
men, permit say that speak OF concessions. If
South wish any concession from me- they won't get it
hairs breadth of It. II they my house for IT,
they will not find it It they do. concede nothing But
say that will maintain for them, as will nainain for you
the of my power, and in the face of all DANGER
their rights under the Constitution and your rights under the
Constitution. [Cres of "Good! Good" sc And God for
"a
or the other. Tremendous applausc
1t Is obvious every one, and we all know it, that the
origin Of the great disturbance which agates the country
is the existence Of slavery in some of the Staesi but
must IT. consider it, must deal with IT,
nesy, honestly and justly From the mouth Of the ST.
Johns 10 the confines of Florida there existed in the year of
prace IT'S thirteen colonies of English origin planted
different times and coming from different parts OF England
bringing with them various habits, and establishing, each
for ITSELF institutions entirely varicnt from the institutions
which they left But they were of English origin The En-
gsh language theirs Shakespeare and Milton theirs
and the Christian religion was theirs and these things con-
suied them together The agsrcssion oil the parent State
compelled them for independence. They declared
independence and that immortal act pronounced on the
Of Union by the United States Congress assembled
But this act of itself did nothing establish them
general government They had articles Of confederation be-
fore to carry the They had Congress- They had
articles Of confederation afterwards prosecute the
But thus far they independent each Of the other They
entered into simple confederacy and nothing more. No
State bound by what it did itself agree to- This
was the state Of things, gentlemen, at that time
The war went on-vctory perched on the American eagle
then united together under confederacy of very limited
powers II could levy taxes 1t could enforce it's
decrees twas coafederacy instead of being united
government Experience showed that this insufficient
and inefficient And therefore, beginning far back almost
as the close of the war; taken for the foma
ton of the united governmental government in the strict
of the government that could pass laws bind
ing 10 the citizens of all the Satcs and which could norce
those laws by its executive powers having them Interpreted
by judicial power belonging to the government Well,
the United States and the cost was framed on the idea of
limited proposed to leave, and did Leave the
different institutions OF the several States to themselves
IL did not propose consolidation 1t did not propose a
The laws Of Virginia should 10 laws o Ne% ols, VI .a
he laws Of New York should be the laws OF massachusetts
proposed only that for certain purposes ana 70 certain
extent there should be united government, and mat mat
government should have the power OF executing us own
nws All the rest was left TO the several States.
And we now come gentlemen, to the very point ot .he
case At that time slavery existed in the Southern
snaed upon them in the time of the supremacy OF bsh
avs over u.s. There 1t was obnoxious to Inc MD
lie States and dsked and honestly and seriously aske
the records of the country will show, by the Southen
States themselves Now, how were they TO deal win Il, u
We're the Northern and middle States exclude from he
those States of the South which had
WASHINGTON Lawrence and other distinguished patros ol
ha, uart Of the country Were they be excluded from
he new government they tolerated the OF
sayery? Your fathers and my fathers did not thnk So
Ihey did not see that would be OF the best ~
he slaves Of the Southern States to cut on the sSun G
N cnnnexon with the North-Ther views OF humanity
ed to no such result and of when the naro in
T Work and by your in New England II con
an express provision Of security to
the Southern States usves who owed them T
hat i, 10 saw tho fugitive from service or labor souo DC