The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-11-26

points must to all appearance be settled ut the next
Belonging to the party Of the Union By Whatever other
may be called We believe that the preservation
In fact a. human affairs are concerned We rersrd
1t the object to be sought before ali Others
by every patriotic citizen for in it Is involved the CONT
Of the prosperity peace and honor Of the
try the Union preserved have every reasonabls
prospect Of future ofboundess growth Improvement
realize the blessings which will fow for ourselves and the
whole world out Of this exhaustless fountain Of good
things the Union Is dissolved we have reason to an.
ticpats not merely all the evils resulting from the weak
mess and decline of its now members and frsm
the collisions to arise under any circumstances In
numerous family Of snail States br.ught into
tact with each other without any principle Of common
umpirage and CONTROL but also Of being In
voved in controversies of unusual bitterness growing
out OF the peculiar relations between the two great dv
Entertaining this view of the certain effects of dis
solution Of the Union 1t is very alarming consideration
that the ordinary associations of party extending
the country and by which its remotest members have
been able to oct In concert In carrying political
sysem seriously impaired and in of the States
principle to take the place Of these party associations
to prevent division purely geographical from springng
esoh other to unite in the discharge OF those
primary duties by which the government is periodically
recon stituted, is momentous question which must
With minds deeply impressed by these considerations
we now propose TO you the name Of Mr.. Webster a
candidate for the Presidency the next election We
do it in the firm conviction that there is at the
time among the distinguished statesmen who adorn the
country and whose respective merits we cordially
knowledge one whose election would exercise
eru an influence toward the preservation OF the Union
no one to whose support fellow citizens in every
part Of the United States could be expected generally
to rally.
The slavehoding States would consider the nomina
Of selecting President from Their humber 'He OPT
teen terms since the adoption Of the const
tuition twelve have been given to the South and South
west In the four other the Vice President has
been from the South and In Of them succeeded
the Presidency, after month from the commencement
Of the Presidential term or the four persons chosen
President residing in the Southern States one was
native of Virginia. For three official terms only out Of
sixteen have born and north of the
Potomac been elected to the Presidency
We are fer from wishing TO make the selection Of
President geographical question Southern Presidents
have never wanted Northern voes but the only to
prevent It's being made sectional question to prevent
Its becoming sectional monopoly.
But 1t Is not merely one of their number that the
election Of Mr. Webster would crafty the people of this
part Of the country They have long regarded him
their first citizen first in talent first in eloquence first
in influence, first in public services first in all this high
qualities Of satesmanshp They have delighted to honor
him No one Is dsparsged ct the prominence given to
name, whose superiority all acknowledge
The South may well accept the nomination Of Mr. Web
ster Admitting that candidate to be sought beyond
their limits to whom can they turn their thoughts
all things considered with frmer confidence that their
constitutional rights and just expectations will be
spected, ar that the government will be administered
in the spirit Of concistion In which it originally
framed?
There another portion of the countryside growing
Ntst-rar overlooked
to the different sections of the Union. or all the
leading statesmen Of the day. who is there that has
evinced clearer perception than Mr. Webster, Of the
important relations Of the West to the rest OF the Union
Who has more uniformly supported line Of policy IA
yorable to its growth who has resolutely com
batted the that the benefits Of the constitution
limited to tide-water who has strenuousiy de-
manced for the West full participation In s its pro
visions for the protection, improvement and advantage
We feel warranted fellow -citsens of every part Of the
country in proposing Mr. Webster candidate for the
DrQ.i tha. rarHu ~
the worhest" Is not only the great principle
justice but Of the fundamental laws Of republican
system to hereditary government II 1t be not Ia the
application Of this principle Let not the highest Of
e es
why not be bestowed by chance birth, It is to be
given to any one but the wOrthest There is other
principle on which elective republican government
be defended Shake the public faith In the great idea
that by virtue Of the elective system the highest trusts
10 the state to be conferred the worthy
and you open the door TO intrigue to fraud aud evenu
ally TO violence There does exist grosser mockery
of free popular government than the employment OF It's
organic agencies to confer the highest honors and
trusts on any but those best qualified aud most worthy
Do we wish to convince the world that we repubi
tens what they claim to be- system by which an
teligent people designate their wsest and best citizens
merit dstr guished that all viii feel the justice Of
the choice.
We make these remarks, fellow citizens without in
tending the slightest disparagenept of other honored
manner In various parts Of the country. We proud
to acknowledge our respect and admiration Of them
We feel grateful to Providence that at momentous june
ture Of affairs many able and patriotic been
raised up fer the public service We especially scknow
ledge the deep obligations which the country owes to
the Intelligent and patriotic members OF the last Con
sres both In the Senate and House Of Representatives
Who forgetting party divisions and looking only to the
general good united their exertons 70 eay the danger
Gus excitement then prevailing Bat in was remarked
by Western Senator yielding the floor to Mr. Web
ser on the 7th Of March 1850 Tor tbs delivery Of his
great speech in favor OF the Union Gtha there In
bis Judgment but capable Of bringing together
the vast assembly then convened May not without
being deemed invidous that in the same individual
united at the present time, claims 70 support In all
parts Of the country not possessed In the same degree
by any other person.
The limits Of this ad iress will not permit us TO engage
In a detailed review Of Mr. Websters career. To do
this would be 10 write the political history Of the country
refer TO the amportsn services rendered BY him
in 1880 That fellow citizens, surely evtntfu
ward in one Of the Southern states and sustained with
great ability by distinguished statesman, lately de-
ceased which had prevailed would have turned our
admirably adjusted political system into compseed
league Of petty soyeregntes Destructive this theory
appears TO Of the vital principles Of the constitution
not without friends In several cf the states and
that among men eminent a lawyers and politicians
had u been successfully maintained Ia the Senate and
finally established In public opinion the constitution
bequeahed 10 US by fathers could have retained but
a nominal existence. At this crisis MIR Webster ap.
peared as Its champion and advocate and established
the true theory Of the ment basis not to be
shaken. The people were the tribunal which he sd
dressed and the public mind, fully sraspiug the ques
ton, settled II Forever.
Two years Afterwards these constitutional herese.
were revived by the same eminent statesman whose
brilliant career has but recently closed aud the country
was threatened with exanpe Of practical direct and
probably begsrant, notification Agsinstths proceed
ing, General jackson raised the strong Of power
necessary resort as he thought In the critical condition
Of affairs But even his rhelming popularity NIGH
not have maintained him in the principles Of his Preca
nation had they not been engraved upon the popular
mind and heart by Mr. Webeters speech two years pre-
vous when, according to Chancellor Kent the true the
DRY OF the constitution rescued from the archives
Of cur tribunals and the libraries Of lawyers and
placed under the eye and submitted TO the judgment Of
the American people, When called upon the second
time TO put forth his fun energies In reply TO the
great Carolinisp, done with vigor aud effect not
infesor to those displayed In the former debate or the
power OF this effort and ts potent effect the public
Judgment and public feeling the history Of that day has
well assured us The people Of the United States pro-
claimed their estimate Of his exerons BY haing him
es the Defender Of the Constitution"
But these Senatorial services however important form
but one Of the titles Of Mr. Webster TO tue public conf
dence and gratitude. No have forgostsn the