New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-28
Mr.. Choate's Speech.


,.ys OF the websier Convention we laid TINS speech
aside for the purpose OF puphsnng u eh'i.s 49,.
S.v feeling that i, would give the most faitni ioea
=. ,ns BUSINESS of the Convention and the claims OF
NJ Webster. Yesterday We were again Coinpehed
a, ami, n owing 10 the precnlnent claims cithe nero
Of Hungary
Fr,row. CITIZENS ! am penetrated by
a., NOD, ess of this reception II is not purpose,
Soweyer 10 Ieduite H. or abuse II by inuch spee1h'
n, has moi sec med 10 me, Mr. PTesiceh', anu sehe
men Of this Convention, tnat tne ,, woyd
ranch .peech and certainly II requires not wopu
S-oyn me We are assembled, not SO much lhulh
a deliberate as We are at last to act we nave DC.
,systed ALREADY and have therefore decided 10 act
Ia no. 10 ACT We are assembled not 70 make COM
nsrsons between public men, not 70 ma out p olspu
tatoD and the study photographed DICTIONARIES anu
the reports Of committees, VINO, 0. sS
Of This generation, we love bestswhom we ADMIRE
most. whom we think best fitted forthe genera neeu
Ithat ocess has been terminated win US ohg ago
but we are met TO present to The good people VI .e
IIrited States an Industrious citizen, on whom we are
everv one of us agreed for the elevated dutes ana
arduous duties of the Presidency and 10 declare l,
As our adopted and unalterable convlction WIN an
sobernsss and with all earnestness also, IN view OF
the great and specific qualities OF mind and character
nat ought always to meet in chief executive mag
istTate Of this nation IN view stu more particularly
Of the emereent circumstances OF the tines OF thgs
hahnd us and around us, and before us, and in the
midst Of and to announce, as by inc uesgnatioh
Of superior warning voice, one name, one name
osly, for the highest and grandest ana most awiu'
trust, which social man on earth today may volun
tarily confer on his fellow-man We have assembled
for such purpose as this To endeavor 20 persuade
you that the step you nave Determined 70 ,aheIs
wise to endeavof to persuade you OF the wisdom OF
this reg0ne first and last and constant choice-how
a would be TO trihe with the occasion and the state
Of your minds surely, surely cannon ti De mere
among us, his neighbors, his friends hls guests
who have had so many years experience Oh ms Stead
fstness, and earnestness. and ZEAL and aolnty, ana
lie
sesentative, before he had found, thank God, his
true and adequate constituency the whole people OF
America. among us, whose labors ne shares,
whose soil he cultivates us, feiow-citlZens be-
fsse whose aaectionate and admiring eyes his out
goings and incomlngs have been passing daily nom
his earlier manhood 10 this autumnal fulh1lment
and fully ess of his wisdom and fame Applause
am glad to see Faneuil Hall opened at length-aye,
opened on golden hinges ,-Icheersl-ths thoater OF
his nfectionate and wise counsels of so many years
u cannot be that at the base of his own statue--t
cannot by possibility be necessary to repeat why
and with no profound an affection we hold MN, III
che beautiful quotation OF my able Trend, me
foremost living man OF all this world" And yet,
follow citizens, there is no doubt that the nonina-
ton Of one Of our number for the Chief Maglstracy
Of the nation is according To our custom, an act OF
some soemnity and some responsibility. II Is not
20 much the expression of our personal feelings
and individual judgment, as " is from IT'S nature an
appeal to the whole nation TO approve and COOP
crate. To the whole nation then, from inc 81
John TO the Pacific sea. We present mel Webster
to-day. Aye, Daniel Webster, as wortnest among
the worthy, TO carry on In his turn thar series
q great men, our Presidents, Which begAQ that
day when the nation began, with the greatest
name Of earth-George Washington. I,pJlause.l
have sometimes lhouelt tina. there VVas DANGER
that we, whose attachment TO Mr. WeOs'cT by the
cen thousand ties anl kRonesses TIA have person.
ally strengthened it ard OF which we may mol here
and now for moment paus, TO speak, have some
times thought that we, whose alta ,hnent TO him,
and whose appreciation of hen, have Deen the
growth OF 50 many years, with whom 1; has come TO
be habit, passion, thng OF course "A sentiment
saineied up IN our hearts and admit hly no longer
Of question or qualifications have sometimes
thought we were in little danger, when we come
to pre- sent HIN TO the judgment OF Others, OF over
locking, in the very compreaensivene's and implicit
ness OF our regard for him, those more Speclh'
grounds and reasons, on which his claim may be
with even more effect Impressed on others Are
there not some fea and specific reasons, over and
above the general asgrega,e OF character and ser
vice and pubc life, over and above and other than
that supremacy Of intellect unmatched among the
living OF earth, that Wisdom 50 trained and - unia
ing, that patriotism which has thought 1t little %
give It's whole lie 10 its country, there not
over and above all these things which make up
the admitted reputation Of MIR. Webster, and oc-
cur TO every man with every mention of his
name Are there some speciac and particular
reasons on which he may TINS day preSent
ease which no man living besides, an present n
the favorlns judgment OF the people OF America
In the first place fello .cltizenS2nt do nol lei the
fofmallty OF that apparent eNortium tcrrN with
the prospect OF lab0rtd spesch--do We do any III
justice 10 any other public man IN America when We
etand here proudly and We are confident Justly, and
ash the American nation. H. amoae all the eminent
and able within il bordcrS, there Is one who IS
able 10 prove strong under circumstances IN every
respect 50 trylng-thst AZ possesses tina, civil
wisdom which oiscerns the things which pertain to
our peace and 10 the continued existence Of
cur country as a whole ON the one hand. and that
civil courage on the other hand which daIes nj tae
hazard OF more than HE, 20 carry that civil wisdom
INTO practical action tApplalsel | know very
well recognize ia the pubic addresses TO which
we have listened o-day, YOU do that in that cor
a,cs o. une xamplcd violence witch his iasi naSSea
md haFx itk ha ~
row. between the two great anas Dnstic sections of
she country, for the PARTITION, II | may - speak of
sns great territory which fortune and yaIor and pol
cy nas lNst added 10 our western and southwest
EN- ooundary-l recognize in that conA.c, alone
eth any quantity OF INSANITY and folly ana dis,rar
tioE and fanatciSm, recognize very splendid dis
play, by many OF our public men, OF hrmn.ss and
wisdom which entities them 10 The elcrna honor OF
all the ages OF this Republic presented in The lam
2uage OF that address all 10 the Cabinet and Con.
grcss Of Compromise be honor this DAY and tpr
accorded. applause And YET Is there one pa9lc
man IN Americalei Us be lust, aud let Us no, fear
that We shah be extravag1nt-thai has pefled IN
ehis great contest what Daniel Webster has periled,
when on the sih OF March, 1850, aNer profound and
anxious survey Of the times, as,er profound and
comprehensive study a, the proper sources of eyi
uenoe, the state and tendency OF the paOc on mon of
the South and Soufh-weS;, after weighing IN the BAL
ance OF that imperial intelligence. with ,he impar-
naiisy OF ihs judgment Of the dead the relajige
Chains OF The tao great Antasonistic regioas
OF the country, when after such s,uiy aad
survey as that BE had adopted The conclusion TIA. IN
less the wnoie Consultation was executed We N MD
no longer have assurance OF the country Nhal
Sns man IN Amerea rose NJ to declare that opiaiOc
and devote himself practically TO It's practical "a.
forcemcni, and in the face OF personal hazards so
,rSmendoas as those by which ne was enyigone6
Wn9 knew better than he that DAY how easy II
would have been for ten thOusand,h ,ths NJ .S,ss
Sssase aoinces, 10 have organized Free SOFT pir-
=, ,s Ss'I nee State sscuons>sa. and pu, himself AZ
w. ~ y. az OF and made his fortune BY that ac,
~ sne PUBLIC men in Congress represented such
az o.s..uency as he Who aud sueh a local pubic
opinion 70 so back TO Was ne not Northern man
~ every ne N and n,e Did he 10, perfectly know
~. ~. No,sth opinion Did he not know II
hing he knows better than The conS,,ntion D,5
&c not know very well that some few wears so I
aassas husetts acting m cooperation with too mesv
~ me nee states, passed law, FAR as might he
q nnihiy the Legislation Of Washington in i-es /
Ncs On any suall and low technically OF ob,e,,io,