The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-30
THE THIRD GREAT SPEECH
HON, DANIEL WEBSTER.
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HIS RECEPTION AND REMARKS AT ALBANY,
&c.. &C., &c.

l The Hon. Daniel Webster has lately made three
| great speeehes-one at Bufalo--ene at Syracuse
and one at Albany We published, several days
ago, the Buffalo address; that delivered at Syracuse
| we have on hand; and the Albany speech we give
to-day. 1t came over Bain's chemical line
THE SPEECH.
OVER BANS CHEMICAL LINE.
| At2 o'clock Wednesday Mr.. Webster was con-
Quoted by Messrs Rice and Porter of the Committee
Young Men, to the platform which had been erected
the courtyard Of Congress Hall and, having seated him
SELF cheers long and loud given by assembled
| multitude.
The Hon. j. G. SPENCER, standing the piazza
Of the hotel Immediately behind the staging erected
for the speaker, announced that at the request Of
the inhabitants Of this city the Hon Daniel Webster
had to address them the condition of
the country and public affairs. lie knew he would
ceive patient and cheerful attention. This
ment was received with renewed cheering
| Mr. WEBSTER tn IN and said
Fellow Citizens-I the honor Of thi; occasion-and
esteem it uncommon and extraordinary honor-to
the young Of the city of Albany and it is my frs
duty to express to these young Of the city Of Albany
grateful thanks for the respect they have
owards me- OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES young men of
Albany, do not mistake YOU your object, your pur
pose proud to take to myself whatever may properly
belong to me, token Of personal and political regard
from you to me. But know, young Of Albany it
is not but the cause is not /, but your generous
attachments to your country-it is not but the
stitution of the Union which has bound your
and mine, and all Of us, for than half century
1t is the that has brought you here to-day
testify your regard towards who to the best Of his
humble ability has sustained that before the
country. (Cheers) Go On, young men Of Albany. Go
on young men Of the United States. Early mind is the
chief prop and supportthe reliance and hopefor the
preservation Of public liberty and the institutions
1t looks forward to long life Of honor dishonor-and
it means by the blessings Of God, that it shall of
honor Of usefulness and in all the professions
and pursuits OF life; and that II shall cosewhen closed
it must be-wth some claim to the gratitude Of the
country Go then-uphold the institutions which
you born. You manly, fearless bold You fear
nothing but to do wrongdrcad nothing but be found
recroant to patriotism and to your country Gentle
men, certainly had expectation Of appearing in
such assemblage this to-day 1t is not probable
for much time to cone-a long time 70 come-I may
again address any large assemblage Of my fellow citi
Gems II should not, and If this were the last to be
among the last Of all the occasions in which / am
to appear before any large number Of the people
Of the country, l shall regret that that
appearance here 1 find myself in the po-
litical eapita-in the greatest, most commercial
most powerful State Of the Union. find myself invited
here by persons OF the highest respectabity without
distinction Of party i consider the occasion
to there such OF the wisest the the
most patriotic aud the most experienced public and pri
vate in the State OF New York Here governors
and judges and x-judges Of high
character and high onand here persons from all
the walks Of professional and private life distinguished
talent and virtue, eminence Fellow before
such an assenibage, and such invitation, feel
bound to guard every sentiment and every expression
to speak with precision such sentiments advance,
and to be careful in all that say, that may not be
misapprehendsd nor misrepresented. am requested,
fellow citizens, by those who invited me hither without
distinction OF party, to signify my sentiments on the
state of public affairs in this country, and the
in question which before This proves, gentle
that, in the opinion Of those who invited here,
there questions sometimes arising which above
an party and all the Influences and considerations, and
interests of party. 1t proves 1t proves that
their judgment 1t whose request stand before you
thin IL time in which public Affairs do in impor
lance above the range Of party and draw to them
interest paramount to al party considerations IL
that be not am here without object and you lis
tening for purpose whatever Then. gentlemen
what is the condition OF public affairs which makes it
necessary-properfor to meet and confer ether
on the state Of the country, What the questions
which are overriding subduing and overwhelming party
uniting honest well meaning persons to patty aside
to meet and confer for the general public veal shall
Of course not enter at length into many
these questons-nor any discussion Of
the public aaarsbut shall endeavor to state
what that condition s-what these questions are-and
pronounce a conscientious Judgment OF my own upon
the whole The last Congress fellow citizens passed
laws called adjustment settlement
laws ntentended to put an end certain internal and
domestic controversies which existed In the country The
laws passed BY the constitutional majority Of both
houses Of Congress. They received the constitutional
the land. To some ell Of them-indeed. to all
Of thsm-at that time there existed and vio
lent opposition None Of them passed without opposition
Government established in each the Territorie.
Of New Mexico and Utah, but not without oppos-
ton The boundary Of Texas provided to be settled
by compromise by that State but without deteru
and violent opposition These laws all passed and they
have now become from the nature Of the irrepcal
BILE II is not necessary that should dctan you with
cussng their merits aud dement's. Nevertheless, gentle
men, dese on this aud on all public occasions in the
mort emphatic and clear manner to declare that hold
some Of these lawsand especially that WHICH provided
for the adjustment Of the controversy with Texas-o
have been essential to the preservation Of the public
peace will not now argue that point, lay before
you the circumstances winch existed ut that time
any ength-the peculiar situation Of things in many
q the Southern States, the fact that many Of those
states had adopted for the separation Of The
Unior-the fact that Texas preparing assert
rights TO territory which New Mexico thought
by right aud that hundreds and thousands tired
Il the ordinary pursuits Of private life, ready
and unite in any enterprise that might open 10 them
even at the rick VI direct conflict with the authority 81
this government say, therefore without going iuto
the argument with any details that in March Of 1850,
when found u my duty to address Congress on these
important topics y was my conscientious belcf-still
with Texas had not been amieaby adjusted there must
have been civil and civil boodshcd and in the
temptation Of such prospect II not fArthings
sequence 70 which standard victory should perch
In such contest took IL for granted that oppose
ton could arse to the authority Of the United States
that would not be suppressed. But what Of that
did not for the military consequences a things-I
looked TO the civil and political STATE Of things and In
quir,d hat would the condition country H. in
this agitated state Of hngs- in this vastly extended
Tut not generally pervsding feeling AZ the SOUTH war
should break out and bloodhed shoud cnsue in tina, ex
| IRENE u the Union That enough for And Il
the chances had been but In * ousand that such
would have been the result should sti have felt that
that thousndth chance should be guarded agsins
| ~ any reasonable sacrifice because, gentlemsn
sanguine as 1 am for the future prosperity o. I'll
| country-strongly ! bsliey. now, after what
has passed aud especially after those measures that u
likely 10 hold togcther-1 yet believe firmly that this
Union. broken, utterly incapable according 20 al
human experience Of being uniteiof being recon
siructed by any chemistry or art, effort or skill
man Then, gcntlomen Iassng from those measures
which accomplished and settled. California Ia In
the Union. and cant be got out; the Texas boundary 4
settled and cant b. disturbed; Utah and New Mexico
territories under provision Of Law. according
oustomed usage In orm and these things may be
regarded settled But then. there another sub
j,c equally agating and equally Irritating which. in