The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-02

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history Of tho country that his biography Tor the
sh. sy COMMITTEES. o1 NJ WEBSTER sad
he presumed that In Of his nomination, measures
would b. taken TO Affect al parties wings and demo.
him. And he believed that that Influence sx-
tsntive than they imagned Many would saernos their
tend 70 make spsech and therefore spo,oxscd for
ing consumed SO much Of their time.
Mr. CHEsrER Dxioos next addressed the meeting. He
advertisements in the papers-no bands Of uudo "a
attract people but merely met to dscuss matters He
Ssy Woud s wSs1s
men were. no had the good tor..:ne to be horn
poor boy and he always lose to patterns and
could not be silent In this Since no
ast here he had met hundreds Of influential men, who
M 10 him briggs. we thought you were wrone-ve
know yea are ryhtgo on" lie was also out IN the
Villages o. n h.S sas to b N Ss o0s and
wen give him votes" lie felt that as this was the
lat opportunity to make him President it would be dis
graceful TO them If they did not avail themselves Of it.
Applause lie was happy to hear the remarks of his
friend from Pennsylvania. and would be happy to hear
remarks from Other gentlemen He not man for
making speeches. but he working man, and in this
cause he was determined to work (Applausc.)
Mr.. } j: Norr, Of Albany, then took the floor. The
ability Of Mr. Webster settled matter; it was no
longer open question: and the only question that
before them that Of availability II asserted he
could not DO elected President Of tho United States
hence did they derive that Information and what
the cause OF hs non-ayaiablity! Was it for want Of
qualification That could not be. Was it that no
dcmagcgue No. None could him Of dems.
gognsm lie sprung from the people and his heart has
always been in unison with tho people, and 1t therefore
could not be that hc was not a popular man. How did
they know that any man available candidate?
Gen. scott for instance. Was it not that his great
vces identified him with the glory Of the country VAST
also with Daniel Webster though he was not
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not be Visited in after ages without men assocating
with it the Grafton pronounced by him upon it-nor
would the Bunker Hill monument be known longer than
his eloquent address thcrefrom lie considered that he
not only available but the most available in the
Europe naturally attached themselves to the democratic
party thinking that eonservati synonymous with
dcspotsm This was great danger to the party but in
the case OF Mr. Webster there exception and in
that respect ho the most available Daniel
Webster recently. in the senate OF the United States
showed to the people of this country that he emil
pentiy the peoples man. lie had been held up to
th- community the friend of the merchant, aud in
different to the interests Of the poor man. and yet
ne left the records Of the Senate of the United
states one Of the wisest acts which any statesman
performed. He alluded to his having amended
the distribution of the public lands among the poor He
aware that the of agraranism had been raised
but he wanted to know it agraran to let the
poor Man SOW and the lands of the country than to
allow the bears and wolves to roam over It! Every
knew that the sympathics of the American people
with the Oppressed nations Of Europe. With them there
FORE Nr Webster popular and they honored the
who thu celebrated Iusemann letter They
the foreign policy Of this country must he managed and
guided In such would rebound to their hsnOr
and glory, and they think that tho who completed
tho treaty with Great britain and settled the Cuba
ton and other important matters the above all
others who able to guide this country applause
To the shores Of this country tending emgrans not
only from Europe. but from tho scm-civized nations
who skirt the Pacific Providence placed them
in this world that they had to make perpetual struggles
to spread civilization the world Who did not
that with the desire spread republican institutions it
was matter of Importance that of comprehensive
intellect should be placed this republic Whence
Cxme the Japan expedition He would not confident
~ but it his firm belief it from the honora-
Bile the Secretary Of State Applause The speaker
lated some incidents tending to show the popularity Of
Mr. Webster, and which drew down great applause.
lie satisfied there who could al
lay the asperities of parties MIR. Webster. If
there was anything to prevent the election OF
Mr.. Webster, in of his nomination he would
attribute 1t not to his unpopuarity but to those who
procssed to be- erceence the friends of Mr. Webster
Hc wanted to know Why they had not attended the pr
mary meetings. but had shown the utmost apathy. If
there any who should attend primary meetings
OF property should. And if they had done their
duty Daniel Webster might be the trump
didate OF the wing party One thing certain-it
would require hcrculean effort to nominate Daniel
Webster, and if no is nominatedthough he is avaia
be and popular man-stil it would require long pull,
strong pull. and pull altogether. (Appause).
MIR briggs moved That the Secretary be requested to
wait on Hon Murray Hoffman and request him to ad-
dress this meeting next Tuesday evening.
The meeting then adjourned to Tuesday evening
next.