Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-15

the hiG banner and we would advance that banner dn0
the Presidential conflict representing high tatesmas-
ner that would address itself to- the Of patriotic
men of eli parties and even defeat under such banner
would he bettvr for the seuntgy than victory under ban
forgotten that tie esct to be produced upon the pubic
opinion and potca aorslss of the csunrys question
far more important than the defeat Of any
Nominats Fillmore or webster and every partisan
tor who speaks every political editor who writes IN sup
port Of your cndiats will be compelled by an inexora
Bile political Necessity to defend and maAtan that glorious
national constitutional pstforn formed snd erected by
their official acts ana these Influences wo tend power
fully eradicate foz the hearts and minas Of the peos
pie every feeling and conviction TO theUnion
engendere by the hforunate ssctiona controversies
which have disturbed the harmony of our country for
some wars past liz the other hand the Presidential
canvass shall b. shapedc the adsesselms u policy
Your partisan orators and editors viii esy IN
appeals passions and pre5ulicesg geograrh
Cal parties will be formed the North demanding teres
peal of thesuive slave aws the South
insisting upon afaishfur obseryanco ofths compromises
and theg Coustitutisn and God alone knows what dan
gers, what woes whatra may be brought uponths
country reed esd ysnom odpq sat 10 eggtbnsqx9 sd
Heathful waters cannot flow from poisoned fountains;
apdi we permt the NEXT Prssdentia CanSassto he
shaped aB opponentsof Mard Flnore desire, pubs
Iicophion, the fSunain from which dow the of this
Government Ml becorraptedand denatUnalized, andia
Heosrof p6ca evils win overflow the iand OBJ nj hood
for FILLMORE orWebsterts Though assembled here
to- express your preference for Mard Azhors yon will
Lam re disdain to bs inauenUed any nnrTow feeling
Of jealousy rivalry that wou prompt you to withhold
Justice from anel Webster, who has been oriously
associated with Mr. Fillmore through all thetryng
Of his aAinpistrston sand trust you will not be dis
pleased With whom Ieclaretha but the fact that
Mr. Fillnored was mn the gKast position oand
therefore responbiMty2 but fOrthe fact that
Iodhgis hoHuSient reaso for passing Hv Mr. Rnlmora
my bs given and sincerely
the nomination and election Of anieh Webster as the NEXT
President of theUntedo StatesI o Applause But high
and honorable asis thsoee Of President itmay
whether thHt high pyramid
oflW ebsoers fancy Inesx perchance, during his ndmi
istratisn the republic should brought intoasuch d
oulties another opportunity for ato defend
the Constellation and SAFE the Unions His glory Is not
dependant nPon the Of reach
S SR ssy III aa
him to He his genius his
eloauence and statesmanship the literature and Ian
guage of his country land 80 long asthat literature lives
long that language shall bespoken the American
youth through all coming generations will look to his
public fe speeches. and writings as the true sand
ards Of eloqaence and wisdom and with
and orator Of his age applause. every
riyule that enptes into the mississippi In its course to
the ocean deepens, and and gives additional
strength To- that river, 80 oil the coming ages Of
time viii brighten and make more glorious the fame OF
Webster until the stream Of time shall be lost the ocean
Of eternity Appanse oefIn 8girte roa1sgos gi5 3Hg
Fellowcitizens have duties and obligations to fulfill
requiring up to- the exigeneies Of the time
live III With all our powers and Abilities The destiny Of
country its constan and rapid increase and tie evils
that would befa us II the who would divide
its different sections and them against each other
should have sway, then most fprciby dwell by
the eloquent speaker who made here earnest appeal
those who heard him to forward their
try from this danger and feel that they called to
high to discharge their duty ~ efectng It,
Felow-cizens his remarks toa close,
little more than there died, at the seat Of
Government distinguished South Carolina statesman or
man of lofty and devoted TO the South and her
a1ak&ow he
devoted to the formation Of Southern party to defend
peculiar Institution, not deemin it safe for Us
fog projection to Northern brethren No man. pos
sby ~ his personal character and Qualities was more
pure and upright than John c. Calhoun stood high
the estimation of the Southern people and yet the
South repudiated his counsel and rejected his Lead be-
cause they thought " tendency was t. dsgniop North
If there any Northern man who wishes, by fomentng
sectional prejpdices and divisions to Gen. Scott
Of attaining the Presidency for himself four years
pie q the South II rsppdatis. q q course that
would lead to an D now Of the Union fCheers, and
cries Of Il They will hey Will Tennessee, can
sure you my friends feels deep interest in the North
and its prosperity ia hostile feet your harbor,
if foreign army beleaguered your city, the people of
Tennessee would to your rapidly steam
boats and railroads could bring them, and they would
fight as valany and die freely for your defence and
protection as they did the plains New Orleans or
the streets of Monterey. Will you ALLEVIATE them Gres
of No1 They ask nothing you but that the cmisti-
tuition which Is common buwark, shall be preserved
in its integrity and they will be content permit me 70
say with nothing Less Voice They shall have II !]
If the Vaccinations Of unpncipled aspirants shall prove
successful the dangers warded off by the Compromises
viii return upon us in all their weight These measures
whatever may be said upon the subject for ctous pur
poses fnaes unless the fugitive slave law shall be
made exception The act for the reclamation of fugi
tive slaves but the re-enactment Of constitutional
provision without which the constitution cond never
have been adopted and if it be observed the Union
be sustained The eloquent speaker then renewed
his appeal for the nomination the man known to be in
favor Of these measures instead of one not committed
thereto and thus the arguments and the struggles be once
more re-opened he then left the stand amidst the most
enthusiastic applause and the vast assembage dispersed
Furcbno oiai ao5.Jho7l7- sgOye-q sstGts 59jaJ
70 soiaa 10 SPEECH OF Mn. BR00Ks.rod'Ik ,bsh II
4 I, Hon JAMES Brooks, of New York, addressed
the meeting substantially as follows: url "a iasgerd
~ He had been Of late he sad welEabused man, but
abuse came because be had been faithful the great
national interests of the city he had represented in Con-
gres and because he would be faithfuI to them and all
parts Of our common country Among many beautiful
epithets bestowed upon him was that dough face
but he consoed himself with the reflection that greater
dough face had gone before him. who Thought more Of
bis country than Of sectionap that vas pa John
Adams When John Hancock, ~ was supposed. desired
to be commander inchief of the army OF the United
States well other then Of the
rrnies al Boston, old John Adams saw 10 then Virginia
stripping Of no great renown beyond what he won on
Braddooks field, the stuff Of what he thought would
make general Besides, he wished to bring IN the
Southern colonies to the defence and protection Of New
England So overlooking John Hancock and NIL the gene
rails then in command hbout Boston, he picked out this
Virginia sttpuipeg and on bis motion George Washing