Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-11-23


lion Of Mr.. Dallas, then Secretary Of the
Treasury. The bill contained provisions
10 which grea, opposition arose. Ii required
The reservation Of n Bank capital OF fifty
millions of dollars; Of which only five mil.
lions were TO be in specie, and ,he remainder
in The deprecated Government securities;
with an obligation ,o. lend Ihiry. millions for
The use Of the Treasury. With these pro.
visions, The bill had passed the Senate, and
was sen, 10 the House. Itwas warmly dis.
cussed.. Mr.. Calhoun and Mr.. Webster
were among its opponents. Mr.. Webster
deemed The projecl useless and pernciouS.
He denounced il as mere paper.money
con,rivaDce, which was calculated 10 injure
the people, 10 increase the financial embar.
rassmenis Of the Government, and 10 bring
discredil upon the country. The bill, as
Originally reported, was finally negalived.
A reconsideration was then moved, and the
bill was amended in several important par.
liculars. A specie.paying Bank was planned,
and received the support Of Mr.. Webster,
and those who had opposed SO s,renuously
the original draft. In its improved shape,
the bill passed, and was sent 10 The Presi.
den. for approval, bu, Mr.. Madison returned
j. to the House with his objections, and the
subject went over for that session.
The adjournment Of Congress left Mr..
Webster al liberty 10 resume his professional
occupations, and enabled him 10 pay ,ha.
degree Of attention to his personal affairs of
which they had stood in need during his
long absence from home. In the month Of
January, 1914, he had sustained a heavy
loss, in the destruction Of his house q, Ports.
mouth, by the great fire that visited TIM,
place. Not remarkably rich in ;he goods OF
this world at that period, Mr.. Webster's
finances suffered serious blow by this dis.
aster, and he began 10 agitate The question
Of removing his family either TO Albany or
Boston. This removal was effected in Au.
gust, 1916. Mr.. Webster was we'll known
in Boston as a citizen and professional
man. He was cerain Of warm well
come among old friends, and saw many rea.
sons why he should return TO the field in
which he first stepped forward. His prac.
,ice in the Courts Of New Hampshire was
never resumed, excepting in the celebrated
case Of Dartmouth College, tried in Sep,em.
Der, 1917. ....z,
- lbis esuss. .iarolvea aSonsusulional 5 ques.
ftions, and engaged the attention Of Mr.. Web.
s,er for considerable period. The sLegis-
atufe Of New Hampshire, had passed Ger.
tain ac.s, purporing TO enlarge and improve
The Corporation Of the College, and TO amend
its Charter. The trial was 10 ,es, the ques.
tion whether such acts could be binding up
on the Corporation, without i.s consen,.-
Mr.. Webster, espousing the cause Of the
Corporation, argued with his usual ability
upon the unconsli,usionali,y Of The aetion o
, the Legislature. Upon an adverse opinion
Of the New Hampshire court being rendered
, writ Of error was sued ou, by The Corpo'
ration, and the cause was removed to ,h.
Supreme Coun Of the United States. The
, argument took place before all the Judges
, in March, 1878; Mr.. Webster and Mr.. Hop
I kinson appearing for the plaintiffs in error
and Mr.. Holmes and the Attorney Genera
!. Of New Hampshire in opposition. Tht
| question involved in the case was new II
/ American Jurisprudence, and eliciled spen
! did display Of forensic ability from the op
8 posing counsel. The argument Of Mr.
: Webster served 10 place The matter in il,
( true light, and Judge Story at las. coincidec
!. with his colleagues in declaring The acts o
!. The Legislature invalid, and reversing ih
= decision Of the Superior Court Of Nev
e Hampshire. .l
e When Mr.. Webster removed 10 Boston
d he had one session TO serve in Congress, a
# Representative from New Hampshire. Tn
;. proceedings Of that session were unimpor
Is ,ant. AT lis close, he retired 10 his praclic
. in Boston, where for two years, he was pei
j. milled 10 repose, in the exercise Of the du
|. ties Of private life. He was moi, however
d allowed any longer respite. He was 500
e urged by friends ana political admirers I
J.. become candidate for Congress for tn
10 third time; but he sieadfas.ly declined ih
II offer. An offer Of election 10 the Senate {
Al the United States was rendered him by hi
10 friends in the Legislature; but this was ais
10 declined. Devoted 10 his profession. he ha
al no wish 10 Withdraw from IL. Earning
is competency by his legal aiIainmenls, he d'
Of sired no honors other than those which q
o, ached 10 good citizen and an honest mai
.. The community insisted more strongly VI
re on pressing him inlo The public service. Il
as served for short time in the Legislator
er was chosen one Of the Presidential Electo
nd Of Massachusetts in the canvass which r
b. suited in tho reelection OF Mr.. Monroe, sr
ng was delegate 10 The Convention called
lr. revise the Constitution OF the Commo
n, wealth in 1891. In that Convention, N
q: Webster took prominent parl--consIiI
i'm Ional argument having become his (ort
IS. His principal arguments we're devoted to /,
10, subjects Of oa,bs Of Office, the division
no the State into Senatorial Districts, and 4
nj, appointment, Of Judicial officers by The E
in ecutive. ,.s. AZ, .4,.s .i,a a q.s, ~,
ng In The Fall Of l8a2, after most presSi
,p. solicitation, Mr. Webster yielded his conse
'rk to run again for Congress. A commilu
no. consisting Of Col. Thomus H. Perkins, w
Siurgis, Vim. Sullivan, John T. Aplho
,ss and Daniel Messenger, called upon him
lis apprise him Of his nomination. He did |
ire now decline. He was elec,ed BY one ,ht
We, sand majority over his competitor, Jesse P
ion nam, and again took his seat nihe House
eb- not as member from a rural dislric. in N
he Hampshire---bui Representative from
me City Of Boston, Henry Clay was ag'
.he Speaker. Familiar faces greeted The Wis
iier of The Massachusetts Representative,
ace earnest discussions presently gave scl