Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-06-25
From the National Inteligencerl
Interview between Mr.. Webster and Mis-
sissippi Delegates 10 tho Convention.

Interview betweeh Mr.. webste er and Mis-
sissippi Delegates 10 tho Convention.
portion of the Wing delegation from Missis.
sippi to the late Baltimore Convention, some ten
in number, accompanied by the Hon. Walker
Brooke and several other gentlemen from the
same State, not delegates, Called on Wednesday
iast TO pay their respects to the distinguished
Secretary Of State, at his private residence. The
ae'ega''an was received in the most cordial and
'''enulS manner by Mr.. Webster, and the inter
view was OF most interesting character.
After the presentation, Gen. N r StorLe n
behalf of the delegation, addressed NJ. woh,.on
~ snort ou1 eloquent and appropriate speech
u "hich we nave been favored with the follow.
ing report by gentleman who was present.
Gen. Starke commenced by ASSURING M wal
ster of the unbounded admiration and rasnaot
which was cherished by the Wings Of the South
generally, but especially by those of the State
lhey represented, for his exalted talents and en-
nent public services. He but gave expression.
he said, to what he believed to be the universal
sentiment of every UnIon-loyng citizen of the
South, when, as the organ of his fellow delegates
ne rendered to the great champion of the meas
ures of pacificaton which had given peace and
perpetuity to the Union their warm. earnest.
and sincere thanks for the powerful and efficient
aid he rendered in establishing them as the set
tied policy of the country. The people of the
South felt that to him. as much as to anv man
living, they were indebted for having been re-
leved from all the terrible disasters that would
inevitably have followed the threatened dissolu-
ton OF the federal compact. He further said
that the Mississippi delegation, in carrying out
the instructions of their constituents and casting
their votes in Convention for the present Exec
utive, had been actuated by sincere desire to
sustain the policy and principles of an admins
tration eminent for it's purity and wisdom and of
which the gentleman he had the honor to address
was one of the most powerful and distinguished
supporters. He desired it should be known. as
part of the history of the late Baltimore Conyen-
ton, that nine-tenths of the Southern delegates
were willing, nay, anxious, at any time after it
became apparent that the present patriotic Chief
Magistrate could not concentrate sufficient
strength to secure the nomination, to east their
votes for man equally identified with the
measures of compromise and with the policy and
glory of the administration. They were only
deferred from pursuing this course by the fear
that, in breaking up their phalanx, sufficient
number would go over to other parties to procure
an immediate nomination He would add, that
he, in common with the whole delegation, deeply
regretted that such had not been their action,
regardless of consequences. He felt it matter
Southern delegates, to make this explanation.
In conclusion, he hoped that, if Mr.. Webster
should at any time hereafter determine to com
plete his Southren tour he would honor the citi-
zens of Mississippi by visiting their State He
assured him that within her hospitable borders
he would meet reception from the citizens.
without distinction of party, and from men with
out desire for Office reward, so warm, SO cor
DIAL and so enthusiastic as would excite a lust
faalip Of do i,,t hoo 49,
its recipient
Mr.. Webster responded to Gen. Starke in n
few brief and eloquent remarks. He thanked
the delegation from Mississippi, whom he would
be proud hereafter to number among his friends
for the kindness and consideration that had
prompted their visit. He had no complaints to
make against the action of the Convention, as he
felt that he, probably of all others, under the
was least competent to decide
upon the wisdom of that action. His failure to
receive the nomination inspired him with no
very deep regret, so far as he personally con-
cerned; but the disappointment which some Of
his friends who had taken a warm interest in his
behalf had been subjected to had, he confessed,
affected him deeply. He understood and appre-
ciated fully the difficulties that surrounded the
Southern delegates in the Convention, and as
sured them that he cherished not a single.unkind
feeling for not having been honored by their
NOtSo' ilc IbSIcllcu tuhI IuSlT pOuCy Dau Deen
necessary only because it would write a false
chapter in the history of the country. BY the
record it appeared that in all the numerous bal
lotings the Southren delegates had failed to
cast their votes for him, even after the hope of
success for their favorite candidate had been aban
doned; but the causes that prevented them from
coming to his support not of record. He
supposed he would be compelled TO submit quietly
to this apparent reflection upon his public life;
but STILL knowing the circumstances that intiu-
enced them it did not in the slightest degree af-
feet his feelings towards his Southren friends
lie concluded some general remarks with high
Dulogy upon the character and great conserva-
i've principles of the Wing party, and urged
lpon the delegation the necessity for rigidly ad-
lering to them; for upon their maintenance and
supremacy, he said depended the prosperity and
perpetuity Of our republican government. He
concluded by thanking the delegation in the
terms for their invitation to visit their
State, and assured them that if ever he travelled
% the South, he would certainly visit all the
principal cities of the State, and accept the hos
oitality they so generously rendered.
After partaking Of his hospitality, the dele
CATION took leave Of Mr.. Webster, impressed in
he highest degree with the digniicd courtesy Of
lis manner, the grandeur of his intellect, and the
exalted patriotism Of his sentiments.
The most ambitious oratorical effort made by
Gen. Pierce, while a member of Congress, was