Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-07-24
Poor Dr. Webster.

The corresponding Edi'o- Of the Anti
Slavery S andard symp thiSrs with Il e great
defeated ms follows Since the writing Of
this editorial condolencr, Mr.. Webster hus
been additionally outraged vi II the morking
nil;'r of nomination by ira ,mcnt of the
Naive American party, consisting of twenty
seven pcrspns, all told.
Aud pnor Mr.. Webster. too Bad ms he
is, pud infuuou-ly w. he has behaved, one
may lrpl u very lilrlr pity iur him, IN view oi
th" ignumunus end To wlc'' l- l,ns come.
When the niust niroriui criminal stands on
the drip. ar even When hs ears have hrru
nnllrd Ia tie piilury, rst 60 itself will relax
ittu pity. lie deserves all hc has got, hut
rot irum thosr that have given it to hiu-
Aud The wnN Ia which ihry gave il tn him,
was worse than all To rnll him up irum
lis bed that night, To make tlirm sptrrh,
lis shirt nuilcriug IN tie hrrtZe. tn assure
llwm hr dul'ur mind il A. hoy WHO has
been h0ggrd, assures his pa, fellows iI,nt ltr
Tus not hunt lie size 'ug swrrily that
night! Cr ih JuirB! The jew Apprlln
may believe il ii lc can. thr uiglt that inl.
lowed lie rumluninc day oi his rXirlrure-
forty Years u day which. Instead ni crown
ing him with the s,rrrSs he had hoped and
had been promised, had lrit him disrrownrd,
defeated aud ridiculous, the contempt of all
of whom he was not tie rxrcraliun--tlnl he
was sleeping in pcarr that night! WIN los.
lirves il? No one, who did not believe lac
hud II rlnncr ui nomination aud Oi election.
10 such crrdulily no IiuilI can he 2ul.-
Aud. then, that iupudrnt slvr-huding
delegation which, nlirr rriiising him even
the empty compliment of one South
ern vote, waited on him tn cXiort ut
expression of satisfaction at what they had
dnur Cunning after they had kicked ltIn
over, tu hold ont the iuut TINT had done it ior
him tn kiss Aud he did it, too. Though
hp did iuiiuntr thai it WAS unfortunate that
ihe record would never show the confidence
in him which he was willing To believe they
had. And, now, lay way ui balm iur his
hurt soul. they nrr g0iug in give him what
u dinner! As Il too iudulgrut unurnn com
Snlr~ nn lITrhin that has broken his head, 10y
giving him sonfrlhimg gnnd I" eat. But II
will lac to rn purp'uSe. The dinner viii hc
eaten and forgotten. The fumes OF the
wine will he slept of aud pass away. Bu
the historical fact that, in tiity tllrrr ballot
Jugs, Mr.. Webster got not a single SuuthrIu
vnir, NOT even nllrr il vas hey lnnd II prrad-
venture that Gen. Scott would hr uouinuIrd,
that mct will hr remembered ~ long nS hr
is himself. AEd il il should hr asked why
this should br -, we point io his sprrrh he
fore the Massachusetts Wing Convention in
1913, whirh gave him the vote at Mnssarhn'
set, in the Wing Nominating Convention oi
year, and caused the secession nf CharSlrs
Allen and Henry Wilson. Read that speech,
aud then tlHt at the seventh of hlHrri, 1880.
Could the Shareholders trusi II man, however
hot his breath might he on thcir side, then,
who had blown so very cold upon them n
few brief months before? Ought they Ia
trust him? Did they not rend him like II
hook /? Whatever the Shareholders mny be-
they ARE not J1o,s They know Webster to
hrns Juniils said of Wedderlurn,"a man that
rrruchrrl cannot trust" They refuse To pm,
themselves iu any degree in his power, or
even TO seem willing 10 do 50. Aud they
were wise in their generalion.-E. Q.