Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-04-24

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We received last week, d letter eigned
by a large number OF known aud ia,ror.
tani citizens Of New York, urging the.
claims Of Daniel Webster TO the conf.
denee Of the wing party,
This letter ttaies that the object of the
%sipBers IL 10 secure hfstthe nomination Of
Mr.. WHbster by tile wing convention, aud
second, his election II sets forth.lh Il tefse
aud energetic manner, the claims Of Mr.,
WEBSTER TO The support Of tlie wings
throughout the Uuion. Il respectfully 80.
lieila The support Of the wings Of this
plaue for Daniel W~ebater-sthtss that he
liaa for tliiay years unla ultefibgly adveea-
ted republican principles, aud largely eon.
tf,buted 10 tue renown of lbs country.
IN reference to the foreign policy Of the
nation. Il advefts to the critical state oil
the world hs follows
nTnttle countries Of continental Turore,
with few exceptions, every attempt TO ca
tabliali t,epalaf institutions has failed, and
liberty has been crushed by military pow.
or. Recent intelligence assilfes Ma that
france aud Austria are combined 10 tles.
troy the independence Of Switzerland, TN.
der The tttstenue that she liatbnra political
r%eFageer. The ray Of civil aud religious
freedom which shoots from ilIe small aud
simple communities composing this intefa
esting, country was insignificant when Eli.
rope was possessed ofegaal l%feeaambut it'a
d beacon iii these times, 10 the nations that
eli iii darkness, How, then, must the ~.
fants VI le aovetn those regions regard The
light which burma from the Great Republic
Of the world, aprfosimat'ng neafer TO
them every day, by the power OF Steam
and Improvement ID the MT Of navigation I
In the events that may be anticipated,
il IL Of the tast Importance that the In.
eeutise Head ef The United States should
thoroughly understand tie iighta Of the
Republic as one Of tho family of nations,
and uphold them. Such a man is Daniel
Webster, and such the Government OF
every civilized nation Of the world knows
him to be. m "a @
The principles Of the Statesman WHO
made the speech on the Greek Revolution
thirty years ago, and wrote the letter ID
Chevalier tInlsemati, arc. well known far
beyond the mits Of his own country.
> "Mf Webster IL the oldest aud most
distinguished member Of the Wig party,
now OH the theatre Of action, he has al.
waya, not Only upheld Its principles, but
has advocated before The people with un4
surpassed ability, every nominee of that
party for the Presidency His popular
addresses In 1910, "a, aud As, in sup
port Of General Harrison. Mr. Clay, and
General Taylor, will last as long AZ the
English language shall be spoken or read,
and eloqnouce shall have adrniress.'
As WHY'S, aud as American citizens,
we endorse all Of this. We should he
proud to see Mr.. Webster. occupy the
Presidential Chair, and we feel that we
utter the sentiments OF every whig Of
Louisiana. when we say, that should the
wllig National Convention nominate him,
he will receive the eerdial support of the
whole wing party of Louisiana, that he
stands second only to Willard Fillmore. as
the choice Of The whigs-rthe recent State
Convention declared this TO be the senti
ment of the whigs. We sincerely hope
that there viii be no clasliiug Of The friends
OF Messrs, Fillmore and Webster indeed,
we do not sec how such eau be the case,
the friends Of the one are the friends Of
the othee and the same argumen.s which
will be urged in fatorof the Que, can with
equal force he urged IN favor OF the other ;
E EE H- n.y. N EffN
and the same opposition which will BE-
made to the one, will be made TO the other.
Let the friends OF 10th then meet, and,
after Weighing well the prospects, Of the
two distinguished men, decide among them
selves to which one of them shall be con-
lidea the standard of our party.
In view DC the fact that the wing State
Convention has already given expression
TO their choice, any attempt to create a
purely Webster feeling must be aboftive.
and its tendency be to weaken the strength
of our par,y--this we cannot do. The
letter is signed by a, c Kingsland, MAY
or of the city OF New York; Robert b.
Minturn. Jno. C. Green, NJ. III. GrinnelI,
James Harper, Morgan Morgan. iona.
than Sunrges, w. w. Webb. L. Al. Tall
madge. and others, all prominent mel.
1Rumor is a pipe,
Blown BY sarmises, jealcusies, conieetnres,
And OF SO easy and so plain = stop.
That the blunt monster, with uncoanted heads,
The still discordsnt wayering multitude,
Can NAV upon il.