Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-07-17

offered her exemption from all rigid enactments II
had offered her free trade unrestricted by colonial lers
laon If it had offered her twenty In her House Of
Commons and two hundred nobemen, she would have re-
jected them all I.1 Good] She went for prncple sIa
went for America If America could free herself sbe
wished to be free and if America to be subjueated
and that was the win of God she willing to be suh
jugated and remain in subugaton until fortunate
| hour should arise for the freedom Of the whole.
Now, gentlemen let dwell that, and any man at
this day who sets up peculiar notions sectional dstinc-
tons who would have believe that her interests are
essentially disconnected from and alien to the interests Of
other members Of this republic is enemy to you is an
enemy to the republican cause and an enemy to freedom
oil over the world. lCries Of good" and cheers
That the original character of Massachusetts, which
learned in early lfe and which inspired with
ration and devotion. think understand 1t. think
Of the great Of that day personally. never saw
John Hancock or Sam Adams, or James Otis. have
known John Adams Robert Treat Paine Ebrdge Gerry,
and some other great men Of that period and have s
tened to them as to oracles teaching young
to the proper performance Of my duties, should
have any public duties to perform.
Well then succeeding to this revolutionary epoch,
the constitutional epoch The necessities Of the country
ut the close Of the showed the necessity Of
constitutional form of than then existed 1t
great thought 1t was, if may say So fear
full experiment It appeared to Of the wsest and
best of Massachusetts 1t appeared to those men, at
the head Of whom Sam Adams that it might be dan
gerous create central Government with authority to
act directly upon the people, and not be obliged to act
man. He saw the necessity Of such Government, and
he yielded to it, and in yonder old State HouseI be-
ieve was in the Old Southhe gave his vote for it.
think behold him now in his half Quaker Dress with
his broadbrim hat his cane not less than Eve
feet long, and after all his discussion and all his doubling
crying out "Aye and the whole assembly echong the
shout Of rejoicing. [Cries Of "Good."]
The constitution went into operation and the country
had the good fortune to place Washington at the head of
affairs. You all know how it revived every thing. Mas
sachusetts went under that Constitution sacrificing her
peculiar rights to the general good and letting the Govern
men Cypress her commerce. which was than the
Of every other State in the Union three times
yielding the whole to the best interests of the Gov
And she has from that day to this experienced
rich reward for all she sacrificed by the protection
which that Government has afforded her by uphoding her
flag all the world and instead of holding up her
venerable Indian with the bow and arrow maintaining the
stars and stripes from and river river
r" Good y and cheers
There great in that day of constitutional
thority, many of whom have heard. There Cabot
and Sedgewck and Sewall and Goodhue and Ames, and
other persons connected with the administration Of Wash
ington. There Eustis and Samuel Dexter all emil
and distinguished in their day and generation
Now by this time the people Of this Commonwealth had
been formed into parties and different sentiments divided
them in relation to the public of the General
Government and different sentiments prevailed in respect
to the administration of affairs at home Rival candidates
put forth for Offices and sometimes succeeded
and sometimes another Various attended
rous party down the period of 1925 when
my fortune for the good evil of the country to
Webster bowling, 81 thank you"
Now, let say that down to that period that is fifty
years from the period Of Independence there in
all the parties in Massachusetts, from Berkshire to Cape
Cod, to be found with the slightest tncure Of dis
union sentiment about him. Cheers There was not
man who was not willing to thank God daily that had
been successful in establishing such Government and
which had secured such eminent degree Of
perity And when went to Congress from the city of
Boston, there not in Congress who entertained
dsunion feelings and if it had been he could not have
held his place hour after the people had had the OPP
portunity to act upon it.
Now, gentlemen, that was Massachusetts when came
into her councils in 1928 That the Massachusetts,
which embraced, and which did me the honor to en-
brace That was the Massachusetts, which honored
historically from the Revolution downwards.
The character of nations and of cities, gentlemen is
made out of facts 1t is not the porraiture Of the PEN
Gil much is the narrative of the PEN History tells
what she when she did me the honor to call me
into her service and in that character honored her. and
still honor her. if not the first among the first of all the
true patriotic Union States viii not say she asrsms
pares but win say she not secndus inter pares
If she did not go before Others others went be-
fore her.
This being the character of Massachusetts this her at
tachment to the Constitution and the Union with some
differences of sentiment to State and national politics.
but after all the ruling sentiment being attachment to the
Constitution attachment to the Of American liberty
attachment to that great grincpe Of that first
made America what she sths being the characteristic
of the State entered into her service with all e deyo
ton of heart and gave to it whatever ability had
NOW, Renuemen, from tnat Ume-Ir0m the ume en-
tered into the Congress Of the United States the wish
of the people of Boston-my Of political life is
known to you all do not stand here to night to apollo
gise for it. lCres, You don't need it'll Less do
stand here to demand any appreciation leave it all 70
my country to poster and the world to say whether it
will will stand the test of time and truth [Cries,
at WILL it will . and loud cheers.
Now gentlemen, have only to say to you that at my
present time of life likely to adopt any sudden
change What have been propose to be. No man can
fOresee the occurrences Of future life profess to fore
nothing The future is distant the present is own,
and for the present content with expressing my ut
most gratitude to you and of my perpetual
regard. IL
But ought to thank you little more particularly for
this generous spontaneous oupourDg of such multitude
to greet me. thank you for your civic processionfor
all the kindness of individual citizens many Of whom are
known and many Of whom especially the young,
known to me- ought also TO express particular debt
Of gratitude the military who have accompanied Us as
escort You oil know gentlemen it is not my fortune TO
be or have been successful military chieAin Laugh
ter and applause am nothing but q pains-takng
hard working drudgng cvilian-Tvoce "You are Daniel
Webster, and that's enough, 1giving my life, and my
health and my strength to the maintenance of the Con-
stituton and the unfolding according to the best of my
ability under the Providence of God the liberties Of nv
country. GGreat applause md cheers
After reviewing the troops, and shaking hands with
many persons Mr. WEBSTER returned to his carriage and
under the escort Of the Lancers proceeded the Revere
House. His reception here was enthusiastic and
he called out by the multitude that had assembled to
greet him. He returned thanks in few remarks
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