Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-01-11

i was vetoed. \, Mr.. Clay al once denounced
i the President oihe indignaiion ef his parry
.land. a @hiflwind Of obloqpy and delesIaliot
was a. once aroused, before which "a. mucl
FsitongsF sPiril Than idanl = ylsr's woulc
H have been forced 70 bsna. y Mr.. Webster
itwho was nor Tree from suspicion that per
tsoRaI pSEbilionT 2 1fhd qTi Slf, M Clay Asf
quile as much Ia crusade as re-
i Egatd siorlho pubic 90 " more c9afdss,
sIthah success endeayored 70 east he storm
I He was earnest and sunrei Nlag M his ~
Efof@to bring ths W Higs into d NOR ;lql;ss
an. and compliant mood, All q gathering 2
IEib9 leading Mhiey df Congress, had Al HI:
Fowp house, he slrohgl y urged tipoh Them llht
folly OF throwing away all HE results OF ths
lgsfEdr Poputaf vicl6ry they had gdined be-
catise they had been disappointed ID "a sin
Fgteu measure, and lhat, too, one Of question
able necessity and expediency. His effofI
were uhavailing. The thunder Of Mr. Gays
Recommendations drowned his tones ,of. remon
Islrance thewhole Wing sentiment. Of .lht
country swayed respondent 10 hisiempest
IuousE wrath. MI. Websier's colleagues il
The Cabinet Indignantly rendered their res
tisnalions, h0rling al The President, as The,
Ileh,,' he mos, dishonoring charges Of party
fahhlessness and personal falsshood, ~ s.ei
F'' Strong in'the conviction or the feciitqdt
Of his own purposes, unwilling 10 yield Il
What he deemed; a iransien., ebullitioh q
popular feeling, and profoundly penetrated
Eb5y,' 'the Importance Of pending negotiation.
with foreign. powers, Mr.. Webster deter.
mined, against The most resolule enlrealies
of his political friends, 10 retain his seat
land he did 50 retain il for about Two years.
For this he was severely censurel BY the
fgfeat Body Of the Wing party, and especially
By The adherens Of MI. Clay, who were mo-
lover charitable in lhe construction they. .pp
upon his motives, or in The epitheislhey ap'
lplied 70 his conduct During his continu
Iance ii Office, State Convention Of The
Wings Of Massac huseils assembled in Bos
ton, 10 nomirale candidates for Governor
md Lieutenant Governor, at the Stale cleo
zion. Hon. Abbott Lawrence presided oyel
rs deiiberaiions, and series Of resolutions
were adopted, expressing, in strong terms
disapprobqlion of the course OF Mr.. Tyler
and declaring on behalf OF the1 Wings oil
Massachusetts, q a'luIp and final separation
fff6m the President 81 the Upited SSlales.'
fNot1ong afterwards, Mr. Webster Being On
tasisifto Boston, Was rendered by ne Wigs
Emahy of wliom HAD been prominent in ,he
tGonvention, fhe compliment OF dipublic din.
nersD He declined the dinner, bu{expressed
nsHiIlinSn ess To- meet his fellow. Citizens a
IFanetiip iiall 4 Iis meeting was appointed
fioi pa. 81, 'and was attefidcd ~ al IN:
lYnehse cohcoursB of the people Of Boston
Hon. Jonathan Chapman, Mayor, Of The
tchypresided; and upon presenting Mr..Web-
fstet ID The assembly, addressed him with
eloquent compliments for hisplblic services
tbut with special alIdson TO what he styled
the "pointed meaning Of the. OCCASION
tHe ihauked him for The honorable attitude
PHI which, $50 far eas his department. was
Econcerned,i, he had placed his country before
The world! We are sure" said he, "what,
ever may befall the country, thai you will
be ever ready to sacrifice everything for hel
'good, save honor, and on tha, point, anids
The perplexilies Of these perplexing times
I've Shall be al ease; for 'ye Know that be
iwh5 has 50 nobly maintained his country;
Ehonor, may safely be entrusted with hi'
own" Mr. Webster opened hisreply wilt
lone Of those exquisftely beautiful sentences
(which are scattered so prolusely Throughout
This speeches. ~ know not how lis, Mr.,
4 Mayor" said he, s'6ui ihcre is ssomelIling in
lihe echoes Of these walls, OF in this sea o
fupturned faces which | behold before me, o.
in the genius thar always hoyersl over thi.
place, tanning ardent and patriotic feeling
| by every motion Of lis wings know no
| how ii is, but there IS something thal excitei
I me strangely, deeply, before even begin,tt
speak" Recurring then TO the history 9
i his life, 10 his iabors in their midst, and K
,lhis. public services in the various positions
he had been called to fill; after q, clear, con
4 densed s,atemenl Of The diplomatic ldborsi il
which he had been engaged, he referred di
! Irec,ly to lhe remark Of the Mayor, that b,
1mgh. be safely entrusted 20 lake care hi
own honor and reputation. '.Iy am" saic
u he, "exnctIy Of his opinion Fam quite 0
opinion thai, on a question touching my owl
lIhohor and character, as am 10 bear th'
!, consequences Of the decision, i had a grea
deal better be trusted 10 make II. No maj
i.Ifeels more highly the advantage Of the ad
i vice Of friends than do; but on a question
J SO delicate and imporlanIfas tliat,. ! like i
; choose myself The friends who are 10 Civ
me advice; and upon this. subiect, gentle
men, T shall leave you as enlightened as
| found yon," With this rhlher unpromisin
3prelace, he proceeded 10 remark upon III
\ E''outpouring of wtath'' 10 which he had bee
! 4Sdbiected for femaining in the President
J. iICabfnet. He was a little hard TO coax, b..
4 as 10 being driven, thai was out ofsihe qdes
,hion.p He had chosen % trust 10 his ow
j Judgment, eaid thinking he was ut a pos
81 where Ne was ii The Services OF his scountt
1la6d could do n good, ne had staids there
Again aPol6gizihg for en.ering upon topic
|. on, which his, opinions smight be ,diferen
from those Of his AUDIENCE, he ciled The res
: olnlioDs passed "by, ihe most .respecIpbl
i Convention Of Whig dsieguies, which ha
mel il, Bpsigala fey days before. He % 10
! liosd among Them al aideclarelion, made 3
of i6e Wings Of lhe SIRley a'sssip
} and. Anal separation from the President,
J ,aWhigs .bad. a gightto speak their indiyidus
] nigh. assume 10 speak for Others on q Poil
( on which those. Others had given ihem o
\ tlaulhoFiiy,s IS. pholher question. ~ am
ilWhid. !" said he-s-ss have always been
1tVh;c and II ofvave ~ tll be one: and fher