Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-07-01
Unuubl,shed Letter from Daniel webster.

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j The following reply by Mr.. Webster, TO an inyi-
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canS IN Har'toIdA county, Mo, Is puoNsaeo IN
lyolume of personal "reminiscences and sketches, by
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Tread with interests Boston Journal.
Il 2MxRsHr1EIp Oct. s.sts5i
i GENrLEmEs: 1t is a matter Of deem regret TO me
that did NOT receive yonr kind letter Of the 9th
of August iii yerv lste ay. was in tbe noun mn
ltains of New Hampsbife. taking a breath of INV
native air and IL was tbe last of Ane,,st hefnre +
lretufned. I'know not whether. If I bad received
your communication sooner5it yyonld he in INV.
power 10 attend the meeting 10 which, was iuyi.
.sbnt Iesbnnid have heen ahl Ia 6a va sive,,a
more timely answer. - -, - y
1 There can lie no Question that 3tbe temnerance
movement in the United States has done Infinite
gcoi The moral inf ence of The temperance as.
scciations has been 7eyerv,y here felt and always
with beneficial results i a some cases, it is true
the temperance measures have been carried to ex-
cess where they evoked legislative penalties, and
sought to enforce the virtue Of temperance by the
power of the law. To a certain extent thi no
doubt, is justi6able and usefn; but it is the mural
prnciple OF temperance it is the conscientious du-
| ~ which itteaches 20 abstain from intoxicatine
draughs, such as are hurful both to mind and body
which are the great agents for the reformation Of
Your order is q ute right in connecting benevo-
i lenee ana charity win temperance. They may
never debanebed or siun;f;ea whose mind ;s aie
ways active and alert, and who practices self-de-
NAL. Is naturally drawn to consider the deserving
o;c ~ d;sea sed AZ $50 may DC poor OF
LOVE-, PuRITY- and FIpEI1rY. are eonsi,lerel
Christian virtues; aud hope that those "banners''
W , pear these words ior their motto may rise
tbfone this and al other ane no'e miuey
You have invited me- gentlemen. If conf, at
tend the meeting, 10 address the members of your
t ptaet On Tue gieat suolect o. Union. should
nose to continns the nIaciica Of address;s srao,
multitudes of men; yet I could not have refused
to have expressed my opinions on the great topics
Q. tue aay. out Oh inc abundance OF the henrl the
II NAV Won he assured. gentlemen th.+ r ,.tra
highly the opinion you have expressed for my pib-
iic character and conducts and Indulge the hope
%h e my public duties are discharges and, most
ehidfen and NV anu yoat
zens of one great united Republic so long as so
clety shall exist among us. While il live every
eot. IN my power @hStner made IN public or in
Freat end: y s''e ps0i t01 u siia'
am, gentlemen, very resnectfully, YOUR oblig-
ell friend and fellow citizen,
r. aGItSti 4 ~ DANlELs w EBSTER.
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oAf i'AtLA ''' oosfENF l "a
convention was held at Cumberland, Tenn, on
the 1th inst, for the purpose of taking into con.
sderaton the construction of n raiIroad to rom.
| a.. :. 80, 80. = a, ~, :: ,Sfss1i
N'S1 " s p VI. siie oto NV tsets anu W tef
inmate at Charleston, S. c., and at other points.
There were large delegations from Tennessee and
Kentucky. and poodIv number IF s,,ono ona =,
o..,:., 20 49,. - a'e ~
- Gu rom worm osrohha anu Virginia.
ana TWO thousand persons present Resolutions
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