The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-07
a., ,r, WEBSTER AND THE RoBBER.

communication, which we pub
,,sn With pleasure, was handed to us by an es-
,..naa friend aad is intended 10 do l"suce
.,o,s AZ the most patriotic and distinguished
families OF Maryland
The following aaectlete il related by Rev.
Mr.. Mtiburn Of Daaiei Webster:
"0ne nigh before railroads were built, he
was forced 10 make a Journey by privatecon-
veyAace from Baltimore to Warrington, The
ma. who drove he wagon such an ILL
la ,sing fellow. aud told SO many stories of
Tohberies and inurdors, that before they had
gone far Mr., Webster was somewhat alarmed
Al last the wsg'c stopped IN the midst OF
dense wood, when sue man, turning suddenly
around ~ his passenger, exclaimed, ferceiy,
Now, sir, tell me who you are MIR. Webster
from the vehicle, Il am Daniel Webster. mem
Der Of sngress from Massachusetts What.
rejoiaed the driver, grasping him warmly by
the hand. ARE yen Webster Thank God
Thank q ID. Yoa were such an ugly chap
:hat l took you tor II high wayntn.'
a correspondent of the Boston Post cor
reefs Mr., Nilburn's statement aud says
that in Nay, 1919. when NJ. Webster was on
his way IA Washington, the staae-coach in
which he was broke down on the road dozen
or fifteea miles north of Baltimore. lie walked
on ahead 10 the nearest tavern, where the
landlord undertook 10 furnish him 4 convey
ance TO Baltimore and, while waiting, bis at
:en:ion was attracted - a large, powerful
looking man in the bar-room, who seemed TO
pe the gfP2t man VI Tue cToWt. pom inquiry,
he was told tha' this man WIS John Mumaia,
The hatcher, who WAS a conspicuous leader of
the B@itifn IRE riots of isi2, in which the eele-
bra,ed Alexander Hanson. sfterward United
States Senator from Maryland. was badly in
jared; of his friends, Gene sal Iingan
killed and another. General Lee also of the
Revolutionary army, with nine or ten other
gentlemen, lief; for dead. Mr.. Hanson, a leader
OF the Federal party of Mary land, was then
editing the Federal Republican, and being a
mar of great spirit and courage he had be-
come highly unpopular anon the political
party 10 which Mamma belonged, who de-
bounced as an 'epemy OF the country gentle
man whose family Included such men as John
Hanson, fresiden, of The Contiuen tai Congress
and Captain Hansen Harrison, who served as
al III t-de-camp To Washington through the
Revolutionary war; and many other gallant
and distinguished spirits who had rendered
services OF the greatest value to the Country
tOur own iilustrious Grosvenor of New York
and the late eminent Daniel Sheitey of Vir-
giuia- who were intermarried vita the Han
son family, were powerful cham ,ions of the
same parry, and Shefiey's great speech against
the war had produced "A sensation not only in
thus country but in England and on the con-
tinentl The Office of the Federal Repub~
lieah was first attacked by the mob, and WAS
calamity but unavaiiiugly defended BY Han
soa anu his friends, the authorities removed
Them 10 the Iail for protection against abe riot
ers The mob then assaulted and sIormed the
jail, when Lingtn was murdered, and the rest
dreSdfuiiy injured. The Post-affer stating
that, OF course, the name of dumrn;i the lea
der of the riot, was well known all over the
couniry-proceeds
AFTER supper was over the landlord came
IN and anncpneat that a vehicle was ready al
me cooE, MIR. Webster paid for his supper
put On his oyercoat and went out An old
fashioned no-top gig was at the door and Il
man sitting in III and, As the landlord held up
mas Ian tern-for the night 'kas very dark-to
show Mr.. Webster the sr.p into the vehicle,
Mno snouiu ne see Tor lis driver but John
!uunih' nithseii' II W Is too late to turn back:
a h
aconpanion on su IN An occasion-oue who
ma aiiled one man for being FederalisL and
might think wei. To kill another--yeL as he
used to say, ne did not think that any man
coatn put NJ Al easily under the wheel'-he got
IN, ana on they drove for their fifteen miles
miohieht trip. They proceeded al great pace
If so'4ie distance with but little conversation.
ana that of an ordinary kind-un the roads.
TIE weather. the night the speed of the horse,
and 50 forth until having reach ID the middle
OF long tract OF forest, the driver suddenly
pullet mp aud stopped short Turning round
upon Mr.. Webster he said. DO you know who
You are driving with
Mr.. Webster replied 'Oh, yes, very we'll
john Mamma, the butcher, the man who Kill
ed General Lingap.
Are you not AFRAID to ride with Inc at this
time of night
mo, in the least
lyon are Daniel Webster, Federal men,
Der of Congress from New Hampshire =
eyes l am
"After slight pause, and looking Mr. Web
ster full i'll tn. face-and their faces had 10 be
very near each other, the night was SO dark
Mumtnl we'd along
lie then proceeded to say that he had vol
un'eered 10 drive Mr.. Webster when he heard
who hp was, for the purpose of talking with
him about the Baltimore riots. He said iu
substance. that i.e had been greatly misrepre-
scented. That he had wished no harm 10 Gen
Lingan. or any OF the others; but that word
cdmr out IN the country that traitors in Bal
tim IRE were plotting against American liberty.
aud all true friends of the country were called !
upon 10 come IN and put them down. That he /
went in with Others and thought ne was do !
ing his country service, That hearing he was /.
a Federal member of Congress. he wanted 10 !
tell him about it, Just how II happened.
mr.. Webster used to say WAS evident he |
1elt the load OF obloquy under which he labor /
ed, and desired 10 relieve himself OF il: that he !
was as good-natnred fellow as ever lived, but |
bold, powerful and under strong excitement !
had been led 10 commit an act which he sim
cerely regretted.
"iie ieit Mr.. Webster at the door of the ho-
lei, took friendly aud kindly leave of him |
with a cordial shake of the hand and drove |
OH in his old rafting gig refusing all compen-
sation for his service"
1t will BIZ seen from hi. narrative that it is |
not alone III late years that strong political |
passions in The United States have manifested |
themselves in acts of violence and therefore |
IN" degeneTacy Of the times cannot be logical /
~ argued from those of recent occurrence
We question whether any event of a recent
date has equalled the atrocity of the Balti- |
IN IRE riots OF isl2, and whether popular igno-
rance has ever showed itself more gulible
than when it induced the ''butcher Mumma,''
ID ooiRs gsnaS, 10 spill some of the bes blood
of Maryland rs the blood of "traitors' and
"epemies OF their country" The Federal
party" Is now thing of the past aud none
are more ready than their old and chiyalrous
political enemies to admit that the party
which mum bered among its leaders Washing
ton, Marshall, and like illustrious names
could not "be enemies of their country"
VERNON