Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-02-12


y y euelomafy 10 aseribe che uorni-
nalinn = GeneEsl IlaEFinon. says Charles
ConRdon ID lis "Reminiscences. "a tie
taci and foresight of Richard nuuxl1.
tcn. ID eHIlcf ~ he Boston .9flas. end
80 TIE viRorous way ii which Ms plans
we're aupportsd 10 that newspaper By
Richard Hildreth. Il II curious that
The cherished aspirations az ~. Web
sser should have been thus hIighled
the house of hss friends. But Mr..
Hsught0n was . man, as he has been
described 20 me. Of remarkable energy
Of character; and moreover he was bot
hqston man. for be had received hfs
1oss. sss1 - il New
writrF. bot be had the faculty of getting
and oE keeping about hIm clever Hcn.
Tie stsong articles. In which Mr. Web
eipr was thrust aside m candidate, end
General Harrison put prominently IN
els place, were mainly written by Mr.
HiIdFeth, but undoubtedly they were
inspired by Mr.. HaughtOn and careful
" revised By him. He did what I thi:.k
few editors would think necessary 20 do
now, be took pFool-sheet Of the FIRST
article in which be tndIcated the course
which he intended 70 pursue 10 Mr..
Webster himself There was 9 stormy
interview, Of which have heard sew
elal versions, bat ] shall follow the ira
ditions current in tie .AtIas Office when
was one of the e6itors OF that news
paper. When MIR. Webster had read
the article bis rage was boundless. and
have heard il intimated that he or
dered Mr.. Haughton out Of has house, q
command which the man was hardly
likely TO heed until he had said what
he had come 10 say. He waited until
Mr.. Webster had grown ealmer. He
then set forth the political situation
with great plainness of speech. "You
cannot be President" he said; "but you
can have an Office quite as important
and honorable; you can be SecTe'
tary Of State. This article is 10 be pub.
lished to-marrow morning. You know
how II viii Irritate your friends IN Bos.
ton. do not ask you TO say to then
that you approve OF Il, nor that Yot
disapprove of il. merely ask you e
say nothing" Mr.. Webster was final
~ persuaded that this course would b.
at least the most dIgnified. SO wheE
the .9fkas appeared on thsteventluld day
great was the commotion in State street
down which Mr.. Webster walked wit'
more than his usual stately dignity
Out rushed Tespectability from mani
doors: mir. Webster, have you sees
the .4fIas ~ cried one. Have yoI
read that shameful article ~ asked an
other. People who saw the scene have
told me that Mr.. Webster's bearing un
der this ERE OF questions was magnih
cent. al have not seenthe article, hs
said, s'nor do care to see 1t. sup
pose that the editor Of the newspaper
expresses bis opinions. as be has righ
to do" This was precisely what MF
Haughton wished Mr.. Webster 20 Say
The great man who was also great OBJ
stacle bad taken hImself out oft way
and do not suppose that the editor o
the s4flas would 81 that moment have
given anybody sixpeOce 10 insure th'
nomination Of General HaFris0n--per
haps not q shilling 10 secure hls cleo
ton. Mr.. Webster swallowed this 10
dignity, as be did others, when resent.
ment would have cost him too much
and made more than one speech duFinl
the campaign, though none Of then
were particularly good ones.