The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-02-19

PrGb0lull0ns from WHICH I'll THIS 0l6.
stussi5ns and excitement had sprung,
this eonsummate orator had alike him
sell, his auditors. and his subject well
in hand ana could control as IT suited
him. liss II ssss q yl n 81 4
Gradually hs gave his thought,
words; and these, growing IN intensity
as he proceeded. soon captured friend
and foe alike; till, holding that great
audience enthralled by his. matchless
voice and spellbound by his magnih- 4
cent periods. he struck at the doc !
trines advanced by Hayne with 90 sure
blow and carried forward the BAN
ner Of union SO triumphahtly that.
''as the last words died away into ST.
lence those who had listened looked
wonderingly at each other. dimiy con-
scious that they had heard one Of
the grand speeches which are the land :
marks in the history Of eloquence.' 4.
In the first part of his speech. Mr..
Webster replied to the aspersions upon
himself and Massachusetts, and In the
second part he attacked with weighty
argument and keen -edged sarcasm the
doctrine of nullihcation. He did not
deny the right Of revolution as q last
resort in cases with which legal and
constitutional methods are found. in
adequate to deal, but he assailed tho
theory of the Constitution maintained
by Calhoun and his followers, accord
Ing to which notification was a right.
the exercise Of which was compatible
with loyal adherence to the Consti-
tuition. ]. s.,Sa }:. (. I. h lHSf
His course Of argument was two
fold. He sought to show, first, that
the theory OF the Constitution was as
9 terminable league or compact be.
tween sovereign states was unsupport- :
ed by the history Of ito origin; and,
secondly, that the attempt on the part
Or any State to- act upon that theory
most necessarily. entail civil war. or
the disrupt ion of the Union. II ths
South Carolina doctrine distorted his
| tory in one direction, that of mr.. Web
|I1ter departAd some ewhat from the rec
ord II tn but the AZ ttss VA,
Itpliy % y. 81 Il astual
course pf our national developr
and with tfis incrs saised ana increasing
strength of tho Onion at the time
when It. was protounded with such
powerful reasoning and such magnifl-
cent eloquence IN the .Repiy to
Hayne. Nm , 4.
"The first settlers Of North Amer
lea, said he, were enterprisina
!. spirits engaged in private adventure
OF fleeing from tyranny at home
When they arrived here they were for
gotten by their mother country or re.
membered only to be oppressed. Car
ried away again by. the appearance q
analogy or struck with the eloquence
of the passage, the honorable member
| yesterday observed that, the conduct
Of the Government toward the Went.
ern emigrants, or any Representation
of it, brought to his mind q celebrated
speech in the British Parliament. a
cit was. sir, the speech Of Col
Barre. on the question Of the STAMP
Act, or tea tax. 1 forget which, Col
Barre had heard 4 member Of tn
treasury bench argue that the people
of the United States, being British
Y colonists, planted by the materna
care. nourished by the Indulgence ant
protected by the arms OF England
would not grudge their mite to reliev.
the country from the heavy burdel
under which she zroaned. The Ian
iguages of Col Barre to this reply was
4 They planted by your care !? our, op
preston planted n them in America
They fed from your tyranny and grew
by your neglect OF them. So soon
4 as you began to- care for them 70,
.showed your care by, sending persons
To- spy out their liberties, misrepre
\ sent their character. prey upon them
Lend eat out their substance y.
And how does the shonorab blesgentle
man mean to maintain that languas'
4 4 ike this q applieable to the conduc
|of the government of the United State
j toward the Western migra,nts, er i
4 any rspresentat ton given BY ne of tha
conduct We're the settlers 10 the wes
driven thither by ours OBJ ression? Hav
they dourishsd only ~ our neglect Q
thsH7 Has the goyernarlnte done moth
i ] tns but prey upon tbsnaJ md eat lou
4 their substances sir. thig tservid e1o
4 quencsi q tho British ker. Jua
where ana when Il was ,ittered. an,
Z nt 10 remain an sxereise Tor tbe school.
d = not 4 little out 81. place when q
4 4 sBronght thence 70 hs appited here Z
i the conduct of our own country towar.