Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1885 — What Webster Expected of Newspaper Men. [ARTICLE]

What Webster Expected of Newspaper Men.

Daniel Webster used to expect the unqualified support of those journalists who espoused his Clause. Among them, in 1843, was Nathan Sargent, then the editor of the Philadelphia Commercial# Herald, a Whig journal, regarded at that time as friendly to Mr. Webster’s aspirations to the Presidential nomination. At the adjournment of Congress Mr. Webster, accompanied by his wife, came to Philadelphia and stayed over night at the Washington House. Mr. Sargent called on him the next morning as he was about to take the New York boat for Bordentown. He found the great statesman in an nnamiable mood. The star of Clay was in the ascendency, and the orator of New England was gloomy and “out of sorts with fortune.” As they walked down Chestnut street to the boat, Webster strode on in advance with Sargent, leaving Mrs. Webster to take care of herself, and began at once to arraign Sargent for not being more outspoken in bis behalf in the Herald. Sargent defended himself with the remark that “public opinion in Pennsylvania was not ready for his nomination.” “Why don’t you make public opinion?” growled Webster, in reply, and here the conversation ended.— Hen: Ferley Foore , in Boston Budget.