Vincennes Gazette, Volume 13, Number 38, Vincennes, Knox County, 24 February 1844 — Page 1

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TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR.' VOLU3IK XUL VLCi:NES, INDIANA. SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, IS-li.

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The Littla Red Fos. Tunc O.'. 7h-,r'. The D Kta was up and bright as d-iy, The st.us they v. inked in th.hr .;uict wav When the Ki::Jer!;o.-k Fox was chased hy aCeon, As the west wiiiJ vhistio.l this bran new tune Get out of the wav, you're juite t late You little lied Fox of the Empire t.ite, The Fox had hrpeJ that the Ihukeyc Boys Would heat oil the Coon with a thundering noise. lut hii heart srcK ' hi fur Sov IT, A he heir,. while ha hiccupped a church-yard (Jet out of the way, oce. Over the Yr.c to o'd Pe;i:;y hack The Fox tho't he'd qo, in search of luck. Hut the crv went up, nve dmi'i want yon here,' And they sun.;, a tliete tho ft from his eye a tV. (Jit out of th? way, vVc. S; on he went to the old T-iorth s-'ute With th hope that -Old Rip would avert his fate,But when he ii.it there he lost his tale An 1 the Coon boys snn, as he 'cut- with a wail, (it out o! the n jv, eve. The tai'.'c?s Fox then went 1 1 Te-messee,-To hi- a little help froai Old I k- -ro ; Fut 1 he went a lou 1 hniit lor Ja And the soil j; as he seam p. 're J to his ! or.es--(h : oct vf the way, &o. B.-cathl. ss wi;h feir and without a tail The si4ht of a Coon kin tna.le hi-ji v.id; lie ia:npoa like a thief to a er.t .hit tune, Ai.d he hi-ard while he yelled like a f.ig'itenej io i, (J.t o u : of th e w ay . A; c. (hi lie leap-.l u hh a Ii;npii: i;e--And t..ik his way through Marviau.l rta'e Hut follow.-.! hi:n there like a hue and crv That t.-i!i: le o!!ii.i which ho could not fly (let out i f the way, c. Weaned an ! worn and chased t v the Coon, His head became half as a shaved f.iVion,When he reached hi:, den wold he M.h'd Im unlucky.For the people all tin as they hout - Kentucky.(Jet ou. d 'die- wav, &e. ?-o toe I ox lay down, and his voice got wlieezv. His face ;rfw p!e and hi stoma, h uihkv,He h'-ave .!, he klckevl and cried I a:ii hv-t An 1 the niht wind uiaaned as he give un the c!i..t The little Red Fox is quite urduckv For t!ie people are g.in for hi Kentucky. A 15 II I) s OF THF. Whig IVIcmbors of tho Legislature. To I he 5 Vcr;:ic:a of ini:im. ('o:is:r.'.i-.:. .'.uii.nlf.i.i I :v the Whig semhlv. to members of t i ; e General Aa 1 Ir s vd'i in relation to matters of ins re-: til the neon ' he T .tav::. m the (iis- . h cht'.rge of the d .uy thus imposed, to ask your atteuti.ui wir.-st we suom:t to VO'.l fiets as we deem worthy your consideration. We are aware that, when the public rnm-i is agitate 1 by t!ie discussion . i measures of public p !icy, it is toofrequentlv the case tint our partizan feelings an 1 prejudices preclude a eandi 1 and impartial appreciation of the arguments of our opponents. Notwithstanding this may be the fact wit!i many into whose hands this a 1 tress uuv fall allow us to appeal to that desire to anive at tnit'n which, we know all posses, when uninfluenced by party spin;, to forget, in its percsal, the source from which it emanates, and we are persuaded that the truth which it contains, cannot fail to carry conviction to impartial minds. It cannot be denied that it too frequently occurs in the history of our political contests. tli3t partizans, for the purpose of acquiring power, make tiie most positive assurance, that, upon their elevation to oilice, it will result to the benefit of the people. It has not escaped our recollec tion that the party in this State, calling themselves democrats, during the late can vass for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Members of the- Legislature, were lavish in their promises of this character From the improvident legislation of the Representatives of the people, brough about by the wild spirit of speculation, which was tin consequence of tho mal administration of the General Government, the people had become embarrassed by an immense public debt. The same causes overwhelmed them with individual indebtedness. In this emergency the cry for relief was raised throughout our borders. The organs of the democratic; party, scattered their papers, teeming with appeals to the people in favor of relief, broad cast over our whole State. The people were to!', that the consequence of the ascendent v of that pany would be relief to the State and to the people that taxes would be reduced, and, at the same time our plighted faith with those to whom we are indebted, would be preserved that our farmers would receive a more just recompense for their lahnr--and that uch :i course of State policy would be pursued as would bring the country back to its wonted pro---

perity. Thy people, ever honest, and this re? olution, that ihey miirht go before ever anxious to better their ron iition, gave the people in the coming election procredence to the hirrh hopes thus held tip nonnce an eulogy on (Jen. Jackson's milbefore them the election resulted in !iiv- itary services and charge the Whigs with ing that party the ascendency in the I'.x- 'the denial of justice to him in wiihholdeeulivc an ! Legislative branches of t!io ing the smtll pittance asked. With this Government, thus enabling them, were isue made up, they were in hopes of they sincere in their promise, t nwt benefitting .Martin Van Ruren. This is a the expectations of the people. false issue. The Whigs are as much th Upen the assembling of the Legislature ( admirprs (and more sincere in such admiall eves were turned to tho3 now in pow- ration) of the military renown of the old

or. wlii) had promised so ni'.icn. I he de-

livery r,t the inaugural oi iov. w nu-( renmumg the tine, l hey look upon his comb was awaited for with impatience, as military fame as the property of thecounit was expected to eentain a recosTim-nda-1 try. It belongs not to a political party, tion of some definite policy lobe pursued' out of which to make political capital. w hich would satisfy the excited hopes of. None can doubt that those who are now the country. The address 'came and . o clamorous for its repayment are instiwith it disappointment to tho people. In-, gated alone by a desire to accomplish parstcad of taking that independent states-j tir.an purposes. Almost thirty years have man-Kite course which would adorn toe elapsed since this fine was imposed. position in which the people had placed , Why, if it be looked upon as a 9tain upon him, he seems studiously to have avoided h is fame, has there been no effort made to committing hinnelf on any one subject j w ipe it out until now? Why not, during upon which there is a difference of opiti-: the presidency of Martin Van llnren. vlien ion. He did not stop here! I laving per-j the party was omnipotent, refund this mitted the expectations of the people to money ? Well has it been asked cf the

be raised by the means above alluded to, he remarks, in that ad iress, '"that, among the causes which nave led to my (his) elevation to the oilice of chief magistrate of Indiana, assurances on my jxirt of relief through my instrumentality, have not found a place, and it would be unjust to excite in the mind of the public creditor or the citizen any false or delusive hope." The politics! history of the State present! no parallel to such deception. It will not do for Governor Whitcombor his friends to put in a "spcciul )ta," a mere quibble, and say. that, notwithstanding the newspapers in his support were tiile 1 witli these assurances, he was mi bound to regard them, because they were not made by him. A deluded and deceived people will not be satisfied by such an apology. They will hold him responsible, however he may w ish to evade such responsibility. I lis Inaugural con';. ins no proposition no plan no suggestion on this subject, of all others the most important to the people. He wishes to make none until after the elections of next year, for fear thai it might effect their result, lie s?y he will "def-sr to a fitter occasion the expression of my (his views more fully on this momentous subject," because then bis 'official position shall have given him ample access to the records of the several department of the Government." This excuse is made to satisfy an intelligent peop.e! and, in what position does ii dace the in telligence of the Governor himself? It is to be presumed that he was ignorant, at the time of writing his Inaugural, of the resources and liabilities of the State; subjects upon which all have th" .cans of acquiring the " positive information, veii.'o.ut having "access 'tUc:dhj io the sev eral departmer"' of a Government." In order to avoid. sonsibihty which he feels himself to have incurred he makes an unworthy attempt to place it upon the Legislative department of the Government. To do so. he uses the following language: "I shall be ready to co-operate with the Legislature of the State in whatever may be found practicable for the attainment of this desirable object." The i . t r . l . r t . democratic memuers oi i.ie jjcgiMmurt . although holding their seats in consequence of the same promises to the people, were not more disposed than his Lxcehency to redeem their promises. h y bring lor-j ward no plan no project ftor the relief of the people. The people, are, in effect,! told by them that "our object being obtained when we received your suffrages, we w ill not afford you that relief which we led you to expect previous to the election." Upon the return of the democratic members of the Legislature, let the inquiries be ma !e by the people, whom they deceived, "where is the promised relief? Where is there a single enactment for our benefit?" Regard well their answer. Mark well their equivocations'. Will it ho, satisfactory to the people if the reply be made "It was out of our power to effect any thing!" "Why did you r.oi tell uj so when asking our votes?" will, and ought to be the response to such an apology. Can those w ho thus duped and deceived the people be entrusted again with power? Should they come before them in the approaching canvass with the same smooth and honied promises upon their lips, remind them, in language not to be forgotten, of the violation of those made last summer! Conscious that something must be done by them for popular effect in the approaching elections and to divert the attention of the people from the promises made in last year's canvass, at an early day of the session a joint resolution was introduced, instructing our Senators, and requesting our Representatives in Congress, to refund "the unjust fine imposed on General Jackson, by Judge Hall, in llo to vote against a distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the States, and against the adoption of Cost Johnson's plan for the relief of the States." It must be a matter of deep regret to the true friends of General Jackson that uch means have been resorted to by the friends of that arch intriguer and demagogue, Martin Van Buren, to acquit e the influence of his great name for the advancement of one whose own merits will not bear the scrutiny of examination.

They wished the Whigs to vote againstjof Indiana. For yeats past it has rcceiv -

hero, as those who are most boisterous for

leaders of the Van Buren party "Why did you not act then? They cannot ai.swer. Truth compels us to say to them, in the language of another '"It is because thn vou did not care a fig about it. It has been the result of an afirr-thonofit. You were then rich, strong and proud your political capital was "at its llool" and vou needed the aid of no such humbug. You a;e now bankrupt in political capital, ind like 'drowning men you catch at stravs. Mr. Van Buren was a mere political parasite a branch of misletoe. that owed its elevation its growth, nay its very existence, to the tall trunk of an aged hickory: but, so soon as it was attempted to transplant it an 1 force it to live upon its own-resources, it shrunk and withered and died; and you have now found out that the oily way ol reviving it again, ami restoting it to its former elevation and vigor, is to call to its aid the strength and support and sustenance of the same old hickory." That this i the ol ject is too apparent to mislead. The American people have too high a regml for the judiciary of this country to be willing to tarnih the reputation of one who had the moral courage to uphold the supremacy of the law, under the circumstances which surrounded Judge Hall when it became his dutv to impose the tine. The Whigs, whilst they are w'd. ling to refund this money, together with the interest,-wish to do' it under a protestation against any reflection on the character of Judge Hall. This course is rejected by their opponents. T!if will not touch the money, unless its price be the to-niched fame of him whose duty it was to impose it. Judge Hall has been dead more than fifteen years. The silent grave is a holy sanctuary. The qtheists- of the French Revolution entered it for the purpose of "unplunbing the dead for the bullets with which to assassinate the living." How much more reprehensible more detestable, for partizan leaders of a Christian aire, to enter it, and place the brand of infamy upon its occupant, for the purpose of aiding them in achieving a political triumph! One object had in view by the introduction of the joint resolution above referred to, was to commit the Whigs, as a party, in favorof Cost Johnson's project. This never has been a cardinal measure of the Whig party. It was brought forward-by Mr. Johnson, to use his own language "as a great American measure, -above alf mere party, local, or personal considera lions." It has been favorably receive by individuals of bom political parties, as well ns met the condemnation of a grea majotity of both. The votes in Congress at us last session prove this to be the fact. The Whigs of this State, however, arc in favor of relief to the States. To effect this object, they advocate the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the States. The Whigs are unwilling to see the people ground down to the very dust by direct taxation. To lighten this enormous burden they demand only portion of that which in right and justice belongs to them. Whilst, for years past, the gold of the West has poured into the national treasury, in payment for public lands, our State has received comparatively nothing in return by way of the improvement of the roads, rivers, and harbors. To effect these improvements our

people have been compelled to rely uponljoniy determined to exclude the vote of

their own resources; and now that thev are in difficulty, almost overwhelming, the Whigs think it but right that our share of this immense growing fund should be giv en to us to alleviate the condition of our people. This is denied them by the leaders of the democratic party. The people should determine which is the correct policy, uninfluenced by party names or prejudices. Let the policy advocated by the Whigs prevail, and in a few years we will be out of debt, acd our farmers, manufacturers and mechanics receive a fair recom. pense for their labor, and the country as sume that prosperous condition which the whole people, distressed as they are now, are anxious should exist. These are, very briefly, some of the reasons w hich compelled the Whigs to vote against the passage of the joint resolution. L pen no subject has this same self styled democratic party been more inconsistant than in relation to the State Bank

ed the unmeasured abuse of those who have set themselves up as the leaders of the party. Immediately after the election, n'hen it was discovered that the democracy were in the ascendency in the Letrilafure, the question was mooted, whether or not they should elect a democratic President of that institution. Many of the most honest and sincere democratic editors were adverse in placing one of their party at its head. Among many others may be named the editors of the Mishaivaka Toscin. Vjnccnnes Sun. Greencastle Patriot, and Madison Courier, the latter of .vhom remarked, in an editorial on this subject, "our opinion about this matter is,

briefly, that it is inconsistent tb place a! democrat at the head of the Bank. Wp! tvou'd not give a pinch of snuff for the 'emocracy of any man who receives the ohhee." When the election was to be made, however, the Hank-hating democracy elected James Morrison (a democrat) President ff the Hank, thus giving another evidence of the sincerity of their professions to the people! The directors on the part of the State are all democrats, They now have the control of the institution, and we wi'd see whether it be administered beneficially to the country. Thi.i glaring inconsistency this practice so contrary to professions, must convince many of those who are honestly opposed to Banks, that their leaders are unworthy their confidence, and thev will in future place no reliance in their professions in relation to any measure whatever. Mow can it be otherwise, when they so often and flagrantly deceive the people. The course pursued by the leaders of the Locofoeo party, during the few years past, has evinced a spirit subversive of law and order and destructive in its tendency, of our institutions now sohi -hlv prized. Wo have only to allude to some of the most prominent instance?. In the 2 th Congress, in order to secure a democratic majority the broad -oal of a Sovereign State wa :tt at nought and its ovidence disregarled. A law of Congress was passe.! requiring tho States to elect members of that bo.lv by districts. Four States, under the eontro! of th" Lnrofoeos. refused to COO) pi V with the !ai -and yet their members are occupying seats in deiiancu of law. What ele than nullification can such conduet be' We are not without evidence of this spirit nearer home. Here in the Senate, an act was perpetrated, a parallel to which in legislative infvtnv cannot be found. At the co-noionce-tnent of the session, Pavid Henry prcsentf.J n -:rt;ti -ate of the county Auditor of Switzerland county, certifying that he had received a majority of the votes of that county at the August election for the office of State Senator. He was sworn in and took his sea'. A few days afterwards Mr. Daniel Kelso, presetted a memorial claiming to be the legal Senator of thai county, al'edging that Mr. Henry had re ceived several illegal votes, which if taken from the vote given him, would leave a majority for Mr. Kelso. This memorial was referred to the committee on elections. The Senate, by resolution, authorized the committee, if thr,y deemed it necessary, to institute a commission in Switzerland for the purpose of taking tlej testimony of such persons as the right of either party might re.-piire. Mr. Kelso submitted to the committee depositions taken bv him on the 27th, 2Sih, ami 2'.th days of November, only a few days previous to the meeting of the Legislature. Mr. Ilenrv applied for a commission, under the power given the committee, to take depositions in Switzerland county to piove a number of dle'Tnl vn'cs for Mr. I pUn - ifl lie presented to them his ts worn a Hi davitsstating that such had been given. The majority of the committee, being democrats, refused this just application. The depositions taken by Mr. Kelso, although not in accordance with any law. were admitted by tlie same democratic majority of th? committee. The only fact which they establish and the only one contended for by the majority of the committee, was calculated to raise n doubt as to the legality of the vote cast by one Nimrod Banni nor for Mr. Henry. The evidence before the committee, (agreed to by the majority and minority,) established the fact that Mr. Henry received Dili and Mr. Kelso 'dlo votes'. In order to make a tie between them, and to have the semblance of justice in it, the same democratic maBannister and so reported to the Senate Mr. Henry appealod to the Senate for the j commission to take the testimony denied him by the committee. 'I he democratic majority of the Senate, (rendered 60 by the casting vote of Lieutenant Governor Bright.) also refused his application. In the meantime, however, he sent to Swit. zerland county and look the depositions, upon full notice to his opponent, of several persons shewing several illegal votes having been cast for Kelso. These depositions were submitted to the Senate. The majority of the committee made their report, recommending the adoption of resolutions declaring that David Henry was not entitled to his seat, thai there had been no election in Switzerland count;, and that a I'-'cawy existed which should be filled by the people according t: inr! The minority dissented from this eo: ciu- : sion and gave the reasons for such dissent .The whols matter was ta:en up in the J Senate, a?, by the Cer.-titution, it is the

judge of the qualification and election of

its own members, and was not, of course, to be circumscribed in its inquiries, bv the action of the committee. Admit that the depositions produced by Kelso were properly received, and the vote of Bannister justly excluded, where is the justice in excluding the testimony produced by Mr. Henry? His depositions were taken in the same manner as were those taken bv Kelso. Yet, the self-styled democratic majority of the Senate admitted the one and excluded the other merelv because Switzerland county is locfocoish in its politics an election of United States Senator takes place next winter and there is a probability of the people of that county sending a democrat in place ot .Mr. Henry, who happens to be a Whig! his impossible to come ai any other conclusion. To place it beyond a doubt, we submit the following deposition of George Dibble, taken by Mr. Henry and laid before the Senate. George Dibble junior, being duly sworn, deposeth and saitii in answer to questions: 1st Question. What is your age? Answer. Twenty-one years of age the 21st day of September. ISio, according to the entry in the family bible, and the information of my parents. 2 1 Q lestion. Did you vote for Senator in Switzerland county at the late August election, and if so. in which township did you vote, and who did you vote for as Senator? Answer. I voted in Posey township in said county, and voted for Daniel Kelso for State Senator. Subscribed and sworn to the 2S:h day of December. IS I'd. (Signed.) GFORGF DIBBLE. No one disputes that the vote given for Kelso by Dibble was illegal. This then gives Mr. Henry one vote majority; he is therefore, as much entitled to his seat as though he had received one hundred majority. The voice of the majority, expressed at the ballot box, no matter how small that majority, should never be disregarded. Should outrages like the one now presented to the people of Indiana go unrebuked, the elective franchise, a right so highly prized by freemen, become a mockery? The people must, for they are honest, convince those who set at defiance their will, that they have taken upon themselves a responsibility beneath which they must fall. The legislature, which, under the auspices of democracy and of a deio .cratic Governor, promised so much to the people, hasrdjourned. The Governor recommended nothing the legislature did nothing. As long as they may be in power they will do nothing. They excite the hopes of the people to secure office and when it is obtained, they turn upon them. 3nd, in grinding mockery exclaim, " Ye would be dupes and victims, and ye are!" They promise to build up the prosperity of the country before getting into power but once in, they prove themselves the 'architects of ruin.' At the next election they will ask of you a continuance of power. Can you will you in view of their violated pledges their disregard for law and order their scorn for the sufferings of the people confer it upon them that they in.iv again ' laugh to scorn' the confidence thus reposed in them ? Let the answer be at the ballot boxes ! John D. Df.frek.s, i, John S. Davis, S. W. 1'a t: k f. rt , j Committee. J. V. Fo:.fy, W.m. Allen. J iettcr from Mr. Webster.' The long expected letter from Daniel Webster will be found bJow. It is in answer to a letter from over a thousand citizens of New Hampshire to use his name as a candidate for the Presidency. Mr. Webster declines the intended honor, in a manner alike manly, and patriotic, and honorable to himself. Xtw Jllbany Gaszite. Washington, January .", 18 14. Gentleman: I have received your let ter, requesting "permission to present my name to the People, as a candidate for the oilice of President of the United States, subject to the future wise, deliberate action of tho Whig National Convention of 1S4L" It would be disingenuous to withhold an expression of the grateful feelings awakened by a letter, containing such a request, so very numerously signed, and coming from among lhoe who have known me through life. No one can be insensible to the distinction of beiiv regarded, by any respectable number of bis fellow citizens, as among those from whom a choice of President might be made, with honor and safely to the country. The office of President is an office, the importance of which cannot be too high ly estimated. He who fills it, necessarily exercises a great influence, not only on all tho domestic interests of the country, on its foreign relations, and the support of its honor and character among the na tions of the earth, but on that, which i of the very highest import to the happiness of the people, the inainlainance ol the Constitution itself, and ' tho prosperous continuance of tii gov eminent under it. Our systems are peculiar and while capable, as experience has shown, of pro ducing the most favorable result, under wie an cautious administration, thev aie

nevertheless, exposed ; We have six and twe 1 s sessing within itself f r limited only by the . United States am' , government to which

i.."r eauger-. es- ckpoi- ; : re ; - tit, .. i .; tho e a gfc-rral e'ided high

trusts to be exercised for the heceik of the people of all the States. It is obvious, that the division of rtovver. itself the re sult of a novel and most delicate political operation, can he preserved only by the exercise of wisdom, and pure patriotism. The Constitution of the United Sta.es stand? on the basis of the people's choice. It must remain on that basis, so Kng as it remains at all. The venereuon and love, which are entertained for it, will be increased, by every instance of wise-, prudent, impartial and parental administraioe. On the other band, they will be diminished by every admiiii-tration, which shall cherish local divisions, devote itself to local interests, seek to bam! the influence of 'he Government to pcronr.l partizan purposes, or which shall forget that ali patriotism is false and spurious, which does not look with an equal eye to the interests of the whole country, and ail its parts, present and to come. I hardly know what an American statesman should so much leprecate. on his own account, as well as on account of his country, as that the Constitution of the United States, now the glory of t ur country and the admiration of the world, should become weakened in its foundations and perverted in its principles, or fallen ;,nd sunk, in a nation's regard and a nation's hopes, bv hs own lollies, errors, or mistakes. The Constitution was made for the good of ihe country this the people know. Its faithful administration promotes that good this the people know. The people will themselves defend it .against foreign power, and all open force, and they will rightfully hold to a just aniLsoIemn account those, to wdiose hands they commit it, and whose ban, Is it shall be found io be shorn of a single beam of its honor or deprived of a particle of its capacity for tise-fu!ne-s. It was made for an Inmcst people, and they expect it tone honestly administered. At the present moment, it is an object of general respect, confidence and affection. ' vtm Questions have arisen, however,and are likely to arise again, upon the extent cf its powers, or upon the line which seperate the fur.ctions.of the GepefaJ Government fioui thorc of iht StaV Government? and the-e questions will require, whenever they may occur, not only firmness, but much discretion, arudence'and imparuaiuy in ino ueau oi tne v ational h.xecuti'.e. Extreme counsel? or extreme opinions on cither side wit Hid he verv likely, if followed or adopted, to Break up the well adjusted balance of the whole. Ar.dhewhohas the greatest confidence in his own judgement, or tho strongest reliance on his own good fbitune, may yet be well diffident of ,H ability to discharge the duties of this trust in such a manner as shall promote tje public prosperity, or advance Ids own reputation. But, gentlf nien.w hilo the office of President is quite too high to be sought by personal solicitation, or for private ends and objects, it is not to I e declined, if proffered by the vountarv desire of a (r-o peopie. It is now more than "0 year -"mce v. u and vour feJrtow-ciiizeus of pw i?-T., hire, assigned me apart in political afairs. My public conduct since that p.. -iod h known. My opinions on the great piestions, now most interesting to the 'ountry, are known. The constitnrio'ial principles which I have endeavored to maintain, are also know n. If these nriniples and these opinion j, now not liL-tdv o be materially changed, should remm. mend mi to further marks of nnblic rpcrard and confidence, I shou'd not withhold nyself from compliance with the general will, but 1 nave no pretensions of own to bring forward, and trust that no fHonda of mine would at any time use my name lor ttie purpose- ot preventing harmony among uioso wr.ose general political opin ions concur, or for any cause wh:iterfr but a conscientious regard to the good of the country. It is obvious, gentlemen, that ftt thn present moment the tendency of opin ion among those to he represented in the convention is generally and strong v set m another direction. 1 think it my duty, tneretore, unuer existing circumstances, to request those, who may feel a nrforenco for me, not to indulge in that prefer c I ence, nor oppose an obstacle to the lead ing wishes ot political tne-nds, or unites and ccrJial ftbrta for the accomplishment oi uiose wiiies. The election cf the next autumn muo involve, in general, the same principles, and hf, same questions, r.a hfdnnrrprl m that of 18 tO. The caus, I co'.iceivo to he the true cause of the country, its per manent prosperity, and nil its great inter ests; the cause of it3 neaco. nnd ita l,. or; the cuse of good government, true nberty, and the preservation and integrity of the constitution, and none should "desr air of its success. I am, gentlemen , with sentiments of sincere regard, your obliged and obedient serv't. DAN1UL WEBSTER. To Mfjm. John Haven. John P. Lyman. cJ"