The North American Review, Vol. 67 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The North American Review, Vol. 67 Lord Aberdeenbitrther debatelin the Housetof. Lords, on the proposal of a vote of thanks tolord ashburton for his services in these negotiations, said, It happens but too often that we not only Show little gratitude to those who have extricated us from difficulties and dangers, but we for get the very existence Of the apprehensions from which we have been freed. Both parts of this remark have been realized here in the case of mr..webster; and one reason for this, apart from the general tendency of mankind to for get such services, has been a political one. During all the time that Mr. Webster was engaged in these negotiations, he remained in Office against the wishes of a vast majority of his O'wn' political party, who had - whether rightfully or wrong fully it is no business of ours to inquire - a standing and bitter quarrel with Mr. Tyler, then President of the United States. Whether his party were right in wishing the Secretary to surrender the care of our foreign affairs before he had completed the great work of peace, or whether he was right in retaining it, we do not now propose to consider. We are afraid that it must be allowed there has always been a reluctance on the part of the Whigs to acknowledge that any good has come out of the Nazareth of Mr. Tyler's administration and for this reason, mainly, that the attention of the country has not, by that party, been directly called to the crowning' glory of that administration, the results accom plished by Mr. Webster as Secretary of State. Of course, the attention of the'people would not be called to his services by his political opponents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.