Concord Register

Concord Register.

SATURDAY. APRIL 30, 1825.

The Boston Courier (a paper from which Mr. Hill has quoted of late more than from any other) contains some severe animadversions upon the pitiful attack in a late number of the Patriot on the Hon. Mr. Otis-an attack which the pro tem. Editor of the Patriot, in the sincerity of his heart, persists in calling a "respectful" notice of that gentleman. The Editor of the Courier remarks in conclusion-

It gives us pleasure to exonerate Mr. Hill, the Editor of the Patriot, from the suspicion of being the author of this paragraph. On the day when it was published at Concord, Mr. Hill was at New-York."

How this very particular information came to the knowledge of the Editor of the Courier, unless by the way of Mr. Hill himself, we are at a loss to conjecture. The presumption that it was derived from him, is strengthened by the fact that Mr. Hill was in Boston on the day of the publication of the Courier, and for a day or two preceding, and is known to be on terms of friendly and familiar intercourse with Mr. Buckingham. We are glad at any symptoms of returning sanity in Mr. Hill, on this or any other subject, and think his disavowal of the paragraph, in one sense, does him honor ; but really we think it rather an unkind "backing of friends," thus to disavow the doings of his "fidus Achates"-his trusty and well-beloved co-worker in the cause of patriotism, and that, too, before he has had an opportunity to confer with him on the subject, and to know the reasons moving him thereunto. The evil must be rather aggravated, in view of the ci-devant Editor of the Patriot, by the caustic remark of the Courier, to which Mr. Hill's disavowal has given rise-" We hope, that when he (Mr. Hill) makes another tour from home, he will leave his paper to the care of a gentleman.'

Mr. Webster's Speech. The speech of Mr. Webster at Faneuil Hall in Boston on the 3d inst. has been published in most of the newspapers of the Union, and is generally spoken of with high commendation. The National Journal says, "The high standing which Mr. W. has so long held before the nation, his commanding talents, and his irreproachable integrity of character, entitle his opinions, on any subject, to the most respectful consideration.— The sentiment of union and conciliation, which brought together the people of Boston under the venerable roof that sheltered our infant Liberty, and which seems to have prevailed throughout the State in the recent elections, will, we trust, at no distant day, pervade every portion of our country. The place and the occasion were well adapted to call forth a display of eloquence, and the speech of Mr. Webster will show that he felt the inspiration."

As a striking contrast to this, we give the following from the N. H. Patriot:

"Mr. Webster the professing christian, as the herald of the "peace party," on Sunday night raised his voice, and declares that if there ever has been there is not now any difference between right and wrong ! Read his last speech-and it will be found in the columns of every federal and mongrel print, and it amounts to "precisely this, no more," that there is no difference between men of principle, and men who have no fixed principle, and that political knaves are equally trust-worthy as honest men."

N. H. Statesman.

In addition to the above, we copy the following remarks upon Mr. Webster's speech, from the National Intelligencer, the mouth-piece of the former administration, and a paper whose republicanism not even Mr. Hill can call in question.

"The standing of the Orator, the occasion of the Address, and the sentiments which it discloses, claim for the Address of Mr. Webster the place which we have given to it on the preceding page. If there are some of our readers who would consider as an evil the total obliteration of party lines, and who view with distrust the approaches towards this object, there are few, we are persuaded, who will withhold their approbation from the temper and manner of this address. There are still fewer who will not admire the enlarged views which it takes of the actual condition of our country, and who will not exult with Mr. Webster in the visible influence which the success of our experiment has had upon other parts and other people of the earth."