He showed their pernicious tendency, their hostility to all modern theories of government, and their especial opposition to the principles of American liberty.

If the doctrines of the Congress of Laybach were right and could be made to prevail, then those of America were wrong and the systems of popular government adopted in the United States were doomed.

Against such infamous principles it behooved the people of the United States to raise their voice.

Mr.Webster sketched the history of Greece, and made a fine appeal to Americans to give an expression of their sympathy to a people struggling for freedom.

He proclaimed, so that all men might hear, the true duty of the United States toward the oppressed of any land, and the responsibility which they held to exert their influence upon the opinions of mankind.