Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1842-02-08

discuG4on OF tnoS tntelmina1ic usf,
the consideration d Tie resolution ofered q
Gen. Root on Saturday last, al the omendmen
offered by himself on yesterday. Alter come de
bate the vote was taken on the amendment Of Mr.
Foster and decided in the affirmative, ayes II, noe
communication wasreceived from the secreta
~ OF the Board Of Regents Of the Universty, 10
forming that the Office Of Regent, filled by Wash
ington Irving, had become vacant.
Licentieasness Of the Press--A Moral WA
against Daniel Webster.
We hear great many complain oil the licentious
ness and immortality Of the press, but perhaps one
the most remarkable specimens Of the demoraliza
uon OF this great institution Of modern times anc
government, has just been set in motion by one se
OF politicians 70 destroy the leader Of another.-
Every body knows that Immediately after III,
election Of General Harrison, there was a certain
clique Of interruptions pslitcians secretly organi
zed all over the country, for the purpose Of control
ling the President, and of shaping future events &c
their liking. When it began to be publicly known
in the winter Of 1910, Al, that Mr.. Webster would
probably be offered the State Department BY Gre.
neral HARRISON this self same Clique, through their
organs, the Courier & Enquirer, &C., began to talk
of the propriety of Mr.. WIS refusing the appoint.
y
ed upon with jealousy, and denounced in private BY
the same clique. Things went forward, in the course
Of time, and when the cson-skin cabinet exploded
under the influence Of the two bank vetoes, the
same clique endesvoredto cause Mr.. Webster also
to let 60, come down from the tree, and give him.
self up, as the did when Capt. John Scott took
aim. But Mr. Webster was no coon, and kept his
hold up to this day.
In consequence Of this tenacity Of purpose, the
same clique Of politicians have hooks out in a new
quarter, and have begun a moral war On the great
Statesman, the first gun Of which is the following
from the Louisville Journal.
from the Louisville JournsL1
ASkcpoTE CT DANIEL WEss:EA-An eminently re-
spectacle gentleman, from Washington city, has told
proves that, although he is called ihe godke" he Is
quite mortal asthe rest Of u.s. ehal We tell resderf
Well, II we must, we must.
from PenSsy who held subordinate eice under
Mr. Webster in the Department. Of State, and who had
his young and beautiful wife with HIM at Wsshngtcn
his very scanty income was snsumcent or their nam
ensnce. They knew not what to do but thinking that
twas agreed that the wife should call upon him, and
solicit lucrative appointment for her husband
She accordingly called on him at the Department ana
made known her business in language Of modest and
simple eloqusnce concluding with the request that
clerksAp might be given to her husband in which
sne, oy ner INDUSTRY a. usnsc.oei, nmsu ~ 49,.
FACE Of the psadsr and sosted upon her volup,uols
FORM till Satan fairly took Of him Mads%
eve. ~ rsinsS,w =. aver man looked out Of window
before give you answer, should like to have you
into anoner RON wn. r. ,s :r IA ,hs
fair one Thereupon the Secretary stepped
into the next room, and the lazy followed n,m ne
shourh little sururised. ollowed him sin he stopped
not but s!aked into fourth room and the LADY silent
ef the nv :tsrv The Secretary closed the door
and threw his brawny arm. around the ladys weis ex
mv os;c. .rd mo ynsssshs waited not fOr him TO
finish either the sction the sentence, hut gave ter
r,nS scream which instantly orGugni na do1en ss
rushed in, the Old debauchee, we hardly need say
rushed out
hs,nr in The mean line resigned his oce, he called
upon Mr. Webster. Mr.. W. instantly commenced an
onrt r .s;d ~ ,ons hso!s hch the secre
tsry covered, 81 come not here Tor apology Your
Infamous conduct sSm o. none nr in
the council Of the comn.ry would This Instant sacrifice
you to ny Just vengeance Sir ,coTr You and sP,t At
bsnd turned Sp s hi. heels. ID
Such is the outrageous and ridiculous fiction
which is put forward by George d. Prentice, the
editor of the LOUSY vile Journal. This Prentice is
sort of drunken poet, very much in want Of the
Temperance Pledge, and no doubt he was in state
of glorious intoxicaton when the libel was penned.
The story is utterly Improbable on its face
The State Department at Washington, ia crowded
with clerks, oficeseekers, politicians. loafers, and
all sorts of people, SO that it would be utterly i'm
possible for Mr. Webster to take lady from one
room to anoth:r without being seen and heard by
~ it was probablya trap laid to give some color to
an attack upon his private character. -,
The intense hate which certain eiqu: Of polti-
clans, who have their head ia Kentucky and their
extremitIes every where, entertain to any prominent
man that may interfere with the 4" Magnus Apollo
can he h.,,sr ;rr.o;psd .hen d~scr;hed Two