The New York herald., 1850-05-19

Gkoss SOCIALIST ATTACK ON DANIEL WEBSTER
Almost every country paper tinc,ured with free
soil, socialist, or abolition doctrines, has copied
from the Tribune an attack upon Mr.. Webster
whichfor brutal coarseness, vulgarity, and wicked
malice, levelled against one of the most eminent
men Of this republic, is without a par ,llel in the
history of the newspaper press. The article was
written by Mrs. Jane Swisshelm who claims TO
be lady, but who displays qualities of heart and
mind which no lady can envy, and no gentleman
can approve. Here is the article =
i do not think II prejudice that makes me think Mr.
Wehster's face disagr,eable; but to me il has
pressOn OF coafseness though his animal propensi
es we're rather stronger than his nte!irctu powers
His face speaks the sensuast by Dature-a natural
innate seisarity that would require large amount
OF strict training to elevate into ptuousness such
as is condemned by our people when described by Sue
or Bulwer j know this opinion OF Mr. Webster will
he ed by his western friends have
| any such expressed of him: but nearly every
knows that he sometimes drinks to excess and his
friends here say he requires to be- excited with wine
to make him ap proa chablcs scivi When quite sober
he is gruG as grizzly bear His m'stresses are
generally if not always colored women-some of them
| big blsek wenches AS ugly aud vulgar as himself
| These will openly run store bills on his account.
us as a nation The wicked rule. and the people must
| noun. The laws Of God are publicly set at defiance
| by those whom we choose to rule Webster
had always admired after his last speech. His
faults appeared like his greatness and
virtues. But since have him. | look upon his
essential iners dents The good is only enough to
preserye the unity OF natures pan-to leave
ture ON earth wholly evil The lion has his courage to
compensate for his ferocitythe tgress her faithful
TO her young to atone for her crueltythe toad
has its diamond eyes as substitute for all other
beauty; and Daniel Webster has his great intellect
and occasional flashes of good feeling aud kindness to
compensate for the total want of that spiritual purity
that perception of the beautiful and true which
allhs man to angels. and both the Divine essence.
/ can never admire Daniel Webster again. He IN
many removes down from the highest order of hu-
ma a mn hot sh n1isa alnDI taa
may make in future shall always think a hippopo-
tamus can make more and whale blow harder than
he There VIII be no persuasion in his words still
small voice in his wisdom no in his courage
no halo about his name. He is ugly-andI never be-
fore saw but two ugly men
Now, in the face of This extract from the columns
of the Tribune, the socialist editor avows that he
never published it, while is notorious that the
article has been copied by hundreds Of country
newspapers from his journal, and has become the
common property of the public. This is not the
only savage and malicious attack upon Mr. Web
sler that has appeared in the Tribune. II has
than once INDUCED in similar disgraceful acts,
though, atrocious and outrageous as they have
been, this surpasses all others. AT moment when
the distinguished Senator is earning his proudest
distinction, by devoting his whole energies to the
settlement of the great national question, the
1riJaas, not satisfied with its attempt to level
everything to its low standard of communism in
morals and property, seeks 70 drag from his great
eminence one of the most exalted intellects of the
nation. The more effectually to do this, it fero-
ciously assais the private character of Mr. Webster
in such way as TO give the most deplorable
picture of his morality and manners and to leave
impression upon the minds Of the rising genera
ton that would consign MIR. Websters memory to
reproach and obloquy The Tribune sends this
poison all over the country and then positively
affirms that it has done so. The socialist
journal can level truth with as much ease as it can
common decency. Does it dare to re-afiirm that
it did not originally publish the article we have
quoted1 Come, Greeley, look up to the bright
heaven, and speak.