Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-09-12

\ 1HE BlSHoP or NEEMoNT's GRAFTON oN
. GENERAL TAYLoR's DEATH, AND TIE STATE
OF THE UNIoN. - We should like to re able
10 give place in our columns to The whoe
OF lhls admirable Grafton but as our limits
Will not permit tins, We must content our
selves with a simple extract. Bishop Hop
! k!ns pays the following very just tribute to
that great statesman, Daniel Webster
a Theologian as Bishop Hopkins, in favor
of the dlsinieI ested PATRIOTISM, The solid
! wisdom aud the amazing power Of Daniel
Webster, are peculiarly gratifying 10 all
true-hearted Amercans,-the mole So in
consequence OF the foul AID beastly attacks
Which have recently been made upon HIN
by some of hi, former pretended admirers
Daniel Webster never occupied So glorious
and so cnvable position before the aorld
as the great champion of the Constitutional
rights, liberties aud interests Of the w.oe
American people, as AT this very day aud
his efforts, for his cuuntry's welfare, during
the last winter, in the Senate, will shine
brighter on the page Of history, than any
patriot in lis devotion, and not the man in
hi, ambition these illustrate nobly the
statesman in his grandeur, and not the poi
itcan in his enthusiasm.
The following are the remarks Of Bishop
Hopkins -
/" Frankly and fully, therefore, do |
agree. IN relail Ia this matter, with your
great statesman, Daniel Webster, and With,
as verify believe, he intelligence and re-
Arcling minds ~h cl compose the majority
of our clergy aud our people throughout
the Northern pOrlu II of the Unlon. With
them, depIore the evils of slavery. With
q them, | earnestly desire IT. total al clifton,
as soon rs 1t can b. attained ia the spir I of
Chrls ian kindness and constitutional pm
cipc. W!h tn IN, | would sincerely DIP
tccaic and oppose amy needless eXleh> on of
the area of slavery. Bur with them, also,
| would refuse to d. e,i that good may
come would refuse to relieve The slave
by the ruin of the master. ! would refuse
to remodel The church, hy tie exclusion of
the shve-ownur IL The face ol apostolic
authority AM would refuse To lramp'e
On the constitution, the supreme law OF The
land and thus risk the commencement of a
civil war, with a ! It's ortid and alrocious
Consequences, only IN order 10 force prcma.
turcly what Will be much more likely to
come to pass ~ the exercise of kindness
and iufbcaraucc, al d what, | doubt not,
Will come to pass, with the consent Of all
concerned, ~ The LoId's good time.
" have specified the name ri Daniel
. Webster un this occasion distinctly, not
because he holds dlfrent opinion from
many other siate.men, bat because he has
been made the pccu lar subject OF 50 much
abuse aud obloqny, for his dlslnlereslrd,
patriotic, and magnaninous course IN the
service of The whole Union. A as have
we not here another sad proof of the vlo-
leuce ol preisdlce When such man can
I've 81 rccklessy assail d by his former ad
mlrers. his very motives calumnlateG, his
/. integrity aspcfsed, his honor aui his purl-
~ of purpose slaLdered, only because lie
has conscientious preferred the perform
ance of hls public duty TO the nation at
large, before his personal interest IN his
own district These. however, arr the
very circumstances which test the power OF
principle 1t is an easy thing 10 defend the
truth when truth Is popular and acceptable
to oar patty. But the statesman who can
II re olive, if necessary. tn sacrifice him eli Ia
the welfare of his country, is a la,tloi lu-
deed"