New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-25
rp.rg OF MIR. WEBSTER.

depce. Marshfeld, Mass, at o'clock yester-
d.y morning, bis natural strength Of constitu-
t;on having enabled him to withstand the viru-
I.nt assaults of disease at least twenty-four
hours longer than his physicians and intimate
friends had ventured 20 hope. His mind re-
manned clear and brilliant to very nearly the
last and his dying hours presented an edifying
spectacle of dignifed affection, Christian peni-
tence. manly fortitude and perfect resignation.
His was not the death Of a sanity anchorite or
triumphant martyr, eager to quit this scene OF
trials and Affections for the ineffable raptures
of Heaven; for he had loved this world, with
its honors and enjoyments, and neither felt nor
affected an impotence this sensible, warm
being to resign but when apprised that the
memorable messenger was at his door, summon
ing him away from earth and all its aspirations
he bowed in accomplishing submission to the
mandate, and bis death-bed department and
conversation were such as do honor to HUI
mainly and strengthen the great hope of an
Immortal Hereafter.
The death Of Mr. Webster makes void
which will not soon be filled. Who shall fifty
replace him at the head Of the Department of
Statel Who will henceforth fll Faneuil Hall
BY mere announcement of mis- intention TO
speak and whose speeches viii thence be
telegraphed to and read throughout every por-
ton of the country alike by those who approve
and those who condemn their purpOrt Intel.
lectually, Mr.. WEBSTER leaves behind him no
equal among our surviving Statesmen and Leg
islators We believe there is not this day in
Europe head so marked as his with every ex-
ternal Characteristic of yastintellectual power.
KossUTHs talents are more versatile, and his
oratorv better calculated to move aud electriiy
masses of men, but WEBsrER's speeches are
more massive, more stately, more regal, than
those of the eloquent Magyar; they carry Us
back to the days of Burke and Mlrabeau.
We believe the speeches Of no other American
who has yet lived will be read so long or so
widely as those Of DANIEL WEBSTER.
Through the greater part Of OurPast years,
III was our IDiAuut " liitAhlSN BApAphhhil
with the great New-Englander, and to struggle
under his banner, for principles and measures
which We deemed vital to the public veal. We
could not approve his qHasi adherence to ~
Ter, after that renegade had proved false to his
professions and his supporters still less could
we approve Of the spirit eyinced by Mr.. Web
ster since March, 1850, toward his old COM
patriots in resisting the Slavery Propaganda.
We did not condemn his readiness TO COM
promise the difference between the North aud
the South, which menaced the harmony if not
the stability ofthe Union, for we had previous
" evinced and still cherished a like wiling
ness but we did feel aggrieyed by his sud
den saltation to what seemed TO US the
Pro-Slayery side, and his arguing that
the points we were willing to concede in return
for important concessions from the other side
were points which we should not or need
not under any circumstances maintain. We
could not, for example, reconcile his declara-
ton that the Fugitive Slave Act should concede
a Trial by Jury TO the alleged fugitive, and his
submission to the Senate of such clause, with
his subsequent intolerance toward those who
contended that such provision should be
made, although the Law had been already en-
acted without it. Thus dissenting from the
views promulged by him, we gave earnest ex-
preston to our dissent, ior we could not other
wise have been faithful to our own convictions
Of duty If any friends of Mr. Webster were
offended by our structures, we can only say that
We would gladly have been spared the necessity
of making them and that We did not less than
they appreciate Mr. Webster, but only realized
more strongly our obligation to stand by the
cause Of Universal Freedom.
Mr. Webster's great abilities and ser
vices will of course be hOnorei by funeral
demonstrations throughout the whole extent
Of the Union California knew him almost as
well as Massachusetts, and South Carolina,
that never agreed with him in life, (saye in his
championship Of the Fugitive Slave Law will
render fitting hOnorE to bis memory. And this
is well; for great men are no longer so abun-
dant in the public service that We can afford to
lose one without remarking il; and the day
that entOmbs the mortal dust of WEBSTER will
look on 10 living American of equal intellectual
power.
CLOSE Up!
Sir days only remain for preparation; aud
thera arc many Tou-ns aud wa rds which v,t