New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-25


members Of the family
The illness Of Mr.. WEBSTER proirced a profound
'cnseilen II this city, and We have no doabs that VIII
~, shcut the country There IA now no b,ra enter
tsips> thsf he viii recover We canno, allow h;. o-rS
sion no without expressing the feelings yvheh We 90.
terSin rnAr living ever felt more profound rsysrd
tor ,no.her han we have for Mr.. WEBSTER He vx.s
the American -, tesran from whose speeches ara con
verss,ion We 9Th cred the best ideas Of cur Govsrn.
rneut and If the ctlsiiuIicn under which we live
Manufacturing the estrsngeneat which has within the
last two years occurred separate ia, and which has
given to Others opportunity 70 iptsecpresen. our
position the sentiments Of respect cnf attachment
which were planted within breast IN other days,
have never been o6hferated. For Mr.. WEYsrEz's
transcendent abilities man ever tet more Toonnt
regard: and although what appeared to US 70 be the
path of duty led IN a direction opposite 20 the one
which he fit to tread within the last two years yet
the separation has always been 70 Us sourceoi sN en
regret Our convictions could not disregard ana
we have no apologies TO otter that we did not disregard
them Had We been false 90 them We shoud nave
been unworthy 10 hold the position which We 40 Aud
we trust that what we may say in regard 10 .is'
WEBSTER. viii not DO considered rs less mlndfui'
because OF the variance which OF stesnd only OF lste
has occurred 70 separate us. -
;Tbrre was a time whca the rclnton which we held
with the DISTINGUISHED statesman was 20 consiisraoe
degree confidential and is o. the sources OF sans
faction TO which we now feel thar during inc Two
YEAR OF controversy whch have just passed that rust
was never violated.
Mr. Webster without doubt possessed the most mss
sv eand vigorous mind that was even youehsSad TO any
cd a. The unrest specimens of American e,oIuencc and
as among the richest treasure Of his countEyncn They
have been carefully preserved and 80 lar as they are
concerned II NAV be said Of them "a ne upon an )n'E
occasion said tie past at least secGre But is not
ALTOGETHER H. his speeches that he was great not IN nen
done Is evinccd the vast powers VI his usurpassei IN
tellect Nj Webster was never &c n 20 more u's'agc
than within bis own household AZ the family board o. ia
strolLng with hun MS farm ~ Marshneld or stand
ing with him upon tn sea oeacl and looking our uon
the ocean before U.s. which, Ike the scope iHs h'el''
o1vf.f ral hmm
Wehnve enoved these things and there are events
In our life in which have experienced more pleasure
A we write they involuntTily rise before Vs. iSe
blessed vsons OF other and better days To hear him
upon the pest, the present, the mturc In
familiar, coIoquid manner, 10 listen TO hl' great
thoughts expressed in the puret words O our ian uasc
and wonder how he could thus speak and TANK are
iCys which we can fud words to express IL ws our
fortune TO pas several days ct his meme In Mtrshed,
some eight years ago. end well we remember one
beautiful night when the heavens seemed 70 be studded
with countless myrads of starr that about ocock IN
the evening we walked out and he stood beneath the
beautiful weeping elm which rascs its majestic form
within few PAGES of his dwelling, and looking up
through the leafy branches he appeared Tor several
minutes be wrapped in deep thought, and AZ length
rs If the scene 20 soft and beautiful had suggested tnS
liner be quoted certain verses OF the egnh fsal Oe-
Ginning with the words: when | consider Tny
hesyeIs the work of Thy hnsers; the moon and tns
stsIs which thou hast ordained what man mat lnou
are WinGiul a hinf and tic son OF man INN lhou
ystcst himi For Thou hast made him litio lower
than the ,angcls anu hast crowned ann with glory anu
honor. &c. ,,,
The deep, low tone in which he repeated thesei IN
spired words and the deep wrapped attention with
which he pazed up through the branches OF the elm,
struck us with feeling OF greater awe 9nd solemnly
than ever felt when, III year or two ater we Fis
ed some OF the most magnificent catledrHs OF the Oh
world venerable with the ivy OF centuries, and mellow
ed with the glories of daily church service Tor thou
sand years lie thinking then OF that hr distant
world wherein is promised that the sood Oh ths NE
shal live forever and ever We renamed our 0enea'n
the tree or over an hour and s the time he conycrsed
about the Scriptures which no man has studied WIN
greater attention. and o. which no man, whom we ever
saw knew 20 much app AIRED 70 undeTstail ana s',
preciate so well He talked Of the books o the Old
Testament especially, and dwet with unaffected plea.
sure upon Iaah the Psalms, and especially the BOOK Oh
Job The Book OF Job he said taken as mere worhoi
literary genius was one of the wonderful prOtuc-
tons OF any age in any language As On epic pos nc
deemed lar superior either the lnd OF the Olyssey
The last he said received mucn oil thelr sf action
from the mere narration OF wsrkc deeds, and from tue
uerious escapos Of the Chief persOnages from death ana
slaughter but the Book Of Job was purely int ectua
narrative liz power was shown in the dialogues OF the
characters introduced Tie story simple IN ts con
stcton and there little in II 10 excite the lnlag
ton or arouse the sympathy. 1t was purely an intel
ecua production, and depended upon hc power oi inc
dialogue and not upon the interest OF tho story 10 pro
duce it's eiects This was conslderingh merely Us an
| Intellectual work He read IT tarough very often, anu
! ALWAYS with renewed delight In hIs Judgment u was
the gIeatest epic written. We well remember MS
quotation OF some the in the thirty chap
ter Then the Lord answered Joo out oil the wnif-
u M.
words without knowedgei Grid mp now thy IONS Ike
man; for | will demand Of thee and answer thou me-
Where vast thou, when laid the foundations OF tl'
/ esthi Declare il thou hast understanding &c Mr.
WrHsTER was fine reader, and his recitation oil p0r
tculsr passages which he felt waun were never sur
Iassed and were capable OF giving the most exquisite
/ delight 70 those who could appreciate them
Mr. WEBSTER was great upon every matter upon
which mankind feels or has felt an interest . ,
Mr. WEBSTER one OF the bet oryteieis IN tle
world lie could relate an anecdose VIVA "JhdcIlu'
cd . I.ipgt xg. m
the table in a roar" His fund OF snecdOtc and Oi per
sonal remniscenoe was ineShaustoe. NJ one Sou,u
start a subject relating to history and eipe'Miy 20
American confessional life, about which he couId n1l
relate some anecdote connected with some oil inc pn
cipal characters which when told, would throw Add-
tonal light upon the narrative, ana llu't1a1o SUM
prominent trait ia the characters Oi the persons ca
gaaed in the transaction TINS greA glI ne Posecs,c
| In q degree Unsurpassed. M. WEBsrERs Table taA
was fully equnl 70 any OF s more elaborate enors IN Iie
Senate He could talk, 10 use somewhat lsnonsii0
exures sion a. well he could speak lie had Keen
sense of Inc ludicrou and loved and appreciated NICE
touches Of eccentric humor. We have many IenlnE
cences Of his storytelling, Tor, waen a. washington
We often had the pleasure Of dining al MS taoe. "a
these occasions il was the purpose VI these present 70
draw him out and 10 do thu, was but necessary 10
tart some topic in which he felt an interest we snsI
never forget his account OF Ills Viah TO Jehefsoh W
Monticello his Analysis OF the character ana hteheStuo
,,,snerts al Hamilton who he thought bore closer
re.emblspce 10 the Younger Pitt than any oiner man IN
Enelish or American history and his anecdo'ss oi
Chief Justice Marshall, and oil M StJcEtoh' q Wv
Jersey and Ct his ride from Baltimore % Wssnh you Al
wagon with a stout, bury fellow, who tod nun nc was
robber. =, ,.,x,1,, ~
Rut we must close our article. IL has already ex
tended 10 length which did not expect or intena
/ sbonld We can ONLY express feelings III common
with those Of fellow-ciiizen upon the apparently
snrronching termination Of the life " the gre" sta,
man Hehas lived 20 green old age, having eAceeded
the limit prescribed TO human hie-oi tnree sCo'e
and ten.