The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-26

70 out Of your harbor the ships which Won send round
the globe have now attained such the winds
their coming back into your hArbor may be predicted
with much certainty as tue return Of the seasons
Cooper too Is at home upon the deep No like hin
has so COMMUNICATED the grand deeds OF your navy
no like him has so described life on this OCEAN.
There is another reason Why call upos you your
sympathy and cooperation In purpose. Do not
think that come speak to you the men Of
tsTs who come after HIM speak only OF him the
frat great American Of letters VINO has proceeded
fret amongst - He was fore runner, pionesr-one
Of the very very few who ct long distances from
another, went before The univsrealty of educson
instruction the quick kinding impulses II the young
enterprise, love OF admiration love Of truth love
sc.nce-al VIII combine to make the class Of men OF
greater in America than they have ever been in
any other country in the world, in proportion to
its Humbers-snd our numbers are fast increasing.
i giys this not IS my own idea, but a remark
which have learned at the foot Of the illussriou,
Madison-he who had achieved high distinctio
IS man Of letters who hims.lf-as the Gentleman VINO
has to night presided us-has not only for him
ee distinction ia public but has also ths
dened the thought and feelings Of his country aud
exhibited them IN euch massive English that know OF
The meRof letters IL the coming gsneratons ard the
men ers who now live, must consent to stand clos.
the trees in the densest forest but Cooper
stood &c II were alone on bis own prairie. Cooper WAS
the fret 10 people the realms OF the interior OF the
try with tie creatures Of his imagination Cooper
it were the tell how ths Hudson flowed with
inspiration to the poet and from that time forward tbs
traveller who looks at the banks OF uens as viii
the people OF Ooopers imagination travelling round him
and whoever tfeads on the banks Of Lake GEORGE he
looks out tie crags and the which the decline
Of the pn ssens TO him. will find the richest hues Of
| with which the fancy Ct Cooper has peoped them.
/ While We there stand huddied together we point
attention TO Cooper as standing ike the stately aud
solitary oak the plain, without rival neighbor
There Is another reason you Will permit to state
why we call sou to erect statue Cooper-it is
from respect for the genius succ.y and integrity Of
Ia
III with design II is that sincere lofty truth and honesty
that never truckied to any temper passion or social IN
huence, but mantuy pursued his own career II n
feared not to guide hs bark the story Of
competition and observatonit is from the profoun
ard deep conviction Of the massive character tor ntg
rity and genuine purity OF his life, and the heart AM
fervenoy Of the poet that invite you join in tud
ing monument which ,ha hold him up al example
70 the young Ladies and ge3t ensn in your presence in
your sympathy we read our appreciation, and find In
them an assurance of success
Mr.. q. p L JAMES, the novelist, introduced to
the audience and wss received with loud cheers He
ssid Ladies and gentlemen, it is this very nomeD.
that have had the fret ntmstion that ] would be
called upon to address you Bat 10 Is not for me sn
Engishmen--s ana being proud OF being Al English
manir is not for me, romance wrltsr-and proud to
he romance writsrit IL not for man OF TIE peo
pesnd proud TO be man OF the people Ito refuse my
humble tribute 20 an American romance writer, aud
man Of the peops, (Appauss But ell could cay has
been taken from me oy tie speaker who preceded me
What ray sitter The speeches Of sich az the
President Of this ssseuby OF Mr. Bancroft of the
rend gentlemen who have addressed you and OF
the Grafton Of hr. Bryant himself What can
rsy after the language OF men whose massey writings Like
those OF him whose memory We have met to commsmo-
rate, have gone all over the world. (Applsu-e) Little
has heen LETT to ne but to correct mistake relative to
person of the my own In abiding to Sir.
James, opponent If Mr. Cooper Mr. Bryant called
lin veterinary surgeon lie vas net veterinary bDt
naval surgeon and the two professions csuno be
bined unless ty that peculiar animal called a" horse
marine" Daughter Another motive had in respond
ing to yeur call, to add my tribute TO an AEercan
auher ana upon thi. point little i.,ft to say.
only judge the end OF trial When add essns the
witnesses examined
though l do not pretend to be much Of judge
in literature daughter | will however, sun, MP til
evidence given and ark 70 what is that you about
to erect TO statue Ist simply 10 novelist No no.
Eoiar more than that is to genius whose triumph
is superior TO matterse the mind that millions
is stovc the sn who can clay hundreds Of thousands
But Ia this ali? Ne fax from it, II statue to tru ID,
straightforward truth, to ali nstonstruth worthy Of
Eore statues than were ever raised to it. Is it to
truth s!one No; but TO truth seliu' and patriotisn
oonbined (Appsuse) ! ray he was patriot in the
fccst CT the word for though he spent great
deal Of his life out Of this great land he was everywhere
an Americsn--rue to his country, and true to him.
sat. (Appisuse) With this summing up, would ask
ii there is any man or any woman land woman's voi,e
u more powerful to plead than msnr) i would ask,
is there any who leaves this hall to night that will
not contribute nay, that will MOI every exerton to
procure contributors from their friends and aeghhors
to erecta statue that will down to posterityl statue
to genius truth and patriotism cloud applause
rsr. WEBSTER then came forward amid tremendous
eloquent remarks which you have heard there remains
little to be added 1t hss been said with srss, truth
By profound philosopher" Fines corona, opus -"Cau
nan happy until DEATH and the reason OF that l
take 30 be the voissudes of life ard the changes Of
feelings and CT the objects Of human char acter
ard that before the end OF Lie that character
consumed Ito Tor whose memory We assembled,
for the purpcse of erecting suitable monument,
has accomplished and flushed his Of human
istepce "Ai;er lifes fu fever he sleeps we'll" His
has bcen and his character is mpihei
and it stands monument Of itself and is possessed Of
h i nhea and now and
what has he LETT to his country? You have ali heard th
eloquent and inienius funeral oratous over the
body ef fenmore Cooper which have excited the
sJmpathes OF this auditory. Il had been said
that Cesar bad made the Roman people the
the universal lsgatss Of all that he possessed Well
been The spois OF war; OF rspne, and consumption
wrung frem other provinces-a physical wealth which
bestowed ten thousand tmsr much he possessed
the Roman people what false sentiment would II have
been. compared with that instruction left by men Of
we're eli the richts which could be bestowed on the
American nalion compared With that lie bestowed
all bis attainment, and exerted all his Efforts
for the benefit Of his country and tn: glory OF his
character. What ccud Cesar do more than
that? (Cheers) And in this respect, he (ar.
Webster thought that the honor aud renown sferary
men were &c be regarded Mind and its products were
ete mai as far as thing eserna al pershabe
and ineligible and while men remained civilized,
would Away. reIrsin and therefore l that
derstoed the oupourngs OF the heart and the intellect
given by an eminent person and which exceeded sill the
of mortal nature and in that respect ths
was IN conformity with the ideas which had been
adductd by the Gentleman wto had addressed them that
night. II due to the memory OF such man. and 70
Themselves to ra!ss monument proof Of their gra
titude him by Whose intellectual labor they al bene
fitted, and who had left them such Inheritance.
(Chteir) This was the view which he (Mr. WebsterJ
TOOK Of the duty they called upon to PERFORM and
it apptared TO ni agreeable occasion every
zion had been ard would be which tended to raise the
intellectual character Of and impress them with
the importance OF It's value (rreneadtue and CONT.
nued cheeiing)
The Audience then separated appearing highly graft
fed by the cloquence of the evening.
[pr Francis the Rev. Or Bethurs, and the Rev. Mr.
0sgooa made eesn9 speeches but owing 70 the very
crowded state Of our columns; reluctantly
PEELED to omit them