New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-04

Divine b,'cai otcer shall speak Of him egsla-
tor. and eAeN"' "
OF lava bod =, ls-ce influence in the Massschu-
HrcSrrentiou. The cpecches however. do not sno"
se's Lille depth of philosophy, or width OF histo-
any b,t they show the strength OF great man NOT
ir sster O. his theme. lhey are nor Always lar;
NV sometrnes show the specious srs lehls o ne su
tney "a do MT always indicate the so1ndnes- OF the
toSa'T IL Icap,ng was then always was toward
secoucenfraiion of power; not TO i;s di'9on IL vas
.ss Federal leaning OF New England AZ We sihS rs
w rh;lf.oDhiC al objection 70 technical religious
hao L. ALLEGATION for Office hut did nottnink II eS-
-, 10 found measure or that pTlnclpe: lie
Pd property and not population as the oa5ie Oh rep
rei.. .,lRn I'm he Senate The Hou-e mi ;ht rest
49,, senate ON money Said he, 't would seem
~ rsrt Of poli,ica. wisdom 20 found government on
DC vet he wished TO have the property diflsed
ir;dsy "a ssibe He was little Jealous of the Leg
ss We ~, No wanted on independent, Judiciary. In
s.ss IN lsl3 he was with the Federal party, aud
~ cour,e not friendly to tae war yet ne went Tor ne
defen,e Of the country and eSecsy of hsVe oeien. e.
~ "a an eve on the commerce OF America lie saw ts
-, - declared il a unit He early did large service
~ n,ocuiDc The passage Of law Tor the payment OF
,, in nnitorni currency. Tnut the greatest
IN; ,Iiuk he ever performed IN matter Of currency
ssiiousI finance la later yeaTs he defended Uni
"a sses Bark, but that question: ike OtheTe had then
becone nrty question: anil horre in the party team
mut no On win his fellows, or be aayed with the dr
yers lash In 1876 nc opposed the protective tariff, and
son 1924. His speech at that time Il WORK OF large
lshor nice reseerch and still OF value
In voted
,etsri was called not because he III favor OF the
MEASURE but the least Of slndTy owls. Ahcrward
he became strorg advocate for high protective tari
Here he he's been blamed for his change OF opinion 1t
seems 70 his first opinion right, and his last
oniDir wIOng-that he answered ls fret great
specchbu; it seems to me that he wos honest in the
change. -.
tho North hated t. II Mr. Calhoun VINO Introduced
tbe measure rst Calhoun AT TINT time IN favor OF
en- United States protective tariff. There was to Mr.
Webster for this change seems To GOOD aud SUIT
feen reason but he Lad other fluctuations on this mat
ter which CreYe 10 say, do not capable OF an cx
planafion quite 10 honorable.
lie defended the Constitution aqainst South Csrolnss
claim Of thc right 10 sccede. IL IL cuao'nsry az the
North 10 think Mr.. Webster wholly IN tae right, una
South Carolina wholly IL the wrong on that question
hut should be remembered tna some u tie sc-t men
thst the South TO Washington thought other
wise Mr. Calhoun defended tie CaroilniGn idea, add
Calhoun wLs a great man. profound man, MAJ OF un'
Improbable integrity IN public ana IN private MT
ay certainly great rnsl wlse anu suetle ana iaI
sighted wish thou hit he wce as honest a. Caln0un
or could be persuaded that lie ~ generous a. " 80
eter but 1888 Nj. Clay could not vote tor the rorce
bill which M. Webster Ind so proucly S-is'
the South CsTol.niAn idea Mr.. Clay "Ouid not No'e
against -he avoided the question: the cir oil the sen
ate bad nc could not stay ,-.
South Cai DINA CLAIM ed that the Federal G0YcrneIS
had violated tho Constitution: that she (South Caron)
was iudqc in that matter and mad acon-itnchai rg,
20 nuliy. the question n deep one ~ - inc olu
question OF Federal and Democrat-ihc que@'iOn Dc
,ween the constitutional power OF the Wh0le ana the
mower Of the par's-Federsl power snd stare power
Mr. Webster was always IN favor OF strong centrM
Goyernmeut honestly ia favor Of it, doubt not Hus
sneecbes on that subject most mas'ry sIeeches
lrcftr in particular the speech in ls3O, against MT
Hayne and Tie speech IN 1893 against MI Callonh
The fret of these IL the great political speech oil Dnlei
Webster do not mean say thht II is the lustest IN
Us political ethics the deepest in the netahycs oi
politics or the in its pohtcG providence
only to say, that 1t surpasses All oIleIs Ia .n
,nassf7e INT eectua power of statement Mr.. Webster
WINS then eight and forty years old. lie defended rev"
England against Mr. Hayne; he defended the CohSt1u
tion of the United States against south CSrohs hs
speech full of splendid eoquence eredched high ana
MT the cnpsOne his fame, whose triple iounlao
ke had laid ut Plymouth, at Bunker Ill., and al fahei
Hall. ~. $50.
OF his public lic-he one deed wnch ms lame as
political officer viii settle down and rett-hc AshDuf-
ton Treaty in 1912 The mntter diitcuyi the claims
intricate There four parties 10 paciiy-Engltnd,
the United States Massachusetts and Name nay II Is
whsrerod that there fifth party-thC Govern
ment at the time The difficulty was almost sixty years
old Many political doctors haI lGi their hands On the
unavoidable wound which only smar,cd soTer under
their touch. The British Government sent an honora-
BILE rel resenative and America honorable Secreta.
ny the two trustworthy men settled the dt'cuity non
estly fGirly and above board, am not niagara Oh my
praise hut think this the one great d"d OF Mr. wen
etcr. Perhaps other man IN America coaih nave
done so wc and drown the tnundc out OF the gathered
cloud am judge Of TINT You all rchieiuoer the
sIAiey OF AinCrics and OF England, the apprehension
Of war and delight wnen these two coun r1@s shooN
bands the work done Thcn we all elt that there
wac only one Engheh natlOit-thc fneIsh bIi'oh MT
The English AneIicNu-'liet Wet -tcr and Asr5urton
were fellow citizcnryca, were brOthcrs IN the same
great Anglo-SaAon tribe. ,.,
His letter ON the III ,ht of Searcll-and the British
claim 90 impress soaiucn rom American rhps-woult
have done honor any statesrlrn IN the world he re-
fused 10 England tie night to visit ANA search our shs
on the plea OF their beng engaged IN no saVc.u"de
Some o. my ansayery brethren have ccnsncd him for
thig alweys dough be was night in thu rllitcr
On the other side his celebrated eltcrto Lord Aohbur-
ton in the Creole case, Seems 10 me most hh'S
unjust false ia law and wicked IN morally. Il / the one
stain on that negotiation and it wonderful Ia me that
in lao Mr. Webster could himself declare tlat ne
thought That letter was the most triniulit pro1ucuoh
from his pen IN al hat CORE -pOndcn'c.
After tie conclusion Of { Il, a;y, lir Wepster came
to Boston You remember the speech in io4|, ia aneu
Hall. He then sixty yesrt olt. he had done tne
great deed Of lis HE. de stll held hgh station lie
scornod OF affected to sco the htleucs OF party and
it, platform and claimed 10 represent tine peo-
pie o. the United State Everybody knew the import
ance of his speech counted sixteen reporters OF the
New-England aud Northern press tar meeting. 1t
was proud day for him, and also stormy day O,her
than friends about him. He had ust scattered the
thunder which mpended over tls nation; the suilen
cloud st hung over his own head lie Numbered HE
elOuuence into that clOucthe great ground l5htningo
his Olympian mind. awavs thought thai on that occa
sion Daniel Webster in the right ond his opponents
in the wrong; and grevci a. I've re- roach whchpub
lie newspapers heaped him, and the ooloquy which
the Convention Of Massachusetts poured upon his head
What was his sin lie had flteod ia the rerih and dial
not thhs money WIZ tc Stf'N oilCSt VI
nent and the manufacture OF cotton tho CHIEF end Of
God in the creation OF man
AT fnt. he opposed the snne7stion OF Texas; he
warned men against in 1881 He pr, pared some res
ohona which were M sad in the nnt.-IcX COnven-
ton in lss5 Hut as some OF the leading Wings OF the
North opposed that meeting, end favored enroNSon'
he did not appear AT tho Convention but went on TO
New-York In lsI5 be voted against anneN.ion. lie
had felt ~ he his duty steadily uniformly Hd zeooasl
to oppose it, lie did wish America 70 be possessed
by tie spirit of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. lie oNlce'ed 10 the
Att
he stood With Adams; but sgainst lin Wa Calhoun,
Clay and almost all the Democrats. Van Bnrra was
then his side ard many OF the capitalists "a tno
North wanted thing hat WoAstcr wanted not He
objected 10 the constitution OF Texas. Why becsusc
il ned up the hands Of the Legislature agnsi the aoo'
htion Of Slavery HE said that on ForctathcTs Day,