New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-26

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helped Us understand the mystery
The eoofnsty OF some criuies 90 assss,shes Ma.
sObiue their InSs and they oss The de.rs "a,
uoToad admiration Of the srsst criminal soa the
Slavery, the mos, hideoas snake which sO.,A.x.
gions breed, With hfeen upequa, feet came cr, 80.
North fold on told and ring on ring and col on -
the venou,ed monster came then Avaice the 49,
worm which Northern cities gender IN their he.t -.
crawling South with many wnggiins curl n w..
a'opg its wsy At length they met and ,wsssn, M
their obscene embrace, the twain became one IN -,
HunkeTism. theme pnsttemptej yet In prose or 49,
there North no South. they were oas 49,
The dragon wormed its way along-crswiei as, 80
church Of commerce, wherein the minister bsparss a.
beast Salvation From the ten Commandment ~.
dragons breath efaced those which forbid 4, I'M -.
covet with the three between; then with rn,b,as..
tooth, gDawed out the chief commandments vhs,.-
the law ard prophets hang. This smphibsaa on -.
Western World then swallowed down the ho,is,s v,,I
OF Hebrew or Of Christisn speech and in thar ~.
LETT Kissing 81 the higher Of law Of God sorA...
and Southwark wormed the thing along is irscl -
ing the stain OF its breath in the peoples face a. ~
Kissing against the Lord rings yeti may speech
seGsion. elnshins veil: hsr saeroa sres,
Thea what shrinking was there Of great eonac,s,e,
and hearts, and uindsi 80 Mlton fading a. !. 81 -.
gels sHen from their first estste seeking 70 eaer Pa.
dernonium
They but now who seemed
In bgness 20 surpass EaTths sisntsons
Now lees than smallest dwsriS In narrow rsos
70 snaue~s foym
Reduced their shapes immen-. and were a lsss
Though without number still, an.dst the ball
Ofthst internal court
'Hr Webster stamped his and broke through rts
the great hollow of practical Atheism which undetsals
the State and Church Then what scsving IN erel
The rsst base of Northern cities qaaked aud yswas
with gaping rents 'Penn's sandy foundation shooS
again, and black men fed frou the city Of brothsst,
love- doves dee from farmers barn when oas.
lightning stahs the ToOf There twirs in Faneul
nd he N gyid ,Ntshf ,yF a
erty % regain her ancient Cradle only soiers greed,
10 steal man. themselves stole out and in EcclesAsa
auckland down the hole auain Metropolitan
churches t0ppled and pitched, and cante and cracked
their bowling walls all out of plumb Colleges broker
from the chain which held them in the stream OF tina
rushed toward the sbysma rent Harvard lod the war
CkriSt0 e Eocesis in ts hand Down plunged Andoyee
Conscience and the Constitution ciuched in lis an
Gent, falling arm. New Haven began 20 cave in Doe
tors OF Divinity. orthodox, heterodox with only doy
of doubt no settled opinion had great sRcrty N
sinking, and went down quick, live ever into The
pit OF h0rah Dsthan and ADRIAN, the botomloss pu a
lower lawOno with his mother. cloaked by a surIlre
hd meath bis sinister arm and Acknowledged brother
grasped by his remaining lRb Fossils of theology dead
Ezekes bones took TO their feet again. sad stood M
for most arrant wrong There Il no higher law al
God. quoih they as they went down no golden rule
only the statutes of men with my lhoos,e al
might fancy that he heard snickerng laugh run roani
the world below, snort ting. whnDying. and neighag q
il echoed from the Internal spot pressed by the es
monsters Of lLfsme, who thousands OF years AGO o,
the same Grand plunged down the self same wsy
What tldngs the echo bore Dante Milton could 40,
tell Lot us leave that TO darkness 10 silence aud
% death
But spite Of all this, in every city in every town in
every college and IN each capslzng church. thre were
found faithful men, who feared the monster needed
not the stsmplng-nsy Doctors Of Divinity were found
hyngin all their houses there light and the de-,
troying angel shook them not The word of the Lori
came In open vision 10 their eye they had their LANAI
trimmed and burning their Ions grit they stood road
ready. Liberty and Religion turned in thther and the
slave found bread and wings When my father and
my mother torsakeme, then the Lord will hold me up
The following passage from the preachers
summing up Of Mr.. Webster's character is in
the same vein, and is also 1--WE beeve) noe
found in the first report of the Sermon, which
we printed;
Like Bacon whom Mr.. Webster resemb es In man,
things save industry and the phlosophic mind he ha
no moral courage, no power OF seisscrice or selfde
NAL with strong passions, with love of luxury IN eli
its forms, with much pride great fondness Of sppla~
and the intcnsest love of power coming 10 Bosos
poor, lawyer, without thrih, embIkng 10 polincs
with such companions for bis private and h public lie,
with such public Opinis In the Stste-tht hoees
serve the present purposes Of your party or the wealthy
men who control IL In the Church-that religion eoa
sists in belief without evidence In rtuh sacramesh 10
verbal prsyers II wonderful that this great inalect
went astrayl See how corrupt the Churches me--,Ae
leading clergy Of America the anointei deiendeno
stealing; see how corrupt Ia the State betrauuz
the red men, enslaying the black, piiagng Mexico sc
how corrupt 10 trade which rules the STATE and ChurrA
dealing In men. Connecticut makes whips for the ne
grodrver. NewHampshire rears the negro drivers
themselves. Ships OF Maine and Rhode Island are the
domestic slave trade The monsires Of Massachusetts
own men In Virginia, Alabama Missouri The leading
men In Trade In Church and State, think justice Il moi
much more needed in statesman than II IA needed
an OK or In the steel which shoes bis hOof Remember
these things and pity Daniel Webster ambitious pcs
sionate, unthrifty and the circumstances which
weighed him down. We Judge the deeds God
only can judge the man If you and have not met, he
temptation which oyermsster us, let Us have mercy
on such as come bleeding from that battle"