New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-31

hsse and immsturity of his sxtemporaDs"us eor' Hs
words are given loosely to the wind and the wind oAss
item on its s~i wings the distant nterlunar 70
be return ed him more Forever but the Writer, RIP
ep.d by ruts Us culture md purified from tsnt BY tie
rfoins processes Of bis art commits his to the
i'm D RIB be amber Of baosS lhnS being dead he YET
,pe.k- ard in sddioo to The effects he wrought waps
living the honors he enjoyed both ditnson and per
o. iui,y sre given to his influence add his hme
Mr. Clay perhaps less than most other orators requires
N he .mial,aed In type because his services states
nav, though not always successful were 30 S,gey oens
fetal aud sctuat-d by sush broad and snpoohag y-ss
that they have connected his name with the history q ks
country and eft enduring mark upon it, eyislA,ioa
Yet spite OF all this cannot but think tha the soi
has loser by the liberal share Of bis time ssf tens
vi ich he allowed the Of office ana the details q
party management Ia absorb ms ehaosmeous Tere -
~ nervous that he needed only To have nsrnred and has
banded them to have raised himself 10 the ofest niche d
oo opoan cr. atness The love and admiration which are
now confined 10 his countrymen and his friends woad IN
that css hsve been expanded into the love and admiration
of ankind and no position in the univerarespcc thst
was possible for penetration. sagacity vigorous p"Wen q
reason sffurni imagination excellent sympaihies nd ex
J asnirsfon- 10 attain could have been too exalted or
permanent for his reach Indeed sueh were inc eaPah
ties of his nature that with ample cultivation AMI sks
careless expe ndure Of his means old Ireece might have
b,cn revived on this continent m the persOn
second Percles and Rome renewed her youth m te sea
doris of a greater Cicero we are ngllv PROUD men, 70
thinking of what Mr. Clay was but A. no earthly excel
lence could satisfy Us, the heat swos and thrills with
inerressble emotion when magnes Whist he might have
been.
stst+sus H. and OF those that went before oaly "asaca
and .fi-rson likely have secured more noensa
shle rn0~n But the great msn oi our pAs Nho =, NOS
nearly resembed in genius and character was u'm""a
whose work h. msy be said 10 have taken up wbere va
leff ana 80 have carried on with even more ma n,os
purpose snd more brilliant display 81 power Snrnr
inc The amo tendencies to~ad strong and -penjid gov
ernm,nt gifted with the same courteous and s.Hoense
pei sonal qualities dividing opposition 10y the assnnlvd
their address and rallug support by their own 'Nu'A1
copfdenc. ia success sse bod ambitious, ana pauienG
they identified their with every great question:
both Of dom site sdmpisiraii sni OF foreign pohSy ea
in his dav inhsed their spirit into vast aad ppsef
ul rartv while they hed is cpponen's IN check ana s~
the glor, Of having founded our Institutions ily shane
The next honor of ny modified and cohtr lied "Gr char
acier ana development IL ga the superior & t'Hne
Mr. Clay however IN have iv'd To the mellow irnioes
Of his suiuIus envious Death id not sntcn nm way
putiy ehe the glow Of his you0g hopes was sail fresh
on his checks but full Of hOnors ta OF years me lue
of PARTISAN warfare so.n,d 10y his venerable age
as tn, fierce heats of are cooled by the coming
right Y.,,,,
Serenely 10 his 6ns rest ne passed
The sketch Of Webster reproduces the main IDEAS "a
Theodore Pakers celebrated discourse on the subject
with n. addition of mastery parallel betseen Wee
,ter and Burke.
What Mr Calhoun is supposed by many to h'y' wanted
Mr. Webster had is perfection robust, broad prtticd
understanding lie the peisOuiac iion ot fhe under
sancipg As distinguished from the n,unve reason anae
creative inns gnaou Our reading does not enable US 10
recall any Of any epoch more largely endowedw WIN
what il bsi expressed by th- simple word mind Ihere
have been many bril- liant men mon OF moro nah's
original insight of finer instincts OF more versatile and
conpr,f csive genius, of quicker and holder ana more
susceptible imagination, OF m're delicate sno rr'Aoe
fancy Of lofer moral aspirations, but few OF more mas
cune and reliable intellect II we were relureit9 de-
sgnste bin by single phrase, we should say thar ne ws
man Of superb almost supend"u. talent lie clnnob OF
course lee impaired Ia Plato Bacon or any oi taasek
allied order whose thought creates epochs in the hod
the ystte The Sc commanding genuses o aenon
Ike Caesar or Napoleon who handle nations A. an artist
hanolss III. materials still less TO tho all prevailing poe,
the Shskspeares Millions. and Goethes ca whom the most
txubsren measure of the divine glory poured for hn
faculties lay in di0eres line from all these his sphere
was not that of creation but Of advocacy and we mus
look for his parallel therefore, among the Cceros tne
Pitts the Mirabeaus the OCOnnels the Peels aud the
Claws of the House and the Forum Less hsa some
Of hem ia certain respects he is greater than ci'ern
others but union of strength with grace OF intellect
for CAIN easy dignity of for poaderous taciiyd
argumentarop lAwyerlik olearness OF perception
and solid, broad, practical diplomacy he occupies posi-
ion almost apart