New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-08

eod. AZ the time h.d requested him Mr. Everett % pre-
pare the spsver 10 Mr. Hat-em.nn. NJ Everett vent
on 10 say that be had not kept all BIS letters to M "eo
fsr and he regretted that THE draft was among the m
ire oues and az be anxious retain the esdence
Of his being the sutbor he requested Air Webster to send
70 bin Mr.. Webster did not hesitate believe 70 90
40 ., least Mr. Everett received The following day
In the course Of few days, and before Mr. Everetts
return be sent Mr.. Webster printed copy Of bis DRAG on
one side Of large sheet. faced on toe other WITH iran
az amended by Mr. Webster, 20 show precisely what
PORTION of the document belonged to each respectively
and with it aleer stating that ne intended 10 haze taou
saJd copies struck on for circulation among bis friends in
order TIA, there might be difficulty q; any fa,lre da
In estsb,hlpg bis elaim to iis authorship have not
seen copy OF this but IL get ono viii seSd TO
eorouoiioD among the other executors OF Mr. Webster
ard The very email circle among wh n Il has ;a2sp;red
The feeling generally among them il, that NJ Everett
after having long ened TO the lite ffsai which
for POLITICAL purposes had been practced upon The paste.
he las business to come forward now and disturb the
msiteT.
gorifed him the author Of that letter and longer wa:
In position TO reclaim Of the honor Of IT, even II u
belonged him. On the other hand Mr. Evere':s friends
think that TIE ory Of the letter can no longer DO the E
ceafed any good, and may do Mr. Everett grea; dea
and that because be lent man bH coat Ia cold wea'ae
there why he shoud nothays 1t bark agan
when The weather becomes warm. think q VII iead %
rev among the old Webster men, all OF whom al pres
ent at least who know il, are very much dsgus'ee as
soon "a hear what answer ar. Webster made 10 d
Eyeres letter covering the printed Sheets VIII sena
TO you. n me 10,
DEAR SIR: Since wrote you yesterday have learned
he interfering Genouement of M. Evsre;ts and Mr
Fletcher Webster. correspondence A told you tae
other executors and such Of the old friends OF Daniel
Webster as were informed Of Mr. Everett app atioa
were very much excited bat when they learned that he
he'd ordered thousand printed copies OF the dra for gen
ersl circulation, they were alarmed and a'er Paiuag
their eds together for while resolved that muszba
siopp&d They went to Mr. Everett and, between erSu.
uents and threats made him up the draft letter and
abandon biz Preten-ions forever
A Iofs tEir uei..
was hat the whole world had been taught believe that
Webster wrote II at letter aud wbs. wor-e Webster
inc i,teD IL al Frans n New HampLe and referred to
IT, IN reply Horace Manns attacks upon his iniempsras
habits and deerepiude, es evidence that ne Tas a. gooc
new After thus running himself for the Presidency
and being by all his freno including Nj Everett on
the strength of tbs letter they insisted that it would
do whether they looked TO the good name Of the dead or
Of tie living come out with the admission that both
Webster end Everett knew that they were humbugging
the ubc ill the time Everett mad not looked at ln this
light exactly, and was entirely unepartd for the oPpe'
p he encountered or course therefore, he backed out
and an ured up the draft and threw i into the
FIRE presume all his printed copies experienced similar
When heard of Everett pre.enons 10 the authorship
of The Tul.emann letter lte curious to see what
he had said O: i, his memoir Of Webster On turning
TO the volume find only this paragraph:
tie CORES ponc6nce with the Austrian charge Al
flares il The worthy complement, after IN interval OF
quarter of century to the profound discussion OF nterns
orsl pel,cs contained in the speech Of January lea On
lie revolution Of Greece, and that OF 1926 the Con
grefs Of Panama
Ths is the only su.ion to the subject in Eyeretts edi
ton of Websters works The letter Itself is )ped with
out note comment This extraordinary silence about
document which gave Webster more and about az
much domestic reputation as any thing he did
NAV now be construed TO imply purpose the par. of
Mr. Everett even during Mr. Websers life. 20 be ready
reclaim his epstoary offspring whenever the occasion
should be propitious.
His case is hard one but fear it is past The
friends Of Nj Webster viii insist that IL Everett did
held the PEN he had been first cranmed by the Secretary
and the sub,tsutia merit and power OF the document
derived from him This easily be gaiHsad whether
true or false; and Mr. Everets draf after ALL only
pfepsred TO believe him better informed and prepared TO
write the document in question than Mr. Webster was