New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-18

The character Of Iir Daniel Webster is yet to
be delineated. 1t is not 10 be found either in the
pompous eulogium Of friends or in the traditions Of
newspapers. 1t might indeed have been deduced
from bis letters, recently published, had not cold,
cautious and stupidity conservative hand turned over
those sheets, to puck out Of them every vestge Of
humanity, at the same time imperiously retarding
all who Fought to give to that memory prestige Of
honor. Boston has dealt with Daniel Webster dead
as she dealt with bin while living. We have the
same frjgi1 surveillance the same stupid notion that
he was hers while the truth is, that she was his
the came attempt to turn penny by the aid OF that
great name the said penny being turned, we dare
say, with all the more alacrity, because as the il
lustrious client sleeps in his stone vault in Marsh
field, it is no longer necessary to draw checks to
his order They bambOOz'ed us about him while
in the flesh, and they will continue, for some
time to come, to try to bsmbooze US about him now
that he is DO more. 1t is time ths. somebody
stripped off this gauze and permitted the public to
the late Mr. Webster, but what the late Mr. Web
ster was. Remarkable abilities no man will
deny TO his fame We have heard very dstin-
gu.hed man say Of bin, that with his astonishing
ments' and physical faculties he might, with moral
principle, have upheayed the universe. We think
that he made great mistakes; we think that be
gave up 10 party what was meant for mankind;
We think that he was too anxious for that little
dirty ribbon 10 tie in his coat; We think that in the
matter of the Compromise Measures he suffered his
intellect to be cheated By his ambition; We are
afraid tina. be was not, in the highest Of the
werd, 8 statesman. But he really seems 10 have
thought that the bad legislation of 1850 va. q
panacea for the ills of the country and to have been
deluded into the notion that it was TO be final. A
contemporary Che Boston atlas Feb. l6) pub
lishes private letter from Mr.. Webster TO Mr..
Peter Harvey, who was VIGOROUSLY his friend, in
which Mr.. W. says, after referring to his illness:
"My main relief, however Ia that Congress go.
through go well. can DOW sleep night. We have
gene through the most i'm oorient cr=s which has oc-
Cured since the foundation o. the Government, and
Whatever party may prevail heeester, the Union
stands firm. Faction, disuuion. and the love Of mis-
chief are pu. under least for the present. and hope
for long time.
of political aIimoees- Those who have acted 20
geiber nihis great cr:ss again feel sharp
sspertons toward enc another. For instance il is i'm
pcliiicsl scrimopy toward Gen. Cas-, Dickinson,
Shields, Bright, Rusk, &c in the Senate. We have
agreed that a. We are never likely 10 be called ~
act in matter Of 20 much moment 20 the couutry
again we will not the JOY the honor OF the
past BY any unnecessary qu1Tels tor the future.
MANY good men among our Wing fiends of the
North could not make up Their minds 70 renounce their
old ideas and supp n the great Very We /;
and Il. now that the measures adopted and the
questions settled those men will support things s they
how are, and resist ell urher attempts a. agitation aad
disturbances and make no efforts for another change
they ought still 10 be regarded as whigs.'
What changes have taken place since these
lines were written How plain is it that Mr. Web
.ter considered the Compromise Measures final !
What would be say, if stl in the flesh, to find
those to whom, in spite Of old amino tiles, he ten
dered his hand as he called for an act of oblivion,
snll engaged in stimulating agitation VIA.
would be cay to Nebraska-Kspsas bills, and 10 those
who have originated ,hemi He eie1-we say Is