New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-04
FECs BOSTON.



BosToy, Feb. q, l-'9.
h4e youvB reueuetr tAat S5en consented
20 Wii.6raS my opposition :, TIE setting Up OF re
molten ir age Of Mr.. Wehster n s1y public .q1iTe
in this ei,r. I cid N. mean 10 include any p'scs
belonging ?, TIE S.ste. Th. pew United Ss'es
CourttCuse would be m9s; No. ye~p,Iooa5'e Dc
UuOn, 10 which nobody cosi ohj.e,, a. n'soiy
5.n.es BIS su.irsnce s. e Courtroom lawyer No
oIe ever b-oSb,a, vinef~s buEsd judges sal
Eieec..d jIris. mole skiiifaiiy tbsn b.. Hardy
Any boss ~ TIE Ei,Lsss sand for wfuesses Sand
with %. .nd not III 50 with you ~ ihc i1ry-sor
or on ire es-cb c0Dlj withstand rae t,gnder-
ous elo. m a re row he luoi5 lighting II es
elsrce. O. tAe Hk.ta glitter % his s1eer Tie VS.
sometimes c111o ID with, but TO. often. So I,
Icr rob,dy e'se, could bsye no AMT 70 fai With
scy pC.,humors bobors d ] 70 him there And,
sl.er seeing he statue, should have ictsr?Osed
n objection ,g'iIs. it elevation in State stree.
IS i. would not only be- a purgitor.ol cNpnton of
his own la:er apO.taCles, bat would have been
daily notification IL his Retainers, both LOu the
uclTess OF the IDOL AID from tue reminder II
would give some Of them Of past pecgnllry trans
aciiuns-i il being understood that the benedcnTies
20 whom be ee4ueaihs1 his larger debts, moss
IN gratefully refused 10 take up the legacy
" hetber on n Is account or not cannot say; bU,
| vas informed by competent authority that the
opposition 10 the selection of that place was so
great IN State street that the statue would De IN
daI Ger Of being founi some tue morning hssy.Ag
lose in order - compel il removal. l can
easily conceive Of its being a painful object 20
many ii tie men who there DO c0ngre-lte tor
various reasons; but should have been SLOW 20
believe il likely L. tshe e. .'e.! lc.m vi. .a! Aifg
les than the be,t authority.
But either OF these suggestions is very DIFF
feTebt thing from tie proposition u 81 the
statue 10 10 TIE State-house yard. IL j. possible
ttatNT. Web.ter my reprcselt large proportion,
if rot the Vhole of BostJn, and hs stntiCg an pr.
0Hsrct in Of her streets might not b. an ut'.-
ersble iupeTtlncnce-allt0u, be would occupy
the place Of HVi.itudss Of men bora there Who
would dee, re her places Of honor before him; but
u j. very certain that b. does not stand for any
considerable proportion Of the people Of the Com
uOlWea.th. II there be any meaning IA tue iact
that Gov. Banks is ID the Council Chamber, and
the Republican party in both Houses Of the Legs.
lature. il means an emphatic condemnation OF the
nsn OF the Seventh OF March. And should thcse
men, having authority. be Ubeejled into so loud
qualification uf Themselves a. would be- Implied m
permitting this bronze embodiment OF that detested
dsy to be thrust in the f5ce OF the people Of Mas
,schusets az IN act of their own by their then re-
preseutalives. am very sure that they would nod
that they had run before they were sent. Indeed,
ley might find that they would never be sent tin.
cannot but think that GOV Banks was IN too great
haste when he iniimsted 10 Mr.. Everett that there
would probably be 10 opposition To- this plan Of the
Committee of One Hundred. There certainly will
be an opposition, ! am assured, sud one that Will
be likely u be successful. For this is g Increment
that nesrs much more tran the offer of a wotk OF
art 10 the State. il L. meant a. be considered az
The proof that Massachusetts, has conquered her
"preiudiees " sDd consented tOput Daniel Webster
before james Gus, the Adlmses, Hancock, Var
zen, su4 all the rest ~ her representative men and
accept him as the brightest jewel in her whole
casket. l do not believe that she holds any such
piniOn or VIII permit any Of her servants 10
make her look as 10 she did. j do not think that
the Little Man of Iron viii DO himself any good by
come citing bis nsGe IN any such way wiki the 81,
Man OF Bronze.
was told the other day an incident Illustrative
Of the temper AID tone OF the House of Represents
tiyes that encourages me TO hope that majority
can Dot be found there 10 sgTee IT, this nsOent pro-
possl. You may remember that Gov. Banks in MS
message recommended All increase in the salaries Of
the Supreme Judges, aud that bill in accordance
with his recommendation passed the Senate and
was rejected in the House. There were good rea-
sODs Why the measure should be adopted, on the
general grounds Of IT, merits ard it is by means
~
Canton declared emphatcslly that, for one, he
would never vote for an additional dollar to any
Judge " ho consented 10 pass 10 the bench under
the chains in vi ch Marshall Turkey put the Court
house 81 the time Sims vas kidnapped. Though
audible demonstrations Of feeling are neither IN
order nor usual In our legislative assemblies, the
House received the declaration with loud applause
and Killed the bill by most unqueshOnable ma /
iority have spoken on the subject merely in It's
al IN al
honor and seiIespect OF the State and have passed
by the amazing audaciy of these gentlemen in pro-
posing 10 fOi.t on tue Commonwealth a statue 81
ab. Olutely without merit as work Of art that they
have not themselves the assurance to claim any for
il, but pass that trife over without remark.
Mr. Webster il made to look like Big Beggar-
nan (as O'COnLell used to be- called, i'll suIt Of
clothes given him IN charity which are bigger yet
than be- offering walking-s'lcks for sale g such
IA wish 70 buy" If the Legislature should, in an
evil hour be left 10 accept this bronze plumber it
il 10 be hoped they will, at least direct il to be
placed with bis face ~ the South and his back 10
The Commonwealth, as the attitude he chose To put
himself in at the end of bis life And, if accepted,
aud placed in position. il is by no means certain
that the statue viii remain there long. For there
II a troublesome set of people IN this State, who
are utterly impracticable though eminenty prac-
teal, who, they want nothing and will take no.
thing, in way OF spoils, and 20 can be neither
J}g6ed nor bribeJ, have contracted habit Of get
ting everything they ask for for the simple fea-
son. that they never ash for anything that they
ought no. to get, and never stop asking till they
get il. They were four years getting Judge LOr-
ing turned ont, but they did il, at last. And ra-
Their think half the time will be enough TO get rid
Of this statue.
The other monumental proposition (if it can
properly De termed SUCH now before the public is
one which cordially hope may become an accom-