New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-25
We are pleased to notice that the s.ses are growing


in Boston, Of which fesst Mr.. Peter Harvey Gas
steward, uhc Of al the inhabitants OF the
earth, should pr, sent himself bu. Mr.. Beoj amin
f. Halett demsneing. in the first place, to be fed
which was On easy matter. and, 10 tbs secood
place, to be heard, which was more dlfhcot
affair That he ihould, after having been bounti-
fully foddeIed, insist upon making speech argues
depth of ingrsttuce passing auy proverbisl Illus
traticns Of that sin which are upon record. Bot
although you should remove his lungs and eX'
cise bis tongue and deport his brains 10
tbInble for microscopic inve,tig.tion,
we think that given the occasion Of q
speech, speech be would still emit When We
remember With what ardent affection Mr.. Daniel
Webster " bile living regarded Sir. b. +. H; what
admiration the EIpounder entertained for Dug ,ld;
what days they ,ebt together, and what c'uches
they occupied IN common: bow dep, sincere, fer
yid End publicly ssowed was their Friendship; ye
sre not astouisbed TO find Benj,un among the
most garuOus of the festive pourDers; but, on the
contrary, are very much astoni.hed to 6nd that
t,o,e whose relations to the departed were infinitely
more foreign snd less friendly, were permitted to
utter more than the moposy liable - Hear Hear"
thSt Bepjsmin was not merely allowed, but was
rot passloDst.ly tntreattd to talk all night, only
finishing at comfortable breakfast hour; add he
could have done It, as they say upon the turf with
out stating hair, although 1t Is a serious prob
lem for the pbysiclosist, how many people, dead or
dead dIunb having taken TO ardent ,prlts 10 sheer
destair, would have been found heaped about him
II the morning. Mr. HaleIts speech, deeply aud
beautifully dull as If was, contained one startling
assertion, viz: "In no respectable press of the
Democratic party was Mr. wsbsters patriotism
aid ints grity assailet." Now, if the Ingenious
apd remit mt reader s bear in mind tha.
these words came from man who, in the capacity
Of pubic jouross', steadily and sav,gely assaled
Nr. Webster uhlle living-charsei him with being
brbed BY Biddle--charged him with getting tipsy
spd tumblDg into ditch at M.rsh6 d-charged
him not simply with political corruption, but with
private prohieacy-why, the Ingenious and rent
nisceIt reader will undoubtedly be torown into
onyul,ons Of wonder aud lucTejulity. Mr.
Fletcher Webster sat by and lste ned to thess full
some euogies from lips II il black With ancent
SANDERS, and did lot pull Benjauin's nose-did
not eject his saliva in Benz imin's fsce-iid not
projec: his be,ker at Bepjamin's head-did not
put on his hat and Iush eIpedtiously from the
board From which We i6fer, and are glad to in
fer that Mr. Fletcher Webster has joined the
Society Of Friends. Beautiful is the forgiveness Of
injuries and good liquor is great promoter OF
Christian charity.
We notice that besi lie Benjamin, other odd birds
came 10 eck at the anniversary plates. There
was Mr.. Charles Levi Woodbury-aud everybody
knows the tender affection Mr.. Webster entsr.
tanned for the late Mr.. Justice Woodbury., who wa,
Master Charles's papa There was Nc Increase
Sumner of Great Darlington the most thoroughly
fos.ilzed d, uocrat in Woste III Massachusetts, who
said simply that be ''~orshiPpcd' Mr.. Webster,
aid who made, we msy fancy. geDufeXions before
the counterfeit preseDtm-nt" 10y HoyD sus-
pended in the rtfeciOry. Then there was my Lord
Cayendish-a living sprig Of the Ia perial British
peerase- caught aud held 10 close custody until he
should male speech, which he did, after the sp-
proved style of English neopybtes, thus thank
Z" ful-k,Dd mention-compOn csuutry-deep Ob.
lga.ion-expression Of kindness-great respect
for Benjamin Webster in England etc. Ditto
Sprig No. 3 being the Hon. Mr. Seymour. These
are the noble gentlemen who were supposed to
have been bu,ted to death by the buffalo, or to
have been eaten by wild cats; but kind PrOvi-
dence had saved them for this momentous oeca-
sioD) Then came the remains Of the Hon. Henry
j. Gardner, who only wished to express his |" In
"dvidual respect and reverence for Mr. Webster"
and very handsome it was in him to do it.
Then there vas Prof. FELTON,, who tod how old
Sam. Rogers doated upon Webster. Then there
was q sheaf of epistOlary regrets Mr. Ed
ward Everett mad "previ ,us engagements" Mr.
Stephen A. Douglas had duties" Mr. John c.
Breckenridge found i: impossible" Mr.. Lewis
Cars was baIricaded BY the pressure OF official
duties" The Postmaster Gre neral, whose absence
from his Office for even a week might be blessing
to the country labored under the hallucinatOn that
'.eat of Government Mr.. Secretary Floyd was
in the came distressing condition. Our ardent
friend Col Jefferson Davis was long -winded,
lachrymose and lurid-bu. he did not come. The
tcriptura Dickinson was "eDgased professional
")y," but whether preaching or pleading he said
not. Oyster Wise, although be reverensly cher
"ished Mr. Webster's memory" was too busy
with the bivalves to attend. n. Horace Binney
was "too old" to come. Mr.. Reverdy johnson
could Lot possibly come; he had seen Mr. Webster
cry and il that fact was Of any value to the ban
queters, they were welcome to it. Weep as if
"hs heart would break" is Mr. Reverdy john
sons precise expression. There were other cpl
L.. L. ia ,r,th thaaa