New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-27

WRITINGS AND SltfI'FfS or DANIEL
w. Edition. Illustrated with Portraits and
gs-ee lr t.ur volumes. Nvo, pp. NN. 5ss; XIV,
y q o. g.. '''- do Boston. Little. Brown
,-.,v ~ The papers in these volumes have
...ts-to been Be- print and some OF them even
-.-.r,lv have been gathered into a volume The
.,... r-inciual collections Of Webster's letters
-. tbose Of Afr Edwin ". Sanborn, Of this city,
Ascendant 81 Ezekiel Webster; OF the Library
:, Congress. long En- the hands Of Mr.. Charles
p c-eenough and II the New-Hampshre His
.,-ioal Society. the largest OF the three, which
,,.ludes many uanusCripts, pamphlets and
rsuspare- clippings preserved by Wehster's
friend Peter Harvey. year ago Or. g II
Van TYNE brought OUT large volume Of letters
ana heretofore unpublished speeches from the
esrbo-n and Nev-HauI shire Historical Society
-,,o-e some time before. the Massachusetts
historical Society issued for the first time the
,o-resuondsuae between Webster and Joseph
story. any publication Of which Webster. IN
What was thought an uuEenerous spirit toward
,sa memory of Justice story, had refused to
re-nit when the judges heirs had wished 10
,rrlude a Few letters in a memorial 10 show no"
Webster had been assisted by him. Now for
fbe first time these and other of Wehster's writ
ircs not in she collected editions are gathered
together in ore body and published as supple
rrerta~v volumes 20 a handsome reprint 81 ms
works In it are included a large number Of
legal arguments and political speeches from
contemporary pamphlets and newspaper reports
and several magazine articles, some OF Them
from early numbers OF The North American
Review"
The first volume comprises addresses deINtied
on various public occasions and Autobiography
cal papers and conversations. The short speech
m ruu.fra-far. delivered a Faneuu Han on
December T.. $50 and reprinted from news
PAPER report Is especially interesting. Web
s;er was already known as the "eNDouHder OF
the Constitution" and boldly claimed credit for
r-syfous teaching that the south Carolina doc
,-tre Was hut another name for civil war.
Though q ro..,ieal opponent Of President Jack
son. Webster's loyalty 90 him as the representa-
tive OF government was absolute ard was de-
clared In this impressive language
l., ne not. sly. deceive ourselves 10y the imaEi-
nation that the Union may subsIst though one
State may secede from it No sir. II the gov
eminent on this first trial, shall be found nol
able 10 keep al the states in their proper places
from that moment the whole Union is virtually
dissolved. Whatever link be struck from inns
golden chain breaks the whole. our Only al
tentative is TO preserve the Union one anu
erffre as il now is. o. else break Up, and re-
turn To tie condition q separate states WIN
the tlr-r~a-rfsirc chance Of forming, hereafter,
new ra-t.al sectional. rival perhaps hostile,
eoverTrrar-=. thus bidding adleu, forever, loJ
only 10 -te glorious idea, lut 10 The glorious
reality Of the United States Of America.
In This alternative ny choice ls made. am
Tor the Union as il is. ! am content with no
government less thau that which embraces lie
whole faur-aud-tWeuty States. ] am Tor me
CONSTITUTION as 10 is, under which those Jour
au5-tua-fv states have risen 10 a height or
rrosre-.-y- r-rtNarrfIed altogether uDeNarlTled,
In the history u mankind. ] shan support The
President iu maintaining this Union ana inns
Constitute. and the cause shall not fan Tor
want Of any aid any effort or any 1elloIs CO
ore-atirr OF mine. . . When the standard
Of the Union is raised and waves over my head
the standard which Washington planted on the
rar-ra-ts Of the CoustitUtion-GOd forbid that
I should Irru.re whom The people have commits
stoned 20 rrfur1 il and bear il Up. only ask
IN what manner. as a humble individual j can
best discharge my duty in defending II
This speech was heard 10y tho Rev. Dr. Thomas
r. Pincheon. then a boy IN the Boston Lat-n
.hool, who recently wrote:
Most q the boys went down trudEins through
The wet with umbrellas. ] recall Webster's ap-
T.arauCc perfectly lie stood on the right hand
side ~ tie stage, looking toward the audience.
Ills dress was black trousers, bun vest, blue
coat with sit buttons buttoned from the waist
up pretty high lie impressed me as being
very much 10 earnest de could be distinctly
heard His gestures were numerous. but verti-