Litchfield enquirer., 1839-09-12
From de NationaI EnssIligesosr. ,...
-. THE prueoNAE AND guBLIc cAAh-
% AcrER OF DANIEL WEBsLhk' ,eao

TnuaAr Nn-,s.
- 49,. -,fthe limited States. upon the -
the 0ssla aes ~ ~ encals of Great Brasaih
sIdens 49,. which has dotted over the SUI.
as a. - ~. whole globe with her possessions
face Oh u.e ~. '..rssss whose morning drum
ana c.slr..,;,,r the sun and keeping compAny
oeas' ~ ',s,,,ss circle the earth oa,ly WIZ
wl.h .,, uv strain, OF the martlal AIRS On
England: !. great thought most happily ex-
ssS. vet Il is not the felicity or elesance
Pr ~ d;ciion, but the fitness OF the hhagoIy,
s,. y. strikes the mind. Vast ana c0nPIoA "a
3 he idea, it is clothed IN visible Iornss IL" .a
Glands as distinctly as q pyramid Oe.O.S d; inc
intellectual eye cfthe benoldeI, coL .inns Jae1
his regard, and striking ITS foundal'ons 1eoP
in his memory. az ,,,,rnose of
,,,iorv for the passage is itself less inter-
e eu.;gS = me fhaIl its history. i have Deen
ess,,silT tnld. as coming from Mr.. WEBSTEk'
49, ,h;s thought occurred to MN WnlAcs
Inos 10. anS since. on visit to Quebec ne was
Few 33;~g an one of the ramparts OF that ciy.
s'" nU.,oroon mind had been filled Wnn ine
1n,;obtw Landscape that lay unrolied aI tne
T naNs - ,he fertilization; had you or Deen
, ,Tore we had probably confined our view -
~ ;ron,ed;ote scene, and found words 70 ca
..,e ali we felt and all we saw. bu.
s p 70 he Mr.. WEBsrER's habit 20 ga.n sa
and store away his observations !or lu.us S
exirence. In the acquisition o. Ilcas, .; a"s
in their use, he seems to De an n,uussl'ou uS
hnsbandman: and often wnlle 0snels or ar
am,lsing themselves with hoWerS' ns = W..1
inc. IN the same field. tor a more suDs.an.l.
harvest. If such person - sone. a -
thoughtful when others are gay, s9aa W AZ e
cuse him Of severity and responsiveness -
manner? .L;nc a
rassaca with Mr.. WEBSTER in one OF tine
steamboats that are ploughing the waters
around vour city, and you had seen MN a,
oazirg at the painting engine, apparently
,,nconsciolls of the presence OF those AROUND
.-az;ao no less intently on him. you had per-
Pans Thought him moody and unsocial.-
Cn,,Id vou have entered his mind at the mo-
nent. H IS probable that you had iound y
husilv EMPLOYED in weaving out its WOO! OF
nhilnsophv. the immediate scene furnishing
nnIy thread in the texture. Perhaps. AT
thai verv moment, that splendid conception
ofthe steam engine, which appears in ms al
dress before the Society for the Diffusion OF
Useful Knowledge, had occupied his t9oIs !;
and which. for the sake of illustration, Will
venture to quote; = 1t i" says he' on ine
rivers, and the boatman may repose on MS
oars !; it is in highways, and begins 10 exert
itself along the courses OF land conveyance
Il is at the bottom of mines a thousand iee e,
below the earth's surface; it IS IN the NH
and in the workshops of the trades 4 rows.
it pumps, il excavates, it carries u draws, y
lifts, it hammers, it spins, It weavess Prihls
II seems to say to men, at least to the Class OF
artisans. Leave off your manual labor, give
over your bodily toll, bestow but your skill
and reason to the directing of my power, and
Twill bear the toil'-with no muscle to grow
weary. no nerve to relax, no breast 70 feel
faintness. s-s .9ase
Now let me ask, is1it fit or proper 70 desig-
nate man who is visited by such IDEAS,
even in the busy and hurrying scenes Of lite,
as cold and uncordial ut heart think
these epithets are i'll bestowed in such case
Mr.. WEBSTER is rejecting man, and his
manner bespeaks it he has the habit OF ms
Yankee countrynnen, and turns every thing
ia account. lido not mean this in the bitter
and sneering sense in which such language
is applied to the people of New England by
the Trollopes and the Marryats, and which
sometimes finds an echo nearer home. The
Yankees may be a money getting race, but
they are equally thrifty in the acquisition Of
useful truth and knowledge. They are emil
nently rejecting people, and use wisely
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Inreai anc deluslve schemes DuI = lamp @
throw ngnt upon, ana give prominence 20
NUN, .Wniie deepening SHADOW y cas- ovsl
.ne oouotlul ana me iaise. No enc can Isaa
~ speecnes. ana ran 70 marx tne, pracIlcal
ona.acter q lis MING. Every tnspg seelns
y 'glelfe0 " Ine ssandara y common
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