Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-04-18
MIR, WEBSTER MIR cLAy-GEN r,yIon

MIX, WEBSTER MIX. tIAN-GFN. TAYI OR
At the recent dinner nj the NJ rvand Historical Sici
ETY.. e'q1ent speeches male by II m Daniel Web.
ser Sir llemy l.. l,nlwrr aud others. IN the ctirsr II
his seeerh Sir Henry paid the f,awng handsome and
glow'np tribute Ia these illnsrious Americans =
"Nherc indeed conld he fad in old ENGLAND n Sen,
tor and clear and concise in his louic more
coplous and noble IN requirements, than The Senator aud
orator from New Enclandihe great Ulysses Of Debate
hr wse the yariausv acconplised the almost nc m
parable Danit We5se,2 And where. amidst The staes-
men OF his own nntry for whom he felt p,tti,tirav
partial where could he point statesman more gallant
IN his bearing more chvarous and heart stirring ia his
ele1e'ncn more mild and moderate in his connsels than
he who unit d the experience of NeSor with the snitl
of Achilles. the knight aud sage of ksntucly able
amlahle and universally beloved friend, Henry Clay
whose absence was The ony drewbackto The pleasure Of
that entertainment
And if such were American Orators and Statesmen
such also were American historians and warriors lie
had, for his part. had an adequate idea of the
ehleyemens Of those great Spaniards who first carried
the cross and the sword into the New World until he
had read Of Herman Cories in the pages of Prec NJ and
vet. Just At the lime when it appeared to him that
HE heroes drawn by that great artist machess II
moi fabulous there stepped forth heres from that a4 s
own land, who in every country which he had taken az
the Subject Of his immortal work eqnaIed or surpassed
by heir exploits these whose marvellous deeds he had
been describing. gentleman had spoken Of Aencourt
The name had suggested to him. (Sr w. BnlweD a
singular coincidence applicable The topic he was then
speakng upon. The battle of Agncouu was fought on
the 10Th OF October ON the plains OF Plcardy France
There were that occasion the English forces few in
numbers. fa'igurd by marching, enfeebed by sickness
and surrounded by great and gallant army 40 nfient
in victory that its chief previous To pivinp the sipn,l
Tor the onset, sent Herald the English leader to
bargain fr his That leaders answer had been
thus given
"Go tell your master here am.
only ransom is this fral and WORTHLESS, trunk;
''Ny army but n weak and sickly ruarJ
"But God before:-'Tel him we will come on"
and on wen, King Henry and his gallant band and Of
went though not without a fight. the vauning enemy
1t was great victory and ST Crispin's day-
Well. in 1917 was fought another bat lie in valley in
Mexico and this time the descendants Of those wbo had
fought and conquered four centuries previous were a,
their ancestors had been the occasion aude TO- few
in numbers faigued in marching enfeebed by sickness
and encompassed bv fnes, wbo like the coniident and
over usy French fell sure OF success in tho m
preaching contest. that their commander sent to the A
netcan commander, snnmoning him to surrender dis
creon Did gentlemen remember the answer that W.,
returned Ia this summons2 They ought 10 d., so |,
would live in their history 1.-The (Sr II. Bnlwer re-
membered rightly. it nan thus: "llead quarters near
i3nena Vista, Feb. %. Sirln reply YOUR note Of
this date. summoning me u surrender my force nj dis
cretiou, beg leave 10 say decline scceding to your
"reoues lam sir. with the greatest respect your ODE
'dient servant, Zachary Taylor"
/ This was moi poetry; but it was stout and sterling
old Anglo Saxon prose; aud it was followed IN IN an
this time the day Of St Crispn, but The birth day
OF Washington. But. did not The old battle If Arinconri
resemble the modern battle of Buena VIsta7 Might not
they, who proud Of heir fathers having been at one
be proud that they themselves had been al The other
/ PRoFEssoR WEBSTER This unfortunate man 90 far
external appearances indicate has become reconciled
10 his fate. His demeanor is that of person
10 solve soms great problem calm and thoughtful. He
reads much. and has recourse 10 many books and news
papers His family visit him almost daily II /. to be
regretted thai some Of contemporaries persist in cir
circulating the most ecandaous ahrcaons in relation to
The prisoners past history. and also in relation TO his
family. They, at least. are entitled 10 sympathy and
and should not be visited by additional torue The sta
nent IN one Of the penny papers. that daughter OF
Professor Webster had been rendered insane by the CON
vlcnn and sentence of her father totally destitute of
truth. No srch calamity has befallen this afflicted fam
lv. They teaf the terrible trial which ha. come upon
them with submission patience and CHRIS ian f,r,iude
the arhest possible remedy from that desparing anguish
which produces insanity. Boston Courier.