Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-10-30
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above n%nnounciotion What eye wi
/ not be filled by a tear over the sad expires
sion contained in the caption Of this art
xcle-DANIEL WEBSTER, the patriot an
statesman has bredtlied his last ; his pur
Esprit took its flight from this earthf
! abode at 20 minutes 10 3 o'clock OH til
morning Of the Oath inst, at Marshheld
But n few months ago-scarce tw'
years, aud the council halls OF this natloI
was Illuminated by the wisdom, intellect
patriotism and great love OF country, sucl
las no other nation on earth could boast
THE triuue three, were linked together
lCALuouN, CLAY and WEBSTER were III,
three peerless galaxies Of this great con
Efederacy. First, CALHOUN was called t
Ibis home in eternity, and the nation wa
there bowed down in grief and sorrow
1.-The immortal Clay, was next summones
10 the fact that his end was nearly come
land with the patience Of the most natlen.,
did he await the coming Of time when NJ
Esl,ould be no more. At the expected, yd
none the less sad intelligence OF the az
parture of the immortal spirit Of CLAY, TN
american people and the american natios
were humbled again before that Provl
|dence which, acknowledges no equal, an
whose will is innexible and now "a iiS'
lion nouns a nations loss DAME;
WEBSTER, the last OF the three who stooSl
|aboulder to shoulder, and most prominef.t
I'm their country's history for the past nea:'
lily half century, has been called from tfF
|troulded aud turbulent scene Of this litt,
10 reIms in the celestial skies. DANttL
WEBSTER is dead O, what emotions nc
caused throughout the civilized world 4
|.I,e announcement that he who has be4n
|as n life mark to liber'y-~a guardian a.
|pel to the constitution Of his conniry-tlle
|prea, and noble expounder Of that holy IT,
|s,rument which forms the ground. wotk
|of the unity of the States-and the firm
|],upporter, aud chief maneverer for the per
|pctuation Of that unity, has at last besn
that his race was run-,hat gloly
had crowned his eforts--tllat
laurcls had encircled his brow for the last
he must join and form in a:i.
other aud better world the triune three.
And in obedience TO that mandate tro9n
God, he has gone, forever gone. No mere
vill his voice be raised in our NATIONAL
councils when strife aud contention are
rife, the soothing influence of DANIEL
WEBSTER will not be here to stand az II
at the helm in u raging sea, aud calm py|
sweet persuasion the troubled elemefts
which tend TO wreck the ship OF Stale.
No more will he stand boldly fcrwardito
assert and maintain a nations rights ; Hut|
he has gone. alas forever gone!
DANIEL WEBSTER was near and dtar,
to us all, no monument OF marble Is req4ir1
ed 10 perpetra.e his relations with ms
countrymen-so long as the english lSn]
guage is known-so long as the natlfls|
OF this earth ~exist--so long as the llstfry|
the American Republic is preserved SCI
long will the name and fame Of DANIEL,
WEBSTER be handed down from general
ton to generation, and lie although certu1
ries may have enterveped since the peAodl
his existence, will be pointed 20 at 81
lit criterion for all who would be emulpus|
a fame co extensive with his count,y's,
history.
MIR. WEBSTER was fully conscious of
the approaching end. and he calmly recfivI,
ed the announcement Of his physicians,|
that they could do no more for him, lpndI
truthfully did he say o the Gath of Del
tober, all that rs now mortal Of DANIEL!
WEBSTER will be no more I"