Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-12-07
POMEROY TUESDAY DECEMBER " 1852 .s VOL a


he could, moi but witness the effect il pro-
lduced upon oihers-and made him. restless.
4 He seemed 70 seek an opportunity 10 break
u in upon the Speaker; andlaier fh,ihe day, as
! Mr.. Webster was exposing the gross and lu-
i dicrous Inconsistencies Of South Carolinn
fpoliicans, upon The subject Of lnlernals I'm
provemenis. he interrupted him With some
Eeagerness.I does The Chair understand lhe
/ gentleman from Massachusetts 70 say lhal
lthe person now occupying, The, Chair ofshe
Senate has changed, his opinions n,his sub
1jecil" To This. Mr.. Webster replied immei
ldiately, and good .naluredly:: T From noshipg
lever said 10 me, Sir have 1 had reason,o
know Of any change in The opipipns Of The
person filing the Chair Of The Senaies II
Isuch change has taken place, regret, iI:vf
Those. who. had doubled Mr.. Websier's
ability 10 cope with and overcome his oppo-
mems were fully, satisfied of their error be-
fore he had proceeded far in his speech,-
Their fears soon took aa other direciion.T-
when they heard his senIepcesso powerful
thought towering in accumnlalive grandeur,
lone above the olher. as il, The orator s,roys,
ITitai.ike, 10 reach The very beayens ihem-
SELVES, they were giddy an apprehension
liha. he would break down. in bis fight
They dared no, believe, that genius, learning
land Intellectual endowment however uncom-
mon, that was;simply mortal, could sustain
[iisell long in q caree. seemingly 50 perilous.
They feared an Icarian fall ,sass \,
All who can ever forget, thai was present
10 hear, The tremendous, the agfnl burst Of
eoquence with which the, ,oraior spoke Of
Elhe Old Bay Siatei Or The tones Of deep pa
[ttos in which the words were pronounced:.
"Mr. Presidepl,I shall epler on no enco.
MUM upon Massachusetts. There she is--
behold her, and Judge for yourselves. There
is her history; The world knows.il by hear.
The past; atleasi, is secure, There is Bos-
ion, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bun
ker I'LL ndihere they will remain forever.
The bones Of her sons, falling in the great
struggle for Independence, now lie mingled
with the soil Of every State, from, NewrEn-
gland 10 Georgia, and there they, will lie
forever, And, sir, where American Liberty
raised lis first voice., and where lis youth
IEt 4,ffls ~
was, nlrture1 and sustained, there il sill
lives, in the strength Of lis manhood and full
or its original spirit. If discord. and disun-
ion shall wound tiff party sirile. and blind
ambition shall hawk al and tear il--if folly
and rnadness--if uneasiness, under salutary
and necessary restrain,-shall succeed 10
separate i, from that Union. BY which alone
It's existence is made sure, Il will stand, in
the end, by the side Of that cradle which It's
infancy was rocked; il win stretch forth lis
arm with Whatever Of vgor il may still re:
tain, overihe friends who gather round ii |;
ldnd'h wifi ian atiasi, if fall Is must, amids,
the pfoudes, monuments Of is own glory,
and on The very spot Of lis origin" - - -
What New.Englund heart was there but
throbbed with vehement, tumnllhous, ire
pressibe emotion, as he dwet Upon New
England ,viumphs during the war Of the
Revolution? There. was scarcely a dry eye
/ in the Senate; OIL hearts were overcome !;
grave Judges and men' grown Old In dighifed
life turned aside their heads, TO conceal the
evidence oftheir emotion. s..''p' ''7 'p,s " "
In one corner Of The gallery was clustered
q group Of Massachusetts men. They had
hung from the FIRST. moment. upon The words
Of the speaker, with feelings variously bul
always warmly excited, deepening in inten-
SHY as no proceeded. Al 6rsh while The
orator was going through his exordium. they
held their breath and hid their faces, mind.
ful Of the savage attack upon him and New.
England, and The fearful o6ds against him
her champion; las he went deeper into his
speech, they fell easier; when he turned
Haynes flank on Banquo's ghost, they
breaIhed freer and deeper. But now, as he
alluded to Massachusetts their feelings were
strained tolhe highest tension; and when the
orolor, concluding his .encomium upon ihs
land OF their birth, turned, intentionally. ol
!, otherwise, his burning eye full upon lhem-
/, they she'd Tears like giflS! 49,.
4 No one who was no. present can uuder
stand the excitement OF the scene. 81 No one
who was, can. give, an adequate description
! Of il. No word.pain,ing can convey ,h'
deep, intense enthusiasm, the reverenlia
> attention, of the vast ,assembly--norl limne
transfer 10 canvass their earnest, eagers awe
struck counlenances. Though ianguag'
= we're as subtle and flexible us thought, III sill
would be impossibleio represent llhe fullide
of the scenes There is something en,angibl
lin an emotion, which canno, be transferred
!. The nicer shades Of feeling elude pursuit.
Every description, therefore, Of the occasion
= lseems 10 the.Darrator himselfmoSt tame, spil
B I,, III. \, ~, y fIlisI9 sft " i'1o
II 's'sssfs,i @'i1M s6iHosesIr 9S5Hf - fg 3
E Much of the insianlaneousa effect Of N
arose, Of course, from, The orator
,eI deiyery---lhe tones, Of his voice, his couI
!, ,enance, and manners These sdielmosIl
= with The occasion that calls them forth--th
i impression is loslin the attempt al iransmi'
! ! sor from one mind 10 another, They ca
i only be described in general terms. &C
) The effectiveness Of Mr.. Websler's .rnanne
y = in many paris.n says Mr.. Everett, "iIwoul
4 be in vain. 10 attempt 10 give any one NJ
!, present The iaintest idea, Il has been m
n fortune 10 hear some Of the ablesI speech'
!. Of the greatest living orators on both sides
sdl .Mr. Calhoun's interruption was gun-Parli
Z. lmentaiy, or rather un-Senatoral The Vic
" President is not member of the Senate, and h
IN no voice in il; save for the preservation Of ord
q and enforcement Of the rules. He cannot parti
re- mate otherwise, either in the debates procee
vi ings. He is simply the Presiding Office, of I
y cenate-having no vote in its affairs, save Oh
n tie. Had Mr.. Webster made direct, unmistak
he BILE allnsion to him, Mr.. Calhoun still could ha
a,lreplied through Q friendly Senator, on the pre-
ri ON this occasion he was too much excited