Litchfield enquirer., 1852-11-04

JeaarsOn. ops of Il,o most rnagn:ecentprO- ductions in the lAnguase- ihe closing par- agraI,h df wlicil Is ioi un'tppruPFiaie lO be inscribed t, tue memory ef the deparied orust,r -'.AIlhSGgll.hO sculbturedeatnnrble should rise tu their memory. nor engraved sIome brMF record of their deeds. yet will their remembrance he aslasling as the land they honOred. Marble columns may in. deed moulded into dust, time may erase hll impress from the crum6ling stone, but their fame Femains. Gor with AMERIcAN LIBERTY ONLY can tt perish. It was the Iasi swelling peal of yOnier choir g. THEIR D DIES ARE BURIED IN PcAcE, BUT THEIR NAsia I1vETH- EvsRMuRE.' eaten lts'sl solemn song-I echo that lofty strain ot fnne ral triumph ,THErR NAME EIvETH EVER MoRE." e"l
 These worsis-sound like the fOotfah of a vo,ary in the deserted mausoieum Of his rntron. shrine. There is q majestic sOlena- nity, Q cathedrallIk elsqnence, an Isaiah like rhapsody in thems that subdue the heart aud awaken emotions of the most
 lofty and sublime pietv and we, changing
 lhe number, repeat involun,arIly-THT
 NAME LIvETH EvEKMoRE But W" must
 pass on. In November, l626; he was re
 elected 10 Congress with almost entire una
 nimily but before taking his seat, he wal
 elected by lie Legislature 10 n seat in 'le ! U. s. Senate. The vote in the legislature
 stood as f;,lllws--ln Senate, Daniel Web
 ster 26, John Mllls II. Edward Everett l
 Levi Lincoln l. In the House, Danie
 w .bster 2il2, John Mills 62. scattering
 A. The illness and death. of his wife
 prevented him from taking his seatin the
 Senate nHtil 1928. Among his first efforts
 in the Senate wes a speech in favor oi giving relief to the surviving soldiers Of the Revolution. and speeches in favor of a protective tariff. ,a. . .-.. .
 The '.great debate," as it was called, and by which name II ever will be remembered, upon Foote's resolution, commenced in the Senate in January 1880. Out of this de bate, and in the course of it. Mir Hayne of South Caroilna made his attack upon New ,and especially upon Massachusetts and upon Mir. Webster personally. His speech in reply.to dayne'' hasa become since then a household god in our Com It is, beyond comparison. the greatest speech ever made in Congress. and it, will4Iivs side by side with the best speeches oe Demosihenes or Cicero, of or Burke IL atonce established lis name as the unrivalled orator of Amer. ca, and gave to him. by general consent !, he honored title of Defender of the Con. 'tilution." ns.s Fs
 His next great speech was in tic case of he "Salem murder" when John Francis Knapp was upon trial for his life. In the opinion of many, his speech on this oeca> sion is the greatest he ever made. There are certainly some portions oft which are unsurpassed d-and taken as a whole, 1t Is the n ost powerful argu- meet ever addressed to an American jury. |
 Mr- Webster remained in the Senate un. il l041, when he accepted of,ttie:appoint- | nent of Secretary of State, in the cabinet | f Gen. Harrison. He was afterwards lec.ed by the Legislature again, to the | United States Senate, and upon the death ! f Gen.>Tayl Tor, he was again transfrrred-| o the State Department at the solicitation f. Mr., Fillmore, which office he held to-l he day of Eis death. We have not room n this article to speak of his profound tRtesmauship. as shown in his new ca- acity. During the administration of JOhn 'yler it was lis fortune, ia connection hh Lord AshburaOn, to settle by treaty. le Norih. Eastern boundary, and by his Danswerable logic tO, fix and establish for> yer the principle of international law res Hing ,.o the right of search His services Secretary are second only 10 bis services | } the" Senate. In 1886 he receivedstie ] ,te of Massachusetts as President of the I 'nited States.
 We have in the above sketclied only a lere outline of his public lite. Itremains r the historian of America 10 fr 1t up Id place ], amongrihs itnPerisllable records
 Unr country
 Bssides'his great speeches in the Senal- Id House, we have his eralions ut Ply- Outh, at the laying of the corper>stone Uf @ Bunker llili M onument, aud his ora- on oD the occasion of the completion of e Monument, and his address. on the Ain
 July last, at Washington, on laying ihs 'rner stone of the addition loahe Capitol, ith many other orations, addresses and seeciies, which even to enumeraie would | r exceed the limits which we have pre-
 ribsd for ourselves in this article. Nor |
 it necessary. They have all been pre- rved and ably edited by Governor Everett
 the lAte edition of the works of Daniel 'ebs.er, issued by Little & Brown Of this ty. n hes eas sa
 Such as we have meagrely sketched was le pablic life of Daniel Webster. But in him as with other great men, his ub.ic life was but small pat of his real xislence. As wa stated on Saturday. in i, riya,e social life he shoae as coDapicua usiy as he did in public life.an no man eau lily appreciate his grand pre-, eminence, Iho has not enjoyed tue favor of h;s pri> ate friendship. ss.ss eys
 When Mir. Webster entered pubIic life, l e found among his associates Clay, Cal, oun and Forsyth, in the first rank of tal- l mi. He has survived them all. He has.l allowed then,,iR the nalhofa fame. Clay, Calhoun and Forsyth preceded him in the ;abiuet. Like shimselt, they were sue, ess,vely, Seosetar,es Of State. an office [ sqniring the most exalted talents 10 per. arm well it's duties. Like him, neither of \, ' ..~ .-a.l.1 si.n Drn ns1nn.;nl nl,as. .nl :