Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-12-07
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d lDANIELfqw EBsTER.9
sketch orr Life and Public Carec
MIR. WEBSTER in CONGRESS.
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MR.. WEBSTER in CONGRESS. "N
.tpI' The onsclwas over: And. rs would hay,
obeenahe ease had the niiack been less form
aidable thansit was, victory rested with thl
only party whose forces had been display yed
MIR. Webster Immediately rose torepIy, 'bu
.'as itwas late intheA day, he gave way 10 ,
s.moIionto adjourn. EVERYWHERE during ii,
slovening and night following, The speech wa
canvassed. g"'rhe towns says Mr. March
.''was divided .irto geographical opinions, =
rOne's home could be distinguished from BIZ
1couhienanee or manner; a Sputherner's by
shisibuoyani, joyous expression and conf
-dentuir;a Yankees BY his tinnid, anxiou:
eye and depressed bearing, One walked
wilma bold, determined step that courled OBJ
servaiion; the other witha hesitaiing, shut,
fling gait, that seemed do]ong for some ldarl
corner, some place to hear land4see, and b
unseen" Mr.. ebsteEa(eltssen yacon
.scIous Of ability 70 meet both ahe argunien
.and, assault, and was perfectly calm andseli
possessed. ! Mr., Everett recording a con
.ytrsaiion which be = had ywbhs Mrb Webster
at the lime, speaks ofs,hedry business tone
in which he talked and read 5oyer,ao him
The points he intended 10 make, as giving
him some uneasiness for fear he was no
sufficiently aware how much was expected
iofhimihe next day. He had, Of course
taken fulino.es Of Col. Haynes speech, and
chad given 10 each part of II careful ant
exhaustive reconsideration. Not quotation
q nor I'm allusion had escaped him. Il i:
mentioned thai, whilelying down afier din.
.ner, he was overheard, by a friend, laughing
10 himself. On being asked what amused
him so, he replied, "Ihave been thinking u
tho way in which Col. Haynes quotation
about Banquo's ghost, can be turned agains
himself; and Lam going 10 get up and make
a note oft, (which he Immediately did =
The scenes and incidents of the next ddy are
SO yividly presented inone Of the chapter.
of Mr., .March's "reminiscences, and The
sketch has SO muchrof li,erarygas well as
biographical sin,etesi, that we transfer IT,
with trifling omissions, 10 our columns. 81
l,waso on tuesday, january The twenty.
sixth, l830,-a day 10 be hereafter forever
memorable in Senatorial annals, s,--tiiat The
Senate resumed The consideration Of Foote'S
Resolution. There never was before, in the
city. an occasion OF so much excilemenl--
10 witness this great intellectual contest
'fnultitudes Of strangers had for two or three
days previous been rushing into the city,
and the hotels overaowed. AS early as 8
O'Clock Of this morning, crowds poured into
3, the Capitol, in no, haste; al l9 O'clock, The
hour Of meeting, the Senate Chamber,-il'
galleries, floors, and even obbies, was fiIec
10 iis utmost capacity. The very stairways
were dark with men, who hung on 10 one
anuher, like bees in swarm. iai ."7a
q, The House Of Representatives was early
deserted. An adjournment would have
hardly made il emptier. The Speaker, ili'
true, retained his chair bu, no business oil
'momeni was, or could be attended to-
Members all rushed in 10 hear Mr., Webster
and no call OF the House or other Parlia
meniary proceedings could compel lheu
back. The floor Of the Senate was so dense
iyscrowded ihatp persons once in, could moi
gcl cut, nor change ,heir position; in th,
rear Of the Vice-Presidenial chair, the crow
igas. particularly intense. Dixon II Lewis
Then representative from Alabama, becam,
wedged in here, From. his enormous size
i WINS impossible for him 10 move, wilhou
displacing yasl portion Of the multitude
Unfortunately 100, for bin, lie was jammeJ
in directly behind the chair of1he Vice
PRESIDENT where he could novsee, and hard
lyhear, tine speaker. By slow and laboFi
Gus effon-pausing occasionally 10 breathe
he gained onelof the windows, which, Icon
slFucsed Of painted glass, flank the tchsirr
the VicesPresident on either side. Here b
paused, unable 10 make more headways+
Bu. determined 10 see Mr.. Webster as h
spoke, with his knife he made large hol
in none Of the panes Of .lhe glass; which,
sill visible as Jhe made il 4 Many were S
placed, as mol " be able 70 see ihef sPaake
al all. zaf1 n
The courtesy Of Senator'S accorded 10 til
p iairer sex, room on the flcor4-the most ga
liant Of them, tkeit own seats. Tho ga
bonneis and brilliant dresses threw vafid
and picturesque beauty over tho seen
softening and em6ellishing Il. iaa''s yo'm
Seldom, IL ever, has speakers il this {
any other country hddsmora pow erful incer
tiYesio exeriion, asdbiect, the DISCRIMINATE
ofwhich, involved IhemOsuimpof
esls, and even duration, of the republic
competitors, unequalcd,in reputation. .abilil
or posidon; a name 70 make sill more 81
rious, or lose forever; an audience compr
sing not only persons OF this country mo
eminent in intellectual greatness, bur repr
sen,atives Of oIher nations, where the ar
floquence had Aourished for ages. All Il
soldier seeks in opportunity was here. I,
Mr. Webster perceiyed, and felI equal
lhe des.inies OF the moment The vel
greatness Of the hazard cxhiliraled him.
His spirits roso with the occasion. |
awaited the dmc Of The onse. with ste
and.impaIien. joy. He felt like the va
horse Of the Scriptures, s,-who "paweth
the valley, and rejoice,h in his suengt
who goeth out 10 meet the 1rmed men,
@hossayeih among the irumpeis, Ha, hi
and who smellelh the battle alar of, /,
thunder of Ihe captains and the shouting
"a confidence in his own nresources, ,sprr
ing from no vain estimate Of his power,
the Legitimate offspring of previous sew.
tnenlel discipline sustained and excited hi
he had guaged his opponents, bis subj
and himself. e Ne.ipfs's p gas q : 'ss' 7
p'IIe was. too, III this period, IN the Vi
prime ofmanhood. He had reached midi