The daily union., 1852-11-02

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.ar,.ptodeaee oi commerce and OF ehancery, and 10
,Ss sr4ndef and less islieFed Investigations OF inter-
s,,onal prize, and constitutional law, aud giving hlm
= breathe the air ot famous forum, more pub
~ nrssence with more variety OF competitions although
H. never met abler men, as have heard bm say than
s OF those who initiated hun In the rugged discipline
Il lhe courts OF New Hampsnire-and thus at length,
X these studies these abors. this contention, continued
9i,houl Tepose, be came, now many yeats ago, 10
md onium al the summit oil the American bar
common, and II is easy, in the OF all in such
on TO point oai other lawyers, here aud there pos
sssiag some special qualification OF attainment more re-
m.rkably perhaps, because more excusyely-o say ol
ns that he has more IN his recollection at any gwen
osnent or that he earlier grounded IA equity,
" Sas gathered more black letter or civil law,
Soowledge OF Spanish OF western titles; and these
samoarisons sometimes made with him. But when
@ sought counsel OF the first rate Tor the great cause,
bo would most surely discern and most powerfully ex
aand the exacf law required by the controversy, IN
Yason for use who could most skilfuy encounter the
opoosing law under whose powers OF analysis, persua-
T,n ana display. the asserted right would assume the
, rrobabe aspect before the intelligence OF the judge
So Il the inquiry became blended with resolved into
,r,s could most completely develop and most resisti-
Nd expose themone the laws whole thunder born to
,sI,.ld = when you soughi such counsel, and could
svs The choice. think the universal profession would
pss turned 10 him. And this would be in nearly
ssry description OF eause-in any department Some
M men WELD civil inquiries with peculiar ability
oms criminal How lucdly and how deeply he eluci-
Ss,ed question Of property you all know. But then,
h what address feeling, paihos. and prudence be de-
100, he prosecuted the accused oil crime whom he be-
"yd 10 have been gultyfew have seen, but none who
nave seen can ever forget IT.
Soms scenes there are--some Alpine einnences rising
hoy ,he high table land OF such professional lfeto
S,sh in ihe briefest tribute, should love 10 follow
Nm We recall that day for an instance when he first
announced with decisive display whel manner oi man he
was 10 The Supreme Court Of the naon IL was IN ISIS,
and was the argument OF the case OF Dartmouth Col
se William Pinkney was recruiting his great faculties,
and repenshng that reservoir OF professional and ee-
~, Ayfa The m
orable man. and the councillor and the eloquent orator.
was in his grave The boundess old school learning OF
Iulber Martini the silver voice and nhnie analyilcai
ingenuity and OF Jones' the eIvld genius OF En-
s,t mourning itself along immense ore The ripe and beau
full culture OF Win and steel point unseen
moi unfeli beneath the foliage Harper HIMSELF statesman
well as and such as hese were le' ol a
that noble bar That day Mir Webster opened the cause OF
Dartmouth College tribunal unsurpassed on earth IN
ali that gives illustration bench OF law not one oil
whom any longer survives
asterly argument of the law, carrying, as we may now
know conviction the general mind OF the court, and
indicating and settling for his lifetime his place IN that
forum, be paused 10 enter, with an altered feeling iohe
and manner with these words, his peroraon 81 have
brought nv alma mater 10 this presence that II she must
ian she may fall in her robes, and with digny" and
then broke forth IN that strain OF sublime and pathetic
eloouence OF which we know moi much more than that
in lis progress Marshahe intellectual The sell con-
Ioled, The nemoional--announced visbly the pres
ence Of the unaccustomed enchaniment
Other forensic riumphs crowd on us, IN other compe-
t,on. with other issues. But must commit them 10
The historian OF constitutional jurisprudence.
And now, il this anscendeni professional reputation
were all OF Mr. Webster, il might be practicable though
not easy 10 find its parallel elsewhere, in our own or in
European classical biography.
But when you consider that, side by side with tbs
there was growing up that other Tepuatontha' oil ihe
fret American siaesnan-ihat Tor ihirty-hree years
and those embracing his most hercuiean works al the
bar, be engaged member OF either ouse. or IN
the highest OF the executive departments IN be conduc
,k- aha fhA lFAaf me
largest national questions--in debate with the hghes
abilities OF American public hfe-conducung diplomatic
intercourse delicate relations with all manner OF Tor
eign powersinvesgaiiDg whole classes OF truths, TO-
tally unlike the truths OF the law and resting on pnc
pies totally distincand that here TOO, be was wise
safe, controlling, trusted, The foremost man that Eu
rope had come his life guarantee for justice
for peace. for the best hopes of civilization, and Amecs
TO feel oil and her safety a his great arm
EMBODIED her-you see how rare, how solitary almost
The actual greatness! Who anywhere has won, a.
be had the double iame worn the double wreath Of
Murray and Chatham, OF DunDing and Fox. oil ErsEine
and Pitt, of William Pinckney and Rufus King, in ons
blended and transcendent superiority
cannot attempt 10 grasp and sum up ihe aggregate o.
the service Of his public life al such monet as hs-anC
il sneedless That service comprised term OF more thar
thiryhree years IL produced body OF performance
OF which may generally II was all which the hrs
abilities Of the country and lime employed with unexam
pied toll, stimulated by the noblesi parolsm-in h'
highest places Of the State, in the fear oil God 10 h'
presence OF naiioRs-could possibly compass
He into Congress alter the war of 1912 had be
gun; and though probably deeming u unnecessary, &C
oordng the highest standards OF public necessity III ht
private charscter-snd oblec,ng in his public charaeie
10 OF the details OF the policy by which u was pros
ecued and standing BY party ties IN general opposition
to the admnlsrallon-he never breathed sentiment cal
eulaed to depress the tone OF The public mind 10 aid o
comfort the enemy cheek chill the STRINGS OF tina
new, pas sionaie, unquenchabe spirit of nationality
which then was revealed or kinded 10 burn till we &c
down to The tombs OF States.
With the peace OF 1915 his more cherished public
lzho heva nd thenre ard has he
sef-the srdor OF his civil youih-the energies Of h
maiurest manhood-ihe auumnal wisdom oil The ripene'
year--io The offices OF legislation and diplomacy-oi pre-
serving the pesce-keepng the bonor-establlshlng th
boundaries, and vindieaiing the neutral rights OF hl
country-resoring a sound currency, and laying IL
foundation sure and deep-in uphoding public credt-ii
promoting foreign commerce and domestic indusiry-ii
developing uBcounted material resources-giyng th
lake and the river rade-and yIndIeaung and inter
preiIng the constitution and the law. On all these sub
lectsoa all practically, in any degree, affecting
ibembe has inscribed his opinions and lett The traces
his hand. Everywbere the philosophical and pario
statesman and thinker will find that be has been befor
him, lighting the way. sounding the abyss His weight
language, his sagaclous warnings, his great maxims
EMPIRE will be raised to view, and live TO be deciphere
when the final catastrophe shall lift the granite onnda
ton in fragments from It's bed.
In this eonnexion cannot but remark 10 how eKiraor
dinsry extent had Mr. Webster by his acts, words
ihoughts the OF bis life, associated himself for
in the memory Of all of with every historical IN
eideni. or least with every historical epoch-witl
every policy, with every glory with every great nam
and fundamental institution, and grand or besut al I'm
age, which peculiarly and properly American Loo!
backwards TO the planting OF Plymouth and jamestown
10 the of colonial life IN peace and war
10 The opening, and march, and close OF the revolutionary
drama-io the age OF the consiution--o Washington
and Frankln, and Adams, and Jeflefson--io the whole