Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-11-26
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VIDE and original influence in the politics of the
nation for he had no elemental thunder of his
o"h--the Tariff was Mr. Cahoun's at first the
toree BIll was from another hand the Fugitive
Slave Bill was Mr. MasonS the Omnibus had
many fathers, whereof Webster was not one. For
some years, no large body of men has had much
trust IN characterization, but not trust In Mas
SachRsetts Oil the pavements, for the last three
Years, he has had but little power. Only in tho
cities that bought him was he omnipotcnt. Even
the South would not trust him. General jackson
was the most popular man Of our time. Calhoun
was popular throughout the South, CLAW in all
quarters Of the Land, and at this day, Seward Yields
the forces of the Wings With all his talent, Web
Ster never had the influence on America of the
least of these. Henry Clay laborcd to defeat him
at Baltimore last June. This was not generous
IN Mr.. Clay, for, in "A, Webster had toiled ear.
ncstly for that Hero of the West toiled for his ri
val, toiled against hope, But Mr.. Clay bore him
a grudgc, and his death-bed waited for the con-
ISOLATION of his more generous rivals fall, saw it,
was glad, and died content. ..-
Yet Daniel Webster had many popular quail
ties. lie loved outdoor and manly sports--boat-
ing, fishing, fowling. lie was fond of Nature, To-
wing New Hampshire's mountain scenery. lie
had started small and poor, had risen great aud
high, and honoraby had fought his way aloue---
He va, a farmer, and took a countryman' delight
in country thD,ss-in loads of hay, in trees, in
tulnipS and the noble Indian corn, in nonSrous
swine. He had pRtriarchs love of shecp--cLo!ee
breeds thereof he had. lie took delight in COWS
short horned Durhams, Herclord,hircs, Ayrc-
shircs, Attorneys. lie titled patcrual acres with
his own oxen. lie loved to give the Kline fodder
1t was pleasant to hear his talk Of oxen. And
but three days before he left the earth too i'll 10
visit them, his oxen, lowing, came to see their
sick lork, and us he stood in his door, his great
cattle were driven up, that he might smell thcr
healthy breath, and look his last ON those broad,
generous faces, that were never false t. linn.
He was Il friendly man,-all along the shore
there were plain men that loved him-wLom he
also loved; good neighbour good townsmun;
Lofty and sour TO those Thai loved him not,
Bat TO th)semen that sought him, swecI summer"
His influence on the development of America
has not been great He had large gifts large op-
po1unucs also for their use--tho two greatest
| things that great men can ask Yet he has brot
little to pass. No great ideas, no great organiza.
tons will bind him to the coming age Ere long,
men will ask for the historic proof 70 verify tho
reputation Of his power For the rrescnt hi, on.
rcer is Il failure he was baked of its aim How
will it be for the future! The historian must
write that he aimed TO increase the executive DOW
En- the central government, and 10 weaken file To-
cal power of the States that he preferred the fed
cral authority to State rights the judiciary 70 the
legislature the covenmcrtto tho neonlc the claims
of money TO the rights of man Calhoun will
stand as the representative Of State rights and free
trade Clay Of the American system of projections
/ lIe',,on Of payment in sound coin some other, of
the revenue tariff. And in the greatest question
of the age, the great question Of Human RIGHTS
as champion, Of mankind, there viii apuear. Al
ans Giddngs, Chase, and Mann and lIalr. Ran
tout and Sumner; YES, one other name, which on
the historians page will shade ii. ,hcsc--tLc name
of Garrison. Men will recount the words of Web
stcr at Plymouth Rock, at Bunker Hill, at Fancu
Hall, at Niblo's Garden; they will also rccollcct
that he declared that protection Of property was
the great domestic object of government; that he
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