Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-12-04
SENATOR CLEMENS ON Mn. WEBSTER.


Our tables are crowded with newspaper and pam
phlet copies of Orations and Discourses delivered in
all parts of the country upon the occasion Of the
decease Of Mr.. WEBSTER, for no portion Of which,
no more than for the many columns Of similar dis
courses pronounced in honor Of Mr.. CLAY, can we
possibly find room at large in our columns. All
that we attemptto impart to readers Of them
are occasional selections from such appear worthy
of particular note. Of these we have seen none
more SO than the Eulogy upon Mr.. WEBSTER,
pronounced at the request Of the Town Coun-
Gil Of Huntsville, in the State Of Alabama by the
Hon. Mr.. CLEMENS, Senator from that State, tho
interest of which is heightened in consideration of
the relations which had heretofore existed between
them as members of the same body. The extracts
which we subjoin embrace the opening and the con-
cusion Of that Eulogy, the beauty of both Of which,
we think, will strike every reader:
" Whatever is mortal of DANIEL WEBSTER has perish
ed, and the tears of whole people raining the
pathway which leads to his final resting The hand
of the great Destroyer has stricken down the Patriot the
Orator. and the Statesman whose eoquence for nearly
forty years has stirred the heart of the Nation and whose
wise and prudent counsels have assisted to guide and d
rect it through every period of trial and danger Well
may mourn-not for him, but for the republic He
could afford die He had attained the hreescore years
and ten allotted to He had been again and again
called to the highest stations Long since genius and
patriotism had crowned his lofty brow for immortality
The of his fame full, and, like the sun of
the tropics which sinks beneath the horizon with every
gorgeous ray undmmed shining the last he passed
away in the full blaze of all those honors which life of
devotion to his country had nobly earned. Not for
i'm then LET he st Int for fhospw ho
left to struggle unaided by the wisdom which
have been accustomed to lean for support.
Biography and history usually regarded separate
and distinct Each has its accustomed paths; each its
prescribed and acknowledged rules but in this they
are blended into that it is almost impossible to
separate them biography of Daniel Webster is
sarily history Of the times in which he lived He has
been intimately connected with every great measure
and has left the impress of his genius indeby stamp
ed every thing he touched that it is difficult sepa
rate the from the In the brief sketch Of his
life which propose give shall conne myself as much
possible to the individual without attempting recital
of historical events familiar to ALL
THAT he had no faults will not assert but that he
had fewer than any public have known except Mr.
Calhoun, ra- sincerely believe His heart was too kind
and his nature was To- e-aat for the weeds Of Woo
flourish such SOIL If they took root they with
cred almost they sprang into existence The
very of his death will witness for him that with
in hst bosom goodness sat upon the throne With
greatness. Calm collected, and resigned he called -
family and his friends about him. and uttering word
Of kindness to each, he babe them afeconate good
bye Then, requesting his to read Grays Elegy, al
MIST before the last words of that beautiful poem fell on
his his eyes we've closed in everlasting sleep. Thus
peacefully passed away the last of the American rumv
rate. He had lived % witness and participate in the
funeral ceremonies of his great rivals They had died at
the Capitol the midst of the Nations Representatives
The sages Of the Republic her battle veterans
her historians, and her brds surrounded the cons in
which they lay and gave ausre to the solemn pageant
ry Of the hour His spirit tok its fight from the walls
Of own quiet home and pompous national funeral
gilded the passage of his body to the grave But the
hearts of the wise and good will be shrouded with as deep
gloom and more reverental viii settle upon the
people they read the sad announcement that he the
mightiest and the last, is gone
"Amd the general gloom which follows the departure Of
such man. all private grief becomes contemplate The
great heart Of the nation has been touched
sorrow sinks into insignifcance. 1t is permitted how
ever, to those who have seen him and known him who
have enjoyed his hospitality and experienced his kindness
to bear witness to his WORTH and testify to those with
whom may be associated that whatever Of
remains upon earth is to him the twinkinp star
to the MONDAY
BE this my plea when suspend
This all unworthy wreath such satesmans bier"
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