Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-11-03
The Late Daniel Webster.

the men of an eminent literary gentleman of Cam
bridge, and will now possess especial interest Tor
our readers-those parts of it at least the purpose
of which the hand Of death has not frustrated and
rendered innpplicable. We extract from the arti-
Gle the annexed passages:
MIR. WEBSTER.
The illness under which Mr. Webster has sui |
f.red at Marshfeld has excited serious alarm. The
loss of this eminent and ilustrious statesman at
the present moment would not only be heavy
calamity the great interests of the country, but
would strike the national heart with unspeakable
sorrow. At his age the disease which has greatly
impaired his physical strength could but excitesad
forebodings of the result AT all events Inc Gay
cannot be far istant when that comprehensive |
wisdom and consummate genius will be taken away
from U.s. in the ordinary course OF the lie OF man.
There is now, however, reason to think that repose
and the invigorating breath OF sea and land at
Marshfieli, will restore the health OF the great
Secretary and send him in due time back to his
post in Washington, to close the important ques-
tons still pending between our Government and
foreign countries. A few weeks longer passed in
the midst of the beloved scenes to whc MI. Web
ster has for SO many years delighted to withdraw
from the of public and professional life, will,
it is earnestly hoped carry him safely through this
annual attack and strengthen his heart for another
winter ofStrenuons toll in the service of his coun-
try. --' 70 ~ RS -' o.
<i n o.,
"The farm at Marshfeld is worthy to be the
resting place Of its illustrious owner. tits shield
ed by range Of beautiful hills from the violence
of our northeastery storms. 1t has distant view
OF the ocean, beyond the lowlands which every
high tide overflows: on one side wooded promon-
tory juts into the sea- and on the other rises slop-
ing highland, on the brow OF which, In the deep
reposc Of his kindred rest in their long Sleep
with no sounds above or around them but the muir
murS of the wind through the foliage of the droop-
ing trees, the song of birds, the solemn voice
of the sea speaking eternally from its vast depths
The undulahng surface sweeps up from the marsh
es and forms n tabie-land, on which the house
stands then gently falls into smooth and spread
ing lawn; then, by sleeper slope, it ascends to
the western range of hills, which, on flat side,
shut in the picture and bound a scene OF harmon
ious yet varied and Sweetly cOntrasted beauty. As
you look down from these hills your heart beats
with the unspeakable emotion that such objects
inspire but the charm is heightened by the refec
ton that the capabilities of Nature have been un
folded by the skill and taste of one whose fame
fills the world that illustrious existence has
here blended its activity with the processes of the
genial earth, and breathed its power into the brer IN
of heaven, and drawn its inspiration from the air.
the sea, and the sky, around and above; and that
here, at this moment the same illustrious existence
is, for time struggling in doubtful contest with
| foe to whom all men must, sooner or later, lay
down their arms
Here, a few weeks since, Mr.. WEBSTER
customed to drive the transient guest his es
tate; visiting his fields his shore, his tocks,
and his herds; pointing out the prospect andspeak-
ing with tender emotions of the sad and happy
memories the varied views recalled; conveISing
with the rustic neighbors whom he CHANGED to meet
in kind and genial tones and on subjects which he
and they uddeIstcod uttering from time to time
glorious thoughts suggested by the scene, in langu-
age of massive beauty and grandeur which made the
moment memorable i'll the listeners life. But this
has been in some measure interrupted. That no.
BILE form, that SURPRISING strength Of constitution,
have dropped under the protracted illness which
has withheld HIM from the turmoil raging outside
of that secluded spot the drives over the hills and
along the understanding sea, which he loved SO
much, have ceased. Solemn thoughts exclude
from his mind he inferior topics of the leeting
hour and the great and awful themes of the future
now seemingly opening before him-themes to
which his mind has always and insnctyely turned
its profoundest medtatons-now fill the hours won
from the weary lasstude of illness, from the pub
lie duties which sickness and retirement cannot
make him forget or neglect The eloquent specu-
lations Of Cicero on the immortality of the soul,
and the admira BILE arguments against the Epicurean
philosophy, put into the mouth Of one of the coloc
utors in the book on the Nature of the Gods share
his thoughts with the sure testimony of the Word
of God. But no day passes that the affairs of the
country do not occupy his attention. His great
mind never applied itself with calmer or more
comprehensive grasp to the duties of his Depart
ment. The Intellectual power asserts its supre-
macy over physical weakness and tedious disease,
with an uniatenng energy of soul that in itself is
stronger argument of its Immortality than Cicero
uttered in the majestic accents of the Latin
tongue. 10
These are the dignfed pursuits that grace the
days Of suffering passed by the ilustrous States
man of Marshfeld. The respectful sympathies of
the country surround him in his hour of Illness and
the prayers of good men go up to Heaven for his
speedy restoration. lift is written in the nscruta
BILE DEGREES of God that he is to be recalled from the
scene Of his earthly abors before his work is COM
pleted if so heavy bereavement is to fall on
the American people, may no man have cause to
reproach hi nsef that he strove to embitter the
moments of so illuStrious life by harsh imputa-
tons or slanderous speech. When Mr.. WEBSTER
is withdrawn from the scenes Of this world, the |
party asperities which have ragged fercely round
him will be drowned in the tears of nations grief
and he who has so far forgotten the claims of patr
otto greatness as to join in the ignoble work of
Illuminating long life exhausted in memorable ser
vices to the country and the age, will bear in his
heart the burden of an upbraiding conscience, and
a sense of wrong done to the common benefactor of
every American citizen, long after the day of atone
ment is passed; for whatever heated partisans may
say while Mr.. WEBSTER lives, hereafter, when the
historian shall look back upon the first century of
the American Republic, the two names which will
shine with most unfading lustre and the serenest
glory, high above all others, are WASHINGTON and
WEBSTER. There are men who are remembered
only the reviers of WASHINGTON; there may be
men who will be Remembered only as the slanderers
of WEBSTER. : -
We fiud in the New York Tribune, a brief bio
graphy of Mr.. Webster, Of which that portion re-
latng to the parentage. ancestry and early career
of the great Statesman may be new to some readers
His llustrious public history, American is ignor-
ant of.
DANIEL WEBSTER.
A great soul has passed or is passing from this
mortal stage of being. As we write, it is rr,mored
that Mr.. Webster is dead, and though we do not
credit the report an ascertained fact, yet there
can be little doubt that, when this sheet reaches
the majority OF its readers, Daniel Webster will be
no more among the living. go e g.
Mr. Webster's has been lofty though not entirely
successful career. Descended from an ancestry
originally Scotch, but for time resident in Eng
land, which migrated to this country very soon after
the landing at Plymouth, he born in Salisbury,
(now Boscawen) New Hampshire, on the 18th OF
January, 1852. His life has therefore been EXTEND
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