The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-11-24

him who leaves his native shore,
and the first to gladden. that of him who
revisits it, shall be something which shall
remind him of the liberty and glory of
his country. Let it rise till it meet the
sun in his coming--let the earliest light
of the morning gild it, and parting day
linger and play on it's summit"
In the House of Representative Res
olutions were presented by Hon. W.
LIAM C BRADl EY Of Westminster, who ID
dressed the House, and was followed
by
MIR. Barrett of Middlebury.
Mr.. Speaker-I rise with emotions
such as have never felt on any other
occasion, to add word to the very APP
proprate remarks to which the House
has Just listened with SO much attention
and sensibility. DANIEL WEBSTER has
passed away forever from the earth. In
the quiet seclusion at Marshield, with
er he had gone to seek refuge from the
assaults of disease and from the consum-
ing cares of state, the inevitable destroy
or has overtaken him, and that godlike
spirit has no longer mortal habitation
Sudden,a and mournfully thrilling was the
news which reached us but two or three
days since We vcntured to hope that
even yet there might be relief We
dreaded the worst The intelligence has
proved but too true He who, but brief
time since, was the most illustrious of
living orators and statesmen-the great
est of men-whose fame filled the world
and whose intellectual sway was felt
through an illimitable domain-has COM
pleted his sublunary work, and his erect,
majestic form
"Thc all-beholding sun shall see nomorc
In all his course"
MR. WEBSTER, in the full consciousness
of his situation met his fate with a he
roic and gentle composure. Though suf-
fcring, at times, exquist pain,he remain
cd tranquil--clear in intellect-frm and
collected of soul-until he breathed his
last.
Like shadov thrown
Softly and swcetly from passing cloud,
Death foil upon him"
The light of a Sabbath morning broke
calmly in upon that desolatc chamber as
his spirit assembled to Him whe gave it
1t is not my purpose, Mr. Speaker, TO
attempt to rehearse the history Of this il
lustrious manor to pronounce his eulogy.
With the principal acts of his life all Of
us are familiar. Born of hardy tJck,
among the rugged wilds of New Hamp-
shire. of ancestors whose blood freely
flowed in the patriotic struggles of up
rising freedom, and whose immediate
progenitor lit may we'll be recollected
by ermonters) was prominent actor
in the decisive revolutionary battle of
Bennington-he won his way, through
life's many vicissitudes and through all
the trials incident to his condition in
| life, to rcnown the most exalted and
enduring AS lawyer.a scholar, a man
of letters, an orator, and statcsman,he
ranks with the greatest gcniuses the
world has ever seen. In our country,
he Is known at every 6reside, his words
familiar as household words, and his
fame extends through all lands,
Mr. WEBSTER entered public life at
the commcnc meut of the war Of lSl2,as
representative in Congress from New
Hampshire, from which time, with the
exception Of six years spent in the prac-
tice of his profession, at Boston, from
1916 to 1922, and two or three years in
retirement, after his withdrawal from the
cabinet in la42, his whole life has been
passed in public positions-in the House,
the Senate, and the Caoinet-in all Of
which stations, his powers of massive'and
comprehensive intellect stood unrivalled.
His speeches on the Greek question, in
1923 and 1874 his reply to Hayne,
Jan, 20, 1886; his debate with Mr.
Calhoun, on Notification, in 1888 his
speech on the Compromise measures,
March Z, 1850 his letter to Cheyalier
Hulsenann, in the same year and his
many other renowned efforts, in more
popular sphere, among which his address
at Plymouth in 1920, and at Bunker
Hill in 1925, are preemlnent,-are last
ing monuments of his services and sue
cess during this active period.
The loss of such man, who far sur
passed all others in knowledge of for
eign policy and skill in its management,
and who so well understood the applica-
tion of tho principles Of our government,
in all their relations to freedom every
where, is indeed, at such time, irrepar
able OF that illustrious four-ADAMs,
CALHOUN, CLAY, WEBsTER-so long as
sociated in their patriotic labors-the
last is now gone gone in the full matu. :
ity of years and fame. The resplcndent
sun is set
How fitting is il now to recall that
ever memorable prayer, which closed
the greatest, perhaps, of all his efforts
in the Senate, the reply to Mr.. Hayne,
twenty years since-now so fully answer
ed When my eyes" said he shall
be turned to behold for the last time, the
sun in heaven may not see him shining
on the broken and dishonored fragments
of a once glorious Uniou on States dis
) severed ,discordant, belligersntl on a'land
rent with civil feud, or drenched, it may
be, in fraternal blood Let their last
feeble and lingering glance rather be-
hold the gorgeous ensign of tho Repub-
lie, now known and honored throughout
the earth, still full high advanced, its
arms and trophies streaming in their or
iginal lustre, not a stripe erased or pol
luted not single star obscured, bear,
ing for its motto no such miserable in
terrogatory as What is all this worth ?
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