Weekly national intelligencer., 1852-10-30
PUBLIC MEETING In WASHINGTON,
estify respect for the memory Of Mr.. WEBSTER

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= A Public Meeting of the Citizens Of Washington
took place Thursday evening at the City Hail. for the
purpose of giving expression to the sentiment Of
spect and veneration entertained in this city for the
) character and services of Mr. WEBSTER, and the
sense Of the great loss his country has suffered by
his death The meeting was large and was distin-
gushed by solemnity which evinced the sincerity
of the feeling which brought it together.
On motion of ex-Mayor LENox, the Mayor OF the
city, JOHN w. MAURY, Esq, called to the
Chair. Ex-Mayors SEAToN and LENox were ap-
pointed Vice Presidents, and DR.. J. B. BLAKE and
NICHOLAS CALLAN, Esq. Secretaries.
On motion of JAMES M. CARLISLE, Esq, the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolued That committee of nine be appointed by the
Chair to prepare resolutions expressive of the deep
pathy and regret entertained by this community ac
count Of the death of DANIEL WEBSTER
And the following gentlemen were appointed the
committee:
j. NJ Carlisle, P. r. Fendal, JOS. Bryan, Judge Craw-
ford johnson HELEN, Sas H. Hill, F. A. Tucker, Benz.
L. Besll, and Jacob Gideon.
This committees after retiring for short time,
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The Citizens of Washington here assembled are con-
scous that the occasion which has convoked them is an
event in the national history.
DANIEL WEBSTER DEAD. In these simple words our
countrymen have read all that eulogy utteral that
the storied urn can elof public loss and private be-
reayement
He lived to see his name the token and epitome of
highest eoquence of largest craftsmanship, of widest
patriotism of profoundest wisdom Orator. statesman,
patriot and sage though the grave now claims his NOR
tai body and humby trust his soul already rests
% where no enemy enters and friend departs" yet
all Of DANIEL WEBSTER has not left the earth nor shall
leave it, till time shall be no more.
Here in this New World, august and ever-glorious
BEING has sprung into exisencea being whose radiant
body like the sum- freely sheds its light all the world
ITSELF SUM- set in the armament to illumine THE SOULS
of men now and through all time to come.
This offspring of our country is THE CONSTITUTION.
Its immortality its worldwide influence, is shared by
DANIEL WEBSTER. While stands the Constitution, ne shda
stand! May be perpetual!
The Citizens of Washington here assembled feel that
they are not unfit on this occasion represent the heart
of the Republic Nowhere in the wide limits Of the land
from ocean to ocean, has the death of DANIEL WEBSTER
sunk In the minds OF men heavier deeper Here was
the theatre of his nobest efforts Here he met and COM
bated and by the force of his great mind and patriotic
heart eed by one, many factions as arose TO as
sault that CoysrIrUrIoS to which he had devoted life
fraupht with gigantic influences. Here he gave to the
forum new glory here he commanded not merely the
applause listening Senates but welded the hearts ana
minds Of American Senator's going before them like
pillar of fire to lead them the way they should go here
he bore his appointed burden Of the State upon his At
lantean shoulders day by day; here he worked among
men, gathering their affections the reaper his harvest
Resopcd therefore That tomorrow, being the day when
the mortal remains Of DANIEL WEBSTER are to be con-
signed to the earth, where we cannot personally follow
them to the grave and pay them the last honors shall be
observed by us as day Of national mourning and that
we recommend to the citizens generally that all business
be suspended and oil places Of business closed at noon
morrow for the residue Of the day.
Mr. CARLISLE, Chairman of the Committee, ac-
companied the report of the resolutions with some
feeling and impressive remarks on the personal and
public character of the illustrious deceased lie was
followed by PHILIP r. Kendall, Esq, IN strain
of fervent eulogy of the transcendant abities the
craftsmanship, and the unsurpassed services and
merits of the great Defender Of the Constitution and
of civil liberty.
The Resolutions were unanimously adopted, and
copy of them was ordered to be transmitted to the
family Of Mr. WEBSTER The meeting then sepa
rated.
New HAMPSHIRE DEMocRAcY.-The following
is an extract from the Concord Patriot Genera