Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-11-13

bhnd Of their adventurous eo,pfYymes
FROM Il dfeady confinement in the icy 70.
gions Of the Polar sens.
TIT DgAfti on WEBSTER. -. Mr.. J..
Buchanan Read. Of whose %poetieai pow.
ers Il fetent Writer III The No,M B,Ihish
RetitW EXPRESSES Sd decided NH opinion.
has written the following on the event Of
the day
The great are falling from tsy=to The dust
Our flag dfeops midway, fail Of niany sighs
A matthias glory and a peoples trust
Lie in The ample pail where Webster lies.
The great ate allingf from us.--one BY ono
As fall Tie patfiafehs Of the forest trees
The winds shall seek them vaihty, and The suh
Gaze on each vacant space ftr Centuries.
ID, Carolira molitns her stesdfast pine,
Which, like n mainn,ast lowered, above her rsatmi
And Ashland hears no more the voice divine
From out the branches Of her stately elm.
And Marshfeld's giant oak, whose stormy brow
OFT turned the ocean tempest from the west,
Lies on the shoie he guarded long-and now
0ut Startled Eagle ktsss net where to rsst.
TuE REMARKS or. GEN. PIERCE ON TttH
CHARACTER or Mn. WEasrEH.-In Con-
cord N. H., on Monday, at ten o'clock,
most Of the stores and offices were closed,
and business suspended atld soon after.
the Representatives Halt Wiia crowded
fall Of citizens, Il large number tf ladies'
being present.
A series Of resolutions were offered and
read , after which the chairman called upon
General Piece 10 address tie mss;ipe.
The crowded hall became ms still rs death
as Getieral Pierce rose to comply and
with deep emotion, which nj times aInoet
overtatns linn, aud IN d cain and Impress
I've manner, suited to the occasion, he spoke
us follows
Mn. CnAthMAN-ttow deeply bnvc MI
hearts been impressed by the ~fervent ap-
peal 10 that Power III wbicl, oar fathers
put their trust IN the hour Of then weak
ness and trials! And low has that col
emf, impression been eiilthneed by tie last
words OF the truly great man, just read by
the Rev. Dr. Bohtoh.
Btu d few weeks Have pissed siites u
deep gloom was cast over our country by
the death Of Tie great statesman Of tho
west. II had long been Jude stood that
this light WAS Pickering in its socket, sNd
must soon 90 ont. Still, The ANNOUNCES
tnent, when it came, was laden with sad
ness aud we have all since then been
disposed to look with warmer affection
and more glowing gratitude to his great
conpesr aud associate, the intelligence Of
whose Sudden detease will fall like 4 ft,neI
faI pail upon tho public mind throughout
that Union to WHICH he gave his best af
feeii5ns abd hoblest eHofts.
| bad met Mr.. Webstef repeatedly pri.
or to 1883, but my personal acquaintance
with him may be said 10 have ]eonruenced
with my first wiDte, NJ Washington. His
attachment to our State was sihahIhfly
strong, and this circumstances perhaps,
led 10 n series Of kind nets aud conrtesies
towards me during the session Of 1884,
and afterwards, the grateful recollection Of
which will never l@ eHaeed. ] mourn fvf
him as for n friend whose personal regard
my own heart lIas given buck Il .fne and
full RESPONSE.
Among eminent citizens If eoinnand-
ing power and Influence, while / was in
the Senate, he stood, perhaps, pre.etniut
ent. In this fici, combination Of qnati~
Ties rs an orator, lawyer, and statesman,
il may smelly he said he hsd no fival.
How forcibly and sadly We afe reminded
Of the great n,eii With whom he was ASSOC
ciaied in the Seflaic chamber, and wiio
preceded him III his transit tirougl, tie dark
valley.
White, Gnnndy. Forsyth, Southland,
Wall, Linn, Sever, Silas Wright, Hill,
Woodbury., Calhoun, Clay--mcn WHO left,
their impress upon the ~age-names indis.
solhbly connected with the fame mud hiss
tory Of their countfy--aIl, like him whose
death we are called upon to deplore, were
Inks IN tile chain which bound the past.
generation to the present and oil, like
him, are now Oh the other side Of that
narrow line which divides time from cter-
nifty. Upon whom have their nantes
fallen? Who are to take their places in
the perils through which Our country may
be called to pass? Who, with patriotic
courage and statesmaDlike forecast are TO
guide in the storms that will, at times.
inevitably threaten us, III our unexampled
development Of resources as a nation, onr
almost fearful progress, our position of
amazing responsibility as the great, con-
federated, selfgoverning power Of the
globe? These are questions which will
press themselves upon all minds; but
WHO, alas can satisfactorily answer
them ?
TO speak OF Mr.. Webster's genius, his
various and solid attachments, his services.
would be to discourse Of matters as famil-
lar even to tue children Of his native Stale
as household words. Besides, this musr
be left to vigorous pens and eloquent
tongues, after the first gush Of grief, and
the oppressive sense Of loss, shall, TO some
extent, iIave passed away. 1t is, and long
has been, my firm conviction, that Mr..
Webster had hold upon the minds aud
hearts OF his countrymen which will fail TO
be justly estimated only because there has
been no full opportunity TO measures is.
You, Mr.. Chairman, have truly said, that
Mr.. Webster 4 greatness was OF that rare
character which no earthly position could
exaIt. He came TO official stations, as he
approached all subjects presented TO his
mind, their superior and their master. lie
has reared for himself a vast pillar oil re-
nown, which will stand in undlmlnisiIed
strength and grandeur. when the works
mans hands erected to his honor will
be like Ninevah ; and, / fear. when this
Union may have shared the fate which was
the dread of his later years.
A few years ago, when the distinguish