New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-04

of mankind not reaching far sideways in HE own tn
he reaches forward immensely, his influence wAena,
as il goes Tie viii do this BY superiority m seu,rent
ideas and actions lie viii d'asr in quality as well y
quantity and have much where the crowd have nohiny
ri ell His power, also may be represented by two
hncs beginning al his birth pointing forward, dvcryns
from point, reaching far into the future, widening a.
they extend; and containing time by their streseh sns
.p,ce by their speed Jesus OF Nazareth Of tbs
class he fpread iafersy IN his lifetime, and took IN
twelve Galiesn peasants and lew obscure women;
now his diver zng ses reach over two thousand year
IN their stretch and contain two hundred AMI sixty MI
liens OF men within their spread
So much NY friends, and 80 lone, as preface 20 the
this estimate cf great man. ID tnd Webster was
,a., ,parsor ,nsry years the tsvorcd son Of New.
Engl.nf Hewas seventy years old; nearly forty years
in the councils Of the naiion held n IN once IN Times q
peril snd doubt; hsl mighty eoqu-nce; there were
Two millions of rcfders for every speech ne spoke sat
~ ,,e wear he has had vat influence On the opinion
of lie North lie has done great service spoken nobe
words thst vii endure 80 long ~ hngn ivts lie has
largely held the public eye hi' p anhc ONE maae as
rersona character consI iCnous Great rncn have 10
rriysey their bed and their board are eoh spresi N
nont of the sun snd their private character pubic
force lie, rs see wins, he did end What &c was whx
Is the result Tor the present what the result or 'he 10
tuTc. N
borders oi civilization. the lssh Of January, l2
lie was the OF Capt E5enezer and Aoigai iis,aaa
Webster No New.Enclsrder hsd pitched his cabin %
n,sr the north ,,ar Capt Webster Tne fam ly v,s
ANYTHING but rich, living nrst IN log cabin. thea
frame use, sad sometimes ke'ing tavern t~ner
WE, Soi. of the Fren, war, and m ne hevotnion
a grsat brave hg. bYswny man. Inc mo'her was
cutie superior woman. is otcnso When the virns
leans high in the public fountain you seek roc the holy
sping OF nobcuoes, snd ma u isr o. IN .e uer ore g
~ some rothcr VINO melted the SHOWS OF WINTER and
ccrdcrsed ,hs summers dew into fair twect humanity
rlich now gladdens the face OF man IN Az the cry
.f,e,t. Bulk is bearded and mascu'inei mceness9
wcmsns gsnd, ing. ,.,.,..., il.
s,sncc az his birth snd breeding. lie came from hs
class in socieiy whence Utmost all the graf mend
America have comc-thc two Adams W@Inson
UnncocL Jefferson, Jackson, CLAY, and almost every
Hyino notable of our time Our Hercules was skoers
died on the ground When he visited the west ams
wears ago an emigrant from New Hampshire met him
recognized hms and askoi. " i this the son OF Capt
Wh,t,r," 1T Is indeed said the great uisn. "Wha.
s,d he thu the little black Dan that used 20
the horses And the great Daniel Webster SAID, II
the little Mack Dan that used to water the hoyses
lie was proud of bis history II man hnis the way
alone shcuN Re not be proud OF having found 'he wsy
lie had small opportunities for academcal education
Tic school msstsr abroad In New Hampshire;
he vps sldun NJ home IN Salisbury Only iwoor three
months in the year was there school. and that
two or three mice OF Thther went Daniel Webster
blsve bright hoy, father of the man The school
house of New England IL the cradle OF all her greatness
VIXEN fourteen years old he went TO the Philips AGA
DENY for a fsw la0nths then to study with Mr. Wood
n Bcscswen paving "a dollar week" for the food for
the hodv sud oi the food Of thc mind. lie was an am.
biious iCy and apt 70 learn. Men wonder thG some
This wonder Ia the other way. Tie was more college
IAN the coce ITSELF and had university IN his head
II takes time and the sweat of oxen, to carry cansd
of cider to the ton of Mount Wsshngton but the eagle
aiss There ON his own wide wings. and asks no help
Daniel Webster had LITTLE academic furniture to help
him. lie had the mountains OF New Hampshire and
Ii, own great mountain oi head. Was thst bad
/ aid he loved to learn One day his father said TO
HIM IL shall send you to college Daniel, and Daniel
laid his head on lis fathers shoulder, and wept ngnt
/ cut
h. fought his way, with his own list keeping scho
IN the alton. He graduated ut Dartmouth In his
twentieth year largely distinguished though he scornei
his degree and when the faculty gave hun his diploma
he tore it to pieces il ia said and trcd IL under b. feet
Then he continued 10 fight for his education, sayH
law with one hand and Keeping school with the other
and get finding third hsnd-th Yankee Br.sreas-to
serve a. Register OF Deeds This went on all he reached
the aee of twenty-five. Then he was here IN Boston
studying law with Mr. Gore, and helping biz older
brother to keep school lie admitted to the bar 10
! 1906 with prophecy al eminence from hs prcepor,
MIR Gore-a prophecy which might readily he made
such head as that WIS liz ewn prophecy. Next he
is lawyer at Boecawen for two years then al Ports
mouth, In 1907 lawyer of large taients, Citing
rapidy into practice; known all over the State Of
New Hampshire :" known also in Massacha,etis In
1872 when be war thirty years OF age, ne u elected
TO the House Of Representatives in Congress. He hass
wife and soon has two daughters and two soma. Next
his house ia burned and his wife dies He in BDs,on
in 1916: in 1880 then 81 years DID, he is member Of
members there, provoking the Jealousy, but at tho
same time distaucing the rivalry oi men, Boston bora
and Cambridge bred His light taken from under the
New .Hanpshre bushel, nc Portsmouth, could not DO
hid in Boston IL gives light 10 all that enter tie boase
In lo22 he elected TO Congress for Bosom In
1877 tothe Senate of the United Staes la 1871, be
is Secretary OF State. Again private citizen in lsi1
I'm the Senate in 1915 and Secretary OF State In 40
/ where he continued until, "On the 9th n October,
1852, all ihat mortal OF Daniel Webster was 10
+ mtreih
do, n, d. No
sets few wecks In her Convention; eight years Rp
restnietve IN Congress- nineteen Senator; i've sesre
taIy Of State. Such is condensed map OF this great
mans outward history.
Look next at the IIeadsnds of his Life Here .h.n
speak Of mis- deeds and words AZ Citizen and Pubic
Officer.
T lie wac q areot lawyer engaged in many Of the ms
hporaLt during the lasl forty ycaIs but in the
biieiness OF sermon must pass by bis labors ne
/ law.
! As a citizen, ran TO speak of him chiefly ns spuAe
orator In that capacity he made three great speeches
not st I'll political at Plymouth Rock, to celebrate me
TWO hundredth anniversary OF New Englands birh
Bunker Hid, in memory OF The great battle OF New Ea
land and n Fsnueil Hail. 10 honor tle twJ great men
who dlcd when the nation nifty years old, and they
touTsccrc. Each Of these orsonc great and noble
Effort OF patriotic .lOquence.
Stundilg on Plymouth Rock with the graves Of the
ioreiothers ground him how proudly could he sag
Our established their system Of goyerBnfrt
on morality and religious sentiment Moral habits tney
believed canlot safely be tused any other foundaoa
q lhch religious pIlACipie, nor any
which is supported by moral habits Living under ne
heavenly hight OF revelation, they hoped 70 find oil the 80
dispositions, eli the duties which each othf
ard TO society enforced aud performed Whatever MARE
men good Christians, makes them good ctl1sp@ oaI
theirs here enjoy their free and unmolesisd
and ct the efd OF two centuries there nothing upon wn
we can pronounce more confidently nothing OF winch w
express more deep ald earn ct Conviction than Of no
nestnsble importance Of that religion 10 man. both 10 !"
gaId 10 this life and that which is 10 come o.,
At Bunker Hill, there were before him the M "A Of inc
Revolution venerable who drew swords az Lex
ngton and Concord and faced the tight IN many hg.
/ There was the French noblemaD-would 10 God ms
France had msny sucbtodsy who pcried his orIune
lite and reputation for freedom in America, and never
shea,hed the sword he drew at Yorktown, all France
also a Republic Fsyette was there-the fayen
Of two reyouSons the Fayette Of Yorktownand oinuA
How well could he cay
Let our conceptions be enlarged to the circle OF oa
dues Let extend ideas over the whoe OF the y
field in which called t. act Let our object b., oti
COUNTRY, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY AND NOTHING But OLE
/ LII of Ind ihaf.