The daily union., 1852-11-02

his pathway heneeiorward is solitary aud less safe
than before
But cannot pursue these thoughts Among the eulo-
gsls who have just uttered the eloquent OF Eng.
land al The deaih OF the great Duke. has employed
an image aud an idea which venture to modify and
appropriate
The Norhmen's image OF death is finer than that Of
other cmes; skeleton but gigaEiic figure that en-
yelopes within the massive folds Of lis dark garment
Webster seems SO enshrouded from US as the last o the
mighty three themselves following a mighty seres-the
greatest closing the procession The robe draws round
him, and the era is past"
Yet how much there is which that all ample fold
shall not hde,he recorded WISDOM the great example,
the assured Immortality.
They speak OF monuments
Nothing can cover his hgia fame but Heaven,
No pyramids OF his memories
But the eternal substance OF his greatness
To which leave him
REMARKS OF NIX, JUSTICE CURTIS.
After Mr. Choate had concluded. Mr.. Justice Curtis
responded as follows:
receive with deep sensbility the resolutions OF the
bar and The remarks OF yourself, Mr. Attorney and OF
the other gentlemen who have addressed us The death
OF this llustrous statesman and lurs has produced
profound impression everywhere in the county to whose
he devoted his Ii Q, and will be felt event
not unimportant IN the civilized world
Among the gentlemen OF this bar, OF which he was a
member, with very many OF whom be held relations OF
private friendship and Tor whom, body, he was ever
ready manifest aiernal regard. and in this court
which, for than thirty years, he has enlightened
and assisted by his abors, deep feeling Of private grief
mingles itself with OF the public loss. How
great this loss is be described for it cannot
be known The darkness OF the future covers the
dangers which the providence OF God may permit our
country TO encounter and hides from view needs for
the patriotism and surprising mental power Of Mr. Web
sler In government depending Tor lis existence on
opinion, the withdrawal OF mind which exercised SO
great an influence for the preservation and stability of
country, not only in The public councils, but among the
people themselves, is loss indeed
We submit ourselves TO 1t as inevitable, as having
come at the time appointed by ihe will OF Him IN whose
hand is the destiny OF nations and OF and with graft
iude that much has been accomplished by him. and so
much left for The instruction OF this and future times
OF his services and works a statesman, | can say
nothing after what others have said
But receiving these communications from his brethren
OF the bar, strongly reminded OF The importance to
them OF the memory and fame OF this great lawyer The
iustTous names and great deeds which centuries have
gathered the richest treasures of nation. The
masterpieces OF literature and art dignity The pursuits
which they Were produced.
Born during The OF the revolution, in family
which took honorable part in that great struggle, he
was lmbued from his iniahcy with American ideas and
principles. He reared in the simple habits OF New
England home He forced early into the rough and
invgorang contact with Nature among the mountains
where he had his birth place He was trained in the
college OF his native State He studied law
for although ii painfully wrought out from age TO
age in another land, yet II was by our ancestors,
and thank God that by good title as can be shown
under lis rules ii healthy and manly intellectual
well as political inheritance He knew il as il is in Little
ton this great commentator, and IN Plowden and Saun-
ders, well as IN its modern sources. His
was as familiar TO him that OF Taylor or Md
ton It's fundamental principles had become part OF The
structure OF his mind, and under these new skies he
maintained and advanced those great principles OF per-
sona liberty under the law and by the law, and The abb
solule security OF private property, which constitute The
vital power of the common law. But il musi MOI be
forgotten, for The honor Of American Jurisprudence and
for his honor thai be entered aed such existed
nowhere else
II and is OF The excellences OF the constitution
OF the United States that il did not attempt too much
that IL IS neither treatise code, but asimpe
meraton OF the powers and principles necessary 10
constitute the government Of our country Whenihls gov
ernnen was pu, into operation IN The same territory and
over the same people, having distinct State governments
OF their own questions OF the last Importance TO the
Quy and peace OF the country, and 10 The efficiency and
success OF the new government, necessarily arose Few
men whose attention has not been particularly directed
to this subject OF the number the importance,
or the difficulty OF these questions country, already
vast in extent and whose resources N rapid course OF
development were ncalcuabe, whose people, after
great suffering, had by their acts become nation.
had created court OF justice and delegated TO II the
power, and imposed upon u, under The most solemn
sanctions, the duty OF declaring void all legislative acts
not in conformity with the constitution, and OF restrain
ing within their appropriate limits OF power the State
soverelgnties under which the people lived.
Questions which elsewhere could have been settled
only By mere force or by diplomatic negotiations which
force influences here TO be brought 10 arbitra-
ment, according TO the said settled and regular course
OF judicial procedure.
Into these contests Mr. Webster entered and for them
be was fitted. | think other man has been. He
brought these debates extensive aud accurate his
torcai learning. especially concerning The constitution
Itself cleafness OF conception, eompfehensyeness OF
grasp and logical power never surpassed and 10 all these
was added a command OF the English tongue, which,
for demonstratiye oraiory, has, think, not been
eQualed
We may all conceive, what many yet know, that he
able render and did render his country, and 10
the cause OF justice and peace, most eminent service 10
this unobirusive but important scene uf action. And We
shall make but poor OF his great example u we do
not borrow from higher conceptions and broader views oi
the capacities and duties OF his and profession VI even
the most prominent Of and permanent public i'm
porance 10 which Mr Webster was engaged, there is
not time here TO speak, but il may be said generally,
without doing any injustice the great magistrates by
whom they determined, what indeed they were ever
ready 20 acknowledge that they derived most import
ant assistance from the labors Of Mr.. Webster.
IL is the general destiny OF lawyers 10 leave behind
them few traces and monuments OF their intellectual
labor. Eoquence and Learning, and devotion 10 dnty.
and strenuous effort, and high courage serve their uses
OF the day and doubtless find their regard in the breast OF
their possessor but with him often dies Their mem
ory How little do know Of the forensic Arguments
OF Ames or Dexter or Otis Vague impressions OF their
power still nger the feehng reeoiecuons OF lew
living men, 10 depart, when they go home, and leave no
trace behind
To a very considerable extent Mr. Webster will prob
ably not pattake OF this ordinary LOT OF bis brethren
Many ol hs forensic arguments have been made IN
causes OF such great and permanent importance they are
admirable in themselves, and in general have been
10 and studied while the constitution shall endure.
Correction.