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General Oasis Hulogy Of Mr.. webster

General Oasis Biology Of MIR. Webster
We take fsep tho Baltimore sal the following fall
port Of the remarks Gen. Cas- the Senate upon that
part cf ~ message which refers TO the death
Of nss Webster late Secretary Of State and which led
the adoption Of resolutions by that body ofrespec
his memory
a. Psssiaeat-- How Anr MieHrr FALLEN was the
pathetic fermentation when the leaders Of Iarael were
struck down In the midst Of their services and their re-
nown. Wen may repeat that national wall How AaE
Moarr when the impressive dispensations
Providence have so recently carried mourning to the
hearts Of the American people BY summoning from life
death three cf their einent citizens who for almost half
great questions we'll of peace as Of war which agated
and divided their country Full indeed theywere Of days
and Of honors for 81, 1919
q The hand Of the reaper
Took the ears that were hoary," -
but brighter in inteect purer in patriotism nor
powerful in interest than when the grave closed
upon their abors leaving their memory and their career
Mt incentive and example for their country
men in that long course of trial but trust Of freedom
and prosperity also, which is open before us Often d.
vided IN life but only by honest convictions Of duty fol-
in spirit Of generous consultation and not per-
sonal opposition they united In death, and we
may appropriately adopt upon this striking OCCASION the
beautiful language addressed to the people Of England by
one Of her most gifted sons when they called to
mourn We are now called bereavement which spread
sorrow. dsmay almost through the nation under crcum
tanccs Of difficulty and danger greater than any
now reasonably anticipate in the progress of our his
| tory: 4is..
Seek not for those separate doom,
Whom fate made brothers in the tomb;
But search the land Of living mem 1s
Where shall We find their like againgn s
And to-day in the consideration Of the message of the
Chief Magistrate becomes to respond to his
cation, commanding ITSELF it does to the universal
amened statesmen national misfortune This mark
regret and respect due alike the memory of the
dead and to the feelings Of the living And have listened
with deep emotion to the eloquent testimonials the
mental power and worth and services Of the departed
patriot which to-day have been heard in this high place.
will be heard Tomorrow and commended too by the
The voice Of party hushed in the presence Of such
national calamity and the grave closes upon the aspey
of political comforts when 1t closes upon those who have
taken part In Them and well may we, who have often
witnessed his labors and his trumphs we'll may here
upon this theatre of his services and his renown recalling
the efforts of his mighty Understandings and the admra
| tion which always followed its exertion well may we
With tribute Of acknowledgment to his high and
diversified powers and to the Influence he exercised upon
bis auditory and in fact upon his country He was in
deed Of those remarkable who stand prominently
forward upon the canvass Of history impressing their
Characterization upon the ago III which they live and al
most making 1t their by the force Of their genius and
i the splendor of their fame.
The time which elapsed between the middle of the
eighteenth century and day prolific of great
events and Of distinguished men, who guided
the history Of human society But III my opinion even
this favored epoch has produced possessing
massive and gigantic 2tslsct or who exhibited more
profound powers of in the great department
Of political science to which be devoted himself in all its
various ranifcatons, than Daniel Webster The
ture Of bis mind seemed peculiarly adapted to the work
Of his country of his age. indeed could have done it,
And his name and his fame indssoubIy connected
with of the most difficult and important questions
which peculiar have called into discussion
It was my good fortune to hear him upon of the
most memorable Of these occasions when In this very
hail. filed to overewing with al audience whose rap a.
tentiDn indicated Ms power and their expectation He
entered into analysis Of the Constitution and of the
great principles of political organization with vigor
argument, force of illustration, and felicity die
ton which have rendered this effort Of his mind one of
the proudest of American genius and one of
eminent have called forth speak of its general effect
without eoncuTng in all the views he presented though
the points Of difference neither impair my estimate of
the speaker nor Of the power he displayed in this eabo
rate debate.
ejudgment 81 his contemporaries upon the character
of his eoquence will be confirmed by the future historian
He gasped the questions involved in the subjects before
him with the hand of MASTER and topics barren of at
traction from their nature rendered interesting by
illustrations and alnsions drawn from vast storehouse
Of knowledge and applied with chasened taste formed
upon the best models Of ancient and modern learning
and to these eminent qualifications added unin-
tsrrupted flow of rich and often racy odfashoned En-
gs words of the earlier of the language whom
he studied and admired. s9t1f
As statesman and politician, his power was felt and
acknowledged through the Republic and all bear willing
testimony 70 his enlarged views and TO his ardent patr
otism. And he acquired European reputation by the
State papers he prepared upon various questions Of
foreign policy and of thesehis REPUTATION and ex-
Of an absurd and arrogant pretenson Of Austria
distinguished by lofty and generous sentiments beco-
ing the age in which he lived, and the good people in
whose he spoke, and stamped with vigor and
not less honorable in the exhibition than
sive in the application And it will take rank in the
history Of diplomatic intercourse among the richest
trbuons 70 the commentaries upon the public law Of the
world.
And in Internal external troubles he was true and
tried and fthful and in the latest may be the last
1t the perlous crisis of country rejecting all
sectional considerations and exposing himself seco
al Recommendations he stood up bodlyproudly, indeed
and with commensurate ability, for the constitutional
nf upft
spirit Of aggression, as Incompatible with mutual
obligations with the duration of the confederation
self In that dark and doubtful hour his voice was heard
above the storm. recalling bis countrymen OF
their dangers and their Duties and temperng the lessons
rpr0of with the experience Of age and the dictates of
BE who heard this memorable appeal to the
public and conscience made in this crowded cham
ber with all eyes fixed upon the speaker and almost all
hearts swayed by his words Of wisdom and Of power will
seduousy guard its recollection Of those precious
Incidents which while they constitute the poetry Of his
ory exort permanent and decisive influence upon the
And our deceased colleague added the kindlisr afec-
ions Of the heart to the lofty endowments Of the mind
md recall with almost painful sensibity, the associa
ions Of boyhood when sehooftllows togeth
with all the troubles and the pleasures which belong
hat relation of life in is world Of preparation
Ie rendered himself dear by his disposition and deport-
nent exhibited of those peculiar characteristic
eatures which, later in life made him the ornament of
he social circle and when study and knowledge Of the
world had rpened his facutes endowed him with powers
conversation have not foInd surpassed in my inter
with society at home abroad His conduct and
earlng az that early PERIOD have LETT an enduring I'M
reson upon my memory of mental traits which his sub
equent course in life developed and confirmed and the
commanding position and ascendancy Of the man were
oreshHdoSed by the standing and influence Of the boy
mong the comrades who surrounded him.
Fiftyhve years ago parted he to prepare for his
to encounter the harsh tolls and trials Of life in the great
crest of the West But long the report Of his words
nd his deeds penetrated these recesses, where human
industry painfully but successfully contending with
he obstacles of nature, and found tet my early
anion was assumingx position which confirmed my pre-
anticpations which could only be attained by
be faculties with which he gifted. Since then
has gone rradiating his psh with the splendor OF
is exertons till the whole hemisphere bright with
is glory And brighter than when he went down
the West without cloud to obscure his lustrecear
aim and glorious ~ |
Fortunate in fe he not less fortunate in DEATH
,r he died with his fame undminished his faculties
roken and his usefulness unimpaired surrounded by
eeping friends aud regarded with anxious soicude by
grateful country to whom the messenger that mocks at
and space told from hour hour the progress Of his
isorder and the approach Of his fate And beyond all
MIS- and better than all this he died in the faith Of
hristan humble but hopeful adding another to the roll
eminent who have searched the gospel of Jesus,
while here and to sustain in that hour Of trial when
ne things this world are passing away and the dark
alley ofthe shadow of death is opening before u.s.
How the mighty fallen may yet exclaim reft of
greatest and wsest but they fall to rise again from
cath to a when such quickenng faith In the mercy of
pom them its happy influence this side of the grave
nd beyond 1t. g .fa i
MASuMrrxp AND FuorwE sLAyEs.-The United States |
of 1850 gives statistics in regard to the
lumber of slaves manumitted and escaped during the |
ending June 1850 The latter amount In ALL 10l1;
he former to 1857 MARYLAND loses the most a79 then