Litchfield enquirer., 1852-11-04

A, tI-sr lawyers Of hts day. besides bslne
 X. snnon,u,inhed etatesmnD. Ia March.
 Ie0S. hs wns. On H'utiHn Of NlF GOso, ads
 mi,1ed tO pvaesics tn the SuftJlk Court .oc
 0cO,nnn"n Pleas. lle IIRd tnS offer at thIs
 riw,R ur the cIerkship Of the HiIlsberO'. N.
 H.Sf,Nulr uf fcoSsS.MSns IsIaass W1FtH Ui500'
 . year: he was strongly persuaded to :ake
 {, bS his father. hut Mr. Cure. who saw
 tl,a great talents OE the young HIan. inter>
 unsed and prevented it. Mr. Webster
 :.raned, his fast law office in Boscawen,
 wneB lip remained antil 1907, when hO
 sps admitted as aalOrney aud counsellor uf the Superior Court Of New HampShire. audsemoEedg go i'urfSmDuth. 10 ia06. he
 vsiartsed Grace Fletcher, daughler of the
 Rev. AIr. BlsicheE. 0E Hopkinton. Four ahildren were tlSS fruit Of this marriage, hut0urois whom lFletcher) survives. Mir. Webslsv lived in P0ftsuiouth niIt years; ag dat time, n0sbar iO alss United States pBssessed sG great number of eminent
 In NOvemter. lsl2. in the 30sll year of. his age, he was elected Representative ''f tte Slate in Congress, aud in 1913, he tUf th~ ArSs time t0nk his seat in'ihe Na4 NOnal councils. On Thursday, June 10th.
 taiS he made his REstspeeehin Congress;
 ., m resolutions introduced by himself,
 yslating tO the Berlin and Milan dacrSes,
 y4ts RRAeeh took the House by surprise, not
 70 much En.n his el,queDce as from the
 vast amount of historical knowledge aud
 AluslFative ability which. t display d.---
 Chief Jnstice Marshall, who heard the
 apeech. writing to friend so,ne time afier-
 wards. says. " I &as 60 much struck with
 ia thRt | did mt liesiiHfe then 10 state tElnt
 Mir. Webster was very able man, and ~oald become one, of the very first s.a,es- men ins Anesica, perhaps the very 6rsi.,' 1'lis resolu.ions. were carried ty v.,te of '37 to 26. He enter ed Congress- when tie ~ar wish Great Britain was being waged. Although he did not approve of, alh the ss,easures of'ihs administration in regnrd 10 tbe conduct of the war. he never made A faciious opposition. lie belonged to W hat was then known as the Federal 'par> ty. He was in favor of fighting the war Vpon the ocean. and in his sreech many xa rS> afterwards, whom tsunied 5y Mir. { Ga!houns in the United States Senate, with l being. hostile to the war, he said: '.To her 'sisrtlime ascendenoy Eng'and. owed eve. Tyihirg, and we were at war with her. i esae of ter most charming poets had said sf her that %@.
 Her march i< ,',r the mountain wave,
 Her home is on the drelrs
 New, since wc were at var with. her, l ewas for ihiArcepling this march; was 1nr calling upon her, and paying our respects
 6 ker tt home: I was for giving her to know that We. too, had a'rigl.t. of way over Sfie seas, and that our marine officers and our sailors were DOi entire sfrangers on the sesoni'of ihe deep ] was for doins, some f1ing more with our navy than t0 keen it 1 e' gua.d our shores, for. tile proiection of I Suf shores and our own larbors; I was for giving play to its gallant and burning spirit flor flowing ii 10 @ forth npon tic seas Ind encounfeEs on an open and equal field, !, Fhatever the Rropdssl aud bra,sss of the 'nemy could bring againsf it. Iknew tha of is officers and the snir;i of it's Husw that in their hands. fough ike ing of the country might go town to the bottom, while they went win !, yet, that it could never be dishonored or lisgraced." ," He concluded with these 7ords "As I do not mean to re, UT to this
 nhlser0iten. CT eseB nnlesS indispensaLly 'ecessary, repeat the cenapd for anY hafgos any accusation, any allegation whatever, iiiat throws me behind the hon. rabls gentlsman. Or Sehind-any ether man n honor. in fidelity, in deyo,ed love 10 that , ountry in whichI was born, which has onyred me. aud which !, serve-I, who bldom dsal in defiance. now, hero, in my lace, boldly defy tile honorable member put ms IAsinuation in form. of Q charge, ! nd 70 support that cliargs by any proof t 'llaiever ?
 Ths'ciallenge thus boldly anal eloquenily q uttorth. wtls neyer accepted by Mir. Call oun or any other man, ,-and thes question q 'as never again raised. .sgs.ss q al .k, l.,
 Mr. Webster was re- elected i0 sCongr ess 1874. Rrprese. .faiives tos Congress | ere a, this tims elscted ia. New Llamp N 'sFe. oat Micsgeneral cket&--eacll member i, 'as solsuEfor by tho yofers of the eniire | . tate. la the session of. 1874, Ar. Web, Ter spoke against. MT. Dali q bill to res lnar:ef the D. g., Bunk, His object ions l f ere to tho ds:ails of the bill. ana not be- 'gse ,lae denbtedi he constitutions power i [ C0ngresS 10, grant . charter. At the lose of elle 8h Congress. Air. Webster i stuFnedtto Portsmouth, and resumed the 'sive PrAcsiee of his professiuls. Al this z me @ he hiss thought ot. changing h is resi-
 ence and. his mind ,hesi,aaed. between ], 'cslo" aud Albany. |, fnally -6Aed on
 'os'on. and after the adjYarnmsni of Con- l, ress in yl6id he jeff Rcissm0uih, and took . ? his abode ip Boston. Since ,hen he AS nrNcr gone inso .a- New Mampsh ire |. 'url bat unone soccasie n, in tl,v ,sreal laIlmouth College case. He had been ut two years in Bosson wllesslla was Sc. E, cited to standas . cald idase fur .CungYess. Es' retusssd.s He vas then .. .licited to ecept . seat in the U $. Senate 'hiahOnor he also dec'ined. He prefsrfedi 'mose humb!b poaitinIs and E,lluwed lhe
 saFssie ot hts profsssioa. He eewed.- 'oweyer. . few weeks as member of the Aassachlseits kegislafare, ant was chosen 10 eleetor of Presl.isnt and Vice President ! 's ihe United Siaiss at Mr. Mo0sOes sec> sas eiectiun in nls!0. IIe WIS also chossus