Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-12-21
ia sai !i,Als s., From the New York Times, !
DANIEL w TERslhsf
sketch OF his Life and Public Career
!, Mr.. WEBSTER IN CONGRESS.
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sas3s7 Mr.. WEBSTER, IN CONGRESS.
The swell and roll ofbis voice smucku
unthe ears of the speIl.bound audience, il
deep and ,melodious cadence, as waves upoi
the shore ofsthe Understanding sea. q1'h
Milsonic grandeur Of his words was theft
expression of his thought. and raised hi
hearers up 10 his themes. His voice, exerte,
TO tsusmos. power, penetrated every reces
Andcorner Of the Senaie~-poncira.ed evci
ahe ante.rooms and s.alrways, as hepfo
fiounced in deepesu toncs OF pathos ihes
words Of solemH ssignifcanee: ..When IN,
eyes shall be iurnedeio behold, for the las
time, the sun in'heaven, may no, see him
shining on The broken und dishonored ifag
ments Of once glorious Union; on S,ae'
discovered, discordant, belligerenI on aIant
rent with civil leud, or drenchnd, il may be
in iraiernal blood! Let their last feeble AM
lingering glance rather behold tho gorgeou
ensign ofihe Republic, now known and hon
ored throughout The earth, slill full high ad
'vanced, its arms and trophies streaming ii
sheir original luslre, not u stripe erased no
polluted, not single star obscured, bearing
for its moilo no such miserable inlerrogalory
as, 'Whai is all this wonh?' nor those othc
words Of deusion and folly, 'Liberly irsl
and Union afterwards but everywhere
epread all over in characters Of living light
blazing on all its ample folds, as they foa
over the sen and over The land, and In every
wind under the whole heavens, that othel
sentiment, dear 10 every American heart
Liberty and Union, now and for ever, on
aad inseparable" I 1
The speech was over, but the tones Of The
orator still fingered upon the ear, and the
audience, unconscious OF The close, retained
their positions: The agila,ed counienance
the heaviag breast, the suffused eye, aiestec
the continued influence Of the spell upor
them. Hands that in The excitement Of the
moment had sough, each other, still remainet
closed in an unconscious grasp. Eye still
turned 10 eye, TO receive and repay mulua
sympathy; and everywhere around seemed
forgelluness Of all bul the orators presence
aud words. v.. ....... ....-.
,l.s When The Vice President, Fastening lc
dissolve the spell, angrily called 10 order
zorderl there never was deeper Stiffness
mot a movement, not a gesture had beer
inade--not whisper uttered. Order! 81
ilence could almost have heard itself, it wa:
so.supernaturally still. The feeling was ioc
sovsrPoweriHg allow expression yyoict
{ or hand. ], was as if one was in a trance
I all motion paralyzed. ,3 o.. gtr.fat49 s,fj
But the descending hammer Of The Chai
awoke them with u slart--and with one uni
vorsal, long-drawn, deep breath, with whicI
the overcharged hear. seeks relief--ih
crowded assembly broke up and departed.
1a'fhe New England men walked dowr
Pennsylvania avenue that day, after tn
speech, with irmer step and boder ar-
s"pride in their port, defiance in their eye
You would have sworn they had grown som
inches taller in few hours limo. They de
voured the way in their stride. They locke
every one in the lace they met, fearing n,
contradiction. They swarmed in the streets
having become miraculously multiIudinous
They clustered in parties, and fought th
scene over one hundred times that nigh
Their elason was greater by reaction.
knew no limits or choice Of expression. No
one Of them but felt he had gained q per
sonal victory. MOI one, who was not read
to exclaim, with gushing eyes, in the full
ness Of gratitude, THANK God, TOO am
Yankee!"
In tho evening, Gen. Jackson held levc
al The While House. Ii was known, in ad
vance, that Mr.. Webster would attend il
and hardly had the hospilable doors OF tn
house been thrown open, when The crow
that had filled the Senate. chamber in III
morning rushed in and occupied The rooms
Persons little more lardy in arriving cour
ivalmosl impossible 10 get in such crow
oppressed the entrance. -..-.H.e
Before this evening, the General had bee
the observed Of all Observers. His mii,ar
and personal reputation, official position, ga
lant bearing. aud courteous manners. ha
secured him grea, and meriled popularity
Til. receptions were always gladly auende
by large numberS--to whom he was himse
the object Of atllac,ion, 40
But on this occasion, the room in whic
he received his company was deserted, b
soon as courtesy to the President permiuet
Mr.. Webster, itwas whispered, was vi III
East Room, and ihilher the whole mass hui
ned. ..-a.s.g l.-.,e.
b.. lie stood almost in The conter Of the room
hemmed in by eager crowds, from whoi
there was-no escape, all pressing 10 gel men
gerglo him. He seemed 10 be but iule eS
ahaus.ed by the intellectual exerlion of II
day, severe as il had been. The flush {
excitement still fingered and played upo
his counlenance, gliding and beuulifying
b like the setting sun its accompany ing cloud
All were eager to gela sigh. Ol him. Son
stood on lip.loe, and some even mounted Il
chairs Of the room. Many were presenle
10 him. The dense crowd entering and I,
dring moved round him, renewing The ord
OF their Impression and egression, continl
uIly. One would ask his neighbor; "Whe
which is Websterl" ''There, don'tyc
sec shim-that dark, swarihy man, with
great deep eye and heavy brow-that's We
ster." Noone was obliged to make Sc
ond inquiry. @ t' ny =. p
ln another part Of the room was Colon
Hayne. He, 100. had his day Of trump
and received congratulations. His lrien,
even now commended thal the contest was b
= a, drawn battle, no full victory having BET
achieved on either sido There was nohil
in bis own appearance this evening TO inc
cafe the morli6caton-of defeat. With Of
i,sEsshe went up and complimenled Mr.. We
atay On his hyilliant afTnyl. anC M ona inn