Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-10-28
uEDanieI Webster 10 no more I

Welded 10 that insatiaie monarch,
Death ! An immense intellect, a colossal
mind has been quenched in darkness
and the immortal soul of the greatest oi
earth's great statesmen has been borhe
into The sublime presence Of is Creator.
1t is scarcely four short months since
the lightnngs Of heaven. as suhjugaicd
by the genius Of man, bore to us the
melancholy yet not wholly unexpected
Intelligence Of the death OF the sage Of
Ashland, the beloved Henry Clay
The public mind has hardly recovered
from that shock, or rather il b Q
scarcely realized the immensely OF tlat
oss,-when the same mysterious an
nunciator brings truly starting and
unaniicipated message that the Seer oi
Marshfeld has been gathered 10 9
fatl.ers. Daniel Webster is dead
VI no can realize the fact! Who can
b, lieve that Lis gigantic intellect is pal
s,cd. aud that his notle form is now cold
aud liclrss! Nevertheless il is all too
true, and we shall see him no more in
person on earth, but he will live in spirit,
IN influence and in peculiar power, not
only in this country, but throughout the
world, for many years TO come.
This is a subject upon which we can
not write, for our thoughts are TOO great
Tor utterance, and our emotions OF so:-
row are too oignant for us TO give vent
TO expression. Daniel Webster waa
the greatest living statesman OF earth,
for he possessed such an intellect as
God has never endowed any other M n
with. He was patriot in The highest
se.,se OF the word, an unequalled states
man and jurist, and the pride OF Amcri-
ca. No man can ill his place, and long
ages will roll by before the earth vii!
produce mother Dani,l Webster.
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
should have filled the office Of President
of the United States; il was due 10 their
StulHcHt ldlCute, 'htH o's'hS ''"'s" P"]
lie services aud TO their unyelding pat
riotlsm but in this country we regret
to say, among both Official parties,
there is no reward for merit, and there
is no inducement Tor mau 10 become
eminent as "A parrot or statesman, AZ Tar
as political reward is concerned. But
Hpes hence, the student Of history will
wonder in profound anna azemcEt why
Henry Clay, Daniel Webster ard John
T.. Calhoun were never Presidents oftIe
United States they will conclude that
there were Intellectual giants in these
daye, but that they lived among a race
Of pigmies who could not appreciate
thrIr greatness or reward their ser, ice.
II is Il burning shame upon parties and
upon the American peorl, that such
sta esmen should have descended TO the
tomb, cheated out Of the Republic &
highest honors by intriguing political
meniaIs, W were unworthy tU be Il c
bout blacks Of these eminent sons OF
America. And yet among the ioremo't
pretended mcurners Of the lamented
Webster. these miserable men will be
foremost, as they were over the iuheral
blers of Clay and Calhoun. shame ur-
on such mockery. sand al manner OF
curses upon such traitors.
When the true and reliable history OF
tins Republic is written If il ever is done,
tha. history will be the lives ofClaJ and
Webster; and the American pc pie Lave
yet to learn the loss which they hav"
sustained in the death Of these two II
ants s,-and they will! learn it and feel il
to their sorrow, when some dark and
threatening cloud rests over the Rcput-
Hc, and instead OF the stern and ii-m
voices of these moe than Roman Scu.-
tors echoing through the capitol, giving
advice and leading the nation from dan
Ger to safety, Il brooding and palsying 81
ience shall reign which shall first teach
60 the nation that angels of magnificent
power we're once among them, but that
they cruelty spurned aud rejected their
mi..ions OF salvation.
Daniel Webster died at 90, minute.
befure 3 o'clock, Sunday morning. We
copy the following particulars in regard
4 his last moments from the Boston pa
pers:-
MAsspr'sLp, Saturday Night .
10 o'clock.