Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-11-06

country its just and its constitutional rights is an
to the whole country
John Taylor If one Of your boys should say that h,
honors his father and mother and loves his brothers ane
sisters but still insists that of them shall be driver
out of the family what you say Of him but this thai
there's no real family love in him You and farm
ers we never talk politics talk is of oxen; but re
member his that any who attempts to excite one
part of the country against another is just wicked
he would be who should attempt TO get up quarrel be-
tween John Taylor and his neghbor, old Mr. Jno. San
born or his other neighbor, Captain Burlegh. There
animals that live best in the fire and there
some men who delight in heat, smoke, combus-
ton, and even general conhagaton They do not follow
the things which make for peace They enjoy only con-
troyersy contention, and strife. Have no communion
with such persons either neighbors politicians.
You have more right to say that slavery ought not to
exist in Virginia, than Virginan has to say that slavery
ought to exist in New Hampshire This is question left
every State decide for itself and If to keep
the States together leave every State this
power of deciding for itself.
think never wrote you word before upon politics.
shall not do it again. only say love your country and
your whole country and when attempt to persuade
you to get into quarrel with the laws of other States
tell them that you mean to mind your own business,
and advise them to mind theirs John Taylor you
free you possess good principles you have large
family and provide for by your labor BE thank
full to the Government which does Cypress you which
does not bear you down by excessive taxation but which
holds out to and the hope Of all the blessings
which liberty, industry, and security may give. John
Taylor thank God morning and evening" that you were
born IN such a country John Taylor, write me
another word upon politics. Give my kndest remem-
brance to your wife and children and when you look
from your eastern windows upon the graves my family
remember that he who the author this
follow them to another world DANIEL WEBSTER"
The following beautiful letter from the pen.of Mr.
WEBSTER written friend, will be read with much in
erest not only for its intrinsic beauties but as purely
literary production:
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
FIVE O'clock AM, APRIL 80, 49,.
My DEAR FRIEND Whether it be a favor or an annoy
ance, you this letter to my early habits of rising
From the hour marked at the top of the page you will
naturally conclude that my companions en-
gagng my attention. as we have not calculated being
early travellers to-day.
This city has pheasant seat til high the James
river runs below it; and when an hour age
nothing was heard but the roar of the falls The air
tranquil, and its temperature mild 1t is morning and
morning sweet and fresh and delightful. Every body
knows the morning in its metaphorca sense applied to
so many occasions The health strength and beauty of
early lead call that period the morning of
life Of lovely young woman we say she is bright as
the morning and doubts why Lucifer is called
"Son of the morning
But the morning itself few people, inhabitants of cities
know any thing about. Among all good people nd
one IN thousand sees the rise in year They
know nothing OF the morning Their idea of that it
that part of the day which along after cup of
coffee and beef-steak piece of toast With them
morning is not new issuing of light new bursting
Iortn OF waking OF all that has life
from sort OF temporary DEATH to behold again
of God the heavens and the earth it is only part Of
the domestic day, belonging to reading the newspapers
answering notes, sending the children to school, and
giving orders for dinner The first streak of light the
earliest purpng Of the east which the lark springs
greet and the deeper and deeper coorng into orange
and red till at length the glorious SEEM regent
OF the day this they never enjoy for they it,
Beautiful descriptions of the morning abound in all
languages but they the strongest perhaps in the
East, where the sun is often object of worship.
King David speaks of taking to himself the swings of
the morning" This is highly poetical and beautiful
The wings of the morning the beams of the rising
SUM- Rays OF light wings 1t is thus said that the
sun of righteousness shall arise with healing in his
wings-a rising that shall scatter life health and
JOY throughout the universe.
Milton has fine descriptions of morning, but not 50
many as Shakespeare from whose writings pages Of the
most beautiful imagery all founded the glory of
ing, might be filled.
never thought that Adam had much the advantage Of
us from having the world while it was new
The manifestations of the power of God like his
cles, are new every morning. and fresh every
We see as fine risings Of the as ever Adam saw ;
and its risings are as much miracle they
IN his day. and think good deal more because il is
now part of the miracle that for thousands and thou
sands of years he has to his appointed time with
out the variation of mionth part Of a second Adam
could not tell how this might be- know the morning
am acquainted with it. and love it. love il fresh
and sweet as it isa daily creation breaking forth
and calling all that have life and breath and being to new
alteration, new enjoyments and new gratitude.
DANIEL WEBSTER.
The Editor Of the New York Commercial Advertiser
has been favored with the perusal of letter written by
Mr.. WEBSTER to intimate friend in the city of New
York, dated Franklin, May g. 1885, from which we make
the following extract which are sure win be read at
this time with unusual interest
81 have made satisfactory arrangements respecting
my house here the best Of which is, that can leave il
where it is and yet be comfortable Notwithstanding the
railroad.
This house faces due north It's front windows look
toward the river Merrmack. But then the river soon
turns TO the SOUTH that the eastern windows look to-
ward the river also But the river has so deepened its
channel in this stretch of it in the last fifty years that we
cannot its waters without approaching it. or going
back to the higher lands behind The history Of this
change is Of considerable importance in the philosophy Of
streams have observed it practically and know some
thing Of the theory Of the phenomenon but doubt whe
Their the world win ever be benefited by my learning or
my observation in this respect
"Looking out at the windows at this moment u
p. M with beautiful just breaking out my eye
sweeps rich and level field Of one hundred acres At
the end Of il, third Of mile off | see plain marble
gravestones, designating the places where repose my
Their, my mother my brother Joseph and my sisters Me-
hitabe, Abigail, and Sarahgood Scripture Names nhe
rited from their Puritan ancestors.
"My father Ebenezer Webster born at Kingston in
the lower part of the State in l7S9he handsomest
ever saw, except my brother Ezekiel who appeared TO
me, and so does he me- the very finest hu-
man form that ever laid eyes on / him in his
cosin-a white forehead tinged cheek complexion
clear as heavenly light But where am sraying
" The grave has closed upon him. as il has on all my
brothers and sisters We shall be all together But
this is melancholy, and leave it. Dear, dear kindred
blood, how love you all
/" This fair field is before me; could lamb on