Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-03
Death of Daniel webster.

We last week briefly announced the
death of this eminent statesman, who de-
parted this life at his residence at Marsh
field, Mass, on Sunday. the gath ult.-
Mr.. Webster has been subject to dis
ease. catarrh, we believe, at this season,
for number of years, but the attack this
year was unusually severe and terminated
his existence. He retained his entire ia
culties to the last-was fully conscious of
his approaching dissolution, and viewed
the event as one to be courted rather than
avoided.
Daniel Webster has been closely iden-
tilted with the affairs of this government
since 1919, and has always been distin-
guished for the immense capacity of his
mind he was also, one of the first ora
tors of the country. Although his histo-
ry is known to almost every reader in the
country, we copy the following sketch of
his life from the Baltimore Sun, as appro-
pirate to the occasion. We also publish
in another column, the remarks of Gen.
Pierce, made at a town meeting held in
Concord, to pay proper tribute TO the
memory of the illustrious deceased.
Daniel Webster was native of Sails
bury, a small town in Merrimack county,
New Hampshire. His father, Mr.. Ebe
nezer Webster, served honorably in the
old French war, and in the war of the re-
volution. His son, the great statesman,
enjoyed few early advantages of educa-
ton, and was chiefly instructed in the ru-
diments of knowledge, by his mother
He was prepared for college at Exeter
Academy, and entered Dartmouth Col
lege in 1897. Here he passed four years
of study. He was admitted to the bar OF
Suffolk, Mass, in 1905, and in 1907, re-
moved to Portsmouth, N. H., where he
soon secured an extensive practice. He
was elected to Congress in 1919, and at
once attained distinction both in the des-
patch of business, and in debate. He be
came the associate of Clay, Cheves, Cal
houn, Lowndes, Forsyth, and other emf
nent men. From this period he rose ra,
piGly in the esteem of his eountrymen
and his career as a lawyer and statesman
, became Intimately associated with the his
tory of the country. In the session oil
1884, as representative from Boston,
whittier he had removed in 1916, he made
his celebrated speech on the Greek Rev
olution, and in the autumn of that year
he was reelected to Congress by a vote
of 4, $50 out of 5000 cast. He was cleo
ted to the Senate of the United States in
1897. In 1880, he made his great speech
in reply to Col. Haynes assault upon the
New England States and the personal re-
lation of Mr.. Webster to them. In oppo-
position to the notification views of Col
Hayne, Mr.. Webster stood firmly by the
administration of Gen. Jackson, in its
measures for the defence of the Union, in
1928. But he dissented from the poll
cy of the President on the financial ques
ton of the day. and sturdily opposed both
the State bank system and that of an e1
elusive use of specie by the Government
In 1889 he visited Europe, and was enter
tanned with marked honor, both in Eng.
land and in France, and received with dis
tinction at the respective courts of those
nations. His fame had long preceded
him.
On the election of Gen. Harrison, he
was called to the head of the Cabinet as
Secretary of State, and in the course of the
two years during which he continued in
office, he disposed of two intricate affairs
the Mcleod difficulty, and the Maine
boundary dispute. which had lasted fifty
years. On Withdrawing from Mr.. Tyler's
cabinet, Mr.. Webster momentarily rece-
ded from public life, but returned to the
Senate at the commencement of Mr.. Folks
administration, and rendered material SER
vice in the adjustment of the Oregon dis
pute. He opposed the Mexican war on
'avowed principles, but cheerfully concur
red in granting supplies, His son, Major
Edward Webster, with his fathers appro-
under the exposures of the service in Mex
leo. In the late period of domestic agita-
ton upon the slavery question, Mr., Web
ster's unyielding devotion to the Union
was made apparent by his great speech
of March 7, 1850 And followed as it
was, by series of addresses in different
parts of the Union, contributed vastly to
the restoration of social tranquility. Ac-
cepting Office as Secretary of State, in Mr..
Fillmore's administration, he has had oc-
casion to deal with several delicate sub
jects, his management of which is familiar
to most Of our readers. Twice the Bri.
fish government has conceded an apology
to our own, at the instance of Mr. Web
ster; once in relation to the destruction
of the g Caroline at Schlosser, and again
for the interference of British cruiser
with an American steamer in the waters
of Nicaragua.
As an orator, in the scope. profundity,
grace and vigor of his talent and style, he
has scarcely been surpassed. He has fill
ed place second to none of his cotempo-
raries at the American bar, and his dis
courses upon various historical and patri-
otto themes, are among the most brilliant