Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-11-04
Mr.. Eastman of Washington Co.


Mr.. President,-ihe poet b1ngieuow says IN
his Hyperion; The setting of great hope is
Ike the setting OF the sun" Appropriately
might the sentiment read-Ihe setting OF great
inidieci is like the setting Of tie sun.
Al hen "a man, like the subject Of the rcsolu-
ton before the Scnatc who for nearly half
century has held the eve OF the world hy the
-plrulor oi bis intellect. passes away. mcn seem
. to feel darkness and shadow settling down npun
their hearts: a great hrht has dislppeBcl-a
sun has zone down-and the darkness seems
more intense from the brllhnncv OF the ligat
,hlt has been cxhneuis ,cd
Few men have reached the position TO which
Dauial Webster bad aftiuol, - fewer SIN have,
after ALI. IN taoir hi, time been better apureci.
ated for, whateyer may he said of toe urrati
iula of Repubhcs. go fir as mere Office and
ouioIument are concerned. and whatever may
De thoa ht of his good or u success in the mere
purity scramhlos of tln dlv. 1t must be udluitted
un all hands. that IN the nuermost heart Of the
intrlcct of the country. Daniel Webster lived
and died Alonucd The massvo grandeur
at his fimr bad become, not only tba pride and
boast ol bis own country but the wonder and
! admiration of the civilized world and wherever
eoonei.ce conld be Appreciated. or vast attain
ments cnuprrhendcd. ms name hl1 become
synonym iur both. But the Great Reaper has
gathered the praudest sheaf Of the field. and q
VIII be long heinre we look upon another of a
grandeur So lowering
The hsi of tie great Tnumyiratc has { Hen
49, 'ALu1rN, CLAY WEBSTER The HISTORY ni
the country IS their biography One hv one as
they hive left as we have come 10 renlizr.
though think finliv as vet, the eX'cnt of the
vast debt with which taey have bound as &C.,
Their memories. md TO feel how long and how
heavily we nave leaned upon them tor support
Gen"ritnns after us VIII com-ehend better
than we DO now, how much, to the muscular
reason OF Calhoun tie brilliant rhetoric of Ll1y.
and the gigantic logic of Webster, nae county
must always be indebted for very ilT advance
towards successful Issue OF the great expert
ment upon winch our fathers entered when Trey
established tins Governments and It Is 10 cX-
n-te"u"n, when the subject IS fully cOmprc
hsnled, to Imagine in an tune OF the Rcplbi .c
these Three giants. standing ia tine porch Of the
temple, To guard It from DIVISION and treason at
home ir1u insult nui invasion abroad.
u IS true SIR, That mHny of us, did MT incline
{" the political teachings Of Daniel W ebstpr;
but now that lac can teach NO more let us re-
member hlfn only as an Ameucan-as a glorious,
dead elder brother; deeply imhucd with revcr-
ence Tor rae constitution and laws Of his country,
hconcly alive 10 b. honor aud commanding 1y
the lofty presence Of hl. fame, for us all, and
our institutions, the proiouulesi respect on
Whatever sea, IN "antcver community the stripes
an TIE tars hcraied the existence OF the Re
pubic. Il is iii, thIt what may have appeared,
TO some of ms, has errors or instructions 20 down
70 ms lsi sleep with hun; 10 be accounted for,
10 Ia Father VINO created and who alone should.
or can Judge such ctlld ! and TO be remember
Gu ny Us, as we mark the shadows that will
sometimes darken the surace OF the great At
mntc--iil emblem of his intellect mighty in
IT'S repose, gigantic even in lis sports rosistlcss,
terrific, when the storm rouses all its vast enpr-