Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-11-04

ne wos 90 i sommate a master, and fulmina-
ed IN Aush ,bo, maifesto of American pTln'
,inlos ,vbicYbos vihroied through every throne
in Europe.
Here, MrSpeaker, recsntness OF the 'ralsaI I
lions and theleGcacy Of the subjects aomQnlsn
es me to pause. 1t is not my purpose 70 reN9
open The embes Of party spirit, or TO utter VIZ
which could disturb the unanlmity OF our gr'e''
When the prophet was taken to Heaven, MS oe-
serted companip saw only the chariot oil NFe
and the horsemb of Israel, AMI, on this occl'
sion, would haze eyes for nothing but the gIo
ries of Daniel Webster, Less cannot shy III
justice to hun I'D TO myself There may oo
those who, looking to former opposition, may
think that notwithstanding our FREELY relation
in private life, | 1--we already said to much 10
such answer Tat old as am, when my heart
becomes too contracted to swell al the h'auHes
tations Of talent worth and greatness may
cease to beat. We're ], being in state OF SAFE
ty, to look upon tle lion roaming IN his na'lVe
haunts, and to behold his firm and regal tread
tho majesty -of his countenance, h'' large
calm eye filled with the expression OF conscious
power. how could withhold my admiration
If he was afterwaId seen by me breaking out OF
his bounds, and scattering desoaton and misery
abroad, should Be inconsistent in declaring my
adherence? Butwhen the shalt Of the ulghty
Hunter had laid him low-dead PROSTATE before
me, and looked Upon his great and noble pro,
portions. and the symmetry Of bis make, / must
feel that he was indeed created Monarch OF the
forest. So, it hes never been permitted me 10
cease adfnring and bearing witness TO the grea'
things OF Daniel Webstef3 and i It cun soole
his mighty spRl III have a political adversary
Irvine the cygfess A,nd his tomb tfenly one
myself 10 bear ~ tE! tgrHuTy a trFesst-. which
trust will be also Ia unison with the feelings o.
the whole House.
Mr.. B. then offered the following resolution
Resolved, That this House has learned witt
deep s)rrow the death Of the eminent jnri.t
legislator and statesman, Daniel Webster, whose
labors in the forum, the Senate, and the cabinet
have honored AND adorned bis country, and car
ried It's celebrity beyond the limits Of our Ian
guage. Vernon, in particular, owes him deb
of gratitude for having by his able frank AM
manly bearing in difficult gegotiaion, comple
led and esta6Ihhed her boundary, and she now
gives uterance % her sympathy with the nulo
and with his behaved family Tor the loss Of s.
great man.
Mr.. Barrett Of Middlebury.
Mr. Spcakcr,-I rise, with cmotons such as
have never on my other occasion, to add wQr
to the very appropriate remarks to which th
House has lust listened with so much attenllo
and sensiblIity. Daniel Webster has passe
away forever iom the earth. In the quiet st
clusion at Mashfeld, whittier lie had gone
seek refuge from the assaults of disease and frol
the consuming cares of stale, the inevitable dc
stroyer has overtaken him, uAd that godl Ike spr
has no longer habitaton. Sudden, and mourn
fully thrilling was the news which reached III
but two or three days since, that he was rapid
sinking undera fatal malady We ventured
hope that even yet there might be relief w
dreaded to hear the worst The lDleligenC
has proved but too true. He who but brit
time since, was the most illustrous OF living 0
ators and statesmen the greatest of nten, who's
fame filled the world, and whose lntelecln
sway was fell through an ilImllabIe domain
has completed his subIunary works, and his erec
majestic form
" The all beholding sun shall see no more
| In all his course"
Mr.. Webster, in the full consciousness Of h
situation, met his fate with heroic and gent
composurc. Though suffering, at times, eXqu
site pain, he remained tranquil-clear i'll int
ect-frm and collected ofsoul-Intll he brea
ed his last.
" Like a shadow thrown
| Softly and sweetly from passing cloud,
Death fell upon him."
/ ~.sssss sssfe
in upon that desoate chamber, as his spirit a
cended to lIm who gave it,
1t is not my purpose, Mr.. Speaker, to atteIn
to rehearse tn. history of this llustrous man.
to pronouce his eulogy. With the principal &C
Of his lite ali of us are familiar. Born Of
hardy stock, among the rugged wllds Of Ne
Hampshire, of ancestors whose blood ha
freely flowed in the patriotic struggles of upr
sing freedom, and whose immediate progenitC
1T may well be rccollected by Vermonters) wa
a prominent actor in the decisive revOlutlonar
battle Of Benning he won his way, throug
llte's many ylcissltudes and through all the tra
incident TO his condition in life, to a ronown tn
most exalted and enduring. AS q lawyer,
scholar, man of letters, an orator, and states
man, he ranks with the greatest gcnmses tn
world has ever seen. In our country, he
known at every fresida, his words familiar a
households words, and his fame extend
through all lands.
Mr.. Webster entered public life at the colr
mencement of the war of 1912, as a representa-
tive IN Congress from New Hampshire, tror
which time, with the exception OF six yours sper
in the practice of his profession, at Boston, fror
l6l6to 1929, and two or three years in retire
ment, after his withdrawal from the cabinet i
l842, his whole life has been pissed in publ
positions-iu the House, the Senate, and tn
Cablnet-in all of which stations, his powers {
massive and comprehensive intellect stood unr
Vailed His speeches on the Greek question, i
1923 and 1924 his reply to Hayne, Jan. 2(
1880 his debates with Mr.. Calhoun. on Null
ficaton, in 1888; his speech on the Compromis
measures, March Z, 1850 his letters to Chevc
Iier Hulsemann, in the same year; and man
other renowned efforts, in more popular spher
among which his address at Plymouth in 1921
and at Bunker Hill in 1925, are prominent
are lasting monuments OF his services and sue
cess during this active period.
The loss Of such man, who far surpassed a
others in his knowledge of our foreign polio
and skill in its management, and who so we
understood the application Of the principles
our government, in all their relations 10 freedom
every where, is indeed, at such time, irrepar'
BILE. OF that illustfous four Adams, Calhoun
Clay. Websier-7so long associated in their pa
riotc laboFs--lisg-iest is now gone; gone in III
full maturity Of yeaFs and fame. The resplenc
en- sun is set.
How fitting is il now to recall that ever men
orable prayer, which closed the greatest, perhaT
of all his Efforts 10 the Senate. the reply to NJ
Hayne, twenty years since-now SO fully answer
ed When my eyes" said he, " shall b
turned to behold, for the last time the sun i
heaven, may not see him shining on the broke
and dshonored fragments of a once gloriou
Union; on States discovered, discordant, belly
erent on land rent with civil feud, or drench
ed, it may be- in frtlernal blood Let their fee
BILE and lingering glance rather behold the goT
pnoua enaiun of Tho Ranuhic now known q nj