New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-25

~ D4ayS7EL 1yEBs TER rs p EaD
4 Brief and simple Is pre these WORLDS they
rill pierce the heart of every American citizen,
ina rake III NH oi d nation Dove its greHt
aesd. Ehe LII y tke Trinity II american
sts salndn alhoun and Webster TIE
6xp usitlef Il our Gonsti tut don The splendidly
massive ora vi the largely compreh extensive
stntesms sleeps the calm sleep of death. In
his sleep there is no feyerish dream Of ambition,
Do Hot, eager longing after office and power,
no inpa tient spirit Of pride or modification.
The great statesman has passed suddenly intoI
his sepulchre and into history, in the very hourI
when his sun Of fame shone most bright above|
lie land he loved and honored, and above theI
nations who knew and admired his magnificent
genius. In his death, d sun has gone down intoI
|darkness, Of g whose light Of day !" no likenessl
liz bequeathed.
AS a member of Congress always able and
Influential las an orator grand in brilliancy OF
Rhetoric and solidity of arguments lawyer
Ilarly sagaeious and generally national--asa Sen
tor Of the Union attracting the eyes and adml-
ration Of all, in dying, he has left great void
which can scarcely be filled in our day or gene
ration. We look mournfully around for grand
realities such as were Clay, Calhoun and Web
ster, and we find only solemn memories of the
lead. Our giants are Wondering in grave
yards, and the comparatively dwarfed states
men Of to-day are the poor apologies for the
lead Clay, Calhoun and Webster Our country
was richer yesterday than it is to-day, and IN
he death of Webster, the last OF the great
Trinity Of the American Statesmen of his days
We fear the largest portion of its wealth of fame
ior the, Nineteenth Century has already been
assigned as the treasure of history and the heri-
are of posterity No intellect 50 strong and
oright, no eloquence SO rare and grand, no
craftsmanship 50 calm and wise, no nationality
70 broad and feryent, as the intellect, eloquence,
craftsmanship and nationality Of Clay and Web
tier, lives in the partisan politicians who are
lie u. S. Senators Of to-day. They are pigny
statues upon the pedestals from which the lofty
orms of giants have fallen, and become dust
md ashes in the fall.
But though Webster is now, with his compeers
aut dust and ashes, though on the oath OF octo'
ser e all that was mortal of Daniel Webster
vas Gin keeping with his solemn, and calm, ane
ouchingly grand prophecy emo more, though
o-day earth may fall heavily and sullenly upo1
he coffin in which the Statesman sleeps al
luietly as slept the Infant in the cradle, carr
md toll, struggle and ambition, fame and pow
IF, all, nothing to the dead-yet, WEBSTER is |
lame famous to all TO all time, a Synonym Q
craftsmanship, u suggestion Of splendidly mas
sive eloquenee, the ideal Of great, solid lawyer
she grand embodiment Of Champion Of TIN
Constitution lofty and towering statue
liched, ftly and proudly, in the Pantheon Q
American History.
He will live hereafter as the American De
nosthenes. Some Of his passages Of oratory AZ
zoo magnificent to belong to any race or an
generation As the chance-lit fires Of coal
mines burn on when generations die, SO tn
sparks Of Webster's eloquence have kindled
The American heart Il fire and blaze. Of whic
40 man can prophecy the extinction, and th
light Of which is to the future like the reality
a dawning day, making clear what was dar
| and revealing broad paths hidden, before, in tf
gloom Of night.
No American can ever forget Webster's Wind
| cation of American unity and nationality, ]
his magnificent reply to Haynes-an amiab
and accomplished gentleman, worthy Of the ste
Of any foeman, even of Mr.. Webster. No Amer
lean can forget his calm, judicious, Statesman
like course in regard to the Canadian trouble
No freeman can forget his broad and manly e,
position Of American policy in his celebrate
A letter to the Austrian, Hulsemann.
! But every American knows the glories
!. Webster's life by heart, and we need not null
4 ply illustrations. They are proud monumen
III American history. They are like lofty mou
\ tain tops visible, afar off, in blazing sunshir
4 to the civilized nations of the world.
We have but to pay this brief testimony
respect, and to add that the great old man
dead The last, great star has withdrawn i
light and there are deep and heavy shadoy
upon the Capitol of the Union, where once tt
Ipresenee Of the Statesman made light and glor
las nation we must feel like an army witho
IA general-Clay, Calhoun, Webster, all, dea
: No voice so eloquent, no arm so strong, none
7 such lofty statue in our national councils!
A great life extinguished the world is impo
= erished in the loss. 1t has less of the wealth
' wisdom, less of the strength Of statesmanshi
less Of the calm purity Of elevated and extend
nationality Ithas no such counsel or rebu
q from living patriotism. 1t must seek the soler
! stiffness of the damp, rank, noisome grave-ya
' for these There, as men stand above the ear
!, which covers the honored dead-Clay, Calho
}. and Webster--they may remember how wise
!. they lived and labored to usefulness, how hol
N they loved their common country, and ~
4 bravely they went down upon the. dark pa
ID which leads to the silent cities of the def
IF And so learning, they may calm the hot fey
" Of sectional pride, struggle and ambition, a
D remembering how they, the SPECIFICS and &C
i secrated dead, enriched the glorious heritage
d common union and an undivided rationale
! they may learn, like the dying Webster, g
bear patiently till the end
lsH HON PETER SOELE
i We presume our Hon. Senator desires to
fairly and properly introduced to the peor
~ 1--WE have an idea of doing that for him, ratl
,s more fully than his political friends have dom
hev Ifor him. We will do our spriting gently
=, we have, spite of his slanderous and discredi
~ BILE defamation of the dead Clay, something al