Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-11-16
Death of Daniel Webster.
Sketch Of his Life and Public Caree


STATE IN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, died on Sunday morning, October
24lh, 1859, surrounded by his family and
friends, at his home in Marshfed. He had
repaired thither, from the labors and cares
of-his official position a, Washington, in
consequence Of failing heal:h, some weeks
before; but il was not until ten days before
his decease, tina, his medical attendants pro.
nounced his recovery hopeless. Z His iasi
illness compor,ed well with the Fdigniiy and
the imposing grandeur Of his character and
his life. The summons OF death WINS heard
with the same serenity oand obeyed with the
same ,prsmp, Submission, with which every
call Of duly during his life had been an.
swered and met. Thus has closed the mos,
illusirious career which has ye. graced the
civil history Of This Republic. /. closed, as
was fitting, away from The anxelies and re-
sponsibilities of official place, in the mids!
Of the sanclites and affections Of Home.
That gtea, light, from which radiance and
warmth, and all the strengthening influences
have SO long been shed upon his country,
has disappeared, not by any sudden eclipse
Of It's meridian glory, but by the natural de-
cline from its lofty course, in the full but
mellowed radiance Of lis advanced hours.
For The instruction and guidance which we
have been accustomed 10 find in his pres.
ence and his public acts, the country must
now recur TO The records Of history, and 10
those malchless productions Of his which he
has bequea,hed TO the use and The care Of
the coming generations. 40 rtal
A great English dramatis,, in closing a
preface 10 the collected works, of TWO Of his
contemporaries, one Of whom was his in,i-
mate friend, pronounces at once eulogy
upon their character, and an interdic, upon
all who should attempt TO hold it up 10 the
admiration Of the world, by declaring ,ha.
"he must be bold man ,ha. dares under
Iake 10 write their lives" The exigencies
Of Journalism leave liule room 10 CONSUL,
proprieles which would deter even so con-
summate genius as Shirley from writing
the biographies Of Beaumont and Fletcher.
Fortunately, however, its aims are no, so
lofty as 10 render failure in the attempt TO
reach them, an offence beyond the scope Of
charitable consideration. And although few
men Of modern times lake higher rank Than
Daniel Webster enong ''wonhy personages
that deserve better than dispersed report or
Ibarren, aeulogies, land salthough,ah who
shall give 10 the world an adequate and SAT-
lisfaclory accounyof shas long and laborious
life, which has just come loAa close, will
render a service te The country and the
world, which even the high praise OF Biog-
raphy, by Lord Bacon, could rot ex,olE Toe
much-,he ambition Of the Journalist is
simply 10 be useful in smaller way. and
10 supply suoh general knowledge oflahe
grea, deceased as may awaken kindly reool
5 lecltons of wha,he has done, and thus NEE
the craving which bereavement always ere
: ates in the human heart. We shall have
accomplished, therefore, all we can hope Il
do, in the few hours that remain for such ,
task, if, in ske,ching the life and public ca
reer. OF Mr.. Webster, we shall be found II
have brought afresh 10 memory, and 10 hav
commended anew 10 grateful study, event
reaeciing honor upon the coun,ry->acl
: eyincing profound and intelligent patriotism
and sentiments which will find an echo il
v every heart, duly alive to the interests Q
1.-The race, and studious Of the means by whic
i its civil well.being can be best secured %
Daniel Webster was born in the town @
Salisbury, New Hampshire, on the 18th {
Il January, 1889. His age, at the period
his death, was accordingly seventy year
e nine months, and six days. {fels iat
i The ancestral line Of the Webster famil
II extended back, in authentic records, 10 ,h
early part of the Seventeenth century,
e. Thomas Webster, born in 1632, was II
grea,-greal,grandlalher Of Daniel He en-
r grated 10 this country from Norfolk, En-
land, in The year 1856, and seuled at Ham
TON, in New Hampshire, where, soon aIl,
his arrival, he was united in marriage
- Sarah Brewer, by whom he had five sol
and three daughters, Ebenezer, his secoI
ia son, was born in 1867, and was married
Hannah Judkins in July,l700 or his sol
n only one had issue. This was Ebeheze
grandfather Of Daniel, who was married,
r. Susannah Balcheider in 1888, and had elg
children, of whom the Oldest was Ebenezs
ny The father Of the grea, salesman 4aa,
Ebenezer Webster was born in Kingsto
New Hampshire, on the 29d Of April, ,l7S
ed The settlement was then new, and Eben
zer's falhef was diligent and perseveri
MR. farmer The son, an active youth, W
~ early chosen as one Of the famous "RU
10 gers" of Major Robert Rogers, and scrv
Wv with that distinguished officer, under Ii
Amherst, in The French War Of l763. T
w Rangers were kept in pay Of the Crown I
ring The continuance Of The War Mr.. w
en s,er was one OF the party which, under
command Of Major Rogers, nude an exI
2 dilion 10 Crown Point for the purpose
10. chasising the Indians and destroying III
,e. viIlages--an &C, which was deemed ess
ver tial 10 The preservation oT the whites. I
m. Rangers were always on active duty, ,
is proved most efficient allies. The history
ca their trials and their lriumphs has never b,
Sre fully told. Al The conclusion Of the Pea
md Mr. Webster. taking advantage Of the |
me ment ofquiet which was afforded him, CT
,Sv menced settlement, in company with s
~. eral others, in a border town, on bra
';sb Of the Merrimack River, The place
DDs I first known as Bakerslown,, but was al
nee ward called Salisbury--a name that will
= dure as long as the history Of its grea
Son shall be remembered and cheris
Nj. among the proudes, ornaments Of the Gu
stsh tWy. Mr.. Webster had just commenced
cca. necessary preparations Tor O. comfortable