The daily union., 1852-10-27
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the regular order oil business having been the
president. MIR. J d. Hoover, and said
Gentlemen: ms, as you aware, Is an adjourned
meeting oil the association il business meeting. but
the sad which has reached this metropolis within
the last ihyslx hours precludes the possibility Of our
fansactns business The American nation has suffered
ifreParable calamity great bereavement has befall
the American people The last OF the trio OF the sec
ond generation OF Amecan statesmen has been lost for
ever 10 US. Daniel Webster is no more
Gentlemen, IL behooves TO night TO forget the wide
breach which has divided us politically from The
great man whose demise have mentioned. We should
only think OF Daniel Webster The profound statesman.
the true American. who. in every position in which he
has been placed, "has filled the OF his counirys
glory" and mngling with the nations tears sirew
gaIlands OF our grief around his tomb.
Ii is not for me, gentlemen. 10 dwell longer on this
truly aflcng event leave il 10 you to adopt some ex
preston of your feelings and suggest that, when that
DONE the association WILL from respect 10 the memory
Of the llusious deceased without transacing further
business. adjourn.
Mr. z w. McKnew then offered the following pre-
amble aad resolutions:
When great man is stricken down by the hand Of
death il becomes mighty nation mourn for heavy
calamity has fallen upon IL, Before The graves OF The
es OF party should stand rebuked and should for
ium away from the aluiemenis Of the day 10
der their uibnesto the memory Of one who has perished
ull Of honor The last OF the mighty three has aien
Calhoun went first, Clay followed, aud bur now Webster
goes from ns 70 lhe track Of his great compeersthel'
reaved country. Feeling these things most deeply, the
Jackson Democratic Association OF The eiy OF Washing ton
That il ha, heard with deep grief of the death
Daniel Webster and mourns The loss OF that eminent c
heavy caiami that country whose annals he
has adorned with many trophies and sinking all parry
purposes, offers its sympa hes 10 tho citizens Of the
Union because a great man has fallen
z That the Jackson Democratic Association will udlte
in any manifestation OF respect 10 the memory Of Daniel
Webs which his friends may deem right and proper
be made.
s. That The president Il this association be Instructed to
communicate these resolutions to the family of the llus
That in view of the lamented decease of Mr.. Web.
fha 6e NH int tn hA hal1
commemoraton OF ou recent political victories be inde
niiey postponed.
VIM NJ. Overton, esq. seconded the resolutions and
in the course OF his remarks he paid touching tribute to
The three great statesmen who have so recently fallen in
the service Of the country.
Mr.. F. McNerhany then addressed the association as
foows
Mr.. President With feelings OF sincere regret and of
unaffected sorrow for the demise Of the lus,rious staes
and renowned orator, Daniel Webster. and with a
deep sense OF the national bereavement caused by that
mourniu event, rise to respond to the resolutions
eloquenty seconded By my friend who has just taken
his seat by adding my feeble tribute to The memory Of
The mighty dead.
The unerring arrow OF DEATH Mr. President has in.
deed hit shining mark = brilliant has fallen
from the constellation OF living American statesmen
majestic figure glowing with all the light OF lranscenden
genius, has been stricken down; voice, upon whose
eloquent tones listening Sena,es have hung enrapturcd
is silent forever: Daniel Webster, whose name and
whose fame have penetrated wherever civilized has
try has been uDiurIed, wherever the American Union
has been heard of by VOID OF mouth, or in song
story-Danel Webster, the intellectual lumnar of his
age, has sunk below the horizon of Lille forever!
This, Mr. President, is a beautiful, cha ,ening,
sublime spectacle; il is full of melancholy interest and
OF wholesome admonilion. We-members OF the demo
cratic paryot that party which always truly reecis
the national sentiment-have met here to-ngbt 10
press OF the public calamity which has fallen
upon the land Hashed in the p.esence OF this soonni
ty is the angry voice oi partisan waare buried IN the
deep shadows OF death which now daTken the national
metropolis and the whole country, all the asperes,
all the anlmosiies, all the bitterness ci party strife and
meet Americans, knowing but one country, ore
peopie-as lovers OF that glorious Union around which
clustered our brightest hopes and dearest siiecons
meet pay the tribute OF profound re-pec; 10 tie
memory Of that distinguished AMI ameRted statesmen
VINO, when that Union was imperlel, rose maiestcay
above the predictions OF parv, and put foun all the
energies OF his massive mind, all the powers oi his
mighty intellect. TO maintain aud perpetuac that mag
nihceni fabric, and the cherished and priceless cnnsi-
ton upon which it has, trust. its enduring its everast
lug foundation.
Ii is right, then, Mr. Presiden-yea sir, II i most ap.
proprate-ha should pay TO the memory OF the illus
trous deceased The tribute conveyed by the appropriate
preamble aud resolutions upon your table.
We, The members OF thu Jackson Democratic Asso.
cation, rising above the clAnor OF porisanship
template Daniel Webster an AMERIcAs--as states.
man who has shed ustre upon the American name and
character, who has defended with than giants
strength the citadel OF liberties, and whose sublime
prayer that he might never live TO star
boted out from the glorious engn o the republic. Yes
dec eased-of him who has SAID in the burning words OF
immortal eoquencein words that shall never be oblit
Grated from memory so long The English language
liyes-in words that shall be reced by aspiring
youth through all successive generations, and that
shall kndle into patriotic enthusiasm the manhood OF
America ei Us, say Mr.. President, do hoaor 10 the
memoty OF him who has sal J." When my eyes stall be
turned behold lHT the lat Inn the ~ heaven, nay
not hia shining Tie bukel an dsbonlfeI nag
meuts oi glorious Umon States discovered
dscordant, bellgerent laud rent with civil feuds,
drenched may be, in raefna blood Let their lat feeble
aud lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign OF
the republic, now known and honored throughout tie
earth, still full high advanced, s arms and trophleteam
Jog their original uslre not stripe erased OF polluted
nor single obscured-bearing for its motto no such
miserable iniefrogatory as What is all this worth l-nor
those other words OF delusion and folly Liberty first and
Union aierwaris-but everywhere, spread all over in
characters Of living light, blazing all its ample folds
as they float over the and the land and In
cry wind under the whole heavens that other sentiment
dear to every true American hear-Llberty and UDion
now and forever, and inseTarable.'
Mr.. Michael w. Cluskey, taking the floor, said:
Mr. Presidents Death has again robbed The republic
OF one OF her most distinguished sons Within thee
years the pale horse has appeared often amongst US
seeming each lime 10 seek rider OF The most distinguish
ed caste has carried away nearly all OF great states
men. Three years monrne1 the loss OF the la
mented Calhoun, whose giant mind often exered in
defence OF the principles which party maintain
Soon after his successor who had no, yet reached The
cnlmnsting point OF his DESERT followed him Again
came and for the second time the history Of this
try carried of an American President Following hun
went the patriot Clay, who, when the scfnony o party
was hloed from bic feelings, exhibited IN his person
more OF the genius of our institutions Than any man tlai
ever lived But how is i now To speak in the Ian.
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