The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-11-18

lectual ascendency-
Ride on the whirlwind and direct the storm
of parliamentary conflict; who that has drunk
Of thepure fountains of wisdom and thought
in the volumes of his writings; who, alas,
sir, that has seen him
"in his happier hour
Of social pleasure ill-exchanged for pOwers
that has come within the benignant fasci-
nation of his smile, has felt the pressure of
his hand, and tasted the sweets of his Preside
eloquence, viii think that the resolutions say
too much
No, fellow-citizens, We come together not
to do honor to him, but to do justice to our
selves, We obey an impulse from within.
Such feeling cannot be pent up in solitude.
We must meet, neighbor with neighbor, cit
izen with citizen, man with man, to sympa-
thise with each other. If we did not, mute
Nature would rebuke US. The granite hills
of New Hampshire, within whose shadow he
drew his first breath, would cry shame;
Plymouth Rock, which all but moved at his
approach; the slumbering echoes of this
hall which rung so grandly with his voice;
that silent but majestic orator" which rose
in no mean degree at his command on Bun
ker Hill-all, all would cry out at our de-
generacy and ingratitude.-s
Mr.. Chairman, do not stand here to pro-
nounce the eulogy of Mr.. Webster; it's not
necessary. EulOgy has already performed
her first Offices to his memory. AS themourn-
full tidings have flashed through the country,
the highest Offices of nation and State, the
most dignifed official bodies, the most prom
inent individuals, without distinction of par
ty, the press Of the country, the great voice
of the land, all have spoken, and with one
accord of opinion and feeling, and aunanim-
lty that does honor at once to the object of
this touching attestation and to those who
make it. The record of his life, from the
humble roof beneath which he was born,
(with no inheritance but poverty and an
honored nance up through the arduous paths
of manhood, which he trod with lion heart
and giant steps, till they conducted him to
the helm of State-this stirring narrative,
: not unfamiliar before, has, with melancholy
: promptitude, within the last three days, been
again sent abroad through the length and
breadth Of the ,lond 1thas spread from the
: Atlantic to the Mississippi. Struggling pow
erty has been cheered afresh; honest ambi-
: ton has been kindled; patriotic resolve
!, has been invigorated; while all have mourn
d ed.
: The poor boy at the village school has Ia
ken comfort as he has read that the time was
when Daniel w ebster, whose father told him
he should go to college, if he had to sell every
acre of his farm to pay the expense, laid his
d head on the shoulder of that fond and dis
8 corning parent, and Wept the thanks he could
n not speak. The pale student who ekes out
S his scanty support by extra toll has gathered
; comfort, when reminded that the first jurist,
2 statesman, and orator of the time earned
+ with his weary fingers by the midnight lamp
:, the means of securing the same advantages
q of education to a beloved brother. Every
d true. hearted citizen throughout the Union
e has felt an honest pride as he re-peruses the
5 narrative, in rejecting that he lives beneath
s a constitution anda government under which
J such man has been formed and trained, and
a that he himself is compatriot with him. He
y does more, sir; he reflects with gratitude that
II in consequence of what that man has done
T. and written and said-in the results of his
1t efforts to strengthen the pillars of the Union
l. "a safer inheritance Of civil liberty, strong
u er assurance that these blessings will endure,
b will descend to his children.
/ know, Mr.. Mayor, how presumptuous ii
J would be to dwell on any personal causes Of
g grief in the presence of this august sorroW
E which spreads its dark wings over the land.
/ You will not, however, be offended, if, by
way Of apology for putting myself forward
on this occasion, 1 say that my relations with
Mr.. Webster run further back than those Of
almost any one in this community. They
s. began the first year he came to live in Bos.
q ton. When l was but ten or eleven years
" old I attended little private school in Short
+ street, Gas it was then called it is now the
a continuation of Kingston street, kept by the
ID late Hon. Ezekiel Webster, the elder broth
. er to whom have alluded, and brother
worthy of his kindred. Owing to illness, OF
some other cause of absence on his part, the
er school was kept for a short time by DAME
20 Webster, then student of law in Mr.. Cores
Y; Office; and on this occasion, forty-seven Of
te forty-eight years ago, and l a child of ten
as our acquaintance, since then never interrupt
IN ed, began.
re When I entered public life it was with hi
Id encouragement III 1000 L dctcu3 l6llOW
e, citizens, as your organ in the great ovation
70 which you gave him in this hall. When b.
st came to the Department of State in 1841, i
Ak was on his recommendation that l, living il
in the utmost privacy beyond the Alps, was ap
~ pointed to a very high Office abroad and i
he the course of the last year he gave me tn
cd highest proof of his confidence in intrustinJ
,st to me the careof conducting his works thrc
the press. May I.venture, sir, to add tha
mr. in the last letter but one which had th
be happiness to receive from him, abiding wit
an kind of sad presentiment, which I coul
'ot not then fully appreciate, but which now III
To mans me, to these kindly relations of half
,re century, he adds: I'VE now and then Sc
~ stretching across the heavens clear, blu
he cerulean sky, without claud, or mist, or haz,
M And such appears to ME our acquaintanC
M from the time when l heard you for
me week recite your lessons IN the little schoo
.be house in Short street to the date hereof.
in 21st July, 1852. i
of Mr. Chairman, I do not dwell upon Il
traits Of Dir. Webster's public charaete
The however tempting the theme It's bright
vou velopments in long life of service arc b
ing fore the world they are wrought into Il
to annals Of the country. Whoever in aft
md times shall write the history of the Unit,
It's, States for the last forty years viii write Il
on life Of Daniel Webster; aid whoever writ
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