The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-12-31

ment Of CBsar; and like Napoleon, broke
the center Of bis opponents line by The
superior weight of his own column and
THE sudden heaviness ofhis fire. Thus
|. eslaid siege 10 the understanding, apd
carried il by dint Of cannonade, This
was bis strategy in the Court house, 70
| The Senate, and Ike public ball There
we're no ambuseades, no pitfalls, or
Itreacierbus Indian ,subilety. II was the
tactics lof a grea, and honest minded
man. ,e ,,stf, f7 sf t
In bis oratory there was but one trick,
the trick Of sblf.deprccatior. Thafcame
on him in his later years. and IL always
failed. He was ton bigtte make any one
believe he thought himself little; so OBJ.
viously proud. we knew he valued bis
services high when he rated them 50 low.
Fhat comprehensive eye could not over
look so great an obiecius himself lie
was not organized 10 cheat, and did NOT
prosper when be tried. Wis i'll the
lin apes the lox.
He was ambitions. Cardinal Wolsey's
aunbounded somachp was also Tie
Stomach of Webster. Yet his ambition
mostly faled. In forty yenrs Of public
life he rose no higher Than Secraiaryo Of
State; and held that post but five years,
He was continually gdneraled BY
sub,ler men. He had lille political fore,
sight, for he had not the all-conguering
Religion which meekly executes Inc law
Of God, all fearless Of its consequence |;
nor tic mighty Reason, which, reheeiing,
sees the principles of human nntire, the
constant .node Of operation ofthe forces
Of God in tle FORMS Of men; nor the
kindred Imagination, which in it's politi
cal sphere creates great schemes of law !;
nor YET the wide P!l;lanihr5py, the deep
sympathy with an ihS, IS human, which
gives man the public heart, and so The
control of The issues of life, which thence
proceed; and hence he was not popular,
He. longsd for The Presidency, but
Harrison kept him from the nomination
in 1910, CLAY in 1914, Taylor in '4e,
aud Scnu in so. lie never had a wide
aud original, Influence in the politics Of
tbe nation;a for bes'hrd no elemental!
thupdcr of his own--the Tariff was MI
Calhoun's al FIRST; the Farce Bin was
from another hand; the Fugitive Slave
Bin wns Mr. Masoo's; stte Omnibus''
had mauy faibefs, wlieraof Webster was
not one. For some years no large body
Of msn has had much confidence in him
-admiraiion, but moi trust. II Massa-
cbuselis, off the pavements, FOR The last
three years, he has had but little power.
Only in the cities that bought him was
he onnlpoten,. Even the South would
moi trust him. General jackson was the
most popular man Of our lime. Calhonn
was popular throughout the South, Clay
in all quarters of the land, and al tliis
day Seward wields the forces Of The
Wings. With all his talent, Webster had
never the influence on America Of the
leas, of these. Henry Clay labored To
defeat him at Baltimore, last June. This
was NJ, generous in Mr.. Clay, Tor in
IA. Webster had ioiled earnestly for
,ha, t'IIero Of the Wcst,n ,oiled for his
rival, toiled aeains; hope. But'hlr. Clay
bore him erudge, and on his death bed
waited 70, tile consolation ar his more
generous rivals fall, saw il, was glad,
and died cohtented suh @-Hsi 4 aai i@
Yet Daniel Webster had many popular
qualities. He loved utdoor and manly
boating, fishing, fowllGg. He
was fond of nature, loving New Hamp-
shire's molin,aln scenery. He had started
small and poor, had risen greal and high,
and hontrablyi had fought biz way alone, ,
Tie was a farmer, and took a couotry-
mans delight in,coun'ry fhipgs-in loads
of hay, in trees, in, lurnips and the noble
Indian corn, in monsirous5 swine. He
had, aypatriarcb's love Of sheep choice
breeds thereof she had, He took delight
in cows--short horned Dnrhams, Here,
fordshires, Ayreshires, AlderneyT. He
,illed ,palernal acres witt, his own oxen.
He loved TO give The kline fodder. II
was pleasant 10 heat his talk Of oxen.
And bui. three days before he left sthc
earth, too i'll to visit them, his oxen
loving, came 10 see their sick lord !, aud
as lie stood in bis door, his great catlle
we've driven up, tha, he might smell lbeir
healthy breath, aud look his last on those
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