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itself, demonstration. A few simple sen
tences seemed TO raise the question above
the realm of doubt, and place It beyond as.
sault; and his subsequent argument hedged
It around with impregnable defences.
Another admirable quality was his faIe
power of condensation. While other men
Sought to expand, he labored to c0ndenee.
The material he used was not beaten into
leaf. but crowded into bars and ineots 4
graphic sentence oft contained the whole
Question and its solution. He aimed no
Scattering fowling-piece, that threw is 81
nocent shot around the subject 70 Be iIl
but planted his rifle bullet in the very tan
tire Of the target,
No man could hear or read the speeches
Of WEBSTER, without being struck with The
rich philosophy that was continually en
folding his subject. Themes that other men
looked up to gaze at, he stopped to touelt
and when he touched them, lifted them into
the sphere he occupied, enyelopsd them
with the affluence Of his own intellect %
vested them with classical allusion and
golden suggestion, gave them greater dig,
nifty and higher views, and linked them to
broader associations,
Mr. WEBsTER's person wore the signif-
canoe of his grandeur: 1t was a tenement
worthy Of the tenant. His ample propor-
tons, brawny but graceful his imposing
form, his dignifed manner, his Imperial
port, his solemn gaze, his majestic and
towering head tho vision and faculty
divine that looked out Of those conpreheh.
sive, spiritual orbs, the intellectually that
sat enthToned upon his massive brow inn
pressed the beholder with unwontcd awe.
Most great men fall SO far short Of the ideal
that is formed Of them, that they dwinaie
land dwarf upon approach. Distances 81
time or space lends its enchantment to the
view, and through its magnifying mists
those gods Of our idolatry loom up into
Titanic stature. But to this rule, Mr..
WEBSTER was an exception, almost the sole
exception. We doubt, if ever the man came
Into his presence, who did not leave with
enhanced conceptions of his native majesty
and power. Nature had set her seal of
greatness upon him, and the common voice,
of his countrymen, in calling him the
Godlike," testified that that seal was not
1 llegible to them.
He found the solace of his pastime hours,
in the resonant voices of the waves that
ocean dashed along the beach which mar
gined his country hOme-in experimenting
agricultural uses-in walking, driving, fish.
i ing, aud in the genial converse of family
and troops Of friends. He rose at the hour
Of three or four, and, in study and labor
awaited the announcement Of auroral dawn.
The quiet and beautiful morning hours inn
parted 10 him strength and knowledge, and
garlanded with freshness his momentous
life.
Mr.. WEBSTER must have left materials for
biography of uncommon extent and opu-
lence. The six volumes of his speeches,
which have just appeared, may be immeas-
urably extended. Ilis manuscript must dis. |
close q vast variety and range Of interest |
ing composition. His diaries and cores
pOndence would be seized by the public |
with avidity, while his conversations and /
the countless anecdotes concerning him, |
that rest iu the memories Of individuals,
would give intense zest-to his biography. !
We should hope that every one who has
any anecdote or interesting conversation Of
his to relate-and who has not, that has
ever spent n half hour in his pTesence?--
would commit the same to permanent form
aud transmit it 10 some common destina-
tion, where it might await the pen Of the
Ibiographer. His speeches must have done
much 10 educate the present generation Of
active men. In country schools, academies
and colleges, his sonorOus sentences have
| formed the staple of defamation. He has
thus poured his lofty sentiments into the
minds of our youth, and every educated
man of the country must this day feel that
he is under obligations be can never repay,
l. a. Of
Let us now have his life, and all the pro-
ductions of his pen, and such of the utter
auces of his tongue as may be caught and
gathered, that they may all float down the
stream of time, a blessing and delight to all
ages--co. existent with literature and liberty.
Such names and such productions make
the garniture of history.
In the sadness of this OCCASION, how
naturally, yet how sorrowfully, does the
mind turn towards that splendid triumyir-
ate Of statesman-CLAY, CALHOUN and WEB
srER but recently the pride and glory Of
the land, now enacting another stage of
their destiny in the world beyond the stars. |
For forty years they had mingled their
efforts and voices in the councils of the
Union. Upon all great questions Of public
policy, each has left his indelible mark.
Each, as we have stated heretofore, in him
self a host--with physical and intellectual
powers, so different, yet so surpassing-
though not always agreeing, indeed, some
times at angry variance-a war among the
gOds-yet always inseparably associaled--
marching side by side through many years
of pith and moment in the history of Amer
lea and the world-pre-eminent in powers
of thought, and the mode of expressing
thought; we see them now, with the eve
of memory, in that more than Amphictyonic
assemblage-CLAY, with his electric fire
and burning aud impassioned eloqusnce-
CALHouN, clear, terse, logical, metaphysical,
with the skill of Tell, shooting an apple
from the head-and WEBSTER, calm, grand,
majestic, sitting on the loftiest peaks Of
Olympus, darting lightniags and rolling
thunders. But now, alas those eloquent
voices are hushed those great hearts have
ceased their beating; their continuous
guidance has been Withdrawn from us !;
and the American people, in sorrow and
orphanage, lament their loss.
The Bitter Bitten.