The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-11-17

the church was richly clothed, the plain
tive music of the full band, the harmony
of voices in the lament. and in the patri.
otto choral hymn, with which the exer-
ciscs were concluded These are evil
denccs, when sincerely adopted, and
they hardly will be adopted without sim
ccrity.--of hcart-apprccation, which
none can move amongst the body of a
kindred people, but one who is himself
moved by the deep impulses of genius
and becomes to them. in one mode or an.
other the medium of communication with
the interior sources Of the noble and the
true, from the veins of which in sparkling
currents the life of every people draws
its nobility
To MS. there is heroi.m in Scott, and
we honor him. this side of vain idola-
try. as one Of the high embodimcnts of
chivalrv of which the exigcncies of hui
man affairs have sometimes too much
need. We believe him endowed with n
mind for the use ofhis peculiar strength
and honor the venerable graccs of age
which are permitted to adorn him. But
in the son Of Eloquence and thought late
" smittcn down among us. we recognize
! the realization to the New England
heart, more cmphatically than in any
other instance. of the combination Of
her greatest mind with her trucst feel
ing; and this not alone in their living
developments, but in testimonials such
as We are witnessing of her recogni-
ton Of her loss. We authorize no man.
worship: men are in6rm enough and
Webster doubtless was infrm enough.
but the power of thought and feeling is
not the man, more than the element
which impcls some machine of savage
won der is the frangible outline of its
frame. This power we reverence, be it
greater or less, and We honor him with
honor to ourselves, whose course of life
has called him to its long, unintermittcd
untiring exercise in career Of patriot
ism and integrity.
The audience represented fully our
immediate community and neighborhood
and to some extent remote portions OF
the county The day was highly favor
able, but the condition of the roads was
such, as to preclude the more distant at
tendance. which no doubt to some ex.
tent had been waiting upon the event The
house was well filled, and the attention
solemn and universal. The exercises
were announced in order by our vonera
bic fellow citizen, HoRATIo SEYMouR,who
had entered Congress two years before
Mr.. Webster's return to it in 1922, and
been associated more intimately with
him in the Senate after Webstcr's in
PRODUCTION to that body A warm personal
kindness had marked this more special
relation for five years. The devotional
exercises we're led by the Rev. DR. MER
nI1L, an honored divine of Vermont, q
native like Mr.. Webster Of New Hamp
shirc,-of the enlightened aud energetic
stock of the Granite State, and his leading
ella, s-matc in college. Hon. S S. PHELPS
the Orator, had sustained intimate
personal relations Of friendship with the
subject Of his address. and had bccl
prepared toappreciate his qualities by kin
lrel habits of labor and rffort in his pro
fession and in the senate. and by high quail
tiles of intellect also, belonging fit y onl,
to those who are the champions as wei
of the principles Of Jurisprudence as o.
political rights. aud Of both because
their minds may grasp their excellences
An orator of these qualifications hat
great advantages, but all of them he re
allied with not less of ease to himself thai
of gratiticat ton to his audience, whose at
tcntion he commanded continuously fo
nearly two hours,with no respite to him
jelfyet untasked and relieved at length
in defercnce to the hour, more thai
to any indications of WEAKNESS on thei
part--The discourse was not written
We trust cordially, in Difference It
the feeling of those who heard il
and the occasion, that it will be- and b
yielded to the request already general.
: signed for its publication.
The performances of the choir, in con
clusion, were well adapted to their place
and though simple in themselves wcr
performed with degree of richness Q
c execution. The words of the Requiem
T. in the tune of the Mariners Song perform
5 ed BY four or five voices, will be foun'
0 on our outer pago,-thc hymn America
was happily in consonance with the in
pressive tone Of Judge Phelps's speecl
+ in respect to the religious relations {
|, the New England people. The order
l. exercises is below:
It ORDER OF EXERCISES.
c At. the Webster Observanccs, Middl
It bury, Nov, | |.
r /. Music, by the Band.
N 2. Prayer, by Rev DR.. Merrill
q Z Music hv the Rand