Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-11-04
From the Milwaukee Wiscons.n.
The Death Of Daniel Webster.


Our journal to-day appears in mourning
for the death Of the greatest Of American ora
tors. Mr.. WEB TER's health has been fail
ing for some time, and Two weeks since, he
summoned his most beloved friends 10 his
bedside. and yesterday a. NJ, at 90 MINIS be-
fore o'cl'k he departed this life. DsSiRL
WEES UES had lived beyond three score years
and ten-the allotted space of life-but there
was even to the very last. such a Youthful
vigor and power in his God-given intellect,
that few fully reaiized that he had grown SO
old. His name for years. has filled both Con-
tinents--for he WAS known even amid the
magnates Of Europe. as 1.-The great American"
GrIeved may the Nation be for the loss of
such a man, for meier shall see his like
again.
As an orator, he may be regarded withort
an exception, the first who ever lived
There was q massive compreheEsveness in
his grasp which rendered his logic more hrav-
en-horu Than that of any other orator. He
seized a subieci IN all its bearings. and SEEM
ed 10 open the very doors OF Intellect and
pour out food Of light whatever he de-
sired to toiiustrate. He mad not the persuasive
tones Of CLAY or Fox. or the thrilling elo-
quence Of HE>EY or PiiT, or the uournful
beauty Of X ssUra, bat there WAS a giant
like grasp in his logic, and pprity, strength,
power, and felicity IN his expressions which
will render his speeches and State papers
lasting monuments of hIs country, : even her
eternal mountains. Models they are now and
models they will be thousand years hence.
But even the greatest must fall before the
death-reaper. W RIGHr has gone, CALHOUN
has departed, Clay soon followed, and now
WEEsTER. the last aud the greatest, Is borne
10 that tomb from whence no one returns.-
" ithin tht cycle Of four men, either Of whom
alone would have rendered memorable the
history of any ration. Who will say that a
Republic is not favorable to the development
Of the highest forms of intellectual as we'll as
moral greatness 7
Among the most memorable traits in Mr..
WEBsF Rs character was the extraordinary
manner with which be fascinated his near per-
sopal friends Few knew him well, but
those who did, absolutely idOlized him. The
nearer they approached him, the more they
felt the fail glo., Of his greatness aud the in
comparable superiority Of The man. Their
admiration intensified and increased, the more
they saw of his whole life. they were ago.
nized al the thought that ne should desc
they have held fast to the hope that he would
live many years - even when the signs Of the
approaching change were too visible. Fer
them there is no consolatlon-f for there was
no one like WEBsTEg, and they feel never
will be again. In THAI intimacy he envinced
traits of character Of Il nature SO genial and
alIectiouate. that he no longer appeared like
DANrEI. WEBSTER, the dark, and the sombre,
and tie isolated. bot WEBSTER the friend, the
companion whose Intellect and heart alike
radiated happiness. and that proud Joy which
! only the .ruiy great can diGuse.
WFBsI ER. like CLAY, departs this life
+ when he will be mourned and sor owed for BY
/ all parties. Mere party lies could not rule
aucha spirit. NEBsTER was no longer con-
siderad parizau, bus an enlarged American
/ Statesman who knew no other maxim than
I '.our Country, our whole Country, and moth
ing hut our Country" Those patriotic tones
< viii no longer be heard, bet the imPerishable
memorials Of his mind are left Cor instruction
! Of future ages, and we may appropriately say
While the Constitution stands, thy glowing
Words shall shine
/ Upon the heightened vista Of our nations future
Time,
The dos5 upon thy grave may fall-5ut History's
brightest page
/ Shall be The record Of thy fame, thou old New
England sage!