Daily American telegraph., 1852-11-18
rhs webster Funeral I'm Now York.

ly occupied with accounts of the obsequies in
honor Of Mr.. Webster, to which Tuesday last was
devoted in that city. Business was generally
suspended and the ceremonies were even more
imposing than on the occasion Of Mr.. Clay's flu
neral. The following were some of the inscrip-
tons displayed along the rout Of the procession !;
In front Of the Printers Library was Displayed,
on black ground bespangled with silver stars,
tho words, " The Defender of the Constitution"
+" He Sleeps--Yet Lives"
The Broadway Theatre bore the following in.
scription:
eyes, thou art Freedoms now, and Famss,
One Of the few, the immortal Names
That were not born to die"
The inscription, &c., which was over the en-
trance to the Aston House, was surrounded with
heavy folds of black, and the entrance was also
hung in black. In the center was bust of Dan
lei Webster, and the following inscriptions:
"While he lived he did what he could to sup
port the Constitution of his country"
al still live"
"A superior and commanding human intellect,
a truly great man; when Heaven vouches so rare
a gift, it is not temporary fame burning bright
for awhile, and then expired, giving place to re-
turning darkness. 1t is rather a fervent heart,
as well as radiant light, with power to enkindle
the common mass of the human mind, SO that
when it glimmers in its own decay, and finally
goes out in death, night follows, but it leaves
the world all light, all on fire, from the potent
contact of its ewn spirit"
The American House had an appropriated oil
painting, surmounted by the American eagle, re-
presenting the bust of Webster on a massive
Observation-Disclosures in the background, par
tally obscured by clouds, and apparently con-
templative spectator, the weeds of morning min
gled with the fold of his Roman toga,
In the foreground the figure of Liberty, in
pensive attitude, with the United States coat Of
arms at her feet; and to the left is another fig
ure, with appraised arms, directing the attention
Of youth, who is on Bonded knee, to Webster
for instruction.
The Busts of Clay, Washington, and Calhoun,
placed directly beneath, surrounded with Grape.
The st. Nicholas Hotel had awe thank God
for giving the world Webster"
And upon various stores &C., the following:
Il shall stand by the Union, and by all who
stand by it."
81 shall do justice to the whole country in all
| say, and act for the good of the whole country
in all that | do"
II stand up to the CONSTITUTIONS need no
other platform. IL Daniel Webster's Speech, Ju-
~ II, 1850.
Alas the Defender of the Constitution is now
no more
II still live" said his mortal lips this day
II still i've" would his spritvoee say
"We ne'er shall look upon his like again."
inscribed beneath.
The great heart of q nation throhs heavily at
the portals of his grave"
Let him be regarded as the most noble corse
that ever harald did follow to his urn
The Constitution, it must be maintained"
The late Hon Daniel Webster. Search the
land of living men, where will you find his like
again"
Esprit of sympathy from Heaven descend,
Columbia weeps nation mourns his end"
Il wish no other epitaph than this: While he
lived he did all he could to support the Constitu-
ton Of his country"
I'VE mourn that Sun whose brilliant light,
shons Ger our happy home,
We mourn that mountain sunk from sight
That ocean dried-thAt spirit gone.D
That spirit in Heaven forever lives--so may
his memory on earth endure"
"The patriotic heart Is now quiet
The lover of the Constitution is at rest"
"Mortaliate relicta, witt immortalitate indu-
tus, and beneath was inscribed,
Gle vas not for day, but for ell time"
"Dsniel Webster
Nature doth mourn for thee There is no need
for man to strike his plantive Tyre and fail, as
fail he must, if he attempts thy praise"
81 stu live"
Thus spoke thou, with thy latest breath,
Child Of eternity, transcendant SOUL
Fame has written upon her roll
Thy name imperishsble.n
In front Of Tsmmany Hall the busts Of Clay,
Calhoun, and Webster were arranged, with the
following inscription beneath them
1.-The Democratic party reveres the memory Of
the great American state5man, who, on the 18th
of March, 1850, extingushed the Wilmot Pro-
viso."