The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-26
i..ss consisting Of Mes.r.. Hill, M.gruder, and


mittee consisting Of Messrs. Hill, Magruder, and
THORNLEY,.
Mr.. French, on introducing the above resoIu-
tions, made the following remarks:
GEsTLEMss: have offered the resolutions that
have Just been read for the reason that il seemed
to me most proper that one born aud reared in the
State which gave birth to the great man who has
departed should initiate the proceedings here in
honor Of his memory.
pleased the Almighty to bestow on mortal
man has been recalled by the Power that be-
slowed 1t. He whose name for nearly half
q century has been a household word at the
hearths and iresides of O mighty people is
gone from earth. DANIEL WEBsTER is dead, and
% nation 10 shrouded in grief! That eagle eve is
quenchcd; that eloquent voice ia hushed. ..The
silver cord il loosed, and the golden bowl il
broken"
At about 3 O'Clock yesterday morning, in the
town Of Marsh6ed Massachusetts,, at his homo
and in the bosom of his family, that mighty spirit
was breathed out, calmly and peacefully, as an in.
fant sinks to slumber, and "ascended'to God who
gave it," and ere the noontide sun had marked the
meridian hour, the people Of twenty nine OF the
thirty one States that compose this vast Union
were probably aPprized by the wing Of the light.
ming OF the great loss they had sustained, and were
mingling their grief with that of the mourning
relatives and friends at Marshfield.
The death of euch man as DANIEL WEBSTER
10 q public calamity. He was all national; his
mighty mind seemed 10 be formed strong as the
formations OF his own rock-ribbed State, and his
intellect lowered like the mountains amid which
The was born and nurtured. That mind and that
intellect were given to his country. That glorious
Constitution under which we have go long and
so emincntly prosTered as a nation, formed by
Washington, and Madison, and Franklin, and
Hamilton, and Pinckney, and a host of other
patriots and statesmen, was made the great
a n u IN
studied it more thoroughly, no man appreciated
it more highly, no man defended II as eloquently;
and no man has, in every emergency. stood 90
truly and SO rcsolutely by that Constitution and
this Union as DANIEL WEBSTER.
He has gone in the midst of his usefulness; for,
although he had reached the three-score years and
ten allotted to humanity, the sun of his intellect
seemed at its meridian, and the power of his mind
remained, while his physical frame sunk beneath
the disease that has for years been insidiously
wearing out his life. 1t the bright and gilt
tering blade in the worn and rusted scabbard
But, thanks be to God, he was spared to aid his
beloved country through her most dangerous
crisis; and he saw that Constitution he 80 loved
emerge from the dark and threatening clouds that
surrounded it into the bright sunlight of safety;
and his expiring glanees were turned upon Q
great measure, by his own untiring, powerful and
patriotic exertons. .... ..,
Gentlemen, when we remember the galaxy ofin.
tellect which, within few past years, made bright
tue Executive SuDlnet ana tue Legislative t1all6
and which has now gone from US forever, we can
not but be deeply and soemnly impressed with
the mutabity and the vanity of all earthly things
Clay, Calhoun, Wright, Woodbury., John Quincy
Adams, Polk, and many others, have recently dc.
parted; and now is added to that list of mighty
shadows that of WEpsTER. "The places that knew
them shall know them no more forever
We can scarcely repress the idea, when we seri
ously reflect upon the recent departure of 80 many
great men, whose names have SO long been CON
nected with political institutions, that the
dark shadows of dissolution are approaching the
Constitution aud the Union. But when we re.
national days passed away. and how their places
were supplied by the great men who have re
Gently departed, or who still remain amongst
US, we cannot doubt but that Almighty Power
who has long watched over our destinies, anc
cherished our institutions, as it were, in thu
hollow of his hand, will raise up, in his own gooc
time, Statesmen and patriots to supply the places
of those who have 30 long been his instruments in
sustaining free, virtuous, and religious peo
pie in prosperity and happiness. And although
we may we'll mourn deeply and sincerely the de
parted, Hope giids his tomb with the anticipation
that the great and eternal principles of liberty tina
he taught in life shall be immortal!
Mr.. Hill, from the committee to which the reso
lutions were referred, reported the same withou
amendment; and they were laid upon the table fo
the purpose of taking up the following joint reso
luton from the Board of Common Council, (Which
was introduced by Mr.. Barr, and reported bacl
from a committee consisting of Messrs. Barr
Queen, Hanson, and Rilcy.) ..'
RssoIped, That the two Boards of the City Coun
Ilcil have learned with profound regret that tn,
great statesman and jurist, DANIEL WEBsTrR
has joined his compatriots, Calhoun and Clay, il
the regions OF the Dead #
That from his long residence among US and tn,
interest manifested by him on various city rela
tons, the corporate authorities do but express thu
sentments of the citizens generally on this grea
bereavement. 1855 .'
That we sympathize with the whole American
Hpeople in the mournful sensations caused by tlli
grcat national loss and tender to the family of thu
deceased the heartfelt coincidence of the authori
ties and people of Washington.
That the Mayor, Board OF Aldermen, and Board
8of Common Council and officers of the Corporation
will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty
days, and will cordially unite in any general de
monstration Of respect to his memory.
That the Mayor be requested to cause the office
of the Corporation to be draped in mourning. ant
that they be closed on the day Of his funeral; ant
THAT he communicate COPY Of these resolutions Il
the family Of the deceased, and to the Governor o
the Commonwealth OF Massachusetts,.
Mr.. HILL, in seconding the resolution, deliver
ed the following remarks: .r
Mr.. PREsIDENr: While the grave is still green
#and the emblems Of sorrow are yet lingering OIL
Hour public places, another OF the Oldest, nos
avalued, and most eminent residents Of Washing
E3ton has been removed by death. During ih
Is greater portion Of the past forty years Mr.. WEE
#sTEa has resided among US. He has witnessc.
Hour growth from scattering town Of 5000 in
&habitants destitute of almost all ordinary conve
nicnccs, TO a comfortable, eligible city Of $500
Hpermanent population. On all occasions he ba
e2manifested deep interest in its prosperity ant
myindcatcd it's claims to national muniiicence. II
hours of relaxation from public duties, he ha
mingled freely in our social circles, animatint
and thrilling them with the carnations Of no
q BILE heart As neighbors and friends, we love t
contemplate him in these genial developments o
character and render him the homage Of devoted
F3hearts. But "the golden bowl is brokon;" ant
not merely as neighbors and friends, but as citi
gems of this great Republic, do we mourn tn
Hpublic loss.
He was the last ofthe great triumvirate--C
EClay, and Webstcr-who for nearly half centur,
have occupied the largest space in public estima
%tion. They were not merely types OF their rcspec
tive sections, North, South and West, but patriot
whose intellect and heart reached the whole lengt
j and breadth of the nation. Surprising Pitt, Fox
and Burke, the pride of Britain, they are withou
rivals in the annals Of history and have left
Incorporates of equal power. Nor ia their reputa
i ton or influence Of an ephemeral nature. Comm,
lon the stage at an important in the history o
#this Government, they have rendered most import
ant services, both in war and in peace, in the ts