The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-12-09
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THEODORE PARkER oN Mn. " EDo En-.
i Theodore Parker preached discourse
on Sunday last in Boston, on the death OF
Daniel Webster. which is reported at length
ID tho Commonwealth. We make the
lf,lloaing striking and characteristic ex-
jtracts:
i Nr. Webstcr's Touth-Daniel Web
4 ster was fortunate in the circumstances OF
Ibis birth aud breeding. He came from
that class in society whence al the great
linen Of America have come-the two Ad-
ans, Washington, Hancock, Jefferson,
Jackson, Clay. and almost every notable
Of our time. Oar Hercules was also era
died on the ground When he visited the
West, few years ago, an emigrant from
New Hampshire me, him, recognized him
aud asked, sis this the son of Capt. Web
ster?'' sit is indeed" said the great man.
"What,n said he, sis this the little black
Dan that used to water the horses?' And
he great Daniel Webster said, sit is the
little black Dan that used to water the
horses" He was proud Of his history. 1t
man finds the way alone, should he not
be proud Of having found the way?
-Ir. Webster's Sts le.-fiis style was
simple, the business style Of strong man.
Now and then, i, sweled into beauty. In
later wears he seldom touched the consci-
ence, the affections, or the soul, except,
alas, TO smite our sense Of justice, our phi
llanthropv, and t,ust in God. lie always
addressed the understanding, not the rea-
son-Calhoun did that the more; not tho
Imagination his speech there was lit
tie wit, little beauty, little poetry lie
laid seise to the understanding. Here
Law his strengfh-he could make state
ment better than any man in America; he
lhad immense power Of augmentation, max
ling causeway from his will to the hear
ers mind. He gathered great mass oil
material, bound it together, swung II a.
bout his head, fixed his eyes on the mark.
linen lei the ruin ay. r. you want word
suddenly shot from Dover to Calais, you
send it by lightning; if bill OF ton
| weight, YOU get steam cannon to ptcn u
across. Webster was the steam gun OF
eIoduence. lie hit the mark less by gun
nery than strength. His shot seemed as
| big as bis target.
| This orator brings down his quarry
with single shot, OF sixty to the pound.
| He carries de ath without weight in bis gun,
IS sure as fate
| Commonly, Webster was honest in bis
oratory; open English, and not Yankee.
He had no masked batteries, no Quaker
guns He wheeled his forces into line,
| column after column, with the quIckness
| OF Hannibal and the mastery management
Of Caesar; and like Napoleon, broke the
tcenter ofhis opponents line by the superb
/ or weight of his column, aud the sudden
heaviness Of bis fire. Thus be laid seige
to the understanding, and carried It by
lJjnt Of canaonade. This was his strategy
in the Court House, in the Senate, and the
public hall.
Websier's He,d.-IIe was great man,
man Of the largest mould, great body,
and great brain; he seemed made 10 last
hundred ,ears. Dupuyiren and Culsl-
er are said to be the only men in our day
who had head SO vast. Since Charlie
mene, think there has not been such
grand figure in all Christendor. A large
man, decorus in dress, dignifed in deport-
ment, he walked as if he felt himself q
king. What mouth be had. It was
Lions mouth Yet there was a sweet
grandeur in his smile, and woman's
sweetness when he would. What brow
il was! what ewes; like charcoal fire in tho
bottom of a deep, dark well.