The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-02
Mn, CHoATE's EULoGY on DANIEL WEB
STEH

| il the college IN which the intellectual fe of Daniel
Webster began, ana 10 which his imparts charm
ana as atlon. should give formal expression To her
sr'ei ~ the common sonow-if she should not draw
near Of The saddest the PROCESSION oil the bereays 10
The ionb al The fad in al her classic shades
aieconaie and grateful leaf 10 set IN the garland with
wblch uiey have bound The brow OF her child, the
mIghiest departed Oilers mourn and praise him by his
more distant and more genera titles 10 fame aud remem
hrancehis supremacy o! intellect his sa,esmanshp OF
50 mary Yeats bis elouence OF and oil the heart
his love Of county, ncorrupible, conscientious, aud
genus, oi character, and mannerof place. OF achieve
ment, which was just nov among us, and is noi--and
yet lives still and evernore You come, his cherishng
mother 10 own closer Tie, TO indulge emotion more
pesonal and more fondgrief aud sxul,aion contendng
fos mastery. in The bosom Of The desontcd parent
whose teSss could not AsAdeE him from sxclaimnK, 81
would not exchange my dead son Tor any living one OF
Many places in our American world have spoken bis
eslogy TO all places the service was bshng for iNs
ren0wns II not OF the treasures OF the whole conn
Try !" To some il belonged with strong local poPreiy
70 discharge it, In the halls Of Congress. where the
jesic form stand, and the deep tones
linger ihe decorated Of his larger abors, and
most ufusive goIy-In he courts OF law 10 whose glad
some light he loved 10 reurnpupg again the robes
OF that profession, ancient nagIsracy, noble as vr
tue, necessary justice-in which he found the be-
ginning OF his honofs; in Faneul Hail. whose air
beahes and burns OF him in The commercial cities, to
whose pursuits his diplomacy secuted peaceful sea IN
the cities OF the Inland, around wkom his capacious
public affections and wise discernmen aimed to de-
veiop the uncounied resources of that other and that
larger, and thai newer America in the pulpit, whose
place among the higher influences which exalt Stale.
our guide in life, our consolation in eeab, he appreciated
profoundly and vindicated by weighest argument and
testimony of whose Offices is amoag the hiies TO mark
and point the moral OF The great things OF the world, the
excellency OF dignity and The exceiency OF power pass
ing away the PRIDE OF the wave passing from our eye
10 take Immortality ;in these places, and such as
these, there seemed beyond, and other than
the universal calamity Tor these honots OF The grave
But IT so, how hi place Is this Tor such a seI-
| vice We amorg the scenes where the youth
of Webster awoke first and fully To the life OF the
cal, social. moral. intellectual, OF that exceeding great
| ness Some now here saw that youth; almost twas
yours. Mum parpun Uidere Someone OF his in
slrucorssone, possibly o hs classmates or nearest
college friends the books he read-sone OF The
apartments in which he s,udied-are here. We can al
call up from their habitaon The past. or in fancy,
the whole spiritual circle which envroned that time ot
mis- lifethe opinions he had embraced the theories oil
mnd OF religion, of morals, OF philosophy, TO which he
had surrendered himse--the canons OF tas'e and chn
csm which he had accep,ed-he great authors whom he
loved best The great trophies which began to disturb his
sleephe facts OF history which he had learned, be-
eved, and began TO Inerpet-the shapes OF hope and
tear in which began bring before HIM the
good and evil oil the future, Still, the same outwar!
world u around you ard above you. The sweet and
solemn flow OF The Iye cleaning through intervals here
and there margins and samples OF the same old woods
but hinned and retiring the same range oi green hils
yonder tolerant OF culture TO The top but shaded Then by
prmeval forests on whose crest the last rays CT sun
set fingered the summit OF Aecuney the great north
light that never sets the consultations that walk
around and watch The pole; the Nature ecayed
unchangng,is is here. Almost the ldoatnes OF the old
/ Paganisn grow Ineligible. Hagnorum fimtnum
eal in ptrnomur," exclams Sentca "S blur st er
abrupo rasti annis eruptio atds habeft We saDd al
tbe fountain Of stream We stand, rather, where
a stream, sudden and from hidden springs, burss TO
/ light--fiom which look along and down, as It
were, own Connecticut. and aee iis respendent
pathway 10 the and We venerae, and almost would
build allars here Almost seems as II here we might
learn the secrets OF his supremacy We know that God
gave him an excellent spirit, and understanding above
that OF other That ultimate fact we accept and re-
pose on; yet more we would know IT We could, and
\ hither should come 10 know II.
II may adopt the oily language OF oae OF the ac-
mi ers OF William Pitt naturally here as " we
could recall every circumstances OF splendid preparation
which contributed TO III The great man or The seeoe Of hls
glory We come, II better here than csewl ere I'VE
could watch fold by fold the bracng OF his Nucanlan
anoply and observe, with pleased anxiety, the leading
ltorlh o that chariot which, borne irresistible wheels,
and drawn by ds oil immortal - TO crush tue
necks OF the mighty. and sweep away the serred
strength Of srmes AND, therefore, II we're litter that
should ask OF yoa than speak 70 you concerning him
| Liule indeed, anya here can be added low TO that
wealth OF eulogy that has been heapsd upon bis tomb
Before he died renowned IN two heg'spheres, ~
ours he seemed be known with unyera neatness oi
| knowledge. He walked SO long and 50 conspicuousy
before The general eye -his actions his opinions on al
things which had been large enough 10 ariiae tie pub
c mind for The aStlhry years and more, had nal I'M
ponance AID Consequence 80 remarkable, anxlousy
waited for Iassonaely canvas 4ed, not adopted always
n,o The particular measure, or deciding lhe particular
vote OF government or The county, yet SINKING deep ino
The reason of the peopIea stream of mn fence whose
u i, il yet too ior political philosophy oapHecale
completely an impression OF bis extraordinary intellect
pal endowneus and OF their peculiar superiority ~ That
most IMPOSING and mtegibe OF all iornis OF manifest
ation the moving OF Others minds by speech-ts i'm
lgessioa had grown universal and hxed, and u Mad
kndled curiosity 10 hear bin and read him SO wide and
80 largely indoyeS his individuality altogether was 40
sbsoIne and so prOnuuneed-ihe iotce OF viii not less
Than the power o genius, the exac ype ana ashon OF
his mind not less haa s general magnitude were so dis
tncty shoa through his musical and transparent style
the exterior oil the man-the grand mystery oil brow and
sye the deep tones, the soemnily, the sovereignty as OF
t6c :. who build Stset wi ere every power and every
grace did seem to set SEAL" had been made by per-
soual by description, by Inc exaggsratoh
even OF those who Tad felt The SPELL by arr the dsgner
reotype and picture and stausso lam naI 10 ihe Ahet
can eye, craven on the memory ike the Washington o.
Stuart the narrative OF the incidents OF MS e nag
been so often told By some so auihenucsiy, and WIN
such - l, and bad been 50 literally committed 70 neat
That when he died there scented 10 be ue lett but 70
sav where and how his change came with what dlgniy
with what possession OF himself, WIN what loving
Thought TOR others with what gratitude 10 Cod uleieu
b unfaltering voice, that II was appolhnu W bu'
there to die 10 say how thus leaning on the roo anu
sia oil promise be took HE way into the great darkness
nudisma,ed, tl death sba be swallowed up OF llie
and then TO relate how they lad hIm 10 that sm le
grave and turning and Fausing, and ning ueI voces
10 the voice. of the sea, tade him hot and J@tmM1
And yet / hanlly know what there ~ ~ puplle uot
raphy, what there IN literature, 10 De compared ~
kind with The variety and beauty and adqiaey OF ue
series Of discourses through which Toe love ana e
and deliberate reasoning admtalloh oi hne,ioa 49, ~
great man. have been uttered. Little indeed, tneIe Wouu
& he for M 10 saw il we're capable oi the hRbef am
biton Of protesting omit all which otoeIt nave , on
,bis theme beioteLule to add II sought 70 say any
thing new. -. + -,. a.
have thouxht-perhaps the place where wa was ,t 20
sneak suggested the opo--;bal before We apPoaet W
ultimate and historical grealness OF Ni Weos's ~ W
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