Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-08-06

seAtng v hat - termed Inc horinern route, b.
realized. the doubts which have restei on the
mind of the country a. TO Il e possibility Of ma.
king a railroad at all will be 5 ..cpt away. and
| the work vii go on with marvellous CELEBRITY
AT the late .'comnie ncement" of Dartmouth
College Hos. RUrus CHoATE. of Massachu.
sets. delivered by appointment an eulosy up.
on the lie aud character Of DANIEL WEBSTER.
which for classic finish, nervous diciiJn, apt
and col,ous metaphor, and fervid eloquence
is surpassed Ivy but few compositions in the En-
glish language. IL was listened 10 with de.
light by large and learned audience. It
would give Us great pleasure 10 lay the whole
Of it before the reader--but our limits admit
only The portions we suhjoin
EuIogy OfMr webster
IL would be strange neglect of n beautiful
aud approved custom OF tie schools Of learning,
and Of one Of the most pious and appropriate Of
the Offices III literature, ifthe College in which
the intellectual life Of DANIEL WEBSTER be.
gan. and to which his name impaits charm and
illustration. should give no formal expression
10 her GRIFFIN the common sorrow-ifshe should
not draw ne ar, ofthe saddest in the procession of
the bereaved, 10 the tomb at the sen, nor find,
in all her classic shades, one affec tomato and
grateful eafio set in the garland with which
they have bound the brow of her child. The
mghtiest departed. Others mourn and praise
him by his more distant aud more general titles
to fame and remembrance supremacy OF
intellect, has statemsnshlp Of 80 many years,bis
eloquence of reasonnnd of the heart, his love Of
COZ ntry ,ncorruptible, conscientious and ruling
eyefy hour and sct;-that greatness combined
oil geniu,,of character, and manner;-of plac G.
of achevemcn' which vas just now among US
and s not,--end yet lives sill and evermore.
You come his cheris'ing mother TO own
closerd tie, 10 indulge emotion more person
al and more ond;-glirf and exuilaton con.
tending for mastefy,as IN the bosom of the des
olae parent, whose tears could not hinder
him ON exclsimiog, Il would not exchange
my dead son for any living one of Chris,en-
dom"
Many places in our American world have
spoken his culogy. q all places the service
was Dehtlfg. for his rcnown,--is it not Of
the treasures of the whole coun,ryl' To somo
It belonged with strong local propreiy TO
discharge H. In the halls Of Congress. where
the majestic form seems ever To stand, and
the deep tones to linger, The decorated scene
In the Courts Of Law, TO whose gladstone light
he loved 10 relurn,-putling onagaln the robes
OF th-t profession, ancient as mag istracy, noble
ss virtue. necessary as lustice,-in which he
found the beginning of his horrors; in Faneuil
Hall, whose air breaihes AMI burns of him; in
the commercial cities, 10 whose pursuits his
diplomacy secured peaceful sea; in the Cities
OF the inland, around whom his capacious pub.
lie affections, and wise disccrnment, aimed
ever TO develop the uncounted resources of
that other, md that larger, and /. at newer A
merco; in the pulpit, whose place among tho
higher influences which exat Staie;our guide
in life, our consolation in dealh he appreciated
profoundly. and vindicated by welghrest ar
gument and testimony; ofw hose offices it is u.
mong the hliest tn mark and point the moral
of the great things OF tho world, the cxcellen.
cy OF dignity, and the excellency Of power
passing away as the pride of The wave, pass
ing away from our eye to AXE immortal
Ity;-in these places, and such as these, there
seemed reason beyond. and other than The
universal calamity, for these honors of the
grave. But il so, how fl, place is this for
such service! We are among the scenes
where the youth of WEBSTER awoke first and
fully TO the life ofthe mind. We stand as it
were at the sources, ply steal social, moral in
telleotual, of that exceeding greatness. Some
now here saw that youth; almost it was yours
N,lam parUum ride,ei Someone of his in
structors.-some possibly of his classmates or
Nearest college friend, some Of the books he
J read - some of the apartments in which he
studied, are here. Wecan almost call up from
their habitaton in the past, in fancy, the
whole spiritual circle which environed that
time OF his llfe;-the opinions he had embrac.
ed. the theories of mind of religion, of morals,
$ Of philosophy. to which he had surrendered
himself, the canons OF taste and criticism,
which he had accepted,-the great authors
whom he loved best, the great trophies which
n began to disturb his sleep. the facts of history
which he had learned, believed, and be gan
to interpret, the shapes of hope and fear in
which Imagination began to bring before him
The good and evil of the future. Still the same
outward world is around You and above you.
a The sweet and solemn flow ofthe river, gleam-
ing through intervale here and there; margins
, and samples of the same old woods, but thinn