Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-01-11
a Kentuoisv TTibute to Mr.. webster,

Among the many eloquenttributes to the memo
nv of Daniel Webster, offered in the Congress Of
the United States none surpassed in briIliancyand
leloouencethat Of Mr.. Preston, the newly elected
member from the Louisville district, KY. Gifted
withmuch of the genius for which his family have
been so celebrated, and true to the faith they have
always held, Mr.. P. promises to she an ornament
to the body of which he is member, and the par
ty to which he belongs.
We make room for the closing passages of his
speech:-Ex, ,...sss5..s..,ss-
UMr Webster never sought to subyert the 1udg-
ment of the people by inaaming their passions
His sphere was among men OF intellect. Hls pow,
ef was IN convincing the minds OF the cuItlVateu
and intellectual rather than by teryd que,
to swaythe ignorantor excite the multitude. Clay
bold brilliant, and splendid, rushing az results
with that intuition1of common sense that outsulPs
all the processes Of logic-alw avs commanded the
heart and directed the action OF his party We0-
ster seemed deficient in some of these great quail
lies as he surpassed him in others. He appeared
his natural auxiliary, Clay; the brilliant parlla
mentary leader, and probable unequaledi save ~
the Earl Of Chatham, whom he reSem6ledi swept
with the velocity Of a charge of cavalry
on the ranks of his opponents, and often won
the victory before Others were prepared tor the en-
i counter. Webster, with his any Of facts, his
pow er of statement, and logical deduction, moved
forward likG disciplined and serted infantry, with
resistable power.
| ef having been elevated to the Presidency OF the
nation. Camillus, the second founder oil Rome
never enjoyed the, Consulate, but he was not less
illustrous because he was nOtTewnrded by the ias-
ces and the consular purple. Before the lustre of
Websters renown a metely preside entail equation
| must grow pale. he has not only lett repqta-
ton Of unsurpassed spiendor in the Senate but he
Will also pass down to posterity as the ablest and
most profound jurist of the day. As an orator, he
| had not, as has been correctly observed by Sena-
I tor from New York, the vehemence OF DemostLe
mes, nor the splendor OF Cicero. but shll Damel
! Webstes was an oratoT-an orutor marked by the
characteristics of the Teutonic race-oldi massive
4 md Teplete with manly vigor and force. ttls Wr-
tings are marked by deep philosophy which VIII
cause them to be read when the issues that evoked
Il them have pssSed away, and the Splendor Of an
i Imagination almost as rich as that of Burke will
invest them with attraction alike Tor the student
and the man of letters -
we should not depiore the death of Webster IL
is true the star has shot from the sphere 1t illum
mated, and is lost in the gloom of death, but he
| sank full of years and OF honoTs, alter he hai
4 reached the yer of human life; and before his
majestic intellect was dimmed Of; his body bowed
| down by old age .sl
/ oush amidst the mists of danger. but he went
while his intellect was unclouded, and the literary
j membranes of his youth came thronging to the
| dying bed OF their votary. Napoleon when he was
expiring at st. Helena mutleFed dAconneesed
\ words Of command and battle that showed his tur-
bulent character still struggled in imaginary con.
iicts; but gentle spints Brought to the death-b
| of the statesman of Marshfeld more consoling
memories as lie murmured,
/ TTbe curfeyy lolls The kisen parting day.
| and all the tender aud mournful beauties of that
Ijnimitablt. elegy clustered around his soul.
''But, sir will not venture to say more on this
/ theme. | have said thus much in the name of my
native State, to testify her veneTation for worth,
patriotism and departed greatness and to add with
prouer reverence handful of earth 10 the mound
nation raises 10 thememoIy Of the great Seeretlry,
and to say, peace be to the names Of Daniel Web
ster!"