The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-19
power p.rt. because they are in thsusslves appro-
Peace hath her victories
Not less renowned than VI

On the two rides OF this great parliamentary contest
tAsre displayed much intslle ;tual power, as
nnsh moral courage. "a much elevation OF soul as in
any campaign, ancient modern. And from the wars
a tho<e old rsn kings and conquarers whose mar
ssges nov lying on The nsor Of william 4ep,sso to-
the hanks Of the Tigis, have by the strange vi
csssitudes and chances Of human things been aug
across the At,sntic-s wonder and shoy-I .T from
TIE vars az Scnnacherib add Nimrod himself, down
bstts fought whose consequen YES were import,
aatto humanity than the maintenance or over'nov
Union y ' Y
Alexander peiishe the Granicus PETER uau Aso,u-
a d. mopsA y a. he Ss or ON q N
rergo that link should part IN tpe goiden cnan
Which binds . Union for IL. sscasT
o. rcrdsr war That strong social disposition q Mr.
webster OF which have p ken Of soar.e atssd him
sion Ia ts proper g,al sense, pointed oy
caro- IN 10 Of his fseuds and reerred TO by
Mr. Webster in a charning note to Mr., Rush, in which
he contrasts tine superior redneent of the Roman word
rensrfam Giving togetheo with the Greek synposius..
ND fully toto the linen. Cicero 80 beautiful ex-
prsssec 10 ire letter alluded to-
scd nebercule nj Porte extra ocum nopeo t. qu,d per
S snssbus TN siv.s s spa. u or nsi "a ss sS Vi
sso % az d "a
sus MAXINE sermons eniciur famiA qu est in cOnvivo
Mr. Webster loved to live vito bis friends, with good
pleasant en- who loved HIM" This his delight
1hbe WheU Opprersed with the multiplied carei0t
At Washington, end when eD The rspose and quiet
Of AarhGed He loved 10 meet Dis fenis at the social
bad because It Is there that men most cast of the
buIcen Il the business and thought there, Cicero
that Il sweetest there hat tue kindly
sfeciiofs have he fullest clay. By the social sym
pa HES thus eutva the genial Consciousness of In
divsua existence intense. AMI ~ho that
ever enjoy /. can ugvt the charm OF his hospitality
moral, 20 en- ICE 20 'nossn.,S Sn, IN me very
the couch from which he never rose, he co.,
tinusd 10 give minute directions Tor the h'sp:t.
Ahl -eaiv, Of Inn win and nj
friends who Msrshded. II he enjoyed society
himself, m1eh be contributed to is enjoyment
- has parans n,ary and forensic talent. He had
Thing instl uctive Ingenious 20 the most
tribe s ont be meyer p,asednsver ioS gsd in
plscsDever dogma ized ale lied. His range
o. was so vst-hs observation 50 acute aod
aocuratehs tact in separating the important from the
unessen ia 30 niee-his memory 8, retentve-his com
Dsnd If language 30 great that his common saoe tax
Ataken down from his lips would have stood the test OF
publication He had keen of the luicrous and
repeated lst ned to humorous anecdote with Infinite
eee. He narrated with unsurpassed csarness, brevity
and grace tooious unnecessary details to spia out
the stcry-thc kult OF m ost profound Ta,oaeWs-
nsis iis,ls dinner table :, ..ic, but al naturally
and without effort. He delighted in anecdotes Of
e. spso Of bsm van
abcuss question in natural histo relative for Instance
10 climate tho and habits and breeds of the diff
feyept nestle animals the various kinds OF
tive game for he knew the Of the forest He de-
nshted TO treas tolic drawn from lfe manners and
such spiiit and originality as to throw charm AROUND
subjecys which, in hands, trivial and unin
vitisg Nor were the stores OF cur sterling htera ure
hess his command. H- had such acquaiaanee vi
the great writer's Of lar guage him to enrich
his conversations with the most opposite usi and H.
lustaoDp When the occasion and the
ny nv ed his turn higher themes aud
sometimes TO he moral .ode. He not f0nd OF
tho ecbplcal language metaphy sizes had grAp
Pied ike the giant he with most formidable
problema Dr. johnson was won't TO say Of Burke that
n stranger Who should chance to meet hin under
noNt rff ufru rrvld hia
traordinary man" stranger Woo dill rot know Mr..
Webster might have passed day with him in his
Of relocation without detecting the arst or the
statesman but he could not have passed half hour
with him without coming TO he conclusion toat he
Of The best infjmed Of His personal poe
contributed to the attraction of his social in,er
His 'enence Il anne, Dression and pre-
seDce arrested and dxed attention You could not
him unnoticsd o wd, fail to see 10 hi
high mark and character No one uld see hi n and
net win TO of him. and this alike in puoiic and
Not~lh staIding his noble Stature aud sthltc
dev.l penent IN after fe be was in his chda,d fraii
and tender In ;al sketcn raken do
from his oictation, he says:- weaa and ailiog
child ard suffered from almost every disease tina. flesh
h heir not able to w5rk the farm " This
1t which determined his f. ther though in sraghen
ed circuIostanc to make the effort 10 send Daniel
to college; because. as some said, I" he vas t fit
for anything ehe.' His brother joe "the wit Of
tse family remarked that lit was pecessay % send
Dan to scno to make him equal to the of the
boys" II was some what cariou- feature of New Eng
was owing to the TACT that he twas weak and aling
chd that Mr. Webster received youth the benefit OF
college education This inversion CT the g'eat law of
Latue, which requires in the perfect "a sound
mind in sound body was, supp se o;casioned by the
Arnous lie required be led BY the industrious ye,
man in a new country. Whatever the cause, in
large family d sens he privilege OF "prhic e1uci-
ton, il called usa lily reserved FIR tls
row-chested paleaced Benz auin Of tho fl ok the mo
tners darling In consi GRAFTON of showing symptoms
OF endeI cy to pulmonary disease he cted for
he Of hard study AID ssdentary labor, cketed while
bis church yard. Mr.. Webster by ble
sing Of Providence the n'mities Of childhood
frontier ii e. grew up the love Of out do existence
and all the manly and altbfu pursuits, exercises aud
sLer o. ne country b3.n upon inc xeTge o. csil1a
the Indian trail to Canacahe retained To The last his
love that nstole in which he Graded
The dashDg streams which conduct the waters Of the
queen of New Hsmpsh e's lake the noole Merrimac
that ,uperb group Of mountains thc Switzerland OF the
United st.tes) among which those wa.ors have the-
toe twefth Of TIE first chapter Of Genesis and
never since creation yie ed to the settlers axe tue ay
witnesses OF granite which prop eternal
hills the sacred alienation of the seasons, With
Its msgio play Geld and forest and food; the
The Icy pavement with viii h they aoored in
vitter; the verdu'e Of spring; he prismatc tints
scnber, 81 ierng like arches and rIdns of silver AMI
crystal in The enchanted palaces Of fairy la1d
in the morning sun with winters je.ss' diamond
aisies Of psskless woods-the mournful henl,ck the
ekine' pine-hung With droopipg cree pers,
Hike frnersl pendent from the root of chance
or tram ept over the graves Of The old lords OF the land
these retained for him to the cloe Of hi, life
ayirg charm Bat though nc ever chung with tondness
70 The wild mouDxin scenery amid-t which lac born
and pared his youth be loved nature in all her other
aspects. The Simple beauty to which he had brought
bi farm at Marshheld its approaches rs grassy lawns,
Ia eli dis posed panta ions on the hill sides, UMPIRE
tending but tasteful snd forming PLEASING inter.
change with his fields and nip pat shes, showed
his sepsbiy {, the miloer bea oties Of civilized cul
ture He Lnderstcod-no one more-,he secret sympa
Thy Of nature and art, and often conversed on the
principles which govern their relations wi each
other. He appreciated the infinite bounty with
which furnishes materials the ar stic powers
Of man, at her ard master, and he kn-w
less that the highest exercise Of art is but to i'm.
iia.e interpret select and moine the properties,
snitits proportions OF faure; that in reality they
parts Of great system for nature Is the Divine
Creators art art Is rational mans creation. The
ueanest weed and the humbest zoopbyte Ia most won.
arous woik Of o more than human art, and chrome
meter electric telegraph IL dead machine, bat
portion Of the Hvrg and insc utah powers Of nature
magnetism cohesion, elsstci u grayitaton-comoined
Tn new xii uY. prrar ged conditions by the
creative tkin CT But not less than 'untain