Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-05-20
DANIEL WEBSTER AND THE MORNING..
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DANIEL WEBSTER AND THE MORNING. (.
snow Morn. her rosy steps In the Eastern cline
advancing 80" = Hilton.
cloak love- what cuyous streaks
Do lncr the sew ring clouds in yonder East
Nirht's candles IRE burnt out, and jocund day
Stands iipoe On the misty mountain tops
"And now, like lobster bord the morn,
From black to red began to turn"
Ever since the "morning and evening stars sang
together, and oil the Of God shouted for joy"
morning has been tic admiration OF man. and the
favoritc theme of the poet inspired and uninspired
Ever since God himself caused "the outgoings OF
the morning and the evening to rejoice" man has
acknowledged and sung the gores of the morning
both actual and mctaphoricai, whether it be those
OF the "mornirg Of creation" or
"Auroru, faircst daughter of the dawn,
"Sprinkling with rosy light the dewy lawn,
or Of "thc morning Of the resurrection" the day
spring from on high, which hath invited us, to give
light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shad
ow of death, TO guide feet in the way of peace"
and hath heralded to regeneratc man the everlasting
day of that celestial region, Of which scripture
surcs us in the Apocayptic Book, there shall be
no night there and they need candle, neither the
light of the sun; for the Lord gveth them light and
they shall reign forever and ever"
1t is only ghosts and COLLINS that afraid to
"scent the incoming air." let maids and matrons not
lear 10 rise anu say ttleH OTisouS, WuHe
the lnorn in russell mantle clad,
"Walks DER the dew Of yon high Eastern hill;
.'The gentle lark, weary of rest.
, "And wakes the morning. from whose silver breast,
"The sun ariseh in his majesty;
"Who doth the world glorio,lslv behold,
That cedar tops and hills seem burnshd gold;
:" The cock that is tho trumpet to the morn;
"Doth with his lofty and shrill sounding throa.
awake the God of day.
With these predatory shreds and patches, give
place the b, autifml thoughts of Daniel Webster,
on behoding sunrise at the beautiful capitone city
of the "O!d Dominion" seated on Shockoc and
Church Hills, which looks down on the romantic
valley of the James river.
"RIcuNoND Oct. l6, 1850, o'clock, A. NJ.
nv Dear Friends: Whether it be favor an
annoyance, you owe this letter to my. early rising
From the hour marked at the top of the page, you
will conclude that my companions not now
gaging my attention, as we have not calculated on
being early travellers to-day.
This city has pleasant seat 1t is high: the
James river runs below it. and when went out an
hour ago. nothing was heard but the roaring Of the
falls. The air is very tranquil and its temperature
mild. 1t is morning, and morning, sweet and re.
freshng and delightful.
Every body knows why the morning in its meta
phorical sense is applied to so many occasions The
health and strength and beauty of early years leads
us to call that period the morning Of life,' of a
lovely young woman we say, she is b, ght as the
morning
But the morning ITSELF few people, inhabitants
of cities, knew anything about. Among all our
good people, not one out of thousand sees the sun
rise once in year. They know nothing of the
morning; their idea of it is that part of the day
which comes after cup of coffee or piece of
toast,
With them morning is not issuing of light
new bursting forth of TIE sum- waking up
fcN th,th has 10, FRO, knft. i
to behold the works Of God. the heaven and the
earth. 1t is only part Of the domestic day. be-
longingto reading the newspapers, answering notes.
sending the children school. and giving orders for
dinners. The first streak of light the earliest pur
pling Of the which the lark springs up to greet
deeper and deeper coloring into orange and red till
at length the glorious sun is scen regent Of day
this they enjoy, for they never see it.
Beautiful descriptions of morning abound in all
the languages, but they strongest perhaps. in
the East, where the is frequently the object of
worship. King David speaks OF taking to himself
the wings Of the morning. This is highly poctical
and beautiful. The wings of the morning are the
beams of the rising 1t is said that the Sun of
Righteousness shall rise with healing in his wings
morning that shall scatter life aud health, and
joy throughout the Universe. Milton has fine de-
scrptons of the morning, but not many as Shaks-
peare, from whose writings pages of the most de-
lghtful imagery, all founded on the glory of the morn
ing. might be filled.
never thought Adam had much the advantage
of us for having seen the world when it was new
The manifestations of the power of God, like his
mercies, are. new every morning and fresh every
moment We see as fine rsings of the
Adam saw, and its rSings are as much Of a miracle
now as they were i'll his day, and, think, great
deal more so because it is now part of the mira
Gle that for thousands and thousands of years he
has to his appointed time without the varia-
ton of mionth part of a second Adam could
not tell how This was
know the morning; l am acquainted with it,
and love it. love it fresh and sweet as it is-a
daily creation breaking FORTH and calling all
that have life and breath and being, TO new adora-
ton and new enjoyment.
AS ever, your friend
DANIEL WEBSTER"
FEARFUL EvIL-It is the universal remark, that
crime was never frequent fragrant and atrocious
in its char acter at the present time strange
mania for revolving outrage to possess the pub
lie mind, operating with fearful force upon those
whom temptation and opportunity urge with their
strong seductions. One phase of this universal
vllany, and perhaps the most melancholy of ALL is
thus alluded to in a New York paper:
cit seems quite certain that the horrid crime Of
girmurder is on the increase We never remember
TO have known may cases follow each other in so
short space Of time as lately. Something perhaps
must be allowed for the increase Of population but
the number of murdered girls seems out OF all pro-
portion with the increase of the city. We appre.
bend that our sewing girls and factory girls not
as prudent they might be; that they make friends
of people whom they hardly know, and innocenty
realize 1t ought to be well understood that pru.
dent girl should be out alone with a strange man,
after nightfall No girl should he persuaded to drive
in the country or sail in boat place herself in
any way beyond the reach Of peoples voices, with
man whom she does not know intimately. Girls