The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-06-02
c:oaassiIIs DAILY yournal.
(From the National Intelligencer)
Daniel Webster and the Morning.

(From the National Intelligencer.)
Daniel Webster and the Morning.
We give place to the beautiful thoughts
of Daniel Webster on beholding sunrise
at the beautiful capitoline city Of THE
OLD DOMINION" seated on Shockoe and
Church Hills, which look down on the
romantic valley Of the James river,
- "RIcHMoNp. OcT 16, 1850 !
o'clock, A. NJ.
"MY DEAR SIR: Whether it be a favor
or an annoyance, you owe this letter to
my early rising. From the hour marked
at the top OF the page You will naturally
conclude that my companions are not now
engaging 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 l went out an hour ago, nothing
was heard but the roaring of the falls.
The air is very tranquil and its tempera
ture mild. Ii is morning, and a morning
sweet and refreshing and delightful.
Every body knows why the morning
in its me;aphorical sense, is applied 10
so many occasions. The health and
strength and beauty of early years lead
US TO call that period the 'morning
OF life;" ola lovely Young woman we say,
she is bright as the morning.
"But the morning itself, few people,
inhabitants Of cities, know anything
about Among all cur good people not
one 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 peace OF toast.
with them morning is not new is
suing of light, a new bursting forth OF
the sun, a new waking up OF all that has
lie from sor. of temporary death to
behold the works OF God, the heaven and
the earth. 1t is only part of the do
mestic day, belonging to reading the news
papers, answering notes, sending the
children to school, and giving orders for
dinner. The first streak OF light, the ear
hest pr-plins of the east which the lark
springs up to greet, and the deeper and
deeper coloring into orange and red, till
at length the glorious sun is seen, regent
OF day. this they never ecjoy, for they
never see it.
beautiful descriptions Of morning a.
bound in all the languages; but they are
strongest perhaps in the East, where the
sun is frequently the object OF worship
King David speaks OF taking to himself
the wings of tie morning. This is high
ly poetical and beautiful. The wings OF
the morning are the beams OF the rising
sun. 1t is said that the .'Sun of Right
eoussness shall rise with healing in has
wing, "a morning that shall scatter life
and health. and JOY throughout the uni
verse. Mll'oa has fine descriptions of
the morning. but not so many as Shak-
speare, from whose writing, pages OF the
most deli sht(ul imagery, all founded on
the glory Of the morning, might he fiji
led. "
81 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 risings OF the
sun as ever Adam saw, and its rsings are
as much Of miracle now as they were
in his day, and think a great deal more
so; because it is now part of q miracle
that for thousands and thousands of years
he has come TO his appointed time with
out the variation of the millionth part Of
second. Adam could not tell how this
was
81 know the morning; I am acquainted
with it, and | love it. love it fresh and
sweet as it is-a daily new creation break
ing forth and calling all that have life
ant breath and being to new alteration,
new enjoyment, and new gratitude.
AS ever, your friend,
I'll DANIEL WEBSTER"