Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1859-08-17

A Spontaneous burst of lsmt ntAlion aud
MOURNING vas heard from the Atlantic to the
.sei Sc. aud from ST. Cruix TO the Gulf the tn
butte Of twenty millions Of people TO departed
worth. the voice Of universal suffrage. unsoli-
eilea aud unres iFsined. the wall Of nations
anguish Conscious II an irEeparable loss: like
that Of the stricken prophet. when gazing up
on the whirlwind ADD the fire aud the chariot.
be exclaimed "Ay Father my fAsherl the
chariot Of IsfsA and the hoFsemaD lhereOft'
All the great men Of the heroic revolutionary
era Of lhe Republie have passed away. aud Of
their illustFious successors. Calhoun, and
Clay. aud Webster. the greatest Of modern
statesmen. too great for popular appreciation
until seen IN tie dim perspective. as the &C:
knowledged chiefs OF an historical age. that
mighty trio, who. under every administration.
controlled the measures an1 decided The desl-
pies Of this nation. during period Of forty
years. coincident almost. IL the beginning aud
in the end Of public life. have departed in
qnics suceess.cp. the greatest closing the pro-
eession-the robes ale drawn around them aud
the is past.
..Nothins can cover their high fame bat Heaven,
No pyrs mld sets OF their memories
Bat the eternal substance Of their greatness.n
Their words aud their acts are engraven on
the hearts of their countrymen. aud the voice
Of future ages will pronounce their eulogy; a.
these thirty or forty or City confederated ma.
tions, a sis'erhood Of States, each singing
a seraph 10 her mo.:os. shall blend in a com
mon melody, and unite % swell common har-
noay. until throughout this broad land. the
mountain rilI aud the mighty river shall roll
miagling with their fame forever.
It is the singular felicity of Mr.. Webster
that though he departed with cares Of the ma
ton upon his heart aud the seals Of office in
hi hands he left bis work finished. his wr
tngs Published. his epitaph written and his
tomb prepared.
1t would be superhuous TO euumers;e the
prominent events in his life. or to attemp, to
measure the gigantic proportions of his intel
lect aud heart. llllng. "a they "a, the eye of
the country and Of the world
Imagination falters on the wing. and Ian
guags proves inadequate. aud in the eulogles
which were pronounced ~ friends and admi
rers. the most striking paragraphs were appro
priated from his own inimitable portraits of
the Fathers Of the Republic. painted a. il with
pencil oflight upon the very arch OF the sky.
The spell of great sorrow is still upon Us.
aad it Is right. for our country's sake it is fit
ting. that fresh lsurels should be plneked and
wreathed upon the graves Of those vho have
been the guardians aud the guides of our
young great nation during the period Of its
pupilage.
Sprung from Pilgrim stock, Graded in the
bosom Ct the Revolution, nurlured aud ana
tured IN the domain Of the mountain Goddess
Liberty. Mr. Webster rose TO power aud fame
at an early period Of life in his native State
Chosen to Congress IN 1912. he took his seat
at the extra session. May 1913. aud on the
18th Of June electrified tho House BY speech
on the repeal Of the Berlin aud Milan DEGREES,
as bearing upon the proximate causes OF the
var. eviucing an ability. eiiciting from Mr..
LoH ndes. Of s O.. the sentiment
The Moth has tot has equal. nor the South
his SUPERIOR aud fron Chief Justice Marshall
the prediction. 'qha, the Orator ~oul become
one OF tn lrst statesmen in America. If not
the very first"
The sun which then arose - brightly has
been ex''eguished IN full-orbei splendor be-
fore tho shadows Of evening had touched IT.
dice.
Beyond any Of his contemporaries. probably
hey Dad any OF past generations, Mr.. Webster
comb,ned IN himself all the elements natutal
aud acquired OF common intellectual power
/ Hl- legal arguments. the prim.tFe basis %
I TIE vast temple a ms fame. approach some
times, as ~ tie Dartmouth College case. the
purity aud simplicity Of m atkeuatical demon
stfaton.