Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1859-01-05

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his eoan,ry. that her grekle,t men have 81.
rost universally sprung Ion, an humble pa. I
rstsge- wealth. which gesersiiy gives 40
nal osition. seems " have h-is iitile inhuense
a giving ni-aisl dsselorsnsu.. Anee.lry.
= hieh Is the pride Of knaves and fool. may
give position. bat no. brains Tie pride o.
birth nay ts alaudabls pride. bit il j. not the
fseiirg that wakes Up tie inner man. and !
srppsss genius 10 Noble emulation. George
Aisrsnd.r Hamilton Henry CLAY |
rrd Daniel Webster. AL sprung from what the
world calls The lover walks 81 lie They
heir wins They were The t~ginriag %
ihsir respective hoases. and net tic tails Il
long line Of grnsslegiesi ancestry. Their ills--
irious ancssfrp dated from themselves. aud
ended With themselves. They relied on no
name but ileir own-resled uron no founda
tion. bet the enc erected ~ thrmselves-re
eeived sssisisnce from no source bit the inter.
nal prv'np,ines of.their oun nstnre.. They
were self reliant. intellectual. smbiiiovs. snd
bow eoaid Deg .A.lr from being great. s..
Mr.. Ysbssss vas pheIhsps he asost intel
Isesssl men th,s country Las eser produesd =
There vas a sssissss Ia has mental Efforts. a
profuhdity il has irieleetsal researches. and
fossd - u. % which followed IN the wake Of
bis thoughts. Hat la. been sqvsllsd by no
enc. lie stands mertsl colossus among in-
sslleetasl giants. While the ancestors OF
Webster we're insslisc;usl. they were poor-
They valued brains more than landed posses
,ions-iuSisiduel virtue mere than .listin
gui.hed rsTenisge--'he innate power 10 lead
more than the e-e,,se4fien Of b,isg we'll led
There il much in "blood.' hat al IL TO. The
blood that hes run through long lire Of mon.
ed siistoersey. IL is not the bleed Of the IA
bob. The milllonare or ihe miser. but il il tha,
pure uncontsninsfed current, filed With life
and impulse and energy. that comes up
from the indasiri. us sssss.. end thfobs end
lives and finds utierance in perfce, rhysi
esliy and mentally developed man II j. the
superiority Of blood bot il is the blood OF
genius. Take Daniel Webster As an ilius,ra
ton. All the mobility Of his parents vas thar
Fl the rroudest. the nobility Of nature
Among the ccld barren hills Of New Hamp-
shire. Ebsnersr Webster. The father Of nani,l j..
grew M 10 robus; manhood. With his own
hands be built fcr himself a cabin in which
the brothers Of the great Statesman were born
In speaking Of this, the illuslriops son says;
"A man who i not sshsmsd II himssifnced
not We ashamed 81 bis early condition. IL did
not hsppsa 10 me TO he born in = log cabin:
N. A
log chtin. rais~d among The snow drifts Of
New Hampshire. a. period 30 early. that
when tie smoke frst rose from It's rude chin.
ney. aud crried over tic fr,zen hill- there
Wa DO similar evidence Of white mans hab.
iiation b.ivesn u aud the settlements on the
rivers 81 Canada"
Al his life. Ebfnercr WeL,ler remained
poor, but he mortgaged hi- little farm and ed
rcsied his children lie regarded mental.
moral and physical education .f more i,ppor.
lance to bis children. than that they should
inherit large possessions. The ore he knew
could not be taken nom thom. while the other.
amid tie fluctuations Of trade. the ups ard
downs Of life, they nigh, probably lose.
Tie mother OF Daniel Webster was Abissl
Eastman. tsiloress by trade. who went work
ina from house 10 house az her services were
required. Her father was n poor man. owning
Only small farm. where. by frugaliy and IN.
dus,ry. he raised his family. Abigail va. a
dsrk.syed and beautifully formed woman. A
life Of Industry and exercise hid fully devcl
opcd her constitution. and the first time that
Eoenerer Webster saw her. be proposeJ. was
accepted, and 10 few days they were married
From this Union sprsng Ezekiel and Daniel.
two stalwsrt. fully developed. intellectual
boys. Like bis father and mother. Daniel
Webster inherited splendid physical cobsti
tation. strong practical sense. and bein, IN
ured TO toll. there was no height in the world
o. thought be dare not attempt to reach. ue
had no ratric'sn blood "a his veins. but spyinr
ING fiom that condition in life. from whence
our great mes almost universally spring. he
reached nies3 ia the temple OF fame, unat.
lsined BY any other American Statesman -
History records no liue 81 senssless aud ti,led
'nessiors from which be date. his great name.
ha, he vas. God aud hi- o-n energies u,Ade
him. he vss great in himsslf--great by him
VII. and great Individually he relied upon
10 ore but himself-had confidence in his cwn \
powers. aud has l-f behind him an example
worthy The emulation Of ssefy Young man II
the country. The sou Of the POOR tailoress
becomes giant among men. ana he who ia
aerited not one acre Of land. has ieft legacy
o the world more enduring than uaonun.ut.
u gold and silver. aad has bequesthcd
'rouder name - his hoae.t sscesfogs. than the /
sealsh al the voflj could bss,ow.