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o. The nth " JAY 1904, young man
from New Hampshire arrived il Boston, Oil
bu1psnnilesg, and all but friendless. lie was
twenty two years Of age, and had come to
take the first steps IN the carser Of life at the
capitol Of New England Three days after
arriving in Boston, be presented himself,
without letters Of Recommendation, to Mr.
Christopher Gore, just then returned from
England, after IN Official residence of some
years, and solicited place in his Office, - q
clerk. His only Introduction was by .
young man as little known to Mr. Gore az
himself, and who went to pronounce his
name, which ho did 90 indistinctly 90 not to
be heard. His slender figure, striking coun.
tenance, large dark eye, and MASSEY brow, his
general appearance indicating delicate or
ganization, his manly carnage and modest de.
meanor, arrested attention and inspired con.
fidence. His humble suit was granted, be
was received into the Office, and had been
there week before Mr.. Gore learned that
his name was DANIEL WEBsTKRi His elder
brother, older in years, but later in entering
ife,-(for whose education Daniel, while
teacher Of the academy at Fryeburg, had
drudged till midnight in the Office of the reg.
lister Of deeds, ut that time taught . school in
Second street, (now Kingston street, in Bos.
ton, and while he was in attendance at the
commencement at Dartmouth, in 1904, to re-
ceive his degree, Daniel supplied bis place
At that school, at the age Of ten, was then
a: pupil, and there commenced friendship,
which lasted without interruption or chill,
while his life lasted; Of which, while mine
lasts, the grateful recollection will never
perish. From this time forward | knew,
honored, ] loved him. saw him at all sea-
sons and on all occasions, in the flush Of pub.
lie triumph,-in the intimacy Of the fireside
in the most unreserved Interchange Of per-
sonal confidence; in health and in sickness,
in sorrow and in joy; when earthly honors
began to wreath his brow, and in after life
through the most important scenes Of his
career. saw him on occasions that show the
manly strength, and, what is better the man
~ weakness of the human heart and de-
clare this day in the presence of heaven and
of men, that never heard from him the ex-
preston ofa wish unbecoming good citizen
and patriot utterance of word uns
worthy gentleman and Christian that |
never knew more generous spirit, q safer
adviser, q warm friend.
1 Do you ask me if he had faults / answer,
he was man. He had some Of the faults OF
. lofty spirit genial temperament, and
warm and generous nature; he had none Of
the faults ofa groyeling, mean and malignant
nature He had especially the 'last inirmity
Of q noble mind, and had no doubt raised an
aspiring eve to .the highest object Of polit-
ical ambition. But he did not in the honest
pride of q capacity equal to the station, and
with consciousness that he should reflect
back the honor which it conferred He might
say with Burke, that ahe had no arts but hon
est arts" and if he sought the highest hon
ors Of the state, he did it by transcendent tai.
ent, laborious service, and patriotic devotion
to the public good
twas not given to him, any more than to
the other members Of the great triumyirate
with whom his name is habitually associated,
to attain the object of their ambition; but
posterity will do them justice, and begins
already to discharge the debt Of respect ana
gratitude. A noble mausoleum in honor Of
Clay, and his statue by Hart, are in progress;
the statue of Calhoun, BY Powers, adorns the
Court House in Charleston, and magnifi-
cent monument to his memory is in prepar
alton; and we present you this day fellow
citizens, the statue of Webster, in enduring
hrOp rnodn fa1 &c
tive state, the noble countenance modelled
from life, at the meridian of his days and his
frame, and his person Reproduced, from
faithful recollection, by the oldest and most
distinguished of the living artists Of the coun-
try. He sleeps by the multitudlnous ocean,
which he himself so much resembled, in its
mighty movement and in its mighty repose
but his monumental form shall henceforward
stand Gentry at the portals Of the capitol; the
right hand pointing to that symbol Of the
Union on which the left rcposes, and its i'm
perial gaze directed, with the hopes Of the
country. to the boundess West In few
short years, we, whose eyes have rested on
his majestic person, whose ears have drank
in the music Of his clarion voice, shall have
gone to our rest but our children, for ages
to come, as they dwell with awe, struck gaze
upon the monumental bronze, shall say, %
that we could have heard the great original
Two hundred and twenty nine years ago,
this day, our beloved city received, from the
general court of the colony, the honorable
name OF Boston. On the long roll Of those
whom she has welcomed to her nurturing
bosom, ls there name which shines with
brighter luster than his ? Seventy two
years ago this day, the constitution Of the |
United States was rendered to the acceptance |
# the people by George Washington. Who
# all the gifted ard patriotic of the land, |
hat have adorned the interval, has done |
more to unfold its principles, assert it's purity |
md to promote its duration
Here, then, under the cope of heaven
lere, on this lovely eminence; here, beneath |
ne walls of the Capitol of old Massachusetts,;
lere, within sight Of those fair New England
'illages; here, in the vicinity Of tie graves
i those who planted the germs Of this balmy
,rowth; here within the sound Of sacred |
'ells, we raise this monument, with loving
learts, to the Statesman, the Patriot, the
Fellew-Citizen, the neighbor, the friend.
long may it guard the approach to these
lalls Of council long may it look out upon
prosperous country and, if days of disas-
er anu tflal should come, and the arm of
esh should fail, doubt not that the monu-
mental form would descend from it's pedestal,
. stand in the front rank OF the peril, and
be bronze lips repeat the cry Of the living
and Union, now and forever
ne and inseparablel"
From the New York Tribune,
We are informed on very good authority
othing less than that Of pogberry and the
aliant Captain Picincolc-that the highest
vidences Of responsibility and gentility are
} have had losses or to owe good bouncing
ebts. But in this, our substantial nation Of
hopkeepers, he is far more esteemed who
lands il the position ofcreditor, and it was
e presume, to assert our national right TO
UGH very respectable position that the last
ongress published pamphlet entitled
Claims Of Citizens Of the United States
gainst Foreign Governments Certain it is
,at they make on the whole very respecta.
le show, and if the compilers have not made
ne mistake Of the old merchant who added
p ths year Of tho Lord among the dollars,
lat i t. shy if they have not confounded the