The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-28
From the st. Paul Press.

ReminiscenCe of Daniel Webster.
zone of the highest exhibitions Of
the general subject the world ever
witnessed was that Of Daniel Webster,
when IN an open barouche in the streets
of Boston he proclaimed to q vast as
| semblage of his cOnstituents-unWill
ing hearers-thst they had conquered
an uncongenial cline, they had con
ouered the winds and elements of the
ocean, they had conquered most OF the
elements of nature, but they must yet
learn TO conquer their prejUdices. -
Alexander n Stephens speech.
This is Il glowing strain. But what
was the occasion of Daniel Nebster's
remark a remark 10y the way not
made from open barouche, but from a
table in front Of the Revere House. -
NeO York Independent
Stephens is right and the Indepen-
dent wrong Having been present on
the occasion, we distinctly Tecollect all
the circumstances, and particularly
that Mr.. Webster stood in the carriage.
Mr.. Benjamin r Curtis, afterward JUS
tice of the United States Supreme
Court, made the welcoming address,
standing on Il table in front Of the Re
we're. The Windows of the building
were crowded with ladies, among them
Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis, who threw
bouquets into the carriage.
IL was on the 18th of April The
feeling of disappointment, indignation
and regret, excited by Mr.. Webster
9TH Of March speech, and his support
of the compromise measures, was atlts
hight Three-fourths OF his political
friends refused 10 indOrse his course,
and the masses received him in sullen
silence. Faneuil Hall was closed to
him, and he was escorted from Che de-
pot to the Revere House by a few per-
sonal friends in carriages. But the
square around the hotel wa densely
packed with people, anxiously awaiting
the explanation which Mr. Webster
was expected to give OF his seeming be-
trayal of his constituents, and misrep-
resentation of the sentiment Of the
State.
During Mr. Curtis speech Mr.. Web
ster stood in the carriage, shading his
face from the burning sun by his hand,
and looking toward the house. At IFS
conclusion he turned to the vast crowd
around his carriage and commenced
his memorable reply. All heads were
bent forward to catch each word that
fell from his lips, but there was no
ifestalions of applause or disapproba-
ton. The people maintained u per-
fectly respectful, and even reyerential
demeanor during the whole speech,
and it was not until the close Of the
magnificent peroratiOn, spoken as no
other mar could speak, was their lei
ness thawed so as 10 greet him with a
round Of cheers.
This peroration, that 80 well sccords
at the present time with the ardent de-
sire OF every true patriot, is as follows:
The Union for the preservation Of
which ] stroye; the union Of States for
which ! strive, Is not merely a union Of
law, of Constitution, of compact-but
while 1t is that, IT is q union OF brother
liz regard, Of i~raternal feeling through
out the whole country. l do not wish
that any portion of the people of this
country shall feel held together only
by the bonds Of q legal corporation
bonds which some Of them may think
restrain their limbs, cramp their aztec
tons, gall and wound them. l wish,
on the contrary, that they shall be
bound together by those unseen, soft,
easy setting chains that result from
generous affections, and from q sense OF
common interest and common pride
In short, fellow-citizens, my desire Is,
aud my labor is, 10 see that state OF
things produced, in which, filling all
bosoms with gratitude, all hearts with
JOY, Illuminating all faces, spreading
through all ranks of people, whether
rich or poor, whether North, South
East or West there shall exist the
balm of ali our suffering-the great so
lace Of all our political calamities-the
great society OF every thing prosperous,
Sud great, and glorious, in the future
and that is, II UNITED Owe OF A UNITED
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