Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-04-06
RKIiNIscEN cE OF DANIEL WEBSTER.

"REMINISCENCES VI DANlEL WEBSTER.
"One of the highest exhibitions of til,
general subject the world ever witnessed
was that of Daniel Webster when in a,
open barouche In the streets of Boston h,
proclaimed to vast assemblage of hi
Notwithstanding hearers-that the,
had conquered an uncongenial cline, they
had conquered 4he winds and elements o
the ocean, they had conquered most of the
elements of nature but they must yet learr
to conquer their prejudices." es."-Alerandc,
II. Stephens.
'There is a glowing strain. But wba
was the occasion of Daniel Websters re-
mark! remark (by 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 Independent
wrong. Having been present on the oc,
oasion, we distinctly recolIoct all the cir
cumstances, and particularly that Mr.. Web
ster stood in the carriage Mr.. Benjamin r.
Curtis, aiterward Justice of the United
States Supreme Court, made the welcom
ing address, standing on a table in from, Of
the Revere. The windows Of the buildiu g
were crowded with ladies, among them
Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis, who threw bou,
quets into the carriage. -
1t was on the 25th of April. The feel.
ing OF disappointment, indignation and re-
gret, excited by hr. Webster's 9TH of March
speech; and his support of the compromise
measures, was at its height. Three four,hs
OF his political friends refused 10 indorse
his course, and the masses received him in
auIIen silence. Fanuel Hall was closed to
him, and be was escorted from the depot
to the Revere House by few personal
friends in carriages. But tho square around
the hotel was densely packed With people,
anx'ously awaiting the explanation which
Mr. Webster was expected to give of his
, sseming betrayal Of lis constituents and
Misrepresentation Of the sentiment of tbe
State.
During Mr.. Curtis speech Mr.. Webster
stood in the carriage, shading his face from
the burning sun by his hands, and looking
toward the house. At its conclusion he
turned to the vast crowd around his car
riage and commenced his memorable re-
ply. All heads were bent forward to catch
each word that fell from lis lips, but there
we're no manifestations Of applause or dis
appreciation. The people maintained a
perfectly respectful, and even reveren,iaI
demeanor during the whole speech, snd it
was not uuta ihs close Of the magnificent
peroration, spoken as 70 other man could
speak, was their iceness thawed so as to
greet him with round of cheers.
This peroration, tina: 80 well accords at
the present time with the ardent desire of
every true patriot, is as follows:
"The Union for the preservation of which
I strove; the union of States for which
strive. is not merely union of law, of
Constitution, Of compact, bpt while it is
that, it is union of brotherly regard, of
frsternaI feeling throughout the whole coun-
try. I do not wish that any portion of the
people Of this country shall feel held to
gesher only by the bonds Of legal cor
poration; bonds which some of them may
think restrain their limbs, cramp their affec
tions, gall and wound them. 1 wish on
tho contrary, that they shall be 5odng to-
gether by those unseen, soft, easy setting
chains that result from generous affections
and fron sense of common interest ant
common pride. In short, fellow. citizens
my desire is, and my labor is, TO see rha
stats,of things produced, in which,, film.
all bosoms with gratitude, and hearts will
joy, Illuminating all faces, spreading through
all ranks Of people, whether rich or poor
whether North, South, Eas: or W est, Their
shall exist the balm of all our suffering
tho great solace II all our political calam
ities-the great society Of everything pros
porous, and great, apd glorious, in the fu.
ture; and that is the united love of d unitet
Governmena"-St. Paul Press.
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ridicule Tie; IDEA Of planting by the moon
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