Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-08-28
Haynes Tribute to Webster.

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r Ex-Governor Foote, of Mississippi
is publishing his recollections in the
Washington Chronicle. In his last ar.
l. t1cle he mentions his first interview, in
It 1889, with Gen. Hayne, whose able adj
g vocacy OF notification called out Web
? ster's great speech in the Senate, The
: Governor says!
e After this interesting recital had
q closed l ventured to refer to the great
ofatOrlcal contest between himself and
: Mr.. Webster, in the National Senate.
now nearly half century ago, and
asked him what he thought of Mr..
Webster's powers as speaker. He at
once answered that he supposed him.
upon the whole, to be the most con.
sumate orator of either ancient or mod.
ern times; that his ability as reason.
er he was cOdfident had never been ex.
lceeded; that his Imagination was as
fertile and vigorous as that of Milton
or Homer; that his humor was both
Exquisite and abundant; that his
knowledge was unlimited; that he had
the most happy Command of bis tenn
per at all times, and that on certain
great occasions he had excelled all the
speakers that had ever lived, not ex-
celled all the speakers that had ever
lived, not excepting either DemOstEe- |
mes or Cicero. L then asked him what |
he thought of Mr.. Webster's manner? |
He replied that il was always grand |
and impressive; that he had never heard |
him utter word in careless or yul-
gar style; that he seemed never to
forget his own dignity, or to be unmind-
ful OF the character and feelings Of 9TH
ers; and that when thoroughly excited,
the sublime grandeur of his thoughts
ana language derived great additional
potency from his noOle and soul-mov-
ing enunciatiOn and his few but impres-
sive gestures. then said to him:-t,
but, General Hayne, every one in the
South admired your speeches on the
occasion to which you have referred
more than they did those of Webster: (
and 1t is said General Jackson was so ,
much delighted with the first of your ,
speeches in the Senate that he had il
printed on satin for distribution among .
his friends at distance. Was this so?S i
10 which he replied: 81 believe this t
to have been true; the people of the 9
South generally approved my speech
because they believed that / had been
defending in it their own local interests q
and honor. General jackson sadmired v
it because he thought that had sue o
vindicated the Democra tic 2
cause, to the support of which his own =
life had been devoted. But you know q
hat in a few months thereafters when o
our notification experiment had de- al
veloped its gigantic proportions, and u
after the memorable contest had occur
ed in the Senate between Mr.. CAL
loun and my ancient antagonist, Mr.. Il
Webster, General Jackson became so a,
,reat an admirer of the Senator from a,
that he thought serious ~ ~
y of making him Chief Justice of the u
supreme Court of the United States fiji
lpon the decease Of the venerated Mar Ii
hall. Be assured, sir" he continued, n,
i never for one moment have thought r
I comparing that speech Of mine in az
irect assailment of Mr.. Webster and Q,
he Federal party of old, and to the tn
efense Of which had thought proper Nc
D challenge him, to his great and un- re
qualed speech in reply thereto; though WI
is certain that for q day or two It ev
.emed by many that had come off
icter In the: CONTEST" tn