The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-06-28


We arc permitted to copy into Oul
paper this week the following beautitp.
exIsact Of letter written BY one Of
our most distinguished statesman. Il
speaks for itself. Read il;
WAsHlSarnS, D. c..
June 81, 1875.
wv. +. ARNOLD, ESQ. !;
Dear Sri-I received this morning
the copy Of Tnr WEHos DENooRAT 0
this date, which you we're 50, kind as I,
tsnd me. containing your admirable
address delivered before tbs Professors,
Students aud citizens Of your town
Itoccurred 10 me, pt'Grst that you had
rather oSpr.eolersd the rcsplH Of thl
Bssonisp Philosophy ; but when it i
rteolleo,ed tbat BACON IL. The ldmittet
father Of experimental philosophy. tha
it was be who brought down philosO.
ply from heaven to earth, disensang.
ling l. from airy distractions, nut
anchoring Il on practical truths,
cannot we'll sec, how tho merits o.
such q grand intellectual fcformeI
could DO exaggerated.
Your brief allusion TO the carly lives
Of Andrew jackson, Henry Clay,
Daniel Webster, Andrew johnson,
Henry Wilson and siOpewall Jackson,
and their rise from unprotected poverty
to positions Of cminence and usefulness
in our country. arc beautiful common
taries upon the genius Of our govern
ment, aud must have proved highly in
teresting 10 your hearers.
To my mind the two most interesting
examples which you gave Of the tri
umphs Of genius and intellect over tht
disadvantages Of carly poverty. ar
Daniel Webster aud S,oneRall Jack
son. l do not know whether you eve
read letter from Mr.. Webster which
has been prtNrTed. giving mos
touching account Of an incident tha
occurred between himself and his faith
sr when no was about eleven years o.
age. 1t is thus described by himself
"0n a hot day in July, it must hay,
been in one Of the last years Of Wash
iugton's administration, l was making
hay With my father, just where nov
sec q remaining elm.trec. About th'
middle Of tho forenoon tho Honorable
Abel Foster, NJ. O.. who lived it
Canterbury, six miles Of. called at tn
house, and came into the field to sex
my father. He was q worthy man
collegc.learned, and had been a minis
ter, but not o person ofauy considera
bic natural power. Ny father was BIZ
friend and supporter. He talked
awhile in the field and went on BIZ
way. When be was gone, my fathel
called inc to him, and We sat down be-
meath the elm on a hay.cock. lie said
My son. that is a worthy man he i
member Of Congress; he goes Il
Philadelphia, and gets sir dollars I
day, while | toll here. II is becaus,
he had on education, which / neveI
had. II | had had his education
should have beenssin Philadelphia ii
bis place. l came near it as it was
But | missed it, aud / must work here.
My dear father said 1, you shall
not work. Brother and I will worl
for you, and will wear our hands out
and you shall rest And remembo
to have cried, and l cry now at Ii,
recollection. Ny child, said he. 1T /
Of no importance to me. now liy,
but fer my children. Icould not Civ,
your eldOr brothers the advantages o
knowledge, but can do something foI
you. Exert yourself, improve you
opportunities, learn, learn, aud. Whei
/ am gone, you will not need to &,
through tho hardships which hay,
undergone, and which made me an ole
man before my time.'
Can anything be moro C1quisitely
beautiful than this simple picture
drawn by the hand Of master, of pater
nal sOliCitudC for bis child on the ont
part, and Of boyish mauliness and fila
devotion on The other?
You refer 10 your recollections o
General Thomas j. jackson iu 1912
when you "founi him poor orphan
boy running up aud down the street.
Of Weston performing tho duties Of
constable" to which office he was hu
namely appointed by the County Cour
before he was Of age, to enable him t,
procure the means Of education aud Il
.'makc u man Ofhimself" What
striking incident ia the life Of tha
great and heroic christian warrior /!
We arc proudCr Of Weston now thar
ever A poor young man reared here
10 DO thus favorably compared will
Daniel Webster, is no ordinary com
pllmcnt to our county. And To ou
townsman William b. Arnold ESQ ",
feel under many obligations for bis rec
elections Of our illustrious son, aud th,
prominence be has given our place b.
bis elegant address. We : have nov
placed IN full view the early life Of
hero. who cannot fail 10 arrest tho M
teniOn Of some future GibbOn o
Hume, when hc shall come to gathO
bis jcWrlsspd write our cOuutry'I hi.
tory Z
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