The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-26
LIBERTY AND UNION,
NOW AND FOREVER.
ONE AND tNsKPAkAnLK.


90 The reverse side IL the name u the donor
His Honor, Mayor wickham. accepted the
sostiv gift IN few apt words. after which Mr..
,rnauos hys hs S'S aa 9 9e ,Ss cay
.nid Mr.. Evsrts. and tnen. turning to
Mr.. Burnhsm, be began " congratulate
you upon the PROSPEROUS execution OF a
NOBLE purpose. congratulate you. Mir. Mayor,
and the city Of New York on the grateful and
graceful performance Of the duty. now Tor the
second and third time. OF receiving noble mon
uments TO the fame Of great citizens Aud you.
nignan1 sky and GENITAL air. | congratulate you
that you aud your children are to renew the
lessons Of patriotism and duty which Daniel
Webster In his lifetime tsugnt so wisely and so
we'll" Fin Nv. MIR. Evarts congratulated all
Americans upon tins new evidence that public
spirit does not II In republics. 1t has been
maxim, he SAID, that munibcence belonged TO
klngs aud NOODLES. and could never he the erowth
OF an equal ciety. But our history in this, IS
In SO many things, mas { lsned these maxins.
loRizing Wooster befor- an assemUla OF Ameri-
cans. The Doole restoration ~ bs imposing
every mind Of The last words that passed his
lps, 81 still hye.'-'Des-. MIR. Evarts thought,
enaereq 1 AZ osSss Sss'" q" srwS,nSn said III.
tpe iker, occurred just as was leaving college,
and ne, In the year 1887. vas making that re-
mark e prog, IS IRON the c pital 10 mis- home
IN the East. In after hfeIt only came to my for
tune to De personally "ssocii ed with Nun dur
Ing the last Few years OF his me-
MIR. Evarts spoke OF Mr.. Webster as lawyer
q statesman, aud an orator. No DOUBT there
have been greater American LAWYERS Marshall,
Tor instance. But there has not been In the
general judgment OF the profession any LAWYER
VINO h : apprOached Weneter in the magnitude
oil his causes OF their puOlic character, and
their influence upon tue country As a
meu who were at the birth OF the nation, we
shall nnd no man In our generation, OF coming
down 10 IL from any preceding Que, that In the
discharge OF the duties OF a Minister Of State
can bear COMPARISON with webster. And when
NE come TO oratory, who mas combined the In
tellectuAl. moral. and personal traits which
make up that power s. did Mr.. Webster In
the courts, IN the Senate, at the hustings, he
apnl a IN has M AM and hat nfn nor
10y WIS always recognized aud always ooeyed
great lawyer great statesman. great ora,
~ pstiot. that Mr.. Webster was greatest, In
tue opinion OF his countrynen during his lie-
time, ana ia the JUDGMENT OF post-riiy since his
death Prom youth to death, he was as full
OF public spirt and puolic labols as though his
were TO name" said Mr. Evarts, The two men
wbose services were incomparably above all
Others In tnis experiment Of new government,
! should say that 10 the great Cuief Justice,
Marshall. and the great expOunder OF the Con-
,tltutioG, Daniel Webster We owe whit WI, we now
tnj ". VINO shall DENY MN me tltle OF the
pr test DEFENDER OF our constitutional ioer-
he Hon. Robert c. winthrop of Massachu-
sst was next introduced. MY personal assO-
ciatiooe with Mr.. Wooster" he SAID, "reach
back To a d. stant day. rec'll MIN "a familiar
VISITOR In the homes OF mure than one Of those
WITH whom wa, inost neIrly connected. wnen
was bu souoo toy. ON his first removal to
boston, IN 1877. | recall the deep impression
p Oduced on all VINO heard him. by ni' gre Il
srcfts In tue Co sttudonal Convention OF
Massachusetts,. and. soon ate ward, by MS nObs
discourse at Plymouth X OK, III laeU. was nv
.clf:in the crowd hon gazed at MN, and listen
Ell 10 him with admiration when he laid the
corner stone Of the MOnuln ~ on Bunker hill,
IN presence OF Ls1ayet g. in ls24. WIS myself
IN tue ttrung wnIcn hung VITA rapture on his
iips ~ he pronounced that splendid rulogl %
Adams anu JIM 'rson, 10 Faneuil III T., Ia ls1
Entcrlhg his otlice us law student IN 1873, was
under his pe. sonal tuition during three OF the
busiest ma prOudest ears Of hi, lie. From 1870
To 1870 was associated with Nun IN the Con-
eress Of the unitel States; aud may be par
doned ior not forgetting that IT was then my
privilege and my pride 10 succeed him In the
Senate, when ne WIS last called INTO the taui-
net, as cretary Of state, b, President Fillmore.
i have SHOWN him IN all hl- moods. j have ex-
peueuced The pam OF his irown, as well AS the
charms ~ his favor ANA ! VIII acknowledge
tnat had rather conf mt him as he is here To
day, 10 bronZ'' than encounter MS oppostlon IN
the ueeh. HIS antagOnisn was tremend Jus.
but al. better nature always asserted hself In
the end. No man ~ woman or cnld couIl be
more tender ana affeoti"nite. There Ia one ele-
ment Of ms character whlch must never be FOR
gotten. mean his deep religious faith and
There was something congenia to him in the
grandeur Of THIS great coiiiIneTclal mettupoIl-.
lie loved, indeed. the nils and plains ~ New
hampsDire, among wnicn no was born. lie de-
hgnted IN Mafsnneo and the shores OF Ply
mouth wnere he il buried. lie was warmly at
tacned % Boston and the Deolle OF Masslehu-
recognized tine commercial capital, not only
OF tue United State-, but OF the whole contl-
nent from be pole to ne south sea; c.l he
tutuuon OF the United states, are coevals and
contenporaries' New YORK herself he tx
Uuion ~ the States lie delighted TO re-
memuer that here Washington was first IN iu-
Rurdted President, aud that here had heen
the abode 81 Hamilton aud John jay and Rufus
KIM. And II Wa- at "A banquet gwen to MIN at
your own NiDu's rden In 1897, aud under the
inspiration Cf these associations, that he
summed 40 the whole lesson ut the past and
the whole duty Of the future, and condensed
them into a sentiment which has ever since en-
tered into tue circulating medium Of true pa
tiousm, like an iugot OF gold with the impress
OF the eagle. " one Country, one ConsttutlOn,
one DestnY,"
me reception at Mr. Burnham's residence in
the evening called together one OF tue most
notable comuanirs ever assembled together IN
This city Among the invited guests were
Gov. Iilden, tx GOV. DIX, the Hon. Augustus
RchelI, the ZION. lcuep1nt Edwards, bishup
potter, the Rev. Drs. Morgan, OsgOod, and
Adams, Peter Cooper, ilam NJ. E'aIts, Cuas.
r. Sanford, q. ", Cnllds, A. NJ, 'has OCpnor,
william A. Beach, the Judges OF the State ana
unitod States courts, ana most ~ the prOWl'
nent city and Stlte officials. The SUI per table
was h ndsumely decorated with pyramids 81
rare II wers. Al the Lover end Of the room Was
a large oil painting 81 Mr.. Webster surrounded
by flowers lltertwined Win smiiax. Beneath
no portrait, worked IN exOtics, were the words
"Istll i've"