The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01
Daniel Webster.
From the Ceremonies Unveiling the New York
Statue of Webster.l

From the Ceremonies Unveiling the New York
Statue of Webster.l
The Hon. Robert c.. Winthrop, of
Massachusetts,, was next introduced.
MY personal associations with Mr..
Webster" he said, "reach back to dis
tant day. recall him as familiar WIS.,
itor in the homes of more than one of
those with whom was mostnearly con-
nected, when 1 was but a schoolboy, on
his first removal to Boston, in 1917. l
recall the deep impression produced on
all who heard him, by his great efforts
in the Constitutional Convention of
Massachusetts,, and, soon afterward, by
his noble discourse at Plymouth Rock
in 1920. / was myself in the crowd
which gazed at him, and listened to him
with admiration when he laid the cor
ner-stone of the monument on Bunker
Hill, in the presence of Lafayette. in
1924. I was myself in the throng which
hung with rapture on his lips as he pro-
nounced that splendid eulogy on Adams
and Jefferson, in Faneuil Hall, in 1926.
Entering his office as law student in
1928, | was under his personal tuition
during three of the busiest and prondest
years of his life. From 1910 to 1850
was associated with him in the Congress
OF the United States; and | NAV be par
don-d for not forgetting hat it vas ther
my privilege and NV pride to succeed
him in the Senate, when he WAS las
called int, the Cabinet. IA Secretary %
State, by President Fillmore hav.
known him in all his mouds. | hav,
experienced the pain of his frown. a
we'll as the charms Of his favor. And
will acknowledge that had rather con
front him as he is here to-day, in bronze
than encounter his opposition in tn
flesh. His antagonism was tremendous
But his better nature always asserted it
self in the end. No man or woman o
child could be more tender and affec
tionate. There is one element of hi
character which must never be forgot
ten. / mean his deep religious fait
and trust.
"Tbere was something congenial t
him in the grandeur of this great com
mercial metropolis. He loved, indeed
the hills and plains of New Hampshir,
among which he was born. He deligh
ed in Marsh6eld and the shores of Ply
mouth, where he is buried. He wa
, warmly attaced to Boston and the pee
pie of Massachusetts,. But IN your NJ
BILE city, as he said, he recognized til
commercial capital, not only of the u
tied States, but of the whole continer
from the pole to the South Sea- I'll
growth of this city, said he, and Il
Constitution of the United States, a,
coevais and contemporaries Ne
York herself he exclaimed, is the n,
blest eulogy on the Union of the State,
He delighted to remember that he
Washington was first inaugurated
President, and that here had been IL
abode of Hamilton and John Jay al
J Rufus King. And it was at banqu
given to him at your own Niblo's Ga
] den in 1887, and under the inspiratit
of these associations, that he SUNNI,
up the whole lesson of the past and Il
whole duty of the future, and condens,
q them into sentiment, which has ev
y since entered into the circulating m
dium Of true patriotism, like an ingot
gold with the impress of the eagle, %
country, one Constitution, one destiny