The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-05-10

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which the company
arose in that genial temper which. the dis
cussion OF such generous fare and such
lsoril.warming wines are apt to produce
Mr., Webster expressed the determination
to return ito the Capitol, where speaking
was stiI! goingjo but Mr.. Leigh suggest
ed TO. h,m that perhaps 1t would be Better
for him, as he must be fatigued by tie labors
OF the day, to Beck little rest, and offered
to lead iam to a>chamber where he could've
pose. Mr.,Webster said,:No; he would go
down !; he wanted TO see. the faces OF the
Virginia people once more ! Mr.. Leigh told
him IL be. went he would have to make
another speech;f that tue people, as soon as
they saw him, would call for him SO earn
estIy: and SO vociferous that he would
be obliged to speak Mr.. Webster re-
piled, L have made my speech. have
nothing more to say-they will not want to
hear me again. SO the party returned
to the Capitol. When they arrived Gov
ernor james Barbour was addressing the
vast concourse OF people, and as MIR. Web
ster stepped on the porch he was speaking,
Of The people Of Massachusetts,, and uttered
the sentiment that she had her Bunkers
Hill, which was the glorious dawn OF the
Revolution" At, that point the crowd
caught sight OF Mr.. Webster and % sponta-
neous cry for "Webs!er Webster !" arose
from the whole audience. which at once
ended Mr. Barbour's remarks. Dir. Leigh
said Dir. Webster. you must GO forward
and speak, He objected, but at the earn
est solicitations Of Mr.. Leigh and others he
finally consented. MIR. Webster went 10 the
front. and, after making hls obeisaEce, in
his calm, dignitied, imposing manner, and
lat n,tnt hn
menced: "My feilow-countrymcn, you
have just heard from my friend Dir. Bar
hour the sentiment that Massachusetts had
her ;Bunker's: Hill, which was the glorious
dawn OF the Revolution: lie! me tell
you that Virginia, too, had her York
town, which was its grand con-
summation and then after speaking for
few moments about the people OF Massa-
chusetts and Virginia in manner in which
the "God-like Dan" alone could speak, he
concluded in these words: Sc But this l
have to say to these Yirginians: II every
hill in Virginia had been a battlefield, every
battlefield would have been 4 Bunker's
Hill" l leaYe il to the imagination OF the
reader to fancy what must have been the
electrical effect OF such q speech from such
a man upon the VIreinians OF that day.
The distinguished gentleman from whom /
obtained the above fact, which l have :in-
perfectly detailed, also told me that some
ars,afterwards be was ut & dinner-party at
the White House during Mir. Tyler's ad-.
ministration, at which was also present
Mr.. Webster and many Of the great men Of
the nation OF that day; and in social,
friendly, unrestrained manner the CONVEX
sation turned. upon Mr.. Webster's great
speeches. Some thought bis replycto Mr..
Hayne in the Senate was his greatest
speech; others expressed'a preference for
other .sIeeches that he had made, and
finally, Mr.. Webster remarked that
il it was allowable for him to say ii, he
thought that the greatest speech OF his life
was "my October speech in Richmond
In 1S47,:Mr. Webster was again in Rich
mond, through which lie passed en- his
southern tour OF that year, and it was the
last time be was In Virginia. A dinner was
given him at the Exchange Hotel, where he
was met by many Of VirgiHla's most dis
tipeuished sous. On that occasion our late
distinguished. accomplished, genial Attor-
General, Raleigh T. Daniel, offered as
@ toast the following sentiment, which be-
came ceie brated and was copied lnTallfthe
papers in the country. It was, 1.-The
States of the Union; distinct rs the bill
lows. but one as the .,''Dhlr. webster
responded in one OF those appropriate, bril-
liant after-dinner: speeches that it seldom
happens to be the good fortune OF any body
to hear, and more strongly bound the hearts
OF the Virginia. people to him. .i; =.
/. have, given these. "reminiscences to the
public not only because think it will please
them. but with The hope that it will inspire
the, rising generation With! the desire to
know more OF the great men OF our coun-
try. who have passed away; and surely
among the brilliant galaxy who have adorn-
ed our history there have beer few, il there
have been any, who, at the bar, in the ,Seu-
ate, in the Executive Council, and on the
huStinss, have shed so Respondent lustre
upon our annals as has Daniel Webster:
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