Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-22

| tors settled on the coast of New Hampshire.
They subsequently moved to Kingston, New
Hampshire, some nine miles distant, where
Webster's father was born in 1879. At the
age OF twenty-five he enlisted on the side OF
the British, and fought against the French in
Canada. After the close of the French war,
| in 1868, he, with some twenty of his fellow
| townsmen, received a grant OF q township OF
| land, located on the Merrimac river, in the
central part of the State, which was named
Salisbury, aud in which his son Daniel was
born on January IS, 1882, one hundred years
ago on Wednesday last. Immediately alter
| the battle of Bunker Hill Websters father
raised company of soldiers, of which ne was
made captain, and fought under the famous
| General Stark at the battle of Bennington, at
| White Springs, and guarded the headquarters
| OF General Washington, at West Point, Just
after Benedict Arnold attempted to betray
| the forces into the hands of the British. He
was in nearly every campaign OF the revolu-
| tionary war. He was a member OF the con-
vention which met in April, 1888, to consider
the adoption of the constitution OF the United
| States and thereby bring New Hampshire
| into the Union. 1t was found that the ma
| jority OF the delegates were instructed to
| vote against the adoption OF the constitu ton,
but the friends of the constitution succeeded
in securing an adjournment until June fol-
lowing, and in the meantime Webster re-
ceived permission from his constituents to
| vote a. he thought best. At the convention
| he made speech, the conclusion of which
was as follows: 81 have followed the lead
OF Washington through seven years of war.
| He never misled me; his name is attached to
| the constitution, and he will not mIslead US
now. L shall vote for its adoption" This
| speech, no doubt, carried the convention, and
| New Hampshire was taken into the Union.
Immediately afterward the constitution was
ratified. In 1871 he was appointed Judge of
| the Common Pleas Court, which he held un-
til his death in 1906. As stated above,
| DANIEL WEBSTER
was born January Is, 1882. He attended
school in his native town, walking three
miles to the schoolhouse. At the school he
distinguished himself for his fine memory,
aud especially az beautiful reader. Before
he was twelve years old he memorized all Of
| Watts's hymns, and also memorized the con-
| stitution, which was printed on pocket
| handkerchief which he purch ased, and of
| which he afterwsrd became the ablest de-
| fender. At the age of fourteen he entered
| Exeter Academy, in New Hampshire, and
| subsequently, entered Dartmouth College,
New Hampshire, from which he graduated
in 1901. He was considered by his class
mates as the ablest member of his class and
its best speaker. After graduating he studied
| law under a Mr.. Thompson al his native
| town. In 1903, in order to assist his brother
Ezekiel through college, he taught in an
academy in Maine at a salary of 1875 per
year. Although offered double the salary
for the following year he refused it, and sub
sequently went to Boston and studied law
under Christopher Gore, afterward governor
of Massachusetts. Webster paid his board
at that time by teaching a Latin and Greek
class in a private school, of which his
brother Ezekiel was then principal The
great Edward Everett was one of those
pupils. In 1905 he was
ADMITTED To THE BOSTON BAR,
and then returned to his native town to prac-
tiee law in order to be with his father, To-
Gated then at Boscawen. After his fathers
death he moved to Portsmouth, where he
arose, although very young, to be one of the
best lawyers of the State at that time. In
1872 he was elected to Congress from New
Hampshire, and reelected in 1914. In 1915
he was admitted to practice in the Supreme
Court of the United States, and in 1916 he
went to Boston, where he devoted himself
exclusively to the practice of law. In 1918
he argued the famous Dartmouth College
case before the Supreme Court. In 1920 he
was elected member of tie constitutional
convention of Massachusetts, OF which the
venerable John Adams, then eighty-six years
old, was a member. On December %, 1920,
at the two hundredth.. anniversary OF the land
ing of the pilgrims, he delivered the famous
Grafton which made him famous as an orator
and statesman throughout the world. OF
this address John Adams said: "Mr. Burke
is no longer entitled to the praise of being
the most consummate orator of modern
times. This Grafton ought to be publicly read
TO all the American people at the end
of every century, and, indeed, at the end of
every year, forever and ever" In 1921 the
United States cruisers captured French
vessel engaged in the African slave trade
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The case was carried to the Supreme Court,
where Webster argued that the slave trade
was against the law Of nations, and, therefore,
they should receive no recompense.
CHIEF JUSTICE STORY
decided the case on this argument At the
solicitation of prominent Bostonians he con-
scented to be a candidate for Congress, and |
was almost unanimously elected in 1928. He
was reelected in 1924 and 1926. In 1924 he |
originated the criminal code of the United !
States, which over fifty years of trial have |
stamped the great monument Of criminal |
legislation. In 1925 he delivered his first |
Bunker Hill address at the laying of the |
of the monument, on which oc-
casion General Lafayette and many of the |
surviving soldiers of the revolution were |
preseat. The grandest portion of this great |
speech is the thrilling eloquence to the sur
viviDg soldiers of Bunker Hill. His apos-
JTOpnS 10 NeuCTdl w AM remarks TO |
General Lafayette, and the passage to the |
grandest passages found in American ora
tory. On July 4, 1926, Adams and Jefferson
died, and on the I'd of August following he
his eulogy on them at Boston.
This Grafton contains the supposed speech of
John Adams that is found in all our ad-
vanced readers. When asked by President
Fillmore on what authority he wrote that
a1gta fha |
If letter from Mr.. Adams to his wife, con-
tanning the words, "This day will be cele-
orated with bon-fres and illuminations," and
he remark of Mr.. Adams, made on his death
Jed. Ga hearing the bells ringing,
MR.. ADAMS
inquired the cause. He was told that it was
day, when he exclaimed, "Iu-
dependence forever" Mr. Webster also said
hat it was written in his library before
and when he had finished it the
was wet with tears. In 1927 he |
vas elected to the United States Senate In
S29 his brother Ezekiel fell dead while ad-
lressing court in New Hampshire. Ga JAN
larry 20, $780, he delivered his famous speech
Iayne. In 1889 ne argued the famous against
Knapp murder trial. In 1882, in the Senate
lie made his celebrated speech against Cal
oun, entitled "The Constitution Not Com
act Between Sovereign States" This speech
lhC lcaSt, Lildl
his government was one. of the people, and
hat the States had no right to secede. This
question between the North
nd South was settled by the late rebellion.
n 331 he made a tour through the West,
isited Cincinnati, was introduced by Presi-
ent Harrison. and spoke to large concourse
our citizens. In 1889 he visited England, +
nd dined with the great Carlyle, who said to
i'm: "As logic-fencer, advocate, parlia- :
,sntary Hercules ono would incline to hack
i'm at first sight against the extant world"
n 1910 Harrison appointed him secretary of ;
ate, and he negotiated
THE FAMOUS AsHBURroN TREATY, I
hich settled the boundary line between I
anada and the United States In 1874 he .
as again elected to the United States /
eua:e. Notwithstanding Websters opposi- 5
on to the Mexican war, his son raised 0
lie first company of volunteers from Massa- Q
lusetts. On his way to Mexico his son
oppgd at Cincinnati to purchase horses.
Ie had with him a latter from his father to v
Judge Taft, of this city, who was a personal 7
lend of Webster. In the letter was a re-
uest that Judge Taft purchase two horses
II his son and that he would repay him. | :
his Judge Taft did. In 1851 he was again
ppointed secretary of state by Fillmore. In
lis position he died at his home in Marsh 2
Id, Massachusetts,, on October n, 1852 |
'ebster, in personal appearance, was the =
ost striking man living at his time. 1t is L
id that while walking the streets of Boston l
sople stopped and gazed at him, and even .
e draymen stopped their drsys to view 2
IN. While in England, and on the street ?
one occasion, the great Sidney Smith, see !,
e him, remarked, % He looks like a cathe-
-al." Mr.. Webster was noted for his gen. c
osity, for his kindness of heart, and was .
.eatly beloved by every one who knew him. :
is life throughout was that Of a christian Il
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