The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-02-25
m. Thunderer on Another.

o,,y Daniel Webster him!elf could
U II.viewed with adequate brilliancy
hsse s,.teliness the wonderful history 81
anu ,."ndrel years since he first drew
the ~. I'm . humble New Hampshire
:rea'h o,,se. He was born while Great
tsI :" still denied, though no longer
b! !.n any confidence, the independence
WIN a. mighty colonies. In the course
u ~. uturv his country has grown to
IL !wpire 81 vast that it can afford
~" ...r..I.xs Of the balance of power in
10 E.,...l.. world outside it. Its popula-
me T n". multiplied ut u rate unexampled
ion IT," ,xperience of humanity. Its
IN ,n and resources have advanced. II
"es 49,. even faster. With prosperity
'"., '.; ,;;cce.lcnt it has had to contend
~, ,:;;;; ultics ~ unique. Problems
N '';.r, states Of slower growth learn in
"':"",.,;ycIy to solve or to let alone, the
,.. ," Union has been compelled to
A ."'a.,,.,k, a. nd determine. Daniel Web
" .1r saw these various questions ap-
. 'nso,.cL;nr and demanding settlement.
w. h:; himself to grapple with the
a ..;,,,.. ii :i,cll. Even he could have
III! =, .i;,,Iy .!iSrerl,esl how gigantic they
~, IT, destined 10 become. Compromises,
which he was an asserting I,arty, de-
'.r.d the struggle over the limits of
|"rh Ant south. the rights Of slave
..,.r. md ti,:. obligations OF freedom.
~. r..;,;io,.> Of States to the Union, aud
:; the constitution to all. He AMI his
,um.!;at. cnntelni ,Or.rie> yelled their
we. st. FIR rs they could before the bit
-. u;,,S;..., of the universal strife and
.,ri.-l, they felt to he impending. Yet
,.n-,,l a. has been the combat, the Re
..,,!ir has fought it's way through it
r;,iu the time the festival at Wednes-
,i,v .n;nn,en,pratetl. Daniel Webster
w.. witness OF the danger rising high
' W., higher until it threatened del
n.e Had he survived to behold the
,u.l ou.l,r.t he would have confessed
In; he nri,c OF pain and agony was
-, too high IT, pay ;:,r the national con-
.n.i,,;,.i"n which followed. He was
.;l,jm a. surrender mach for the sake
i ~. q: he would have i'ecn the first
=, allow that war has proved not too
.,.,iy a r.l,.,nn fNr the c1aaaci patiOn Of
i. III. from, the incubus Oi cloud
.. me- .,;,..S of secession and solution.
Iuiyi Webster WAS Eiuch more than
y or,:o;. ::u: in his own lifetime his
.,,tory rc,.n appeared to Ovpr>!,atlOw
Il. other claims to- distinction. The
mes, ulr',ratc.i Of American citizens of
ii. .. Err;.tinn, am! perhaps the most
'rnr.! and beloved, he was never ac-
+. ,de.! l,v The whole body even Of Amer
s,:u Liberals as their r:xilttui candidate
;.r thu. Presidency. Only when startled
t.; th;. sad surprise If his death they bC-
"a. 10 repent nf the opportunity they
iG.i missed a: glorifying their tide.
since tine crave closed upon hin, nc
.p!l,.k.r Of his rhetorical triulnpll, has.
.!nurt altogether eel .sei his fame Us =
ar;-: and = statesman. That the re-
nown Of an orator should survive ut nil
Mus! always Indicate more than OflliMa-
rs ,ntiownnnt> or speech. That it
sno!,ld survive in the United States lH-
inkr,,> marvellous eltNillencc. Ability to
,:r.k in publ.. is common to all Alncri-
r.n., except General Washington, and
Perhaps General Grant. An American
villa slmiic! ut Cambridge, some forty
years since, records the Muirr surprise
he felt ut discovering himself the object
ri a.-,.lrlmi:,l admiration for t,eing all,.
10 make a set speech without premlra-
ion. Every American could do the
,a',,e. h. avows. The hest judges, cx-
vcr,s and rivals listened enr:.pturesi to
Daniel Webster, whether arguing in the
>uprriI,c Court. addressing Congress or
'io'laimi'l:c ut Bunker':: Hill, or in Fam
ri! Hall. ar ON u bare. bleak rn.k ut
Nrw Plymouth. Wit, one accord they
r~rgniH. their master; they could de-
ny him neither their tears nor their
judgment. The art is not dead in Eu- |
rs.. England has Nv" orators left.
France has ut least one. The American
! MON hes not Il few. but We suspect !
here is something wanting to their Ct !
"rfs which WAS present still when dan
~ Webster expired thirty years ago.
Words Axe rs flowing and glowing as !
hey w.rc: It is the hearts If the hear |!
r. wh'rl arc no more as receptive and
'''>>,',;,. The festival which hOn"rS /!
:' 'rr"ry ri !taniri Webster reminds !
~ a." y: once Of ii man WHO took it's |;
"'''r' ~s"r* captive by the nagi" Of ;
'!",rl. a:rl %; its Own loss r:' the faculty |!
"T a'a,r."i,in" itself iO the. same de- !
i""i;> rEt,.:.ii,,ent.- 49, !>oHtiua Times.