The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-18
2 Webster and His Brother.

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centennial of his birth has been eele-
brated on the very day of his advent to
| the world; in the East and in the West.
in the North and in the South; and now.
| just thirty years since he was buried by
| the sea. on a beautiful October dav, the
I public eommenaofation of his birth has
taken place at his home at Marshfield,
that he loved SO. we'll; and in Boston,
another home, where the people SO long
| delighted to do him honor. .lit.i s=siaa'l
There was one event in the life of
Webster most interesting and yet very
sad, that we have not seen described.
! twas thefgreat statesman at the funeral
and the grave of his we'll beloved brother,
Ezekiel Webster. .eaf ;sf.S .,s fa5iti ~
The brothers were the children Of
Judge Ebenezer Webster-their mother
being his second wife, whose maiden.
name was Abigail Eastman, woman Of
uncommon intellect and force of eharae-
/ ter. EteFlsas.e-, E.+ss.3sr.. fegss -tt.s.
NJ 1T will be remembered that Daniel was
! the younger brother, and that being a
| boy of delicate constitution, he was des-
tined to Dartmouth College; while Eze-
kiel, the stronger son, was to aid his
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Butin order that the younger should
be educated, the farm must be mort
gagged, which so affected the boy as, his.
father carried him to Dartmouth that in
his own words, ''he laid his head upon his
| shoulder and Wept. naii8tH sve .fsfil II
| 8 Stimulated by Daniels example and
attainmehts, Ezekiel desired a public
4 educati on; and Daniel loved him well
enough TO teach school at the rate of six
dollars a month, that he might aid him
| to attain it. si 81 -ssY9 ,Fs
Ezekiel finally graduated at Dars-
mouth, studied law, as did his brother,
and opened law Office in the town of
Boscawen, N. H., where. Daniel had
practiced law before him. = A5ikf -
/ In early life the boys wereinseparable
They lahored together on their fathers
farm by day, and slept together at night.
To show his love for his brother, AMONG.
other modes, be dedicated the first vol.
1me of his works thus: U - 'as5zs =
ITO my nieces Mrs. Alice Bfidose
Whipple and Mrs. Mary Ann .Sanborn;
many of the speeches contained in this
/ volume were delivered and printed in
the lifetime of your. father, whose fra
ernal affection led him to speak of them
with appreciation. His death, which harj.
pened when he had only just passed the
middle of life, left you without a father
and me Without'a a brother. eIEsdedfca5e
his volume to you, not only for. the love
have for yourselves, bit also as a 'trilo-
| ute Of affection to- his memory, and from
IL desire that the name of my brother
Ezekiel Webster may be associated with
mine so long as anything written OF
| spoken by me shall. be regarded or
read. - t>''i@ ~ - i1S'tt sia
Itwasiri the spring of 1929, that Daniel
Webster was shocked to hear that this
beloved brother had died instantly while
making a pleain the Court House in Com
sord, n. II. -. ar
TIE writer, then boy, born and living
| in Concord, heard of the same sad event.
which caused much lamentation in the
| town, throughout the State and country,
| for Ezekiel Webster was al great lawyer
1 and distinguished citizen.
| The funeral occurred soon aftei.in the
| Congregational Church in Boscaweflt "a
neighboring town aud the place of his
/ residence. Daniel Webster, then a Sena-
in Congress from Massachusetts, who,
| during the following year, delivered his
great speech in reply to Mr.. Hayne, of
! South Carolinas came all the way from
Washington to pay his last tribute Of love
! TO his brother. 5a,s lesd Ifp6 83lifi
Boy as was.sI went seven miles from
the farm of my father to attend those
solemn funerafTites The large church,
with its galleries, was filled to overflow
ing. All Boseawen was there; many
came from the bordering towns of Con-
ebrd, Canterbury, Warner and Salisbury
and from distant towns.
| Joined the boys in the western gall
lery, listened to the feryent, prayers of
the then venerable and reverend DR..
Wood, who was the last teacher of Dam
iel Webster before he entered college,
and who had been his pastor,
| AS usual on such occasions in that dav
DIR. Wood preached psernlon, but with
a voice somewhat impaired. He often
repeated the phrase, the, enioyments
and employments of Heaven" which Is
/ nearly ALL remember of the discodrss,
being surrounded By boys not very quiet
and looking upon the great Daniel for
the first tinael lip Gs.A gsis8sa0A 5
II fever Mr.. Webster was p hand some
man it was at that time. He was at the
/ age of forty-seven years. or itst in MIDI
die life and had about reached the
height OF his fame. His. face was sad
under his great afiietion, as it often was
/ inlthe Senate at Washington. when the
/ Union. that he SO loved and so often de-
Tended, was threatened by sectional strife.
4 The service ended in the chufeh,. the
/ loved form of his brother was borne to
| the village i'God's acre'' hard by, where
] thesgreat statesman looked upon that
| face, called the most beautiful in New
/ Hampshire. for the last time He stood,
he gazed, he wept! There was, a. NOR al
lesson in the scene for all, especially for.
4 every mother and every brother.-A
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