Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-14

duy OtucI Wuo UN0A pAooslCod ~ tAo Oai
of the Supreme Court. He was an ex-
pounder. 1t was unfortunate for bis
fame that he did not 90 on the bench
in his youth. He would have been
greater Judge than Matthew Hale or
Lord Mansfield. greater than Marshall
or Story. He had the greatest grasp Of
a subject of any man Of his day, and
bis style or expression was the most
powerful. His AnRlo-Saxon was simple
and its characteristic was strength.
He was a large, powerfuily-built
man, with immense head, broad shout
ders. dark skin, black eyes and great
bushy eyebrows. He was called tho
God like and be deserved the pseudo
nym. He dressed maeniicently and
was q most distinguished looking man.
He had grand voice, deep and ressu-
ant. The strength of his oratory was
in the simplicity and dignity of his SEN
fences, the majesty Of his presence and
the charm of his voice. He was pow
erful logician, and in his reasoning sp-
preached nearer Bacon than any other
American. His speech in reply to
Hayne created q national sentiment
which continued to grow until the peo-
pie of the dominant section thought the
name American Prouder title than all
others So far as concerns the graces
Of oratofy, the South Carolinan had the
advantage, bat the grandeur. the living
patriotism, the broad, expansive nation
ality of Webster's speech swept all be-
a Natinn among ths naonis of tha 40 IN
Although but a youth / was much in
anSito, % 10Th. nv faa,;n,. ana ANT,
msnts we're in svmnathv With Hsxne
Int nov bsart sank w;,b;n me haso,s
Wehstsr had hsen snest;no . onartar
NJ an bonr He anpsayad lie = dan;.
God ~ "fp0" ' " N
.Ha ;sun
Thsra like a Rnmap s.at,. II. nil,
.tand N'' "'
Till ,Isath hath mad. h;r .xh,.n
~ ecu D"'. N'uo I'm "~''
One year aiterward ne engaged 10
the great debate With Calhoun, VITO
wrote his resignation OF the Vice Presi-
dency while Webster was replying to
Hayne. In the debate with Calhoun,
Webster opposed oratory to keen logic.
Webster's speech was the plea Of a
lawyer; Calhoun's the warning of q
statesman. 1t is nov admitted that
Webster's was the better course. but
Calhoun's the better argument. Durir z
the progress of the debate, while Cal
hsun was making his last speech, John
Randolph of Roanoke, was brought
into the chamber. He was bitterly op-
posed to Webster. He had in his youth
combatted the mild form of Nation
alism preached by Patrick Henry,
and combatted it successfully. He
hated Clay's Unionism more than
he hated Clay's personality, and
ne nA'ca petn Win coidiai natred.
hssr r.ihonn he to- n ssa, n.s, Thos
n Rsrton WshS,sr -as in re s.ss
his ds,s fa,s oovarsd w;,b = soow, snd
h;s h,aad 49, ens,owad v;sh 49,
s,sditss;on he. hnn. s.a,~asn Rsn
ao,.,h 90 $780,. r.. e..sc..;. W.
o;nian ~, 80 ga oo Rsn.on "a
sa;d. sp.r,nn ,sraovs that ha.
49,, q. - 49, &C. 20 Wsts,s, -
20 h;,, AZ ;rch h~ inch, Whsn CAL
hnnn sas 49, al ave- vsre tnrnsd
,n..,d Wah,t.r INT ~ ala not moys
r. 80 .Ynactsd ana hoosd hv hi. nsrti.
ssrs shst 81 SonId reniv Wben "a.
o..s,as N 40 a. he ,asrsed and s;mniv
Ia Thai snassh IL nnsnsv.rshis}
"w.hsesr,s ssms A . ovea, psrl;a.
ra.tsrv orator rssts nnsn his ashsss
.;,h IsSns IN vh;ch hs had sSs al
vant.oa The dshsts Nth Caihonn
ra.sr "a mnch nnhiic;,v vb;Se sys,,
sehoo,hos has dacI.imsI tha ,snl, -
Hssns The Noythsrn nnhi;ns.;o.s
80 ~ vsh;clas vh;ch tr.n.nn,.sd =,
format,on 10 the oountrv. Thev vers
silent reOardino ths debate IN tba th;,'
team resoiutions. hnt consssntl, S;,s,ad
mon Wshstsr,s victoyv over Has,
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wv We ~A1HA'
The Doctor gave me two anecdotes OF
webster, wnicn are not new, bat they
viii bear repeating. Said he:
webster vas very conyivial man,
Lone OF pleasure and SOCIAL amenities,
On one occasion he vas at q supper Al
ne itnoioeo great zeal OF 10. Jenny
Lino Was einelnR af the Cantsroufy
tneatre, ana ~ ieee hour Webster
eno eis parry OF friends adjourned
tion tne notei 70 the tneater. when
soey arrives tne curtain mao lass gone
ep Iof we iass Sol, ana the cantatrice
SCcpestso ON me ssage 20 nng nail
Coiomoia. wenete. joined IN WITH ms
meenInoeos pas, ano accompanied her
tnfsuen the ecse. Inc audience yelled,
stamped and shouted, They began
AGAIN. ana AGAIN sAna u tnrooen With
me same enthusiasm psrvadlne the
scc,eooe. Inc pf3csdofe vas repeated
tnlro. Iooftnss nitn ana SKIN une
1eIo a, sney xsrs peimMseo 70 retire. AZ
sno 49, "sossef mace meenincept
GOV 70 voc ava. soGn IS would have
wsue MN Ennsc nso ne maos u ~
orasIne-roo9 OF Loo,s Is 1fand; the
s.naer Ietafneu ~ ana weostef repeaf
go ~, ana these cooftesies continued