The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-22

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Soon after Mr.. Buchanan became
Secretary Of State. under President
Polk, he was visited By the Stale Fen
cibles, = volunteer company, from his
home at Lancaster, Pa. He escorted
them to sec the President, and then en-
tertained them at his house with sub
stantial collation.. including the old rye
whisky for which Lancaster was fam
ous On the second day of their visit
he took them to Mount Vernon, and
provided liberal supply of refresh
ments on board the steamer.
After the execution Of the Emperor
Iturbide in 1S24, his widow with her
family came to Georgetown. Her eld-
est son, Don Augustine Iturbide, was
slightly deformed in person, and died
on attaining manhood. The younger
SON, Don Angel Iturbide, married
Miss Green, OF Georgetown, and was
the father OF boy, who, when years
of age, was transferred by his parents
to the Emperor Macmillan, with the
expectation that he would ono day be
Emperor OF Mexico, Maxim .lian having
no child of his own. After Macmillan
was shot, the young Iturbide was re-
turned to his parents spoiled child.
| Daniel Webster's last speech in the
Senate, delivered, / think, in June.
1850, shows the high respect he enter
tanned for the fathers of our liberty,
and his desire to treasure all memories
Of their greatness. Henry Clay had in
troduced o resolution providing for the
original copy of Washington's farewell
address, and in advocating its passage,
he had said that lin lis parlor at Ash
land he had broken goblet used as
drinking cup by Washington, during
his campaign, which had been intrusted
to the care Of an old lady, and in that
parlor there was nothing so dear to him
or to those who visited it, as that old
broken goblet" Mr.. Webster follow
ed, standing almost motionless, his
body bent slightly forward, and his
hands behind his back rs he uttered
his patriotic and dignified words.
| He said he most cordially approved
of the resolution; hoped it would pass.
He believed it would be gratifying to
every man to have the farewell address
of Washington, written by his own
hand, placed in the National Library.
He agreed with the remarks of the SEN
ator from Kentucky in all he had said
about the pleasure which it afforded
him to view the small and even trihing
relics of the great men OF the past. He
conceived there was no feeling more
universal. The Senator from Kentucky
had told the Senate of his having COB
let in his house and that it was always
an object gratifying to himself and
! Co.. - al 80 l.
He arose principally to state an Incl
dent corroborative of what the Sena-
tor had related. About twenty five
years ago there was offered for sale
TO Congress q small casket of medals
which had belonged to the Cab
met of Washington. There were
seven or eight of these medals voted by
Congress 10 the Generals Of the Revo-
luton. They had been struck in Paris,
and the largest of them was to Wash
ington, who had chosen for the diverse
the scene of his entry into Boston after
its evacuation by the British; the 9TH
ers were to Gates, Knox, and other
Generals. There were also some to
DIR. Franklin and other men of civil
life. Washington had collected these,
and d'placed his own likeness in the
center, and twelve others around his
own, making in all thirteen. This col
lection Washington had kept; after his
death it had passed into the hands of
his executor, and finally, from some
cause, was offered for sale to Congress.
A resolution was offered that they be
bought. The matter was debated in
the other house for two days, and final
ly was laid on the table by those who
believed Congress had no constitutional
power to buy them. He had kept his
eye on them, and when Congress had
refused, he sent person and bought
the cabinet. They were now at his
house. and when persons from all parts
of the country visited him there was no
object more interesting, and the first
thing asked for is that small cabinet of
medals collected by Washington. As
Mr.. Webster collected tangible memen-
tos of Washington, so Americans now
treasure up mementos of the "Ex-
| FOUNDER of the Constitution" and as
TREY gaze on them with reverence, their
heart blood will warm, their pulses
quicken, their love of liberty deepen,
and their aversion to tyranny increase.
Always true son of New England,
ever devoted to the cause OF national
freedom, ever ready to serve his coun-
try in any capacity, though possessing
talents far beyond those of most of his
associates, the name of Daniel Webster
will ever be admired and respected.
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