Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1889-02-20
WEB8TER's STRONG PERSONALITY.
The Deep Impression He Left ON an Old
BostOnian's Mind.


The Deep Impression He Left on an Old
Bostonian's Mind.
Though there arc thousands, doubt
less, who have seen this great mar.
and heard him speak Especially in
Faneuil hall, where he was grand
beyond dcscription), yet there are
thousands of others, of a later
generation, who have never ha3
this privilege, and to whom, therefore,
a few words of description may be ac-
ceptable; though, of course, it is to be
presumed they have seen many pic
lures of Mr.. Webster. He was rather
above tho average height, stoutly
formed, with small hands and feet
(Choate had large ones), large head,
swarthy complexion, large, black,
deeply sunken owl like eyes, very
heavy eye brpws and u mouthful Of
teeth white as the driven snow. And
his smile, playing upon his swarthy
countenance and exposing these SPLEEN
did teeth, seemed at times like the sun
bursting through a dark cloud. 1t
was said of himIthat he looked greater
than any man eFer was, and, the Jolly
Rev. Sydney Smith, think it was, de-
clared, when he was i'll England, that
he reminded him of steam engine in
trousers. The comparison, though,
was not only coarse, but there were no
points of resemblance except it may
have been the suggestion of power.
There was mono OF the fuss or the
snort Of the steam engine about him.
Hal was quiet repose and dignity il
Illustrated = HiSa 9e&Iing was grand
and his carriage gentleman like and
stately-sometimSs majestic.
Tho occasion, above all others, on
which Mr.. Webster appeared to me
so far as his APPEARANCE and bearing
were concerned 10 be absolutely ma
jestic was one evbning at the Revere
house, where the lawyers of the Mas
sachusetts bar had assembled from all
parts of the statdto take counsel to-
gether as to the methods by which
they might meet oftener and become
better acquainted with each other.
Chief Justice Shay and the other
judges of the supreme court stood to-
gether at the end Of the large dining
room, and as the lawyers one after an
other came in, they proceeded toward
them to pay them their respects. And
as one leader of distinction after an
other did so each received his due
share of respectful salutation and def
erence from his brethren as he passed
along on his way.
The great secret of his power was
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and that he made everything SO plain
to his auditors, no matter whether he
addressed farmers or inanciers,
popular assemblage or a senate. He
always seemed to say what it appears
TO US we should have said under SINH
lar circumstances, good common sense,
in fact,
When l heard him, I would say to
would naturally think to
myself, and SO would every one
We'll, that's just what l think"
That's common sense" That's so.
Very well. We all agree with Ham
let when he says, What piece of
work is mani How noble in reason,
how infinite in faculties, in form and
moving how express and admirable,
in action how like an angel and APP
how like God!" etc, but
in some way or other Master William
seems to have gotten the
start Of us III saying it, just as he did
in intimatiHg that gentle, sweet, low
VOC, Is An '.l, exee9ent lbing u wo,
What Clay was 10 kentucky, Web
ster was to Massachusetts,, end in his
quiet and peaceful grave at Marsh
field, down by the borders Of the sea,
whose waves utter their mounful re-
quiem over lit by day, and where
the stars, like angels eyes, look down
from heaven, and watch over ii by |
night
After life's htful fever he sleeps well.
Boston Journal.