The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-03-16
ysssrER'ss sfaoNe PERSONALITY.
To Deep depression He Left on an Old
~, BoGh0nian's Mind.

TIE Deep lDpr9eDton He Lett on an Ola
q BosAonian's Mind.
Thoughpthere are thousands, doubt
Jess, who have seen this great man
Faneuil hall, where he was grand
beyond descy; ption), yet there are
thousands lU others. of a later
generation, who have never had
This privilege, and TO whom, therefore,
few words Of description may be &C.
ceptable; though, Of course, it is to be
presumed they. have seen many pic
lures Of Mr.. Webster. He was rather
above the average height, stoutly
formed, with small hands and feet
Cheats had large ones}, lasge. head
deeply .sunlen owl like eyes, very
heavy eye brows aud q .mouthful of
.eelh white as the driven snow. And
his smile, playing upon his ,swarthy,
cottntcnance and exposing these SPLEEN
did teeth, seemed at times like the sun
| bursting through a dark cloud. It
was said of him that he looked greater
than any man ever was, and, the jolly
Rev. Sydney Smith, I think il was, de-
clared, when he was in, England, that
he reminded linn Of q, steam engine in
| trousers. Tho comparison, though,
was not only coarse, but there were no
points of resemblance except it may
have been the suggestion of power.
There was none Of the fuss or the
snort of the steam engine about him.
| he was quiet repose and dignity il
Illustrated. His bearing was grand
and his carriage gentleman like and
I statcfy-sometimes majestic.
| The occasion, above all others, on
which Mr.. Webster appeared to me
SO far as his appearance and bearing
| xya,a oonooYna1-fn ho abS01,sfn) W ma,
jestic was one evening at the Revere
house, where the lawyers OF the Mas
sachusetts bar had assembled from all
parts OF the state to take counsel to-
gether as to the methods by which
they might meet oftener and become
better acquainted with each other.
Chief Justice Shaw and the other
judges of tho supreme court stood to-
gether at tho end of the largo dining
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 sal11tation and def
erence from his brethren as he passed
along on his way. nsLL -. 0''
The great secret of his power was
his clearncss and force of statement,
and that he made everything SO plain
10 MS duultOfS, no matter Wtlct1ef ne
addressed farmers or financiers, q
popular assemblage or senate. He
always seemed to say what it appears
to us we should have said under simi-
lar circumstances, good common sense,
in fact. ...t -..t.5' ...-.5y..f.- -,
When heard him, I would say to
myself would naturally think to
myself, and so would every one.
3.'Well, that's just what I think"
E3Thats common sense" ssT'hat's So"
Worry well. We all agree with Ham
let when he says, ''Whata piece of
work is man How noble in, reason.
how infinite in faculties, in form and
moving how express and admirable,
in action how like an angel and APP
prehension how like Coll" etc, but
in some way or other Master William
Shakespeare seems to have gotten the
start OF us in saying it. just us he did
in lntima ting that gentle, sweet, low
voice is IAN excellent thing in wo-
man"
II What Clay was TO Kentucky, Web
ster was to Massachusetts,, and in his
quiet and peaceful grave at Marsh
field. down by the borders Of the sea,
whose waves utter their mournful re-
QUEEN over it by day, and where
the stars, like angels eyes, look down
from heaven, and watch oyer it by
night,
After lifcs Gtfrl fever he sleeps well.
J, Boston Journal