Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-12-27
IN THE NICHE or FAME.

Reception By Congress of Statues of Gen
John Stark and Daniel Webster, the Gift
to the Natiou of the State of New Hamp-
shire-Speeches In Eul0gy of the Distin-
Euished Representative OF Peace and
War.
WASHINGTON. Dec. e1.-The senate
devoted the entire time of its sitting
yesterday to the addresses in connec-
| ton with the acceptance and placing
in Statuary hall of the capitol of the
marble statues of Gen. John Stark and
Daniel Webster, presented by the state
of New Hampshire. There were four
speeches made in eulogy of Stark and
ten in eulogy of Webster. The one
that attracted the most attention was
that of Senator Hoar rep, Mass in
relation to Webster. whose speeches, he
said, were the literature of American
nationality. They were to the Ameri-
| can what the psalms of David were to
the Hebrew, what the songs OF Burns
were to the Scotchman. Up to the 9TH
| of March, 1850, when he made his
speech in the senate in support of the
| fugitive slave law, he was the oracle of
New England. But on that day he put
himself in opposition to the conscience
| of the north. The voice of law, as he
| interpreted it, and the voice of God.
speaking to the Individual soul, then
for the first time in the nations his
tory. seemed to be in conflict. Moth
ing" said Mr.. Hoar, could have
| resisted the dominion of Daniel Web.
| ster over New England, until he pro-
volzed an encounter with the inexor-
able conscience of the Puritan. Mr..
Hoar's concluding sentence was
warmly applauded. It was: He is
the one foremost figure in our history
between the day when Washington
died and the day when Lincoln took
the oath of Office
Mr.. Morgan (dem., Ala.) followed
Mr.. Hoar and took an opposite view of
Mr.. Webster's defense of the fugitive
slave law, regarding it as the most
conspicuous evidence of his moral
courage, obeying the constitution of
the United States rather than the
clamor and sentiment of New England.
Senator Gallinger (rep, N. H. in pre-
senting the statues of Gen. Slack,
said it was not an easy task to
adequately and correctly portray
the qualities and characters
tics of this distinguished man. He
was in many respects sui generis
among the brave and patriotic men of
his day and generation. Plain in
appearance. awkward in manner,
unframed in the arts of social
lives, uneducated and brusque.
he nevertheless achieved undying
fame, and the luster of his name would
never grow dim so long as men loved
honesty. admired bravery and recog-
nized the grandeur of patriotic devo-
ton to duty and to country. Indeed,
the name of John Stark stood promi-
nent, if not pre-eminent, among the
greatest generals who fought under
Washington. 1t is said that when he was
told that the British cannon which he
captured at Bennington were among
the trophies surrendered by Hull at
Detroit he manifested great emotion.
and mourned for my guns as he wss
in the habit of calling them. They
had become a part of his existence,
and it seemed to him in his
old age like robbery to take
well-earned military reputation
In concl usion, Mr.. Gallinger said.
'sSir, the fame of John Stark is hertz
age, not dlOuC 10 LIlC Sud TIC VI Ills DITUus
but to all the people of this great ma
ton, and 1t is safe to assume that
among the great heroes of the revolu-
ton and the incorruptible patriots OF
all ages, his name will forever live, to
be recalled by the lovers of liberty
with gratitude and praise"
Pursuant to an order adopted last
week, the house turned aside yester-
day from the consideration of matters
relating to- the material concerns of
the country, and devoted few hours
to paying tribute to the courage and
patriotism which, devoted to the in
terests of the country in war and
peace, have made this nation the fore
most on the face of the earth. The oc-
casion for this was the presentation to
the United States, for exhibition in
the National Statuary hall at the cap
itol, by the state of New Hampshire,
of statues of Gen. John Stark, the hero
of Bennington, and of Daniel Web
ster, the famous lawyer, orator and
statesman.
Speeches were made by Representa-
tives Baker and Blair On. H.), Powers
and Grout Vt-), Everett and Morse
(Mass.) and Curtis IN. ". The cere-
monies closed with the adoption of
resolutions of thanks of congress to
the state of New Hampshire for the