Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-06

encd. aud YOU have conditions highly
favorable TO the elective influence oil
oratory Such were the conditions 30
the second quarter OF the nineteenth
century The influence Of the orator
was not greatly felt IN the first quarter.
There were many heated discussions 90
CongrCs, and upon the stump; but alter
the war OF tStz, the que tons were less
Of principle than of cEpllicnCy. 10 was
not until 1870. when treason and di'
union appeared in the notification scuii-
meu,s OF South Carolina shat the oCc1.
sion was presented Tor great orttoucal
effort. IN this period Daniel Webster
towers above DIS fellows like an oak
above The ulderbrush.
Matthews says, "Dlubtlc,7 Calhoun
had more acute and m.i1phy
mind; Clay had q more electric and
magnetic nature. aud showed "a Tar
Eeencr sagaciy boz divninE public scnti.
meut and BIO swccping tue strings OF
popular feeling. but in sheer Intellectual
might in that compr haus.ycncss Of
vision which sees 40 sides of "a subject
and judges BE- Boo 900 iie relations, iu that
largeness aud weight ni utOftncc which
gives the greatest impr. s.vencs3 TO
everything one says. aud Doe nard logic
which links conclusion tD conclusion
like q chain 1i iron, neither Clay nor
Calhoun, nor amy other American was
ever equal 90 Webster GA small sub
i.gls hc was dull As Gmuan said OF
Flood, Pat a dIslh in bis hand, and
like ucfc,.gs De makes sad work OF o.;
but give him a thunder bolt, and be has
the arm Of Jnye. %
tft,f-ert1u. orra.i,rs. when Great .ruHIfe
In r.s'e ,.,r. Lad .LiLc. ma tbc mli
rni,tt of bis iptcil.et.8 visible. When
f.riigr mon a,ysd by dine d4rEu,es sl
iIt. p,i,tir,I sEy. u.l Tor shelter rom
tGr t'y,,.si Is rt.h.I f1rth rguiiiugIy
n, t,. 4, i.ri,.1f.I ,,4r ,ytth aU Us nrui-
ti.t illuminated to f'a.- utmost NHen
tb.. thunJgfs ui nuII.Hllti5n mu,lsfcd in
M. ,.' .I,u,... I.,. s.YII, watched tle com.
M .,.r1, 5rI ,.n.n q rurt d.. b8r.d
hi. Ue,It, U.It. Use tbe mlnn1tt
oi rr.iui1u .a4Lins them oil al. they
fell 30
when Uayre concluded DIS speech. Do
y,s. l.srrI liz tt. DirnJ, ol fYs Con.ti.
union tUat nr rYuld mot b. an.v.fed .
buf lleb.ter tbgrlurhiv and COMPLETELY
yln1UI.l,d hm. H. .nrc.u va. so
WIDELY r.lg and carried such cunv.c
ttgn and tle entire N1rih came So
iudgctuu1ieI sitl bi. view. OF the struc.
tl.r. ol Yrr government tl,t when bit
| byu,l IAN u,1uIHrfin., at Alsr.hnclI the
] NprIh ,ga. ready to nsut 10 a man
against tbr berr.y oil sege sion.
I believe tHlt every school boy TODAY
| shuuld re.d and no rad lnd commit t1
memory The pcrofaiion of hs speech in
resiy 40 Ila,uc. beginning.
"Nhen mn ct,s SHALL be turned 10
behold. for The last time. ths .un iu
heaven. may not acc him shining un
! ils broken and disboupfrd G1emsnfg ui
y once r.6r1u. Union. ON tiltes dis
/ ssvcrcl d.s.ordlut. beiIircr,ut ON "a
! i,nd r.nt vifb riyil i.uJa or drs,rbsd
I h mly b'.. ir 'llt'w.I Gio5Jf Iettbrir
1 ..t fr.lI. and liurerIru sI1u.c fltber
! r.roII tbs sorgrou4 cn.isu uf tbp Re.
DubIis.uo,y known and bongrrd Through.
out tB. c4rll .t.l nm Iish ADVANCED
| b.. afais 1nd tronli. i ,irc4mipr in their
] .ri.IrsI Iusirr mon Il .fft5s Erased an
| pol'gigd. u0t "A sinsle star ob.curgI.
/ bearing i8r h. motto no such miserable
/ igtrrr1,,.tors ls ,Vb4t.eaIl I'M. ty5rIb,'
/ NSr thtse othe- WORD. gI d.lu.i5n and
IiT. sTI.rty rrf audi I.ffnr amer.
/ waf5.I bud .y.rywbgfe .Drg1d aII over
I'm cbar.ctrrt of liying l,.b. bl1,i1g ON
/ iii hi Annie folds. a. they float nvrf tb-
.ea and over tHe land. and b. .ycry wind
under he whole h.4yrns. that other
| sentiment dclr 40 eyrry American brsrt
| l.brFty and union. now and f1reysf. ono
md iB,aparable.H
psrttf riy.. ths rrsi8l rom fg., IN
fsl.5 .as iss Golden a4a ol American
orU8fy. and certain IL 81. fH.tail of tbe
carIitions most Ryoub.. t1 cr1t5rical
influence were n.g.urt. T..ouastc ry,
iHrI "iu tle .tlrirrf in tI.,. i,'IB and Ia
No OCCASION" Sine. tbr Drsll-5tisp ol
lnIgpenIcu,c and tbr 9IoptIou mi me-
Constitution. no .ueb critical perioI ND
been known
An iu.lugnee similar 90 that uiriJ,s
/ be- Webster in the North V5q ry
| crefsci by Calhoun and iIaype 4,
dc South, al Webster ,,cnnisd ,b,
tIle of notification flowing toward An,
North and united ibe eutir. Norb I'm An,
supDoft of thc lu.tfuti1r i, CliLlti,
! filled the cntirc south wuh th, .1.rif ID
s.sg...gu and ou.psilI0u 10 tBe t.ougii
tuition.
| During Tie period from fss1 upii
isls. Webster IVA iFe reliance of hi,
rutirc North In the sunusft of tFe CON
| Niiuuun: and his power Mas und.min
! isled until the slavery uue.iI5n b.rIri,
| ali important. and t6c oIi8ug csmnro
/ misc ACT of 1850 was p1ee.d Iwisb ib.
I EI.fgriYn rtIHbt IY,.. ....a.t.I ti.