The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-21

' rnlization laws have not made It impossible
FOR any but native born citizens TO vote
What I have said In the following pages .pon
suffrage expresses but family the dangers
to be apprehended II immigration continues,
and 40 check Is to be put upon the exercise
of tho highest Of all privileges by thUss who
have no stake In the national welfare. Rud
especially by those whose mlssion IL s-ms
10 be TO wage war upon ell Governments. tLs
freest as we'll as the most despotio,"
Ar. hoCulloch was O .tudent in the law onios
OF Joseph Dane In Boston at the time when
Senator Haynes speech was delivered In the
Tn tod States Senate. He tells us that tho
Wings who assembled In the once after they
had read Haynes speeoh looked and talked
Ike mn who hal met with a great mi fortune.
The only one among them who wa, not de-
pressed was Dane him,slf. DO knew Daniel
Webster personally, and regarded him A. the
superior Of any man living as al orator and
debalcr. Don't be discouraged. gentlemen"
he said, Walt until you hear from Sir. Web
ster." They had not long " wait. Two
days later Webstsrs reply was received.
The atmosphere was at once cleared and a
weight removed from sew England and the
North In general. Tho author OF these recol-
leoti'n' .aysi Mr.. Web-ters speech was not
merely the great speech OF the day; It vas a
speech that had never been equaled before.
II has rsv0 bern equolied siLcs In
this country or any other. IL was
replets With e~loquonce and power, clear
In statement grand In language. Irresistible
In argument. Its sKordium Was only excellad
by Its leroraton. a masterpiece OF patriotic
sentiment aud rhetorical beauty Mr.. McCul-
Lab ~. -. a, ...- -. a. -
Congress. Mr., Calhoun. who had been elected
Senator In place OF Mr.. Hayne. and. II WAS
supposed was not quito satisfied with the
manner In which the nulihoation doctrine.
OF which he was the eIpounder, had been
handled. reopened the debatei -Hs was q
more oogent ~logician than Mr.. Hayns. but he
was not ths &C nA OF Mr.. Wsbstsr. and while he
sustained his high aud deserved reputation,
the general sentiment Of the country was that
he shared the fate Of his predecessor
1t IA as an e~yewttne g and auditor Of many OF
his great achievements 10 ths forum .or on
the platform that Mr.. McCullooh speaks Of
the American Dcmosthsnss. Il have raid
that MIR. webstnr vas the only man /
ever know or heard ~ who united IN
himself tho highest qualities Of an advocate
orator and d.hstsr. He has never been er-
celled. II oquailed In making difficult and
QhVSNANAS AA'oAiAk sbNt JULIUS
seeing clearly the real points at issue, and
using language that anybody could understand
his statements Of tho points at issue were
He Lever permitted the minds "
Jurors to be diverted from the real question
upon which q case turned. Brushing aside
everything that was not ~ssentiol. the strong
points only we're presented by him. and those
with exceeding clearness. | was struck with
this The hrSt time | heard him before a jury.
He WIS defending a man who had been Indicted
forforgery To obta ain q verdict It WIS necessary
that he state should not onlc prove that tn.
forgery had been committed. but that the
forged instrument had been uttered In Suffolk
county, where the case was being tried, To
my surprise. az tho very commencement Of
the trial, before a witress had been called,
Mr.. Webster rose u Ms feet and said In a quiet
manner. May 1t please the Court. we Admit
the forgery. go that evidence on this point
will be unnecessary. w denv that the note
was uttered In this county ! was amazed at
this admission, II seemed to me TO be giving
away tho oase. But the wisdom OF II soon
became apparent. Mr. Werster was quite
sure that the forgery could he proved, but he
doubted nat the State would be able to prove
that the paper had been issued In Surok
county. Ills doubts were oounrmed. The de-
PENDANT was acquitted for want OF proof, on
this point II both the question Of forg ~
and the Issue Of the paper In the county had
been presented. the Jury might have regarded
the forgery "a the real question. and the de-
PENDANT might not have escaped the punish
msnt which he mcrttSd.
Well worth quoting also 10 the authors testi-
mony 70 tho almost Irresistible ef.ot Of Web
st@r's personality. which APPARENTLY had more
70 do with his victories before jures than had
a. -
although deer-set we're 30 penetrating that
fov guilty men could endure their piercing
gaps. One OF his clients in a cas- Of ccnsidcr-
able inportsnc e Informed him thst he thought
g witness on the other aide Intended TO commit
perjury Point him out when he comes into
the court room. said Mr.. Webster The Wit I
ncea soon after arI cared, and took n seat In
a svsggering manner, when. looking toward
TIE bar, his eyes met those Of Mir Nehster's
cKed steadily uron him. He Immediately
locked In another direction. but, as II tas T.
mated. he soon turned his face again I'd
Mr. Webster. 10 moot those deep, Penetrating !
eycA, which doubtless seemed to him TO read hls
very soul He moved VIGOROUSLY In his seat for a
few moment a. then rose and left the CourtHouss,
n which he could not be induced to return.
| have heard the opinion c1pressed that IN ,egal
knowledge-that Ia TO say, knowledge Of tho
law es contained In the tooks-Mr Webster
wts surpassed by such men as Jeremiah Mason
and snmue. Parker and Chief Justice Shaw
This IA undoubtedly true To be a great Ia wyer
10 that sans. a man must make the law a oon-
slant study. and not aim 10 be distinguished
In any other direction No man OF his years
ever eYcelled MIR Webster as a lawyer unit. he
entared into public life. After thathls attention
wa, turned u constitutional and economic
questions, aud strict legal studies had TO
be neglected In the argumen OF legal oues-
tions before the courts his briefs were pre-
rared by his assistants. and no man knew better
how to use them
The author %. this book knew Rufus Choats
throughout the whole OF that great advocats'.
career al the bar. OF hin we read. RUFUS
Chonte. then lin ~Issl-3sl a young man, was be-
ginniug 10 take high rank In his profession
Flat, mar had raCoutIv ~, Fz.,, A..