The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-02-07

S.-.. 81, '.e.iesszof Daniel Webster. Edited
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lied by G: II. Van Tyne, make q volume
of very interesting reading. Mr.. Van
Tyne collected most Of these letters from
Hampshire Historical Society. They
throw much light upon the hitherto OBJ
scure incidents in the career of the man
whom Theodore Parker says was the
the earth since the days of Charlemange:
The letters embrace a wide variety of
subjects and cover almost the entire pc
scribing his family relations, his personal
finances, his intellectual interests, his po-
litical interests and his love of outdoor
life all combine to make most interest
ing collection Of letters. ~
Websters rapidly changing moods from
optimism to depression, and which he
concealed with the patience of stole, are
disclosed in these letters; particularly
finances in the days when he was harassed
by creditors: That Webster was an emf
nently practical man no one can doubt
who will read them. They testify that he
well as a great intelligence, whose sweep
of mind was capable of embracing almost
every variety Of human interests. Web
ster's unfortunate financial complications
have been topics of so mach discussion
that it is really luminous to find out,
after perusing these letters, that the man
who stood for the commercial interests of
New England with such consummate tact
and ability possessed sound business
sense, and would have been one of the
wealthiest men of his day had he de-
voted more, time to his business, and less
Western lands in Ohio, Michigan and
misunderstanding his surplus earnings
to these enterprises, and being absorbed
at the time, in the great, and momentous
questions then veXing the craftsmanship
of his period, his inattention to his per-
sonal concerns grew, while he was de-
tending with matchless eloquence the
Constitution of the United states ana
tearing to pieces the ra1lacy, of the SUI
premacy of the individual states then ad-
vocated by Hayne and Calhoun with COM
manding ability. These letters show that
nary talent for debate, so much needed
at that critical time in the countrys MS
tory, deliberately consecrated himself to
the public veal in almost total etfacement
of his private interests
1t is interesting to note in view of the
insular interests of the United States at
this time, eventuating from the Spanish
American war, that Mr.. Webster took the
an ultimate construction of power of de-
cision respecting the extent of it's own
authority
In a letter to Samuel N. Sweet the ar-
thorship of the Imaginary Speech sup.
posed to have been delivered by Samuel
Adams in the Revolutionary Congress, rs
referred to.
Washington, d. c., Dec. 81, 1S49.
Dear Sir: I have had very frequent &C.
casions to answer the same inquiry as
that which you propose to me in your let
ter of the Goth Of this month. The speech
to which you refer is my composition.
closed doors, and there is no report OF the
speeches of members on adopting the
Declaration of independence. we only
the measure with his usual power and
fervor. In a letter written from Phila-
delphia soon after the Declaration was
made he said it was an event which {
bonfres, illuminations, and other modes
.of public rejoicing. And on the day of his
death. hearing the ringing of bells, he
was the 4th of July, and that the bells
were ringing for independence. he ex-
claimed. Independence forever!' These
expressions were used in composing the
his sentiments, and his manner Of speech
and elocution. All the rest is mine.
With respect your obedient servant:
- 2DAN'L %WEBSNER
It must not be supposed that Mr. Web
ster did not find time from his manifold
occupations to recreate himself. His let
tiers show that he was a sportsnan-Went
in for ana Ss 1o wi eaugG
but studied them, and knew their his
With the he gun as with the rod
so 'c chara act Of the man on his lit
era1y side as the letter by Abbott, his
ananuensis, which tells of the vast lit
erary plans of his master" The great
mind wandering over the fields of thought,
found alluring themes on every side. The
plans floated easily in the massive head,
but the physical energy-the tireless pa
tience and the saaSifice of the world that
would have been necessary to carry out
the details were wanting. He loved too
we'll to feel his power over men, and to
get the immediate returns, for efforts
strength for an hour or day. but he had
not the tough endurance of the writer of
literary monuments
STORIES OF AUTHORS LOVES.
Stories of Authors Loves. By Clara
E. Laughlin. With fortyfive photo
gravure and duogravure reproductions
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In her foreword, Miss Laughlin. says:
Interest in the heart affairs of men
they created the traditions of romance,
those men and women; their written
ideals of love have set the standard for
CAoOSA \eAAAN
oft times blood not so young) coursing
through the veins in swift current;
have filled young hearts land oft times
to love, to be loved, to bear and forbear,
give and forgive in loves name. 1t is
only natural that these young hearts
and hearts that once were young should
wish to know in what manner those men
and women realized their own ideals.
ITO be wife, real, true wife, to any
man-his eternally foreordained souls
complement-is a mission calling for the
most love inspired and ,alertly intelligent
So 49, All this being true Of the wife of
any man, it is twice true of the wife of
a man of genius; perhaps it is no won
der so many women have failed in this
Of all it entails -, '.'.~s
First is the peaceful love of Tennyson.
One can but think it was to his first love,
Emily Sellwood, he wrote the lines in
1.-The Princess
ITO love one maiden only, cleave to her
And worship her by years of noble deeds,
Until they win her; for indeed I know
Of no subtle master under heaven
Than is the maiden passion for a maid
Not only to keep down the base in man,
But teach high thought and amiable words
And cOurtlineSS and the desire of fame,
And love Of truth, and all that makes a
Tennyson kept faith with his maiden
passion and so did Emily Sellwood>ands on
June Id, 1o0O Tie 1IlOnlH WHICH saw the
publication of "In Memoriam,' there was
a wedding, "of the quietest'' in Shiplake
church. zone of the grand old village
churches Miss Milford says, (which give
$50 much of character to English lands
cape" So 49, -. . ..zseeEs- =. - s..lr.. =,
.'.1t is probably true of most women that
their first ideals of love are of some one
who shall love them supremely, and that
as they grow older, their cry is first Of
all, for some one to love Supremacy.
A woman's first ideal is the man
who do fov. ~,