The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17
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THE LETTERS oFsD ANIEL WEBSTER.
So The Letters Of Daniel Webster. Edited
3l,y G. H.sYan Tyne, Phi. d. Cloth. i ront-
1 YplT mPecIure Philips sH
. 1.-THE Letters of Daniel Webster ed
tied by g. Fl. Van Tyne. make volume
of very Interesting reading. Mr. Van
documents in. the possession Of the New
Hampshire His torical Society. They
throw much light upon the hitherto OBJ
scure incidents in the career Of the man
whom Theodore Parker says was the
greatest figure that had anneared upon
the earth since the days Of Charlemange:
The letters embrace a wide variety of
subjects and cover almost the entire Pc
riod of his career as public man-de-
scribing his family relations, his personal
finances, his intellectual interests, his po-
litical interests and his love of outdoor
life all combine. to make a most interest
ing collection of letters, = ~, IT.. 2.sSi
Webster's rapidly changing moods from
optimism to-: depression, and which ne
concealed with the patience of a stole, are
disclosed in these letters, particularly
those which relate to his personal
finances in the days WhenIhe was harassed
Snently practical man no one can doubt
who will read them They testify that ne
was a man of sound business sense, as
well as great intelligence, whose sweep
nina Was CdpdDlo VI SlADIdS1I46 e1t1tooS
every variety Of human interests. Web
sters unfortunate financial complications
have been topics Of so much 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
to the public veal. Investing heavily IN
Western lands in Ohio, Michigan and
misunderstanding his surplus earnings
to these enterprises, and being ABSORBED
at the time in the great and mcmentous
questions then vexing the statemanshlp
sonal concerns grew. while. he was de-
Tending with matchleSs eloquence the
Constitution of the United States, and
tearing to pieces the railacy of the su-
vocated BY Hayne and Calhoun with com
manding ability. These letters show that
Mr.. Webster. conscious OF his extraorn5
nary talent for debate, so much needed
at that critical time in the countrys MS
tory, deliberately consecrated h1msef TO
the public veal in almost total effacement
of his private interests
It is interesting to note IN yleW 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" -
thorship of the Imaginary Speech sup,
| posed to have been delivered by Samuel
Adams in the Revolutionary Congress, is
referred to. - -. -
Dear Sir: have had very frequent oc-
casions to answer the same inquiry as
that which you propose to me IN your let.
ter Of the 26th OF, this month Inc sReecn
The congress Of the Revolution sat with
: closed doors, and there is no report OF the
speeches. of members on adopting me
know that John Adams spoke in favor Of
the measure with his usual power and
fervor. In a letter written from Ph1ia-
delphia soon after the Declaration was
made he said it was an event Whlch
| would be celebrated in time to come. by
| bonfires illuminations, and other moHes
! of public rejoicing. And on the day OF his
DEATH hearing the ringing: of bells, ne
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
speech as being characteristic of the man,
his sentiments, and his manner Of speech
and elocution. All the, rest is mine. -
| DANL WEBSTER.
It must not be supposed that Mr.. Web
| SER did not find time from his manifold
occupations to recreate himself. His let
tiers show that he was a sportsman-Went
in for hunting and fishing with zest and
energy. '"That he not only caught fish,
but Studied them, and knew their his
tory. and he was quite as enthusiastic
with the gun as WITH 5nS f6 nothing is
so CHARACTERISTIC of the man on his 1T
erary side as the letter by Abbott, hi his
amanuensis, which tells of the vast lit.
| mind wandering over the fields of thought,
/ found alluring themes on every side. The
| plans floated easily in the massive head,
but the physical - ne t1 Word +Rat
would have been necessary to carry out
! the details were wanting. He loved too
| well to feel his power over men, ana 70
/ get the immediate returns for efforts
made. He could put forth a giant $
i strength for an hour or day. but ne mao
! not the tough endurance of the writer OF
literary monuments.
STORIES OF AUTHORS LOVES.
| Stories of Authors Loves. BY Clara
E. Laughlin, With forty-five photo.
| Of portraits and views Two volumes
I PIP. 349 $500. Philadelphia: J. B. Lip
pincott Company
| In her foreWord, Miss Laughlln says:
| and women who wrote is an easily un-
| derstandabke curiosity. In large part
they created the traditions of romance
| those men anu WOIuG1l, lucl1 "1lItCIl
ideals Of love. have set the standard for
! the majority, have sent young blood (and
oft times blood not so young) coursing
through the veins in swift current;
! have filed young hearts (and oft times
hearts not so young) with beating desire
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 sour s
| complement-is a mission calling for the
most love inspired and alertly intelligent
! gifts and graces vouchsafed to woman.
Il = = All this being true of the wife of
any man. it is twice true Of the wife of
| man Of genius; perhaps it is no Won
! undertaking.; when one comes to think
of all it entails .r,s. w..
First is. the peaceful love Of Tennyson.
! Emily Sellwood, he wrote the lines in
'"The Princess" $500 mr. ~ e @Ct. l.
ITO love one maiden only, cleave to her
And worship her by years of noble deeds,
gntil they win her; for indeed I know
Than is the maiden. passion for maid
Not only to keep down the base in man,
But teach high thou1ht and amiable words
And courtliness and the desire of fame, u
And love OF truth, and all that makes a
- man.. SEE 5-@.. d.. >E{l . ;.
Tennyson kept faith with his maiden
passion and so did Emily Sellwood and on
publication Of IN Memoriam,'' there was
church, Zone Of the grand old village
churches Miss Milford says. which give
so much of character to English lands
ut is probably true of most women that
| their first ideals of love are of some one
who shall love them supremely, and that