The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-02-14

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THE Letters Of Daniel Webster, ed
tied by c: H Van Tyne, make q volume.
Tyne collected most of these letters from
documents in the possession of the New
Hampshire Historical Society. They
s s Incidents in the career of the man
whom Theodore Parker says was the
greatest figure that had appeared upon
the earth since the days of Charlemange:
The letters embrace. wide variety of
subjects and cover almost the entire pc
Rod 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 most interest
ing collection of letters.
Webster's rapidly changing moods from
concealed with the patience of stole, are
disclosed in these letters; particularly
those which relate, to his personal
by creditors. That Webster was an emf
nently practical man no one can doubt
who will read them. They: testify that he
was man of sound business sense, as
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
that it is really luminous to find out,
after perusing these letters, that the mar
who stood for the commercial interests of
New England with such consummate tact
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 pu6e veal dpo heaH
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
tearing to pieces the ra1lacy of the su-
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 country's his
tory, deliberately consecrated himself to
the public veal in almost total etfacement
of his private interests.
It is interesting to note in view of the
insular interests of the United States at
this time, eventuating from the Spanish spa. rs n
position that This government must have
an ultimate construction of power OF de-
cision respecting the extent OF it's own
authority
In letter to Samuel N. Sweet the au-
thorship of the Imaginary Speech sup
posed to have been delivered by Samuel
Adams in the Revolutionary Congress, is
, referred to: o
Washington, D. c., Dec. 81, 1849.
Dear Sir: I have had very frequent &C.
! casions to answer the same inquiry as
ter of the 26th of this month. The speech
to which you refer is my composition.
The congress of the Revolution sat with
closed doors, and there is no report of the
speeches of members on adopting the
Declaration of Independence. We only
know that John Adams spoke in favor of
the measure with his usual power and
1o+%~ q
delphia soon after the Declaration was
made. he said it was an event which
would be celebrated in time to come by
bonfires. Nominations, and other modes
: death, hearing the ringing OF bells, ne
asked the occasion, and being told that it
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 ms manner OF speech
and eocution.- All the rest is mine.
DANL WEBSTER.
| It must not be supposed that MIR: Web
occupations to recreate himself. His let.
| tiers show that he was a sportsman-went
in for hunting and fishing with zest and
! but Studied them, and knew their his
, tory and he was quite enthusiastic
: with the gun as with the rod"
Says the author: Probably Pr nothing hiI IL is
erary side as the letter by Abbott, his
amanuensis, 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 foated easily in the massive head,
| but the physical energy-the tireless pa
thence and the sacrifice 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
| made He could put forth a giants
Strength for an hour or day, but he had
| not the tough endurance OF the writer OF
| literary monuments.
THE NIGHT SIDE OF LONDON.
1.-The Night Side of London" BY Rob-
ert Machray. Illustrated: 8 vo. Deco
rated cloth. $3.50 net. Philadelphia: J.
The Night Side of London by Rob
book The Illustrations by Tom Brown
authot and pencil Of the artist are both
used with fine effect in laying bare the
infinite variety of human characters and
types whose contrasts are more striking
in London than even in Paris OF else
where in the great and populous centers
IL the "t authors So description Of the human
! with the nights, in Picadilly, like unto
eb0 and flow of the the bs anfst d n
terpreted the authors ideas and Illusions
! that we fancy ourselves promena ding
= and parading up and down the: illuminate
ed scenes Of Picadilly at night entering s4ang
with inviting appearance along the
streets, and participating in the gay and
pleasure bent pageantry of the crowds,
or watching in silence and pity the moral
! and DhvSical criDDleS whose names are
! legion there.
| TT is a scene that stirs the fancy and
! touches the imagination: AS the the
themselves into the streets, the Circus is
| full of the flashing and twinlling of the
multitudinous lights of hurrying han
| SONS, of many carriages speeding home
! ward to supper, of streams of people,
men and women, mostly in evening dress
walking along, smiling and testing, and
talking of what they have been to see.
You catch charming 1! glimpses in IN, the soft
pink flushed, happy faces, snowy Shout
| ders hidden in lace or chiffon, or cloaks
! Of silk and satin. Diamonds sparkle in
| over to you, and you smile responsive;
! a faint fragrance perfumes the wander
| ing air, and the vision sweeps past you,
on outside your radius. And there are
story, it's own revelation-but with these
we have nothing to do further than to
say that they are all part of this pageant
of the night --,-
And of the London half world the au-
thor says: ION this lovely summer night
they faunt themselves in all their BRAY"
cry; the majority of them indeed are not
of them are foreigners, but most of them
are unmistakenly English. Some have
bold eyes,, some have not They seem
sober-eyery one; But what a: number
of them! And all sorts and sizes, so to
saw all fond of a kiss and fond of a