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Show 136 TllE LIBERTY DEL"L. well :Ufirm, ·1u tho honorable the editors may . 'n the harness I " though "lie a~ed 1. • phraao- . ls may lament m an . f the Scott JOurna cert.am 0 'd t die in the traces. . , that he dt no " as•do, ffi . tly edifying to tho . de arting was su ctcn . HIS p bl' He aut ' . ted tho exordmm of IC1P" religious pu 10' • nB if to tho Senate, . n eulogy by announcmg, . biS ow . and talked beautifully to hlB h' own demlSO, Oth IS upon tho sub ' t of religion. er· JCC attendants d hysical weak· of disease an P wise, the language h . ns of death, is not appro eUSlO ness, under strong. of character. Give tho bo taken as mdex . to man tho erea ·1 t of tho best utterances of his strong ·In life and health, and do not judge unscared soul h of his mortal fears, or t e him by the weakneB8 h · ted breathu. ags 0 f his tranquility and fait . oplaf l . d Congrossl.O n••l orator bas lately made a A on b JOrlraying Henry d . ded hit in eloquence, y l . h em , ad cut to heaven, and his overaunng t e Clay s v . , It might not 'th his jj angels WI majestic m~en. WEDST.ER. 137 be quite out of keeping in the man who sought to overawe Kossuth, and impress tbo hero-orator with n character so instinctively repugnant to his own, to try the same kind of manners upon the angels, and if his great competitor on earth should seek to make a like sensation by recommending to these denizens of the higher spheres the subject of religz'on, some friendly and good-natured spirit would doubtless take the first courteous opportu. nity to put them both on quite a different track. Calhoun, Clay, Webster, the great triumvirate! While tho nation mourns according to published formulas, and sheds tears on pnpcr, deploring its loss, Humanity will count her gains. They lived long, they clung tenaciously to their large influence, but Humanity never hung her hopes upon either of them. They obstructed tho better ora; they hindered tho coming of tho kingdom of heaven. Along with them will depart much that is heathenish in our estimate of what constitutes 12• |