OCR Text |
Show 118 TilE Ll»1.:lt'l'Y U.ELL. from tho more stuclicd eulogies, that arc to perpetuate tho ovont through tho next month, little is to be expected in tho way of help towards a just crit.ioism of tho chnrnctcr of the man, now lying in state before tho world. 'l'ho more fact of death overawes most men. They have a natural pity for him, who is so ill used, as to be compelled to die. So they minister readily the ineffectual consolation of praise. Besides, a tra(lition prevails extensively, that all men must ultimately die, so that tho panegyrists of tho dead, with an eye to thrift, arc actually contributing to a fund, in which they have a contingent benefit. Thus the practice bas grown into a conventionality which it is heathenish and impolite to violate. 'rho eulogists proper of course do their duty. The great orator is dead,tho man cunning in words ! Bring orations, bring beautiful words, with which to leaven the air above his bier, as fitting ns to strew tho grave of youth with fresh spring flowers. History will borrow her tone from neither of theso. Wf<:RSTER. 119 Fnme. is no plnnt that grows on mortal Eloil Norm the glistering foil ' Set of.f to th' world' nor m. brond rumor lies . Dut livc8, nnd spreads nlo f t, by those pure ey'e r; And perfect witness of nll judging Jove. • As he pronounces lastly on each deed Of so much f·' tme m· 1t caven expect thy meed. At some point in the story of human ]'f, I . . justice must be done If I c nstonc . a man, on tho breath of n depraved public opinion, has procured . I bo voted d ng >t to own, and the laugh to be t . I . t tl h m no{ arramst ru l,1 t oy must vindicate themselves somoe time over Iis fame. Truth is dearer reputation. than any man's Of Webster's intellectual end o wmcnts I have dno t the analytical ability to speak fully. In tho epartmont in which he labored his talents were, for tho most part, but tho tools of I . They increased tl £ "' trade. . to orcc and extended the s I wttbout indicating tho cham. t f P Jere, The . • 0 or, 0 tho man. y gn.ve to Ins actions prominence and secured |