. Portrait gallery of eminent men and women of Europe and America. With biographies. e had a diplomatic orcommercial knowledge of Mexico,agree in attributing to the late Presi-dent the rare quality of personal in-tegrity. Although he was not indif-ferent to his own political aggrandize-ment, he seems not to have been opento pecuniary corruption. If he wascruel to his enemies and offensivelyindifferent to international rights, itwill be remembered that he was a full-blooded Indian, and that he was notworse than his rivals and predecessors,the Miramons and Santa Annas. TBepopularity which Juarez
. Portrait gallery of eminent men and women of Europe and America. With biographies. e had a diplomatic orcommercial knowledge of Mexico,agree in attributing to the late Presi-dent the rare quality of personal in-tegrity. Although he was not indif-ferent to his own political aggrandize-ment, he seems not to have been opento pecuniary corruption. If he wascruel to his enemies and offensivelyindifferent to international rights, itwill be remembered that he was a full-blooded Indian, and that he was notworse than his rivals and predecessors,the Miramons and Santa Annas. TBepopularity which Juarez enjoyed inhis later years was, in a great measure,eained by his determined resistance tothe French invaders, and to their Aus-trian nominee; nor is the unnecessaryexecution of the Emperor Maximilianregarded by patriotic Mexicans as ablunder or a crime. If there shouldhereafter be a Mexican history, theretreat of the foreigners from the coun-try and the death of their chief, willprobably assume in the popular imag-ination heroic proportions. * The Saturday Review, August 3, J29-^^:>;^J /^^^7^a^ DANIEL ^VEBSTER. THE great orator of New England,and eminent statesman and pub-licist of the whole country, was des-cended from a race of honest yeomenin America who traced their ancestryto an ancient Scottish origin. The firstof the family in America appears tohave been one Thomas Webster, whowas settled in Hampton, New Hamp-shire, in 1636. From him DanielWebster traced his direct descent. Hewas his great-great-grandfather. Hisson Ebenezer was the father of onewho bore the same name, who was theparent of a third Ebenezer, the fatherof the orator. This last-mentionedEbenezer was a small farmer in Kings-ton, New Hampshire, a man of finepersonal appearance, of energy andcharacter, and self-taught, rising topositions of tnist and confidence amonghis townspeojile. He was called uj)onin his youth to fight the battles of theCrown in the wars with France, andserved with distinction in
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