. American Eloquence: A Collection of speeches and addresses , by the most eminent orators of America, by Frank Moore . a fat animal that carries its tail upon its back,but when affrighted, it drops it between its legs,and runs off. Listen, FatTier ! The Americans have not yetdefeated us by land; neither are we sure thatthey have done so by water—we therefore wishto remain here and fight our enemy, should theymake their appearance. If they defeat us, wewill then retreat with our father. At the battle of the Rapids, last war, theAmericans certainly defeated us; and when weretreated to om* fathe
. American Eloquence: A Collection of speeches and addresses , by the most eminent orators of America, by Frank Moore . a fat animal that carries its tail upon its back,but when affrighted, it drops it between its legs,and runs off. Listen, FatTier ! The Americans have not yetdefeated us by land; neither are we sure thatthey have done so by water—we therefore wishto remain here and fight our enemy, should theymake their appearance. If they defeat us, wewill then retreat with our father. At the battle of the Rapids, last war, theAmericans certainly defeated us; and when weretreated to om* fathers fort in that place, thegates were shut against us—We were afraidthat it would now be the case, but instead ofthat, we now see our British father preparing tomarch out of his garrison. FatTier ! You have got the arms and ammn-nition which our great father sent for his redchildren. If you have an idea of going away,give them to us, and you may go and welcome,for us. Our lives are in the hands of the GreatSpirit. We are determined to defend our lands,and if it is his will, we wish to leave our bonesupon .S fc C DANIEL WEBSTEK. Ebenezee Webstee, the father of the subject of the present sketch, was an independent andfrugal farmer, who enjoyed the confidence and respect of his fellow-citizens, and for some timeserved them both in a military and civil capacity. During the Seven Tears War, he distinguishedhimself as a soldier in the raaks of Sir Jefirey Amherst, and General Wolfe ; and was present atthe battles of Bennington and White Plains, in the war of the Eevolution. At the time of hisdeath, in 1806, he had occupied for several years, the position of judge of the Court of CommonPleas, for the county of Eockingham, in Few Hampshire. He was twice married. His secondwife, the mother of Ezekiel and Daniel Webster, was Abigail Eastman, a woman of Welshextraction, and like the mothers of so many men of eminence, she was a woman of more thanordinary intellect, a
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