Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . e wenow are. I ask for the reading of the res-ohition. Calm, resolute, impressive, wasthis opening utterance. There wanted no more to enchain theattention. There was a spontaneous,though sil
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . e wenow are. I ask for the reading of the res-ohition. Calm, resolute, impressive, wasthis opening utterance. There wanted no more to enchain theattention. There was a spontaneous,though silent, expression of eager approba-tion, as the orator concluded these openingremarks. And while the clerk read theresolution, manj attempted the imjjossibil-ity of getting nearer the siJeaker. Everyhead was inclined closer towards him,every ear turned in the direction of hisvoice—and that deep, sudden, mysterioussilence followed, which always attends full-ness of emotion. From the sea of up-turned faces before him, the orator beheldhis thoughts reflected as from a varying countenance, the suffused eye,the earnest smile, and ever-attentive look,assured him of the intense interest , among his hearers, there were thosewho affected at first an indifference to hisglowing thoughts and fervent periods, thedifficult mask was soon laid aside, andprofound, undisguised, devoted attention. DANIEL WEDSTEU. followed. In truth, all, sooner or later,voluntarily, or in spite of themselves, werewholly carried away by the spell of suchunexampled forensic eloquence. Those who had doubted Mr. Webstersability to cope with and overcome his opponents were fully satisfied of theirerror before he had proceeded far in hisspeech. Their fears soon took anotherdirection. When they heard his sentencesof powerful thought, towering in accumu-lative grandeur, one above the other, asif the orator strove, Titan-like, to reachthe very heavens themselves, they weregiddy with an apprehension th
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