. Portrait gallery of eminent men and women of Europe and America : embracing history, statesmanship, naval and military life, philosophy, the drama, science, literature and art, with biographies . had a dijilomatic 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, an
. Portrait gallery of eminent men and women of Europe and America : embracing history, statesmanship, naval and military life, philosophy, the drama, science, literature and art, with biographies . had a dijilomatic 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. Thepopularity which Juarez enjoyed inhis later years was, in a great measure,earned 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. K there shouldhereafter be a Mexican history, theretreat of the foreigners from the coun-try and the death of their chief, willprobably assume in the pojaular imag-ination heroic proportions. * The Saturday Review, August 3, _^,i?%^Z^ /^^^^7^^7^ DANIEL WEBSTER. THE great orator of New England,and eminent statesman and pub-licist of tte whole country, was des-cended from a race of lionest 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 trust and confidence amonghis townspeople. He was cal
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