HIS LAST WESTERN TRIP

During the first half of the present century it was a more popular custom than since, for aspirants to the chief magistracy of our great republic, and other prominent public men, to make long tours through the different states, visiting the principal cities and meeting and speaking to the people face to face. These journeys were made in private and public coaches, or later by steamboat, and aside from a few hardships and inconveniences little cared for by the men of that period, must have been very pleasant. These excursions of presidential candidates, sometimes called "swinging 'round the circle," have not been in favor with the people since the middle of the century, and candidates who have made them have generally been defeated. Such visits are in a great measure rendered unnecessary by the telegraph and daily press, and the people seem averse to permit the dignity of the great office to be lowered by a personal strife for it.

This method of seeking the highest honor in the gift of the American people was in vogue in 1837, when Daniel Webster, who was, if not an aspirant, a presidential possibility and the choice of a vast number of his countrymen as well as the only presidential candidate who ever visited. Missouri, came to St. Louis, accompanied by his wife and his daughter Julia, afterward Mrs. Samuel A. Appleton, who had the honor of being married in St. Paul's Church in the city of London the following year.

Mr. Webster received on this occasion assurances of very high esteem from a large number of the leading politicians of the time, from throughout the state, and also of the city. He began his Western journey early in May following his immortal speech to the people at Niblo's Saloon, in New York City, in which he portrayed future national events with almost prophetic verity. He traveled across the country to Pittsburg, where he took passage on one of the elegant steamers of the day, which had been sent there by the people of Wheeling to carry him to the latter city, where he was entertained with a public dinner, at which he made one of his characteristic speeches on the financial condition of the country. On the 18th of May he arrived at Maysville, Kentucky, and was received by a vast throng of the citizens of Kentucky and Ohio, who had gathered in from the surrounding country and neighboring cities, to see him, hear him speak,

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and pay homage to his matchless character and abilities. The next day he was accompanied to Lexington by a committee of prominent citizens, who had been chosen by the people as an escort; here he was met by his illustrious contemporary and friend, Henry Clay, and given a public reception and dinner. Whether or not he was entertained by Mr. Clay at his beautiful home, Ashland, history so far as I can learn is silent.

Leaving Lexington he was accompanied to Louisville by Mr. Clay, and was treated to that peculiarly Kentucky entertainment, a "barbecue," and spoke for two hours and a half to a very large audience. Mr. Clay had written Mr. Webster the latter part of March preceding, on hearing of his contemplated western visit, expressing great pleasure at the prospect of seeing him in Kentucky and promising to bear him company to Missouri, where one of Mr. Clay's sons then resided; but very urgent personal affairs demanded Mr. Clay's presence in Kentucky and they separated at Louisville.

Proceeding from Louisville Mr. Webster paid General Harrison a visit at his home at North Bend, Indiana, and was accompanied by him to Cincinnati, arriving on June 2, and on the following day addressed an immense assembly of the people, General Harrison presiding and introducing the speaker. From Cincinnati Mr. Webster embarked for St. Louis on board the fine steamer Robert Morris. At St. Louis in the meantime an enthusiastic meeting of citizens had been held, presided over by the Honorable Robert Wash, an early and distinguished Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri, and a committee appointed from the leading men of the state to receive the great patriot and statesman.

This committee, together with a number of other citizens, proceeded down the Mississippi on board the handsome steamer H. L. Kenney, meeting the Robert Morris near the mouth of the Ohio River, where the committee was taken on board the visitor's boat, and after appropriate introductions bade their honored guest heartily welcome to Missouri. The two steamers approached the city together and landed at the foot of Market Street, where thousands of voices were blended in a shout of welcoming applause.

No visitor to Missouri since Lafayette in 1825-until the recent visit of President Cleveland in 1887, who accompanied by his charming young wife visited the principal western cities including St. Louis and received such an ovation as was never accorded to any other public or private persons in America-has ever been tendered a reception like that to the "great expounder of the constitution" on this occasion. From the steamer Mr. Webster and his party were conveyed in carriages to the old "National

Hotel," then the finest hostelry in the city, which still stands on the corner of Third and Market Streets and is now called the St. Clair Hotel, and is a lodging place for very poor people, bearing no evidence of its former scenes of splendor. Here Mr. Webster and his wife and daughter made their home during their sojourn in the city, and were visited by hundreds of the most prominent citizens of Missouri and Illinois, ladies as well as gentlemen, who regarded them as the guests of the growing young commonwealths and did all in their power to enhance their pleasure.

On June 10, the day following the arrival of Mr. Webster, a magnificent feast was spread in the open air, in an inviting woodland belonging to Judge John B. C. Lucas, who had been United States judge of the upper Louisiana territory by appointment from Thomas Jefferson. This beautiful grove stood just west of the present Ninth Street of St. Louis, now near the heart of the city and occupied by a public square called "Lucas Place." Several thousand people were there assembled to see and hear the great orator. The meeting was organized by making General William H. Ashley president; and Dr. William Carr Lane, an early and most highly esteemed mayor of the city who in that capacity had received Lafayette in 1825, and Honorable Richard Graham, together with John B. Sarpy, John Perry, James Clement, Jr., and James Russell were chosen vice-presidents; who formed with several other eminent gentlemen an interesting group upon the stand from which Mr. Webster was introduced and delivered his address. Colonel Charles Keemle, whose name is yet borne by "Keemle Hall," St. Louis, was chief marshal of the occasion, and mounted on a splendid charger escorted the procession and guests to the grove.

Mr. Webster delivered an able and eloquent oration, speaking nearly two hours upon the political issues of the day and the financial condition of the country, which was received with frequent demonstrations of applause and approval by his vast audience. Mr. Webster remained in St. Louis until June 14, and during the entire visit was royally entertained by the people, who loved and honored him far more than they have many of the men whom they have elevated to the highest position in their gift. Yet to him this favor, justly deserved as the crowning glory of a noble life, was never granted. He was greater, if such greatness can be attained, than the office.

While at St. Louis invitations poured in upon Mr. Webster to visit numerous places of importance, but he was compelled to hasten to his home at Marshfield to prepare for the approaching session of Congress, of

HISTORIC AND SOCIAL JOTTINGS

When Sir Joshua Reynolds was elevated in 1773 to the high office of Mayor of Plympton, he was so much delighted and gratified that he presented his own portrait to the corporation, requesting that it might be hung in a good light. The aldermen accepted the gift, and in thanking the great artist for it, attempted a compliment by saying that it had been "hung between two old pictures, which acted as a foil and set it off to advantage." One may well imagine the effect upon Sir Joshua, for the "two old pictures" were his own paintings.

Sir Joshua Reynolds' dinners were famous. For above thirty years," writes Malone, "there was scarce a person in the three kingdoms distinguished in literature, art, law, politics, or war, who did not occasionally appear at his table." Twice as many were invited, it is said, as could sit round the board, and dinner began at five o'clock whether the guests had arrived or not. As for waiters there were never enough; but personal discomfort was overlooked in the material and intellectual attractions of the banquet. "The host himself," says Pulling, "was gentle, simple-minded, careless, extravagant; he possessed a charming pen but a faltering tongue; the sport of fortune, to whose vagaries he resigned himself, childishly vain and easily gratified, this curious medley of characterists resulted in a character altogether lovable."

Among the portraits of Sir Joshua Reynolds, perhaps no one reveals these varied characteristics more truly than the beautiful miniature painting by his pupil, Archibald Robertson, subsequently of New York, which, now a full century old, has been engraved for the first time, and forms the frontispiece to this number of our magazine. It is believed to be the only miniature portrait of Reynolds that was ever painted. It is a gem that has been cherished in the Robertson family all these years, and for permission to engrave from the exquisite original our readers are indebted to the courtesy of its present owner, Mrs. J. M. Goddard of New York, the granddaughter of Robertson. It is a portrait that deserves careful study, both for the character of its subject and the art it represents.

Sir Joshua Reynolds was ever ready to assist a rising genius, and could appreciate the merits of artists who entered the lists against him. There is no trace of meanness, no suspicion of jealousy in his fair, open countenance. His genial manners, winning smiles, and gentle voice were only the outward signs of an unruffled temper and a lovable disposition. He was not a great teacher, he had little time to bestow upon his pupils, but he made them his friends and companions. That he should have given Robertson the opportunity to paint his portrait in miniature discloses his estimate of the young student's artistic genius and possibilities. Northcote is proud to acknowledge the great debt he owed Sir Joshua, and speaks frequently of the encouragement he received from him.

TRIBUTE TO ISRAEL WARD ANDREWS, D.D., LL. D.

Our May Magazine had already gone to press when the sad intelligence reached us of the death of Professor Israel Ward Andrews, D.D., LL. D., of Marietta, Ohio, who has contributed so many excellent and useful articles to our pages. He went to Boston early in March, to deliver an address before the New England Historic Genealogical Society, on the first settlement of the Northwest Territory, and on his way home was attacked with pleuro-pneumonia at the home of his brother, Rev. S. J. Andrews, in Hartford, where he died on the 18th of April.

In the death of Dr. Andrews one of the ablest and most finished scholars of the century has been removed from the world of letters. He was the well-known president of Marietta College for thirty years, from 1855 to 1885; but his valuable services in that institution cover a much longer period, indeed a full half-century. Every class that has graduated within that time has been more or less under his instruction. It was in 1838 that he first entered upon his duties as a teacher of mathematics, under President Joel H. Linsley, D. D., and continued in his professorship under the famous scholar and divine, Rev. Henry Smith, D.D., LL.D. Upon the retirement of President Smith in 1855, to accept the presidency of Lane Seminary, Professor Andrews was elected to succeed him. He continued to fill the position until 1885, when increasing years led him to resign a position of so much labor and responsibility, and was succeeded by General John Eaton. Since he retired from the presidency Dr. Andrews has filled the chair of Putnam Professor of Political Philosophy. In 1856 he received the degree of D. D. from Williams College, in 1874 the degree of LL.D. from Iowa College, and in 1876 the same degree from Wabash College.

As a disciplinarian and instructor Dr. Andrews had no superior. In the language of a recent writer: "No one of the five or six hundred graduates of Marietta College, in the time of Professor and President Andrews, can ever forget his perspicuous, forcible and exhaustive methods in the classroom. The dullest and most diffident student was made at ease and taught to express in the best way what he knew, and, in addition, every student was instructed in what he did not know. In the classroom and before a company of students he was an artist, and the student departed from each one of his recitations or lectures instructed and refreshed. He was not only a mathematician of the first rank, but he was a master of every branch taught in the college course. He was not satisfied with anything short of the exact either in scholarship or character. This characteristic was ever present with him. No guess work could pass muster before him. No slip in language or