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He went
down upon the knees of his soul, and paid base homage to his own and
his country's irreconcilable foes. Who knew better than Daniel Webster
that John C. Calhoun and his followers had first created and then
systematically fomented the hostile feeling which then existed between
the North and the South? How those men must have chuckled among
themselves when they witnessed the willing degradation of the man who
should have arraigned them before the country as the conscious enemies
of its peace! How was it that no one laughed outright at such billing
and cooing as this?
* * * * *
_Mr. Webster_.--"An honorable member [Calhoun], whose health does not
allow him to be here to-day--"
_A Senator_,--"He is here."
_Mr. Webster_.--"I am very happy to hear that he is; may he long be
here, and in the enjoyment of health to serve his country!"
And this:--
_Mr. Webster_.--"The honorable member did not disguise his conduct or
his motives."
_Mr. Calhoun_.--"Never, never."
_Mr. Webster_.--"What he means he is very apt to say."
_Mr.


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