The clamor continued about his resignation, and rose round him at his home in Marshfield, whither he had gone for rest.

At the same time the Whig convention of Massachusetts declared formally a complete separation from the President.

In the language of to-day, they "read Mr.Tyler out of the party." There was a variety of motives for this action.

One was to force Mr.Webster out of the cabinet, another to advance the fortunes of Mr.Clay, in favor of whose presidential candidacy movements had begun in Massachusetts, even among Mr.Webster's personal friends, as well as elsewhere.

Mr.Webster had just declined a public dinner, but he now decided to meet his friends in Faneuil Hall.