He talked with Mr.Giddings, and other Free-Soilers, on the other.

With the latter the wish was no doubt father to the thought, and they may well have imagined that Mr.
Webster had determined to go with them, when he was still in doubt and merely trying the various positions.

There is no need, however, to linger over matters of this sort.

The change made by Mr.Webster can be learned best by careful study of his own utterances, and of his whole career.

Yet, at the same time, the greatest trouble lies not in the shifting and inconsistency revealed by an examination of the specific points which have just been discussed, but in the speech as a whole.