He had advocated measures which with slight exceptions were altogether what the South wanted, and the South so understood it.

On the 30th of March Mr.Morehead wrote to Mr.Crittenden that Mr.Webster's appointment as Secretary of State would now be very acceptable to the South.

No more bitter commentary could have been made.
The people were blinded and dazzled at first, but they gradually awoke and perceived the error that had been committed.
Mr.Webster, however, needed nothing from outside to inform him as to his conduct and its results.

At the bottom of his heart and in the depths of his conscience he knew that he had made a dreadful mistake.

He did not flinch.