The country was proud of Mr.Webster; proud of his intellect, his eloquence, his fame.

He was the idol of the capitalists, the merchants, the lawyers, the clergy, the educated men of all classes in the East.

The politicians dreaded and feared him because he was so great, and so little in sympathy with them, but his real weakness was with the masses of the people.

He was not popular in the true sense of the word.

For years the Whig party and Henry Clay were almost synonymous terms, but this could never be said of Mr.Webster.His following was strong in quality, but weak numerically.