It was their privilege and duty to support him, and he repaid them with an occasional magnificent compliment.

The result was that he lived in debt and died insolvent, and this was not the position which such a man as Daniel Webster should have occupied.
[Footnote 1: The story of the gift of ten thousand dollars in token of admiration of the 7th of March speech, referred to by Dr.Von Holst (_Const.Hist.of the United States_) may be found in a volume entitled, _In Memoriam, B.Ogle Tayloe_, p.

109, and is as follows: "My opulent and munificent friend and neighbor Mr.William W.Corcoran," says Mr.Tayloe, "after the perusal of Webster's celebrated March speech in defence of the Constitution and of Southern rights, inclosed to Mrs.Webster her husband's note for ten thousand dollars given him for a loan to that amount.

Mr.
Webster met Mr.Corcoran the same evening, at the President's, and thanked him for the 'princely favor.' Next day he addressed to Mr.Corcoran a letter of thanks which I read at Mr.Corcoran's request." This version is substantially correct.

The morning of March 8 Mr.Corcoran inclosed with a letter of congratulation some notes of Mr.Webster's amounting to some six thousand dollars.