He took no part in political affairs in Massachusetts after 1850.
Mr.Choate, who was to follow his great leader to the grave within a few years, transferred his allegiance to the Democrats.
Mr.Everett, after a brief service in the Senate, a service most uncongenial to his own taste, resigned his seat in the midst of the angry conflict on the Nebraska bill, and devoted himself to literary pursuits until, when the war broke out, he threw himself with all his zeal, power, and eloquence into the cause of his country..