30/46 The iron-nerved old hero died in seven months after this crowning gratification of his life. CLAY. Whoever might be candidates, they were the actual leaders. John Quincy Adams was more learned than either; Mr.Webster was stronger in logic and in speech; Calhoun more acute, refined, and philosophic; Van Buren better skilled in combining and directing political forces; but to no one of these was given the sublime attribute of leadership, the faculty of drawing men unto him. That is natural, not acquired. |