It gave to the friends of the Union the abundant logic which established the right and the power of the government to preserve itself.

A fame so lofty, a work so grand, cannot be marred by one mistake, if mistake it be conceded.

The thoughtful reconsideration of his severest critics must allow that Mr.Webster saw before him a divided duty, and that he chose the part which in his patriotic judgment was demanded by the supreme danger of the hour.
Mr.Clay's resolutions were referred to a special committee of thirteen, of which he was made chairman.

They reported a bill embracing the principal objects contemplated in his original speech.
The discussion on this composite measure was earnest and prolonged, and between certain senators became exasperating.

The Administration, through its newspapers, through the declarations of its Cabinet minsters, through the unreserved expressions of President Taylor himself, showed persistent hostility to Mr.Clay's Omnibus Bill, as it was derisively and offensively called.