They were not, however, consoled by the philosophy of defeat, and were disposed to gloomy anticipations.
MR.

CLAY AND MR.

WEBSTER COMPARED.
As if to emphasize the disaster to the Whigs, Mr.Clay and Mr.
Webster both died during the canvass; Mr.Clay in June, a few days after Scott's nomination, Mr.Webster in October, a few days before his defeat.

They had both lived long enough to see the work of their political life imperiled if not destroyed.

They had held the same relation to the Whigs that the elder Adams and Hamilton had held to the Federalists, that Jefferson and Madison had held to the Republicans.