Mr.Clay on the other hand was naturally and inevitably a leader.

In all the discussions of the Senate in which constitutional questions were involved, Mr.Clay instinctively deferred to Mr.
Webster.

In the parliamentary debates which concerned the position of parties and the fate of measures, which enchained the Senate and led captive the people, Mr.Clay was _facile princeps_.

Mr.
Webster argued the principle.

Mr.Clay embodied it in a statute.
Mr.Webster's speeches are still read with interest and studied with profit.