The only fresh point that he made was when he declared that the embargo was colonial in spirit; and this thought proceeded from the vital principle of Mr.Webster's public life, his intense love for nationality and union, which grew with his growth and strengthened with his strength.

In other respects, these speeches presented simply the arguments and opinions of his party.

They fell upon the ear of Congress and the country with a new and ringing sound because they were stated so finely and with such simplicity.

Certainly one of them, and probably both, were delivered without any immediate preparation, but they really had the preparation of years, and were the utterance of thoughts which had been garnered up by long meditation.

He wisely confined himself at this time to a subject which had been long before his mind, and upon which he had gathered all the essential points by observation and by a study of the multitude of speeches and essays with which the country had been deluged.