He was no narrower then than when he entered Congress, or than when he left it.

He went with his party because he believed it to be right,--as at that moment it undoubtedly was.

The party, however, was still extreme and bitter, as it had been for ten years, but Mr.Webster was neither.

He went all lengths with his friends in Congress, but he did not share their intensity of feeling or their fierce hostility to individuals.

The Federalists, for instance, as a rule had ceased to call upon Mr.Madison, but in such intolerance Mr.Webster declined to indulge.