Mr.Webster knew the complexion of the court, and hoped little from the point raised in Trustees vs.Woodward.Still, no one despaired, and the work was kept up until, in September, President Brown wrote to Mr.Webster in reference to the argument:-- "It has already been, or shortly will be, read by all the _commanding_ men of New England and New York; and so far as it has gone it has united them all, without a single exception within my knowledge, in one broad and impenetrable phalanx for our defence and support.

New England and New York _are gained_.

Will not this be sufficient for our present purposes?
If not, I should recommend reprinting.

And on this point you are the best judge.

I prevailingly think, however, that the current of opinion from this part of the country is setting so strongly towards the South that we may safely trust to its force alone to accomplish whatever is necessary." The worthy clergyman writes of public opinion as if the object was to elect a President.