It is impossible, in a few lines,[1] to do justice to Mr.Webster's argument.

It exhibited a great deal of tact and ingenuity, especially in the distinction so finely drawn between property as an element of personal power and property in a general sense, and so distributed as to be a bulwark of liberty.

The speech is, on this account, an interesting one, for Mr.
Webster was rarely ingenious, and hardly ever got over difficulties by fine-spun distinctions.

In this instance adroitness was very necessary, and he did not hesitate to employ it.

By his skilful treatment, by his illustrations drawn from England and France, which show the accuracy and range of his mental vision in matters of politics and public economy, both at home and abroad, and with the powerful support of Judge Story, Mr.
Webster carried his point.