This destroyed all hope of a practical result, and made an adverse vote certain.

The only course was to avoid a decision and trust to what he said for an effect on public opinion.

The real purpose of the speech, however, was achieved.

Mr.Webster had exposed and denounced the Holy Alliance as hostile to the liberties of mankind, and had declared the unalterable enmity of the United States to its reactionary doctrines.
The speech was widely read, not only wherever English was spoken, but it was translated into all the languages of Europe, and was circulated throughout South America.

It increased Mr.Webster's fame at home and laid the foundation of his reputation abroad.