The reverse rather is true.
Mr.Webster was, of course, the greatest orator this country has ever produced.

Patrick Henry's fame rests wholly on tradition.

The same is true of Hamilton, who, moreover, never had an opportunity adequate to his talents, which were unquestionably of the first order.

Fisher Ames's reputation was due to a single speech which is distinctly inferior to many of Webster's.

Clay's oratory has not stood the test of time; his speeches, which were so wonderfully effective when he uttered them, seem dead and cold and rather thin as we read them to-day.