CHAPTER XXVII

Webster and Clay--The Preservation of the Union

The Great Questions in American Politics in the First Half of the Century--The Great Orators to Which They Gave Rise--Daniel Webster--Henry Clay--John C. Calhoun--Clay's Compromise Measure on the Tariff Question--On Slavery Extension--Webster and Calhoun and the Tariff Question--Webster's Reply to Hayne--The Union Must and Shall be Preserved 398