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Entrance on Public Life.--State of Parties in 1812.--Election to Congress.--Extra Session of 1813.--Foreign Relations of the Country.--Resolutions relative to the Berlin and Milan Decrees.--Naval Defence.--Reelected to Congress in 1814.--Peace with England.--Projects for a National Bank.--Mr. Webster's Course on that Question.--Battle of New Orleans.--New Questions arising on the Return of Peace.--Course of Prominent Men of Different Parties.--Mr. Webster's Opinions on the Constitutionality of the Tariff Policy.--The Resolution to restore Specie Payments moved by Mr. Webster.--Removal to Boston.