newspapers or political gatherings.[96] "Your speech has
disarmed-has, quieted the South;[97] has rendered invaluable
service to the harmony and union of the South and the North".[98]
"I am confident of the higher approbation, not of a single
section of the Union, but of all sections", wrote a political
opponent in Washington.[99]

[93] Barnard, Albany, Apr. 19. N.H.

[94] Mar. 15, 28. N.H.

[95] June 10. Greenough.

[96] Mar. 28. Greenough.

[97] H. L Anderson, Tenn., Apr. 8. Greenough.

[98] Nelson, Va., May 2. N.H.

[99] Mar. 8. Greenough.


The influence of Webster in checking the radical purposes of the
Nashville Convention has been shown above.[100]

[100] Pp. 17-20.


All classes of men from all sections show a substantial and
growing backing of Webster's 7th of March speech as "the only