Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . nes clos-ing effort. He regarded the speech as anentirely unprovoked attack upon the north,and, what was of far more importance, asan exposition of a system of politics,which, in Mr. Webster
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . nes clos-ing effort. He regarded the speech as anentirely unprovoked attack upon the north,and, what was of far more importance, asan exposition of a system of politics,which, in Mr. Websters opinion, went farto change the form of government fromthat which was estaldished by the consti-tution, into that which existed under theconfederation,—if the latter could be calleda government at all. He stated it to behis intention, therefore, to put that theoryto rest forever, as far as it could bo done liy an argument in the grandly he did this, is thus vividlyportraj-ed by Mr. March, an eye-witness,and whose account has been adopted by allhistorians: It was on Tuesday, January the twenty-sixth, 1830,—a day to be hereafter forevermemorable in senatorial annals,—that thesenate resumed the consideration of Footsresolution. There was never before in thecity, an occasion of so much witness this great intellectual contest,multitudes of strangers had for two or. ROBERT T. HAYNE. three days previous been rushing into thecity, and the hotels overflowed. As earlyas nine oclock in the morning, crowdspoured into the capitol, in hot haste; attwelve oclock, the hour of meeting, thesenate-chamber,—its galleries, floor, andeven the lobbies,—was filled to its utmostcapacity. The verj- stairways were darkwith men, who hung on to one another,like bees in a swarm. The house of representatives was earlydeserted. An adjournment would hardlyhave made it emptier. The speaker, it istrue, retained his chair, but no business ofmoment was, or could be, atte
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