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Constitution; — and you have before you slave!'" As the result of this altercation Daniel Webster, with his tall, commanding both of these men became estranged from form, deep cavernous eyes, massive brow, each other and did not speak for years. In and rugged face, — and as you look upon 1842, however, Mr. Clay made what was thought at the time to be his farewell address him, you think of his kingly manner, majes tic appearance, splendid eloquence, keen to the Senate which affected to tears every one who heard it. In the course of his re logic, broad statesman-like views, and in tense love of country. And now as these marks, he took occasion to apologize to his three men stand before you, you think of brother senators for any discourteous and "the Great Debate," and hefore you close unkind remarks which he may have made in the panoramic view, you encircle around the heat of debate. The warm, generous heart of Mr. Calhoun responded at once to them the double appellations which can ap the magnanimity of soul manifested by the propriately describe these three, and these former; so Mr. Calhoun arose from his seat, three only, " the Great Triumvirate " and crossed the Senate chamber to where Mr. "the Immortal Trio, Clay, Calhoun and Clay was sitting, and extended to the latter Webster." One important lesson which we his hand in token of friendship. The beauti derive from the study of the lives of these ful amity, now so happily reestablished, was great men is that even the noblest and best never again broken and after Mr. Calhoun's of men sometimes do and say things which death one of the most touching, and indeed they regret afterwards, and, that it matters one of the highest tributes paid to him was not how sorely we are tempted, nor how that of Mr. Clay, containing among other great the provocation, "the remainder of things these words " I was his senior, Mr. wrath" we should restrain. The reader will remember that Mr. Calhoun, when, as he President, in years — in nothing else." It is thought, his motives had been impugned well known, too, that Jackson and Calhoun and his personal character assailed by Mr. during the latter part of their lives enter Clay, retaliated by casting in his teeth the tained toward each other the deepest feeling charge of bargain and corruption, a keen of resentment and hatred, and yet after Mr. home thrust. Mr. Clay retorted on the spot ' Jackson's death, when time had healed the by administering to Mr. Calhoun a sharp, breach and softened his heart, we find Mr. stinging rebuke : " Shaking his long, bony Calhoun, in reply to a question as to what finger at Calhoun, he exclaimed, in tones of kind of a man Jackson was, saying: " Gen passionate resentment: 'Mr. President, he eral Jackson was a great man." my master! I would not own him for a