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The battle is now won, but I shall have an anxious and 

 laborious task through the entire course." On the next 

 Sabbath, with our excellent friends, the Rev. G. W. Blag- 

 den and lady, we attended worship in the Old South, of 

 which he is pastor ; we listened to an interesting New 

 Year's sermon, and participated in the solemnity of the sac- 

 rament, which was administered after the morning service. 



The following passages having respect to his stay 

 in Boston on this occasion, and partly drawn from 

 notes made at the time, are extracted from the 

 " Reminiscences " : 



Mr. Webster, having recently returned from a visit to 

 England, was invited by the Whig members of the legisla- 

 ture to speak in the State House, on Monday evening, Jan- 

 uary 7. He was introduced with much ceremony, and 

 addressed by Mr. King, chairman of the senate. His ad- 

 dress on the national currency and the reigning policy was 

 very powerful. He had returned from his travels in fine 

 health. His manner was exceedingly energetic and im- 

 pressive, with much action, great deliberation, good pauses, 

 and perfect self-possession. He was highly excited, and it 

 was considered as one of his happiest efforts. I had seen 

 him in private, and had only once before * heard him in 

 public. His manner now exceeded my expectations. I went 

 with others, after he had finished, to congratulate him on 

 his happy return, and we were courteously received. 



Friday, January 10. Except calls at Mr. Bancroft's 

 and Mr. Lamb's in the morning, I was engrossed by my 

 studies with reference to the great subjects of the evening 

 lecture. The tertiary contains amazing revelations, and 

 the Mosaic deluge, with all the phenomena of floods and 

 moving wafers, powerfully arrests the attention of all listen- 

 ers. The audience was all that the house could contain : 



* At the laying of the foundation of the Bunker Hill Monument, Juno 

 17, 1825. 



