[19] This passage does not appear in the report preserved in the volume containing his Select Speeches. [20] It is not wholly unworthy of remark in this place, as illustrating the dependence on Mr. Webster's aid which was felt at the White House, that, on the day of his reply to Mr. Calhoun, the President's carriage was sent to Mr. Webster's lodgings, as was supposed with a message borne by the President's private secretary. Happening to be still at the door when Mr. Webster was about to go to the Capitol, it conveyed him to the Senate-chamber. [21] March's Reminiscences of Congress, pp. 291, 292. [22] Not long after the publication of this speech, the present Lord Overstone, then Mr. S. Jones Lloyd, one of the highest authorities upon financial subjects in England, was examined upon the subject of banks and currency before a committee of the House of Commons. He produced a copy of the speech of Mr. Webster before the committee, and pronounced it one of the ablest and most satisfactory discussions of these subjects which he had seen. In writing afterwards to Mr. Webster, he spoke of him as a master who had instructed him on these subjects. CHAPTER VIII.[23] Critical State of Foreign Affairs on the Accession of General Harrison.--Mr. Webster appointed to the State Department.--Death of General Harrison.--Embarrassed Relations with England.--Formation of Sir Robert Peel's Ministry, and Appointment of Lord Ashburton as Special Minister to the United States.--Course pursued by Mr. Webster in the Negotiations.--The Northeastern Boundary.--Peculiar Difficulties in its Settlement happily overcome.--Other Subjects of Negotiation.--Extradition of Fugitives from Justice.--Suppression of the Slave-Trade on the Coast of Africa.--History of that Question.--Affair of the Caroline.--Impressment.--Other Subjects connected with the Foreign Relations of the Government.--Intercourse with China.--Independence of the Sandwich Islands.--Correspondence with Mexico.--Sound Duties and the Zoll-Verein.--Importance of Mr. Webster's Services as Secretary of State.