FOOTNOTES
This case is known as that of Carver’s Lessees against John Jacob Astor, and is reported in 4 Peters, I.
Mr. Chambers referred to the case in court just mentioned, in which Mr. Webster was engaged, and in which the argument had already begun.
Mr. Hayne subsequently disclaimed having used this word.
Reminiscences of Congress.
Chancellor Kent’s remarks are given entire in the introduction to Mr. Webster’s Speech at the New York Dinner, Vol. I. p. 194.
Mr. Geo. P. A. Healey.