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Show Webster'. Greatest Speech On March 7. 1850, Webster spoke on the compromise measures or J350. As a speecn, It was one of the greatest of his career, and his ast notable one. In it, he rebuked tte North for agitating the slavery question and for violating the , fugi-?ive fugi-?ive slave law, while he advocated concessions for the South. The sneech pleased the South, but Sierners charged that : that w-Its w-Its principal intent; that Webster "as seeking Southern support for himself as a candidate for the Presidency. Pres-idency. n |