But this and all other embarrassments to the Secretary of State sank into insignificance beside those caused him by the troubles in his own political party.  Between the time of the instructions to the Attorney-General and that of the letter to Mr. Fox, President Harrison died, after only a month of office.  Mr. Tyler, of whose views but little was known, at once succeeded, and made no change in the cabinet of his predecessor.  On the last day of May, Congress, called in extra session by President Harrison, convened.  A bill establishing a bank was passed, and Mr. Tyler vetoed it on account of constitutional objections to some of its features.  The triumphant Whigs were filled with wrath at this unlooked-for check.  Mr. Clay reflected on the President with great severity in the Senate, the members of the party in the House were very violent in their expressions of disapproval, and another measure, known as the “Fiscal Corporation Act,” was at once prepared.  Mr. Webster regarded this state of affairs with great anxiety and alarm.  He said that such a contest, if persisted in, would ruin the party and deprive them of the fruits of their victory, besides imperilling the important foreign policy then just initiated.  He strove to allay the excitement, and resisted the passage of any new bank measure, much as he wished the establishment of such an institution, advising postponement and delay for the sake of procuring harmony if possible.  But the party in Congress would not be quieted.  They were determined to force Mr. Tyler’s hand at all hazards, and while the new bill was pending, Mr. Clay, stung by the taunts of Mr. Buchanan, made a savage attack upon the President.  As a natural consequence, the “Fiscal Corporation” scheme shared the fate of its predecessor.  The breach between the President and his party was opened irreparably, and four members of the cabinet at once resigned.  Mr. Webster was averse to becoming a party to an obvious combination between the Senate and the cabinet to harass the President, and he was determined not to sacrifice the success of his foreign negotiations to a political quarrel.  He therefore resolved to remain in the cabinet for the present, at least, and, after consulting the Massachusetts delegation in Congress, who fully approved his course, he announced his decision to the public in a letter to the “National Intelligencer.”  His action soon became the subject of much adverse criticism from the Whigs, but at this day no one would question that he was entirely right.  It was not such an easy thing to do, however, as it now appears, for the excitement was running high among the Whigs, and there was great bitterness of feeling toward the President.  Mr. Webster behaved in an independent and patriotic manner, showing a liberality of spirit, a breadth of view, and a courage of opinion which entitle him to the greatest credit.