在1840年威廉亨利哈里森与约翰泰勒的总统大选之后，辉格党初尝握有真实权利的感受，许多人等不及想要在华盛顿谋得一官半职，就连在个人就职庆典中，哈里森都必须妥善因应以躲避这些贪婪的个人。

哈里森总统并不十分在意副手泰勒是否提供帮助，所以泰勒便在哈里森就职后马上回到维吉尼亚的住所，但一个月之后、也就是1841年4月5日时，泰勒被国务卿丹尼尔韦布斯特（Daniel Webster）之子的敲门声叫醒。韦布斯特的儿子当时告诉他什么？

With the election of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler in 1840, the Whig Party tasted real power for the first time. And many office-seekers couldn't wait to grab hold of a job in Washington. At his own inauguration celebrations, Harrison had to move quickly to avoid these greedy individuals.

President Harrison was not interested in Vice President's Tyler's help, so Tyler retreated to his Virginia estate immediately after Harrison's inauguration. But a month later, on April 5, 1841, Tyler awoke to Secretary of State Daniel Webster's son knocking on his door. What was Webster there to tell him?

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