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1 day ago · Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the 14th and 19th U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore.
Jun 26, 2024 · He was called the conscience of New England, right, the 19th century American statesman, and became probably one of the greatest orators in U.S. history. And so, as listeners know, you have this excellent narrative, Indivisible, Daniel Webster and the birth of American nationalism.
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3 days ago · The following speech was delivered by Daniel Webster on August 2, 1826 at Faneuil Hall in Boston, less than one month after the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on July 4, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The speech can be found in Daniel Webster for Young Americans:
Jun 26, 2024 · The essence of the scheme was to run a covert operation designed to moderate American public opinion and open the way to a negotiated settlement. Secretary Webster recruited a former congressman from Maine, Francis O. J. Smith, to run this sensitive—in fact, illegal—operation.
3 days ago · Nearly 60 years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, at a dinner honoring the late George Washington, Daniel Webster said, “May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country.”
17 hours ago · The party nominated a ticket consisting of John Bell, a long-time Whig senator, and Edward Everett, who had succeeded Daniel Webster as Fillmore's Secretary of State. With the nomination of two former Whigs, many regarded the Constitutional Union Party as a continuation of the Whig Party; one Southern newspaper called the new party the "ghost ...
