Daniel Webster

Author : Stephen Vincent Benet,Stephen Vincent Benét
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1943-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0822203030

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The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet,Stephen Vincent Benét Pdf

THE STORY: Jabez Stone, young farmer, has just been married, and the guests are dancing at his wedding. But Jabez carries a burden, for he knows that, having sold his soul to the Devil, he must, on the stroke of midnight, deliver it up to him. Shortly before twelve Mr. Scratch, lawyer, enters and the company is thunderstruck. Jabez bids his guests begone; he has made his bargain and will pay the price. His bride, however, stands by him, and so will Daniel Webster, who has come for the festivities. Webster takes the case. But Scratch is a lawyer himself and out-argues the statesman. Webster demands a jury of real Americans, living or dead. Very well, agrees the Devil, he shall have them, and ghosts appear. Webster thunders, but to no avail, and at last realizing Scratch can better him on technical grounds, he changes his tactics and appeals to the ghostly jury, men who have retained some love of country. Rising to the height of his powers, Webster performs the miracle of winning a verdict of Not Guilty.

Author : Robert Vincent Remini
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0393045528

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Daniel Webster by Robert Vincent Remini Pdf

In this monumental new biography, Robert V. Remini gives us a full life of Webster from his birth, early schooling, and rapid rise as a lawyer and politician in New Hampshire to his equally successful career in Massachusetts where he moved in 1816. Remini treats both the man and his time as they tangle in issues such as westward expansion, growth of democracy, market revolution, slavery and abolitionism, the National Bank, and tariff issues. Webster's famous speeches are fully discussed as are his relations with the other two of the "great triumvirate", Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun. Throughout, Remini pays close attention to Webster's personal life - perhaps more than Webster would have liked - his relationships with family and friends, and his murky financial dealings with men of wealth and influence.

Author : Daniel Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Foot's resolution, 1829
ISBN : UOM:39015026788888

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Reply to Hayne by Daniel Webster Pdf

Author : H. W. Brands
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780385542548

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Heirs of the Founders by H. W. Brands Pdf

From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteenth-century America, a new set of political giants battled to complete the unfinished work of the Founding Fathers and decide the future of our democracy In the early 1800s, three young men strode onto the national stage, elected to Congress at a moment when the Founding Fathers were beginning to retire to their farms. Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, a champion orator known for his eloquence, spoke for the North and its business class. Henry Clay of Kentucky, as dashing as he was ambitious, embodied the hopes of the rising West. South Carolina's John Calhoun, with piercing eyes and an even more piercing intellect, defended the South and slavery. Together these heirs of Washington, Jefferson and Adams took the country to war, battled one another for the presidency and set themselves the task of finishing the work the Founders had left undone. Their rise was marked by dramatic duels, fierce debates, scandal and political betrayal. Yet each in his own way sought to remedy the two glaring flaws in the Constitution: its refusal to specify where authority ultimately rested, with the states or the nation, and its unwillingness to address the essential incompatibility of republicanism and slavery. They wrestled with these issues for four decades, arguing bitterly and hammering out political compromises that held the Union together, but only just. Then, in 1850, when California moved to join the Union as a free state, "the immortal trio" had one last chance to save the country from the real risk of civil war. But, by that point, they had never been further apart. Thrillingly and authoritatively, H. W. Brands narrates an epic American rivalry and the little-known drama of the dangerous early years of our democracy.

Author : Richard Nelson Current
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1037447720

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Daniel Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism by Richard Nelson Current Pdf

Author : Daniel Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : United States
ISBN : PSU:000061207646

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The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster Pdf

Author : Maurice Glen Baxter
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0674638212

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One and Inseparable by Maurice Glen Baxter Pdf

One and Inseparable traces the interrelated evolution of the public career and the private life of this imposing and controversial Yankee. Reading Baxter's lucid, moving biography it is possible to understand why Ralph Waldo Emerson so detested Daniel Webster but also called him "the completest man" produced by America.

Author : Daniel Webster
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783732647415

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The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster Pdf

Reproduction of the original: The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster

Author : Maurice Glen Baxter
Publisher : [Amherst] : University of Massachusetts Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015009322176

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Daniel Webster & the Supreme Court by Maurice Glen Baxter Pdf

Webster, a staunch nationalist and firm protector of property rights, exerted a strong influence on the U.S. Supreme Court, as the Court began its historic function of interpreting the Constitution.

Author : Craig R. Smith
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780826264299

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Daniel Webster and the Oratory of Civil Religion by Craig R. Smith Pdf

Annotation Daniel Webster (1782-1852) embodied the golden age of oratory in America by mastering each of the major genres of public speaking of the time. Even today, many of his victories before the Supreme Court remain as precedents. Webster served in the House, the Senate, and twice as secretary of state. He was so famous as a political orator that his reply "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!" to Senator Robert Hayne in a debate in 1830 was memorized by schoolboys and was on the lips of Northern soldiers as they charged forward in the Civil War. There would have been no 1850 Compromise without Webster, and without the Compromise, the Civil War might well have come earlier to an unprepared North. Webster was also the consummate ceremonial speaker. He advanced Whig virtues and solidified support for the Union through civil religion, creating a transcendent symbol for the nation that became a metaphor for the working constitutional framework. While several biographies have been written about Webster, none has focused on his oratorical talent. This study examines Webster's incredible career from the perspective of his great speeches and how they created a civil religion that moved citizens beyond loyalty and civic virtue to true romantic patriotism. Craig R. Smith places Webster's speeches in their historical context and then uses the tools of rhetorical criticism to analyze them. He demonstrates that Webster understood not only how rhetorical genres function to meet the expectations of the moment but also how they could be braided to produce long-lasting and literate discourse

Author : Daniel Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105047132969

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The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Biographical memoir [by Edward Everet] and speeches on various occasions by Daniel Webster Pdf

Author : Daniel W Webster,Jon S Vernick,Emma E McGinty,Ted Alcorn
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781421411729

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Regulating Gun Sales by Daniel W Webster,Jon S Vernick,Emma E McGinty,Ted Alcorn Pdf

This excerpt from the “masterful, timely, data-driven” study of the gun control debate examines the potential of stronger purchasing laws (Choice). As the debate on gun control continues, evidence-based research is needed to answer a crucial question: How do we reduce gun violence? One of the biggest gun policy reforms under consideration is the regulation of firearm sales and stopping the diversion of guns to criminals. This selection from the major anthology of studies Reducing Gun Violence in America presents compelling evidence that stronger purchasing laws and better enforcement of these laws result in lower gun violence. Additional material for this edition includes an introduction by Michael R. Bloomberg and Consensus Recommendations for Reforms to Federal Gun Policies from the Johns Hopkins University.

Author : George Ticknor Curtis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Legislators
ISBN : UCAL:B3352765

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Life of Daniel Webster by George Ticknor Curtis Pdf

Author : Daniel Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : United States
ISBN : YALE:39002070948592

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The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Biographical memoir [by Edward Everett and speeches on various occasions by Daniel Webster Pdf

Author : Daniel Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : United States
ISBN : HARVARD:32044009508995

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The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Legal arguments and speeches to the jury, diplomatic and official papers, and miscellaneous letters by Daniel Webster Pdf