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	Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Daniel Webster - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Webster assisted his friend Jeremiah Smith in fighting the action all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States where he gained victory, five justices to one.
		In 1822, Webster was returned to Congress from Boston, and in 1827 he was elected to the Senate from the state of Massachusetts.
		Webster, however, was successful in defending his stance in a Senate debate of 1830.
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	Daniel Webster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Webster, however, was successful in defending his stance in a Senate debate of 1830, culminating in his second reply to Hayne [2] in which he uttered the famous phrase, "liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable".
		Webster has been immortalized in the popular short story, "The Devil and Daniel Webster", which appears in textbooks used for teaching English in several countries where it is not the native language.
		Webster ran in Massachusetts, William Henry Harrison ran in the Northern states, and Hugh Lawson White ran in the Southern states.
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	Daniel Webster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Webster's demonstration that nullification practically meant revolution, and their unalterable opinion of the soundness of his argument was amply illustrated when at length the crisis came which he deprecated with such intensity of emotion in his concluding sentences.
		Webster never indulged in mere rhetorical flights; his sentences, simple in structure and weighted with meaning, went straight to the mark, and his arguments were so skillfully framed that while his most learned and critical hearers were impressed with a sense of their conclusiveness, no man of ordinary intelligence could fail to understand them.
		Webster, and the result was the Ashburton treaty of 1842, by which an arbitrary and conventional line was adopted for the northeastern boundary, while the loss thereby suffered by the states of Maine and Massachusetts was to be indemnified by the United States.
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		Daniel Webster, known as the "Defender of the Constitution," was a famous orator and statesman who argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, served as a U.S. Congressman, a U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of State.
		Webster persuasively reasons for the peoples' right to establish qualifications for their elected officials and acknowledges the importance of Massachusetts' "respect and attachment to Christianity" through the retention of a constitutional provision requiring a profession of belief in the Christian religion as a qualification for holding public office.
		Webster was among the delegates chosen by the town of Boston, and took an active and distinguished part in the business of the convention, both in committee-room and in debate.
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	Webster, Daniel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Before he was returned (1822) to the House, Webster won fame as a lawyer, defending (1819) his alma mater in the Dartmouth College Case and the Bank of the United States in McCulloch v.
		Again in Congress (1823–27), Webster began to gain repute as one of the greatest orators of his time; his brilliant speeches in the House were matched by his eloquent public addresses—notably the Plymouth address (1820), the Bunker Hill oration (1825), and the speech (1826) on the deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
		Webster became a leader of the Whig party and in 1836 was put forward as a presidential candidate by the Whig groups in New England.
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	Daniel Webster
		Webster argued that the Federal Constitution gave to Congress control over interstate commerce, and that any interference by the legislature of a state with this commerce was unconstitutional and void.
		In 1820 Webster took an important part in the convention called to revise the constitution of Massachusetts, his arguments in favor of removing the religious test, in favour of retaining property representation in the Senate, and in favor of increasing the independence of the judiciary, being especially notable.
		Webster's support of President Jackson in the South Carolina trouble helped to drive Calhoun into an alliance with Clay; and Clay, whose plan of preserving the Union was by compromise, came forward with a bill for greatly reducing the tariff.
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	Daniel Webster House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Webster's face was more awful than could be described." The man she remembered was Daniel Webster, one of the eminent figures of American history.
		Daniel Webster was born in 1782, the son of a farmer in Salisbury, New Hampshire.
		Webster was in Washington at the time and none of his family were harmed, but the house was not insured and he had to go heavily into debt to set up housekeeping again.
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	Daniel Webster: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He was the son of Ebenezer and Abigail Webster (née Eastman) and raised on his parents' farm (a small parcel of land granted to Ebenezer in recognition of his service in the French and Indian War[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link]).
		Webster assisted his friend Jeremiah Smith in fighting the action all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States Supreme Court of the United States quick summary:
		The USS Daniel Webster[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] (SSBN-626) and Daniel Webster College in Nashua, EHandler: no quick summary.
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	The Devil and Daniel Webster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Daniel's speech "He was talking about the things that make a country a country, and a man a man" rather than legal points of the case.
		Dan'l Webster had faced some hard juries and hanging judges in his time, but this was the hardest he'd ever faced, and he knew it.
		When filming first began, Thomas Mitchell had the role of Daniel Webster, but he broke his leg and had to be replaced by Edward Arnold.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Daniel Webster
		Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was a United States Senator and Secretary of State.
		Webster, however, was successful in defending his stance in a Senate debate of 1830, culminating in his second reply to Hayne http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dwebster/speeches/hayne-speech.html in which he uttered the famous phrase, "liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable".
		President William Henry Harrison appointed Webster to the prestigious post of Secretary of State in 1841, a post he retained under John Tyler after the untimely death of Harrison only a month after his inauguration.
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	Daniel Webster biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1823, Webster was returned to Congress from Boston, and in 1827 he was elected senator from Massachusetts.
		Webster and President Andrew Jackson joined forces in 1833 to suppress South Carolina's attempt to nullify the tariff.
		Webster was named secretary of state in July 1850 by President Millard Fillmore and supervised the strict enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act.
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	Daniel Webster Birthplace - Franklin, NH
		The Webster Birthplace and Elms Farm were in the town of Salisbury, which was incorporated as a part of Franklin in 1828.
		Daniel Webster (1782-1852) was a frail and sickly child.
		Daniel graduated from Dartmouth College in 1801 and became a lawyer and renowned orator.
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	Daniel Webster
		Born January 18, 1782, in Salisbury, New Hampshire, Daniel Webster was a central figure in the nation's history.
		Although Webster's more notable efforts were performed in the Senate, he also served in the Cabinet as secretary of state under Presidents Harrison and Tyler in 1840-1843.
		Webster returned to the Senate in 1844, and there he continued to defend the unity of the nation with his eloquence.
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	Daniel Webster
		Webster was a dependable ally of the New England shipping interests; he opposed the War of 1812, but did not lend his support to the Hartford Convention.
		Webster was elected to Congress from Massachusetts in 1822 and served in the Senate from 1827 to 1841.
		Webster was personally opposed to slavery, but accommodated Southern concerns because of his deeply held belief that the preservation of the Union was more important than any other issue.
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	Webster's Great Speeches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Webster was invited to address the public by the town of Hanover while still a Dartmouth student of only 18 years of age.
		Webster's closing argument does not survive; What is known of the text comes from notes taken by Chauncey A. Goodrich, a Yale professor observing Webster's argument.
		Webster speaks at the momentous occasion of the funeral of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both of whom died on the 50th anniversary of the Union.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~dwebster/speeches (483 words)

	Daniel Webster Image Gallery
		This portrait, although unfinished, is a beautiful depiction of Webster as a young man, fresh from his victory in the Dartmouth College Case.
		This is the most powerful portrait of Webster in existence, and a copy was owned by Webster himself (althought the copy is infereior in quality and dramatic effect to the original) (ibid.
		Webster spoke at the laying of the cornerstone of that monument, and again at its dedication.
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	"The Completest Men": Ralph Waldo Emerson & Daniel Webster
		To Daniel Webster, the Constitution was a sacred document and the Union it represented was holy.
		Webster saw himself "not as a Massachusetts man, not as a northern man, but as an American." He believed that the Compromise would end the debate over slavery once and for all, and if the return of fugitive slaves would help preserve the Union, Webster was all for it.
		Webster's treachery." In the spring of 1850 Webster defended the Compromise in a famous speech known as the "Seventh of March Speech" and his repeated use of the word "liberty" in the speech revolted Emerson: "Liberty!
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	Webster, Daniel on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		WEBSTER, DANIEL [Webster, Daniel] 1782-1852, American statesman, lawyer, and orator, b.
		Again in Congress (1823-27), Webster began to gain repute as one of the greatest orators of his time; his brilliant speeches in the House were matched by his eloquent public addresses—notably the Plymouth address (1820), the Bunker Hill oration (1825), and the speech (1826) on the deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
		Again (1845-50) in the Senate, Webster opposed the annexation of Texas and war with Mexico and faced the rising tide of sectionalism with his customary stand: slavery was an evil, but disunion was a greater one.
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	Would Daniel Webster Approve of an Attack on Iraq? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On the night of December 29, 1837 a Canadian naval force attacked an American ship, the Caroline, which was being used to ferry supplies from New York to a large group of armed rebels plotting the liberation of French Canada from an island on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls.
		Webster, hoping to put the British on the defensive in negotiations over the Maine boundary, argued that the British attack was wholly unjustified.
		Webster, satisfied that an apology had been made, completed a treaty with Ashburton settling the Maine boundary dispute.
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	Dave Kopel & Mike Brotherton on Daniel Webster on National Review Online
		Today, Daniel Webster is best remembered as one of the great senators of the antebellum era, and one of the most brilliant orators of all time.
		Webster reiterated that the United States would maintain its policy of abstaining from interference in the affairs of Europe.
		Webster reminded Hulsemann that the Law of Nations does not prohibit an independent nation from recognizing a new nation, even before the parent nation has made such a recognition.
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	Daniel Webster
		Daniel Webster: Bibliography - Bibliography His writings were edited by J. McIntyre (18 vol., 1903).
		Daniel Webster: Early Career - Early Career He graduated (1801) from Dartmouth College, studied law, and, after an interval as a...
		Daniel Webster: Senator and Secretary of State - Senator and Secretary of State As a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1827–41), he became a...
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	WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-... - Online Information article about WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-...
		laws of the several states, Webster argued that the clause prohibiting a state from impairing the obligation of contracts applied to future as well as to past contracts, but the court decided against him.
		slavery with it, but Webster denied this on the ground that the territory was the property of, not part of, the United States, and Webster's view prevailed.
		Civil War was largely due to the arguments of Webster.
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	Daniel Webster College :: Athletics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Daniel Webster College is the place for you.
		At Daniel Webster College you'll have the chance to achieve success in the classroom and in athletic competition.
		Daniel Webster College teams compete against the best Division III teams in New England and belong to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC), which has a rich tradition of athletic experience.*
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	The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Webster, though I don't like to boast of it, my name in this country is older than yours.
		Scratch, Edward Arnold as Daniel Webster, and in strong support, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon and John Qualen.
		As an historical addendum it's worth noting that The Devil and Daniel Webster is one of several movies made in the period of roughly 1940-41 that dealt with east coast America in a manner at once critical, romantic and wistful.
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	Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
		Born in Salisbury, NH, Daniel Webster is probably best known today as the lawyer who defended fellow New Hampshireite Jabez Stone in a fictional trial with the Devil.
		The short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" adapted to the movies, plays on his fiery debating skill as a Senator from Massachusetts.
		Known as "Black Dan" and "Godlike Dan" Webster refuted the Southern concept of the nation as a loose confederation of states.
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