Daniel Webster And The Rise Of National Conservatism

Author : Richard Nelson Current
Publisher : Waveland PressInc
ISBN 13 : 9780881336535
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daniel Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism written by Richard Nelson Current and published by Waveland PressInc. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text details the life & experiences of statesman Daniel Webster & his influence on the American political conservatism of the late nineteenth century.

Author : Richard Nelson Current
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Total Pages : 215 pages
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Download or read book Daniel Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism written by Richard Nelson Current and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard N. Current
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Total Pages : 230 pages
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Download or read book Daniel Webster and the Rise of National Conservation written by Richard N. Current and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bonnie C. Harvey
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780766013926
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daniel Webster written by Bonnie C. Harvey and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of the man whose speeches have become some of the best remembered in American history, from his days as a lawyer before the Supreme Court, through his distinguished career as a United States senator, to his legacy as a spokesman for the strength of the Union.

Author : Sydney Nathans
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421430932
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daniel Webster and Jacksonian Democracy written by Sydney Nathans and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1973. Professor Nathans illuminates the changes wrought by Jacksonian democracy on the career of Daniel Webster, a major political figure, and on the destiny of a major political party, the Whigs. Daniel Webster was a creative anachronism in the Jacksonian era. His career illustrates the fate of a generation of American politicians, reared to rule in a traditional world of defined social classes where gentlemen led and the masses followed. With extensive research into primary sources, Nathans interprets Webster as a leader in the older political tradition, hostile to permanent organized political parties and fearful of social strife that party conflict seemed to promote. He focuses on Webster's response to the rise of entrenchment of voter-oriented partisan politics. He analyzes Webster's struggle to survive, comprehend, and finally manipulate the new politics during his early opposition to Jackson; his roles in the Bank War and the nullification crisis; and the contest for leadership within the Whig Party from 1828 to 1844. Webster and the Whigs resisted and then belatedly attempted to answer the demands of the new egalitarian mass politics. When Webster failed as an apologist for government by the elite, he became a rhapsodist of American commercial enterprise. Seeking a new power base, he adapted his public style to the standards of simplicity and humility that the voters seemed to reward. Nathans shows, however, that Webster developed a realistic vision of the common bonds of Jacksonian society—of the basis for community—that would warrant anew the trust needed for the kind of leadership he offered. The meaning of Webster's career lies in these attempts to bridge the old and new politics, but his attempt was doomed to ironic and revealing failure. Nathans studies Webster's impact on the Whig party, showing that his influence was strong enough to thwart the ambitions of his rivals Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun but not strong enough to achieve his own aspirations. Nathans argues that Webster, through his efforts to increase his authority within the party, merely revealed his true weakness as a sectional leader. His successful blocking of Clay and Calhoun brought about a deadlock that significantly hastened the transfer of power to men more committed to strong party organization and more talented at voter manipulation. Webster's dilemma was the crisis of an entire political generation reared for a traditional world and forced to function in a modern one.

Author : Craig R. Smith
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826264298
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daniel Webster and the Oratory of Civil Religion written by Craig R. Smith and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Harold D. Moser
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313068674
Total Pages : 740 pages
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Download or read book Daniel Webster written by Harold D. Moser and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-03-30 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel Webster captured the hearts and imagination of the American people of the first half of the nineteenth century. This bibliography on Webster brings together for the first time a comprehensive guide to the vast amount of literature written by and about this extraordinary man who dwarfed most of his contemporaries. This bibliography also provides references to materials on slavery, the tariff, banking, Indian affairs, legal and constitutional development, international affairs, western expansion, and economic and political developments in general. This bibliography is divided into fifteen sections and covers every aspect of Webster's distinguished career. Sections I and II deal primarily with Webster's writings and with those of his contemporaries. Sections III through X cover the literature dealing with his family background; childhood and education, his long service in the United States House of Representatives and in the Senate, his two stints as secretary of state, and his career in law. Section X provides guidance in locating materials relating to his associates. Finally, Sections XI through XV provide coverage of his personal life, his death, historiographical materials, and iconography.

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Publisher : Southern Liberty Press
ISBN 13 : 0977676617
Total Pages : 471 pages
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Author : Donald A. Rakestraw
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442249951
Total Pages : 200 pages
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Download or read book Daniel Webster written by Donald A. Rakestraw and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald A. Rakestraw focuses on Daniel Webster’s critical diplomatic efforts. His domestic resumé garnered him the title “Defender of the Constitution,” while his adroit handling of his signature accomplishment with Lord Ashburton earned him the additional title of “Defender of the Peace.”

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Total Pages : 372 pages
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