Daniel Webster and the Oratory of Civil ReligionUniversity of Missouri Press, 2005 - 300 страница 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 |
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... believed that rhetoric worked; he believed a good orator could change minds and thereby change the course of events. It galled him when those untrained in oratory advanced to the presidency. It annoyed him when men rose in the Senate ...
... believed that rhetoric worked; he believed a good orator could change minds and thereby change the course of events. It galled him when those untrained in oratory advanced to the presidency. It annoyed him when men rose in the Senate ...
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... believed that the Union created by the Constitution was the most transcendent law of all . He made it part of America's civil religion , and it has held that status ever since.3 This offended those like Theodore Parker and Ralph Waldo ...
... believed that the Union created by the Constitution was the most transcendent law of all . He made it part of America's civil religion , and it has held that status ever since.3 This offended those like Theodore Parker and Ralph Waldo ...
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... believed soldiers were of little use in the political realm, where intelligent men understood the power of language and could wield it on the legislative and forensic battlefield. Webster polished and refined his talent for words; he ...
... believed soldiers were of little use in the political realm, where intelligent men understood the power of language and could wield it on the legislative and forensic battlefield. Webster polished and refined his talent for words; he ...
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... of expansion , particularly the un- just war with Mexico , he embraced the part of the myth that eulogized prop- erty. Like Jefferson, Webster believed that those who owned a 10 Daniel Webster and the Oratory of Civil Religion.
... of expansion , particularly the un- just war with Mexico , he embraced the part of the myth that eulogized prop- erty. Like Jefferson, Webster believed that those who owned a 10 Daniel Webster and the Oratory of Civil Religion.
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Craig R. Smith. erty. Like Jefferson, Webster believed that those who owned a piece of the na- tion were more likely to protect and defend it. A favorite quotation of land- holding revolutionaries like Webster, who was a major defender ...
Craig R. Smith. erty. Like Jefferson, Webster believed that those who owned a piece of the na- tion were more likely to protect and defend it. A favorite quotation of land- holding revolutionaries like Webster, who was a major defender ...
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A Boston Lawyer | 39 |
The Lion Returns | 64 |
Chapter 4 | 84 |
Liberty and Union | 100 |
Legal and Partisan Wrangling | 120 |
Abolition Confounds the TwoParty System | 155 |
War with Mexico | 191 |
National Crisis Capitol Gridlock | 214 |
Consummating Compromise | 238 |
Twilight Time | 252 |
Chronology of Major Speeches | 271 |
Bibliographic Essay | 273 |
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