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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... Bill of Rights after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 made him a natural source for civic republicanism.4 The tension in civic republicanism is between the state's role as a dispenser of public goods, such as rights and national security ...
... Bill of Rights after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 made him a natural source for civic republicanism.4 The tension in civic republicanism is between the state's role as a dispenser of public goods, such as rights and national security ...
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... Bill of Rights , it was common for ministers to take polit- ical positions . They were particularly concerned about freedom of religion in the new nation . This habit , which can be traced back to Jonathan Winthrop and forward to Jerry ...
... Bill of Rights , it was common for ministers to take polit- ical positions . They were particularly concerned about freedom of religion in the new nation . This habit , which can be traced back to Jonathan Winthrop and forward to Jerry ...
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... Bill of Rights of 1689. Thus, when the col- onies declared independence, most of them also called for a bill of rights. Pennsylvania in 1776, New York in 1777, South Carolina in 1778, and New Hampshire in 1783 all endorsed a bill of ...
... Bill of Rights of 1689. Thus, when the col- onies declared independence, most of them also called for a bill of rights. Pennsylvania in 1776, New York in 1777, South Carolina in 1778, and New Hampshire in 1783 all endorsed a bill of ...
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... bill of rights. Conventions had been an innovative idea at the time of the Revolution. However, since Americans had found them an effective way to draft state constitutions, it fol- lowed that ratification of the new Constitution should ...
... bill of rights. Conventions had been an innovative idea at the time of the Revolution. However, since Americans had found them an effective way to draft state constitutions, it fol- lowed that ratification of the new Constitution should ...
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... bill of rights , particularly in states that refused to ratify , such as North Carolina and Rhode Island , and in ... Bill of Rights . It was , in fact , the English Bill of Rights that gave its name to our own even though many of the ...
... bill of rights , particularly in states that refused to ratify , such as North Carolina and Rhode Island , and in ... Bill of Rights . It was , in fact , the English Bill of Rights that gave its name to our own even though many of the ...
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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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