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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... called the better illusion. And what language could do for political issues, it could do for personal success. Webster was no romantic war hero; in fact, he believed soldiers were of little use in the political realm, where intelligent ...
... called the better illusion. And what language could do for political issues, it could do for personal success. Webster was no romantic war hero; in fact, he believed soldiers were of little use in the political realm, where intelligent ...
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... called on the public to live up to the goals of the nation's founders and to venerate the sacrifices they made in bringing the nation to its ultimate fulfillment. Webster may never have been more effective in this regard than in his ...
... called on the public to live up to the goals of the nation's founders and to venerate the sacrifices they made in bringing the nation to its ultimate fulfillment. Webster may never have been more effective in this regard than in his ...
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... called it “the morning gun of the revolution.” Its avowal of independence, natural rights, and individualism reflects Enlightenment thinking and is, in turn, reflected in the writings of Thomas Jefferson and George Mason twenty-six ...
... called it “the morning gun of the revolution.” Its avowal of independence, natural rights, and individualism reflects Enlightenment thinking and is, in turn, reflected in the writings of Thomas Jefferson and George Mason twenty-six ...
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... 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 rights. In 1778 Massachusetts rejected a new constitution because it did not contain one. This ...
... 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 rights. In 1778 Massachusetts rejected a new constitution because it did not contain one. This ...
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... called the “Eastern” states, as opposed to the four “Middle” states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware and the five “Southern” states. By 1783, the Eastern states were using the threat of forming a separate ...
... called the “Eastern” states, as opposed to the four “Middle” states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware and the five “Southern” states. By 1783, the Eastern states were using the threat of forming a separate ...
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A Boston Lawyer | 39 |
The Lion Returns | 64 |
Civic Duty in the Romantic Age | 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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