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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... speech places Webster's rhetoric in his times , thereby revealing the situa- tional constraints he faced . The context of his speeches also reveals why some aspects of his rhetoric were controversial in his time and still are in our own ...
... speech places Webster's rhetoric in his times , thereby revealing the situa- tional constraints he faced . The context of his speeches also reveals why some aspects of his rhetoric were controversial in his time and still are in our own ...
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... speeches to achieve his goal. He often braided various genres as a way to develop a more fruitful arsenal of arguments ... speech for the occasion. Webster's imagery often reinforces a powerful narrative that proves unusually persuasive ...
... speeches to achieve his goal. He often braided various genres as a way to develop a more fruitful arsenal of arguments ... speech for the occasion. Webster's imagery often reinforces a powerful narrative that proves unusually persuasive ...
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... speech and the press, he believed, then all questions concerning freedom of the press , speech , and religion would be. 13. Max Farrand, ed., The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, 1:291, 288, 434. 14. Alexander Hamilton ...
... speech and the press, he believed, then all questions concerning freedom of the press , speech , and religion would be. 13. Max Farrand, ed., The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, 1:291, 288, 434. 14. Alexander Hamilton ...
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... speeches, most notably in his First Bunker Hill Ad- dress. That Webster took the criticism to heart was evident in his next major address a year later, a eulogy for Ephraim Simonds, a fellow student. This speech was more austere, though ...
... speeches, most notably in his First Bunker Hill Ad- dress. That Webster took the criticism to heart was evident in his next major address a year later, a eulogy for Ephraim Simonds, a fellow student. This speech was more austere, though ...
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... speech at the centennial anniversary of Washington's birth- day in 1832. Becoming a Lawyer Webster began the study ... Speeches and Formal Writings, 1:3. The memorial was The Foundation of Webster's Civil Religion 25.
... speech at the centennial anniversary of Washington's birth- day in 1832. Becoming a Lawyer Webster began the study ... Speeches and Formal Writings, 1:3. The memorial was The Foundation of Webster's Civil Religion 25.
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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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