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Daniel Webster - College Paper

Daniel Webster

contributed a large potion of the Civil War. To begin,
he was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire on January 18, 1782. His parents
were farmers so many people didn't know what to expect of him. Even though
his parents were farmers, he still graduated from Dartmouth College in 1801.
After he learned to be a lawyer, Daniel Webster opened a legal practice in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1807.

Webster quickly became an experienced and very good lawyer and a
Federalist party leader. In 1812, Webster was elected to the U.S. House of
Representatives because of his opposition to the War of 1812, which had
crippled New England's shipping trade. After two more terms in the House,
Webster ...

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New circumstances let Daniel Webster become a champion of American
nationalism. With the Federalist Party dead, he joined the National
Republican party, he joined with Westerner Henry Clay and then endorsing
federal aid for roads in the West. In 1828, since Massachusettses had
shifted the economic interest from shipping to manufacturing, Webster
decided to back the high-tariff bill of that year to help the small new
manufacturing businesses grow. Angry southern leaders condemned the tariff,
and South Carolina's John C. Calhoun argued that South Carolina had the
right to nullify or ignore the law. Replying to South Carolina's Robert
Hayne in a Senate debate in 1830, Webster triumphantly defended the Union
states by a very powerful but short speech. He said, "Liberty and Union,
now and forever, one and inseparable," made him a favorite and made him
well known among many people worldwide.

Webster and President Andrew Jackson joined forces in 1833 to try to
change South ...

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Added: 11/4/2007 09:48:43 PM
Category: Biographies
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