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  2. Webster's "Seventh of March" speech should be viewed in tandem with his other great oratorical effort of 1850, his "Seventeenth of July" address. He designed the first to influence public opinion in favor of compromise to preserve the Union; later he acknowledged that it was "probably the most important effort of my life."
  3. Ask anyone familiar with the Senate's history to name a famous floor speech that is commonly identified by the date on which it was given and you will almost certainly receive one answer, "The Seventh of March Speech." On March 7, 1850, Massachusetts senator Daniel Webster (pictured) rose in the Senate Chamber to stake his career, his reputation, and perhaps the nation's future on the success ...
  4. 1 This speech was first reported in U.S., Congress, Senate, Congrts­ sioruzl GloiM, 31st Cong., 1st sess., pp. 47~3. The text here was taken from a version subsequently revised by Webster that was printed in the Gmgrtssiomtl GloiM, 31st Cong., 1st sess., Appendix, pp. 269-76. speak today, out of a solicitous and anxious
  5. In the 19th century, major speeches by well-known senators drew large crowds into the Senate Chamber. Sometimes stretching over two or three days, these speeches expressed national aspirations, framed important debates, and were often controversial. Although rhetorical styles have changed, debate on a crucial national issue in today's Senate ...
  6. By the time it ended nine days later, the focus had shifted to the vastly more cosmic concerns of slavery and the nature of the federal Union. Observers then and since have considered Massachusetts senator Daniel Webster's closing oration, beginning on January 26, 1830, as the most famous speech in Senate history.
  7. Daniel Webster Second Reply to Hayne. January 26 and 27, 1830. In his third year in the U.S. Senate at the time of the debate with Robert Hayne, the forty-eight-year-old Daniel Webster was already renowned as an orator. In his dual careers as lawyer and politician, he had demonstrated his skill with commemorative addresses, speeches in the House of Representatives, and arguments before the ...
  8. Web Access. Congressional Debates 1789 to 1873; 1873 to 1875. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873; there are three earlier publications that cover the debates of Congress from 1789 through 1873. The full text of these earlier publications are available on the Library of Congress' website.. Annals of Congress cover the 1st Congress through the first session of the 18th Congress ...
  9. George Vest Eulogy of the Dog. September 23, 1870. George Graham Vest served in the United States Senate for twenty-four years, from 1879 to 1903, but the act for which he is best remembered is a speech delivered in an insignificant court case while he was still a lawyer in rural Missouri.. Born in Kentucky in 1830, Vest moved in the 1850's to Missouri, where he practiced law and served in the ...
  10. William H. Seward Freedom in the New Territories (Appeal to a "Higher Law") March 11, 1850. William Henry Seward's so-called "Higher Law" speech remains one of the most significant "maiden" speeches in the history of the Senate. Not only was it his first address to the Senate, it was also one of his two most influential orations during a twelve-year legislative career; it immediately ...

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