TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Craig R.
TI  - Daniel Webster and the oratory of civil religion
SN  - 0826264298
AV  - E340.W4 S597 2005eb
U1  - 973.5/092 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Columbia
PB  - University of Missouri Press
KW  - Webster, Daniel,
KW  - Webster, Daniel.
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - Senate
KW  - Biography
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Biographies
KW  - fast
KW  - Civil religion
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Political oratory
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Speeches, addresses, etc., American
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Legislators
KW  - Religion civile
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - Nationalisme
KW  - Éloquence politique
KW  - Discours politique
KW  - Études de cas
KW  - Discours américains
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - Parlementaires
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Oratory
KW  - Political and social views
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Zivilreligion
KW  - gnd
KW  - Rhetorik
KW  - 1783-1865
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-292) and index; The foundation of Webster's civil religion -- A Boston lawyer -- The lion returns -- Civic duty in the romantic age -- Liberty and union -- Legal and partisan wrangling -- Abolition confounds the two-party system -- Secretary Webster -- War with Mexico -- National crisis, Capitol gridlock -- Consummating compromise -- Twilight time; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - 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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