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Webster delivers famous Senate speech, Jan. 26, 1830

On this day in 1830, he tells colleague

On this day in 1830, Daniel Webster of Massachusetts rose in the Senate to proclaim, “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!” Some historians regard Webster’s oration, which stretched over two days, as the most famous speech ever to be delivered in Senate annalsFacebookTwitterPrint

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Daniel Webster delivers famous Senate speech, Jan. 26, 1830

On this day in 1830, he tells colleagues “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!"

On this day in 1830, Daniel Webster of Massachusetts rose in the Senate to proclaim, “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!” Some historians regard Webster’s oration, which stretched over two days, as the most famous speech ever to be delivered in Senate annals. It established him as a national figure who would lead the debate over the nature of the Union for two more tumultuous decades.

Webster spoke in response to Sen. Robert Hayne (D-S.C.) in a debate that initially focused on efforts to limit federal land sales in the West but soon shifted to the larger issue of slavery and the proper role of the federal government. Hayne argued that these sales enriched the federal treasury, benefiting the North while draining wealth from the West.

Speaking as a surrogate for Vice President John Calhoun, Hayne asserted that states should have the right to “nullify” Federal Laws that they believed were contrary to their best interests. He charged that the North sought to destroy the South by imposing high tariffs and agitating against slavery.

Speaking to a packed chamber, Webster, who had entered the Senate two years earlier, held that the nation was not an association of sovereign states, from which individual states could withdraw at will but rather a “popular government, erected by the people; those who administer it are responsible to the people; and itself capable of being amended and modified, just as the people may choose it should be.”

Following his speech, Webster encountered Hayne at a White House reception. When Webster asked him how he was doing, Hayne replied, “None the better for you, sir.”

Webster sought the presidency in 1836 as one of three Whig Party candidates but carried only Massachusetts. For the rest of his life, he aspired in vain to the presidency.

Webster spoke in response to Sen. Robert Hayne (D-S.C.) in a debate that initially focused on efforts to limit federal land sales in the West but soon shifted to the larger issue of slavery and the proper role of the federal government. Hayne argued that these sales enriched the federal treasury, benefiting the North while draining wealth from the West.

Speaking as a surrogate for Vice President John Calhoun, Hayne asserted that states should have the right to “nullify” federal laws that they believed were contrary to their best interests. He charged that the North sought to destroy the South by imposing high tariffs and agitating against slavery.

Speaking to a packed chamber, Webster, who had entered the Senate two years earlier, held that the nation was not an association of sovereign states, from which individual states could withdraw at will but rather a “popular government, erected by the people; those who administer it are responsible to the people; and itself capable of being amended and modified, just as the people may choose it should be.”

Following his speech, Webster encountered Hayne at a White House reception. When Webster asked him how he was doing, Hayne replied, “None the better for you, sir.”

Webster sought the presidency in 1836 as one of three Whig Party can