On March 7, 1850, Senator Daniel Webster delivered his famous “Seventh of March” speech urging sectional compromise on the issue of slavery. Advising abolition-minded Northerners to forgo antislavery measures, he simultaneously cautioned Southerners that disunion inevitably would lead to war.
Q. What was Daniel Webster view on secession?
In his last speech before the Senate in 1850, he said, “I wish to speak today, not as a Massachusetts man, nor as an Northern man, but as an American I speak today for the preservation of the Union.” He also said, “Peaceable secession is an utter impossibility!” His prediction was correct.
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- Q. What was Daniel Webster view on secession?
- Q. How did Daniel Webster view the Compromise of 1850?
- Q. Who fashioned the Compromise of 1850 who spoke these words I speak today not a Massachusetts man nor as a Northern man but American <UNK> I speak for the preservation of the Union?
- Q. What did Webster mean when he said there can be no such thing as a peaceable secession?
- Q. Who delivered a speech not as a Massachusetts man not as a Northern man but as an American?
Q. How did Daniel Webster view the Compromise of 1850?
Long an opponent of slavery extension, he spoke against annexing Texas and against going to war with Mexico. He held, however, that no law was needed to prevent the further extension of slavery when he urged the Compromise of 1850 as a Union-saving measure.
Q. Who fashioned the Compromise of 1850 who spoke these words I speak today not a Massachusetts man nor as a Northern man but American <UNK> I speak for the preservation of the Union?
Mr. President, – I wish to speak to-day, not as a Massachusetts man, nor as a Northern man, but as an American, and a member of the Senate of the United States.
Q. What did Webster mean when he said there can be no such thing as a peaceable secession?
What did Webster mean when he said there “can be no such thing as a peaceable secession”? a. Webster was saying that if the South seceded, it would be the result of a major conflict, whether a deadly war or tense ideological conflict. If the South seceded, it wasn’t going down without a fight.
Q. Who delivered a speech not as a Massachusetts man not as a Northern man but as an American?
Massachusetts senator Daniel Webster countered Calhoun in his famous “Seventh of March” speech. Webster called for national unity, famously declaring that he spoke “not as a Massachusetts man, not as a Northern man, but as an American.” While Webster denounced slavery, he regarded disunion as much worse.
