{"product_id":"2940013621855","title":"The Works of Daniel Webster Volume I","description":"CHAPTER I.                                                      xiii\u003cbr\u003e    Former Editions of the Works of Mr. Webster, and Plan of\u003cbr\u003e      this Edition.--Parentage and Birth.--First Settlements\u003cbr\u003e      in the Interior of New Hampshire.--Establishment of his\u003cbr\u003e      Father at Salisbury.--Scanty Opportunities of Early\u003cbr\u003e      Education.--First Teachers, and recent Letter to Master\u003cbr\u003e      Tappan.--Placed at Exeter Academy.--Anecdotes while\u003cbr\u003e      there.--Dartmouth College.--Study of the Law at\u003cbr\u003e      Salisbury.--Residence at Fryeburg in Maine, and\u003cbr\u003e      Occupations there.--Continuance of the Study of the Law\u003cbr\u003e      at Boston, in the Office of Hon. Christopher\u003cbr\u003e      Gore.--Admission to the Bar of Suffolk,\u003cbr\u003e      Massachusetts.--Commencement of Practice at Boscawen,\u003cbr\u003e      New Hampshire.--Removal to Portsmouth.--Contemporaries\u003cbr\u003e      in the Profession.--Increasing Practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER II.                                                   xxxiii\u003cbr\u003e    Entrance on Public Life.--State of Parties in\u003cbr\u003e      1812.--Election to Congress.--Extra Session of\u003cbr\u003e      1813.--Foreign Relations of the Country.--Resolutions\u003cbr\u003e      relative to the Berlin and Milan Decrees.--Naval\u003cbr\u003e      Defence.--Reelected to Congress in 1814.--Peace with\u003cbr\u003e      England.--Projects for a National Bank.--Mr. Webster's\u003cbr\u003e      Course on that Question.--Battle of New Orleans.--New\u003cbr\u003e      Questions arising on the Return of Peace.--Course of\u003cbr\u003e      Prominent Men of Different Parties.--Mr. Webster's\u003cbr\u003e      Opinions on the Constitutionality of the Tariff\u003cbr\u003e      Policy.--The Resolution to restore Specie Payments\u003cbr\u003e      moved by Mr. Webster.--Removal to Boston.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER III.                                                  xlviii\u003cbr\u003e    Professional Character particularly in Reference to\u003cbr\u003e      Constitutional Law.--The Dartmouth College Case argued\u003cbr\u003e      at Washington in 1818.--Mr. Ticknor's Description of\u003cbr\u003e      that Argument.--The Case of Gibbons and Ogden in\u003cbr\u003e      1824.--Mr. Justice Wayne's Allusion to that Case in\u003cbr\u003e      1847.--The Case of Ogden and Saunders in 1827.--The\u003cbr\u003e      Case of the Proprietors of the Charles River\u003cbr\u003e      Bridge.--The Alabama Bank Case.--The Case relative to\u003cbr\u003e      the Boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode\u003cbr\u003e      Island.--The Girard Will Case.--The Case of the\u003cbr\u003e      Constitution of Rhode Island.--General Remarks on Mr.\u003cbr\u003e      Webster's Practice in the Supreme Court of the United\u003cbr\u003e      States.--Practice in the State Courts.--The Case of\u003cbr\u003e      Goodridge,--and the Case of Knapp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER IV.                                                       lx\u003cbr\u003e    The Convention to revise the Constitution of\u003cbr\u003e      Massachusetts.--John Adams a Delegate.--Mr. Webster's\u003cbr\u003e      Share in its Proceedings.--Speeches on Oaths of Office,\u003cbr\u003e      Basis of Senatorial Representation, and Independence of\u003cbr\u003e      the Judiciary.--Centennial Anniversary at Plymouth on\u003cbr\u003e      the 22d of December, 1820.--Discourse delivered by Mr.\u003cbr\u003e      Webster.--Bunker Hill Monument, and Address by Mr.\u003cbr\u003e      Webster on the Laying of the Corner-Stone, 17th of\u003cbr\u003e      June, 1825.--Discourse on the Completion of the\u003cbr\u003e      Monument, 17th of June, 1843.--Simultaneous Decease of\u003cbr\u003e      Adams and Jefferson on the 4th of July, 1826.--Eulogy\u003cbr\u003e      by Mr. Webster in Faneuil Hall.--Address at the Laying\u003cbr\u003e      of the Corner-Stone of the New Wing of the\u003cbr\u003e      Capitol.--Remarks on the Patriotic Discourses of Mr.\u003cbr\u003e      Webster, and on the Character of his Eloquence in\u003cbr\u003e      Efforts of this Class.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER V.                                                     lxxii\u003cbr\u003e    Election to Congress from Boston.--State of\u003cbr\u003e      Parties.--Meeting of the Eighteenth Congress.--Mr.\u003cbr\u003e      Webster's Resolution and Speech in favor of the\u003cbr\u003e      Greeks.--Argument in the Supreme Court in the Case of\u003cbr\u003e      Gibbons and Ogden.--Circumstances under which it was\u003cbr\u003e      made.--Speech on the Tariff Law of 1824.--A complete\u003cbr\u003e      Revision of the Law for the Punishment of Crimes\u003cbr\u003e      against the United States reported by Mr. Webster, and\u003cbr\u003e      enacted.--The Election of Mr. Adams as President of the\u003cbr\u003e      United States.--Meeting of the Nineteenth Congress, and\u003cbr\u003e      State of Parties.--Congress of Panama, and Mr.\u003cbr\u003e      Webster's Speech on that Subject.--Election as a\u003cbr\u003e      Senator of the United States.--Revision of the Tariff\u003cbr\u003e      Law by the Twentieth Congress.--Embarrassments of the\u003cbr\u003e      Question.--Mr. Webster's Course and Speech on this\u003cbr\u003e      Subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER VI.                                                  lxxxvii\u003cbr\u003e    Election of General Jackson.--Debate on Foot's\u003cbr\u003e      Resolution.--Subject of the Resolution, and Objects\u003cbr\u003e      of its Mover.--Mr. Hayne's First Speech.--Mr.\u003cbr\u003e      Webster's original Participation","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082992500976,"sku":"2940013621855","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013621855_p0.jpg?v=1763583515","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013621855","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}