Daniel Webster addressing the United States Senate, in the great debate of the Constitution and the Union 1850 – Historic Print
![Daniel Webster addressing the United States Senate, in the great debate of the Constitution and the Union 1850, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/03/037f76c3cc53-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Daniel Webster addressing the United States Senate, in the great debate of the Constitution and the Union 1850. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Daniel Webster addressing the United States Senate, in the great debate of the Constitution and the Union 1850
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Daniel Webster's speech of March 7, 1850, is the moment this print commemorates, when the Massachusetts senator rose in the Senate chamber to defend the Compromise measures that aimed to hold the Union together over slavery. Webster's address, often called the Seventh of March speech, drew fierce criticism from abolitionists in the North who felt he had softened his stance against the expansion of slavery into the western territories. The print's title places him firmly in the "great debate" over the Constitution and the Union, a national argument that shaped the path toward the Compromise of 1850. The record gives no date for the print itself and attributes it only to the name Jones & Clark, so its exact origin is unconfirmed.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Jones & Clark. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,153 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109460 |
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