The publishers of this volume believe that a study of Mr. Webster's mind, heart, and character, as exhibited in the selections contained in the present volume, will inevitably direct all sympathetic readers to the great body of Mr. Webster's works. Among the eminent men who have influenced legislative assemblies in Great Britain and the United States, during the past hundred and twenty years, it is curious that only two have established themselves as men of the first class in English and American literature. These two men are Edmund Burke and Daniel Webster; and it is only by the complete study of every thing which they authorized to be published under their names, that we can adequately comprehend either their position among the political forces of their time, or their rank among the great masters of English eloquence and style.
DANIEL WEBSTER AS A MASTER OF ENGLISH STYLE
Argument before the Supreme Court of the United States, at Washington, on the 10th of March, 1818.
A Discourse delivered at Plymouth, on the 22d of December, 1820.
The closing Appeal to the Senate of Massachusetts, in Mr. Webster's "Argument on the Impeachment of James Prescott," April 24th, 1821.
A Speech delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the 19th of January, 1824.
A Speech delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the 1st and 2d of April, 1824.
An Argument made in the Case of Gibbons and Ogden, in the Supreme Court of the United States, February Term, 1824.
An Address delivered at the Laying of the Corner-Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument at Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the 17th of June, 1825.
THE COMPLETION OF THE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT
An Address delivered on Bunker Hill, on the 17th of June, 1843, on Occasion of the Completion of the Monument.
OUR RELATIONS TO THE SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS
Extracts from the Speech on "The Panama Mission," delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the 14th of April, 1826.
A Discourse in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston, on the 2d of August, 1826.
An Argument made in the Case of Ogden and Saunders, in the Supreme Court of the United States, January Term, 1827.