...duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings; and, although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population...not outrun its protection or its benefits. It has heen to us all a copious fountain of national, social, and personal happiness. I have not allowed myself,...

...duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings ; and, although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population...myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might he hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when...

...duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings; and although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population...fountain of national, social, and personal happiness." Webster argued also that the Constitution, by its principles and plain language, embodied the authoritative...

...the motion of this night. • Senator Daniel Webster Backs the Union in His Reply to Senator Hayne "I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the...what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind." IN 1829, Samuel Foot proposed in the US Senate what became known as the Foot resolution, an inquiry...

...lie "beyond the Union" — beyond the familiar bonds that had managed to balance slavery and freedom: "I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the...lie hidden in the dark recess behind. ... I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can...