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Show GaerrdMmfCMs by I DANIEL WEBSTER f , j' . Daniel Webster was born in New d Hampshire in 1782, the son of rugged, f f SfiJA ew En9'ar"J farming people. An avid i v' s,ucient 'aw' ne began as a child ft i'X :W " to stucJy a coPV of ,ne Constitution S , '"V JP' mJ printed on a cotton handkerchief. It wasn't long after his gradua Tfg Ca"My tionfrom Dartmouth, that Daniel' sNP LAlrSN brilliant oratory and Impressive !-:Aj5''V' "4 figure wop him great popularity. 12' T7i i It's said of the severe Chief I UTi' Justice John Marshall, "his eyes irCX if suffused with tears" while listen- xV-lf k ing to Webster plead for a fc fvi JjA defendant- w hm fifi t" i l" W Webster's intelligent grasp of 1 U L KS Lr !,he probleT of !he fi T-s maMe "J 1 f JajJ-i v' him a sought after advisor. He I ' O m. JQ4 and the other great statesman of : - j tfP-jl pjcfj the day would often confer while yd'jM re,axing with ld Crow favor- S;1 ' I lS3ii'ie bourbon of many American PXKJjCS f vJ"greats"-now in its 125th year VVx V; K V??' & Mtit f fine whisky making. rl ( He died in 1852, never hav- n!vf"? ing attained the post of pres- I lSSl'vS Vt? ' ident which he sought, but JJrT working for his country to the y7csSy'. Lveryend- ly rx-K |