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Show I WHO SAD 1 "Ix-t our ohject 1k, out country, our I whdifl country, and nothing but our country." j This doctrine which has come to have a selfish houI In the light of I modern contentions regarding the need i I for an International viewpoint, wusj enunciated by Daniel Wcbstor during j the course of his justly celebrated Bunker Hill add r-MH " Throughout his life Dan'd Webster .occupied a high place In the councils of his nation but. despite his prominence promin-ence ho was denied the president's chair to which he aspired on several occasions. Webster began his political llfo In I 1618 when ho was elected to congress to represent the Federal party in New-Hampshire New-Hampshire His abilities were sj.i-cdlly ' recognized and hl9 name soon became widely known as that of one of the leading orators of the day Ho spoke on all of the leading questions then before congress and hlntory records that no man who sat in that assembly could surpass him In tho effect he produced pro-duced upon his listeners-Webster listeners-Webster was elei tod to the senate, to represent his native state, in 182"' i In 1836 and again in 1848 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency pres-idency His talents were not permitted permit-ted to Ho Idle, however, for Ieaident Harrison speedily appointed him sec- I retary of state. In this capacity he had a prominent purt in the drawing up of the Webster-Ashburton treaty or 1842. He opposed tho admission o Texas as a slave state and be nlsr opposed tho Mexican War. Ho sup ported Henry Clay's compromise oi 1860. In that year he became socre tary' of state under Provident Fillmore Webster's death occurred ot Marsh field, Mass.. in 1 852. W A YNE D. McMI-RRAY. oo |