THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MONROES PRESIDENCY
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He is from New Hampshire
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He supported the idea of a strong federal government
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He supported slavery
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He opposed the War of 1812
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Detailed explanation-1: -Webster viewed slavery as a matter of historical reality rather than moral principle. He argued that the issue of its existence in the territories had been settled long ago when Congress prohibited slavery in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and divided regions into slave and free in the 1820 Missouri Compromise.
Detailed explanation-2: -Against conscription he took an extreme states-rights position, even hinting at nullification of federal laws when he said the state governments had a solemn duty to “interpose between their citizens and arbitrary power.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Observers then and since have considered Massachusetts senator Daniel Webster’s closing oration, beginning on January 26, 1830, as the most famous speech in Senate history. The debate began with a proposal by a Connecticut senator to limit federal land sales in the West.
Detailed explanation-4: -One of the nation’s greatest orators, Daniel Webster (1782–1852) lent his eloquence to the cause of national unity during the tumultuous years leading to the Civil War.