Daniel Webster asserting the dignity of patriotism at Dartmouth, July 4, 1800
Webster's appearance
His battle with Hayne
After the war, Webster left Congress for a number of years. He was now a great man. When he entered a room, by his mere look and presence he drew all eyes toward him, and all conversation hushed. In size, he looked larger and broader than he really was. His forehead was broad and massive. It towered above his large, dark, deep-set eyes. His hair was black and glossy as a raven's wing. He looked thus in 1830 in the Senate, when he made his famous speech in reply to Senator Hayne of South Carolina.
SCENE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE
Daniel Webster defending the Federal Constitution against Hayne's idea of nullification
DANIEL WEBSTER
From a daguerreotype taken in 1850 by J. J. Hawes of Boston