He was charged as the pensioned agent of the manufacturing interest by Congressional Democrats due to the fact that his income was supplemented by a pension fund controlled by various businesses. He opposed the Mexican War, g
He was charged as the pensioned agent of the manufacturing interest by Congressional Democrats due to the fact that his income was supplemented by a pension fund controlled by various businesses. He opposed the Mexican War, going so far as to vote against the Wilmot Proviso on the grounds that it accepted conquered territory. Also a respected litigator, he defended beleaguered farmer Jabez Stone from Satan in Stephen Vincent Benéts fictional account and established the inviolability of contracts and the immunity of the federal government from state taxes in Dartmouth v. New Hampshire and McCulloch v. Maryland, respectively. For ten points, name this famous Massachusetts statesman whose Second Reply to Hayne is considered one of the great examples of American oratory.
He was charged as the pensioned agent of the manufacturing interest by Congressional Democrats due to the fact that his income was supplemented by a pension fund controlled by various businesses.
Daniel {Webster}