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title of old Nathan Dane to a high place on the roll of his
country's benefactors, and to the gratitude of the profession of
the law, and of all lovers of jurisprudence throughout the
country cannot be disputed.
CHAPTER VIII
1846 TO 1850. FOUNDATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
DANIEL WEBSTER.
The foundation of the Republican party, and my personal memories
of Daniel Webster, belong to the same period. I will not
try to separate them.
The story I am to tell may seem trivial enough to my readers.
But it is to me a very tender and sacred memory. The time
was ripe for the great movement that abolished slavery. If
no one of the eminent men of that day had ever lived other
men would have been found in abundance for the work. If Massachusetts
had failed in her duty some other State would have taken her
place. But in the Providence of God it was given to Massachusetts
to lead in this great battle and it was given to these men
whom I have to name to be leaders in Massachusetts. I thank
God that it was given to my eyes to behold it. The American
people have had many great affairs to deal with since that
day.
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