150 years ago this month The Old Guard published the following:
prophecy from the grave?
William H. Seward delivered his “irrepressible conflict” speech in 1858. Daniel Webster died in 1852.
Abolitionists felt betrayed by Webster’s support of the Compromise of 1850 and its Fugitive Slave Law.
“the expounder of the constitution”
Webster supporting compromise in Senate, 1850
