SEVENTH OF MARCH SPEECH
\sˈɛvənθ ɒv mˈɑːt͡ʃ spˈiːt͡ʃ], \sˈɛvənθ ɒv mˈɑːtʃ spˈiːtʃ], \s_ˈɛ_v_ə_n_θ ɒ_v m_ˈɑː_tʃ s_p_ˈiː_tʃ]\
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Daniel Webster's celebrated speech "For the Union and Constitution" in the Senate, March 7, 1850. It essentially approved of the Clay Compromise and advocated yielding on the part of Northern abolitionists to Southern slavery principles in order to maintain the Union in harmony. Calhoun's doctrine of peaceable secession was denounced as impossible.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.