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and daniel webster was known as the great orator. these two gentlemen really set the stage for the political battles that led up to the civil war in the 1860s. and this was a place where the willard hotel was always known as a place where people from both sides of the aisle could get together. you bipartisan manner and discuss a busy day on capitol hill, the affairs of the day and how to move forward into the future. now we're peacock alley peacock alley is a name that came from the waldorf astoria, new york city at the time. the wonderful ladies the society was struck down a hallway. the two hotels and who came to watch call them peacocks. so when the manager from the waldorf astoria came down to manage the willard hotel he this quarter would be be called the peacock early in the 1850s, the city of washington was growing and the decided to keep pace. they decided that the six two story dwelling should be united behind a common facade. so the frame facade added. large. 1850s. 1860s were a good time for the willard's henry willard bec
and daniel webster was known as the great orator. these two gentlemen really set the stage for the political battles that led up to the civil war in the 1860s. and this was a place where the willard hotel was always known as a place where people from both sides of the aisle could get together. you bipartisan manner and discuss a busy day on capitol hill, the affairs of the day and how to move forward into the future. now we're peacock alley peacock alley is a name that came from the waldorf...
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he asks him who of all the great men of your time, henry clay daniel webster. who are you most like? do you think? and stephens says, thinks about it. and he he discounts all the other guys and tells tells plants why they were inferior or didn't measure up, in his opinion. and he finally says richard johnson. you know, richard, jim johnson was this is proof that being vice president doesn't get you much. he was he was the vice president under martin van buren. i'd never heard of him till i read this. and and okay, now, why did he pick that guy? well, richard and johnson had enslaved women. and he took one of his enslaved women as, a mistress. and had two daughters with her. and he had the daughters introduced fine society, respectable and. then she died that that mistress died, but her he owned her sister too. and so he tried to make her his mistress. and that sister ran off. she didn't want anything to do with him. now now, stevens said, this is the man he's most like. i mean, what in the world is he thinking? well, he quickly said, yes i a color and i love he
he asks him who of all the great men of your time, henry clay daniel webster. who are you most like? do you think? and stephens says, thinks about it. and he he discounts all the other guys and tells tells plants why they were inferior or didn't measure up, in his opinion. and he finally says richard johnson. you know, richard, jim johnson was this is proof that being vice president doesn't get you much. he was he was the vice president under martin van buren. i'd never heard of him till i read...
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everyone loved downing, henry clay, daniel webster, abraham lincoln, in his twenties devoured the jack stories. but democrats like andrew jackson and stephen douglas also loved jack downing. and so this is the family that appleton smith is born into. but by the late 1840s, the marriage is dirtier operating and elizabeth is becoming very prominent in literary circles new york city, and she's invited parties, literary soirees in manhattan. and her husband doesn't go with her. and so instead she brings her oldest sons and appleton would go these soirees and some of them were hosted this beautiful young woman and lynch and i can't prove this because appleton only refers to this woman. elle but in the late 1840s, he fell in love with a beautiful woman named elle. and i think it's got to be an lynch. and for some reason, the relationship fell apart. and by the early 1850s, he decides has to get out of town. and so he leaves new york and travels around coast of south america and heads to san francisco. and he gets to francisco thinking, this is where he's going to spend the rest of his life i
everyone loved downing, henry clay, daniel webster, abraham lincoln, in his twenties devoured the jack stories. but democrats like andrew jackson and stephen douglas also loved jack downing. and so this is the family that appleton smith is born into. but by the late 1840s, the marriage is dirtier operating and elizabeth is becoming very prominent in literary circles new york city, and she's invited parties, literary soirees in manhattan. and her husband doesn't go with her. and so instead she...
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. >> what even yeah, i think speaker johnson could be daniel webster, right? it could be the greatest legislative mind of our generation. >> a >> one seat majority is going to make it just impossible because the margin of error is brad was saying is you're always going to have people who are instead, you're always have some matt gaetz is and marjorie taylor greene's people were incentivized to cause trouble. and when you have a margin of error of one seat, you just don't have any ability to actually govern your own caucus. never mind. work with democrats who have their own political incentive structure. and the real issue here is sort of what up before the political equipment equivalent of gresham is law where the quality legislators are just leaving this, they just don't want have anything to do with this crazy town stuff. and they're gonna be replaced with more people who are the performative people. it's good as being chased out by bad. so and >> congressman gallagher, as i think one of the people john is talking about here, which is chairman of the china c
. >> what even yeah, i think speaker johnson could be daniel webster, right? it could be the greatest legislative mind of our generation. >> a >> one seat majority is going to make it just impossible because the margin of error is brad was saying is you're always going to have people who are instead, you're always have some matt gaetz is and marjorie taylor greene's people were incentivized to cause trouble. and when you have a margin of error of one seat, you just don't have...
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my children attend daniel webster elementary school, james lick middle school .t of usd. i have served usd as a parent leader for the last seven years. as i am showing, as i am showing my commitment present support to our students, families and staff. i urge you all to show your support as well. the dla recommendations are being presented at a time when the district is engaged in a process of vision and goal setting. the board adopted vision values, goals and guardrails in 2022, outlining the vision through 2027. additionally, this year, the board will approve a new three year local control and ability plan for 2024 to 2027. a resource alignment initiative, and our school sites have just concluded school planning meeting for the next academic year. with this planning initiatives underway both at the district and school levels, we aim to elevate the voices of multilingual families in the process. it is essential that the recommendations we present today are not only heard, but also reflected in the plans being undertaken by the district . i will hand it out to myr
my children attend daniel webster elementary school, james lick middle school .t of usd. i have served usd as a parent leader for the last seven years. as i am showing, as i am showing my commitment present support to our students, families and staff. i urge you all to show your support as well. the dla recommendations are being presented at a time when the district is engaged in a process of vision and goal setting. the board adopted vision values, goals and guardrails in 2022, outlining the...
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you've got a pro-union us daniel webster from massachusetts and he's saying secession and peaceable secession, whose so foolish to expect any such thing. where's the line to be drawn? i'd rather hear of war, pestilence and famine than here, gentlemen. talk of secession, different perspectives. and then we have a new perspective that really is emerging for the first time here around these arguments of 1850. and it's william seward is from new york and he introduces this concept of a higher wall. there is a higher wall than the constitution. he says, which regulates or authority over the domain, not your broad domain to send to us unencumbered free from khawam bodies of human bondage. i'm opposed compromise in any and all forms. so a new a higher law than the constitution. again presidentially thinking well, you took an oath to preserve protect, defend the constitution. there's no notion there of a higher law. but the country is starting to settle on. maybe we need to do things little bit differently. so they're having these lengthy discussions about what to do and can we come up with another b
you've got a pro-union us daniel webster from massachusetts and he's saying secession and peaceable secession, whose so foolish to expect any such thing. where's the line to be drawn? i'd rather hear of war, pestilence and famine than here, gentlemen. talk of secession, different perspectives. and then we have a new perspective that really is emerging for the first time here around these arguments of 1850. and it's william seward is from new york and he introduces this concept of a higher wall....