and he had always admired people like conservative politician daniel webster. he found himself the more he heard about this radical group, these abolitionists within the new republican party actually repelled boy their pushiness and demands for this and demands for that, so in 1856 he made the decision he would no longer identify himself as a whig and certainly not a republican and he became what was typically referred to as a very conservative democrat and in 1858 as a conservative democrat and a board member, officer, rather, of the illinois central, he supported the democratic candidate for a senate seat in the u.s. senate from illinois, the man, of course, steven a. douglas. interestingly enough for young mcclellan who was just in his 30s at this point, he actually knew the republican candidate for the senate seat who ran unsuccessfully in 1858, a lawyer, a fellow by the name of abraham lincoln. he'd done some legal work for the illinois central and had worked for mcclellan in that capacity. with the outbreak of war in april, 1861, mcclellan's name popped u

this is when he went to senator daniel webster for help. now, remember that i said he was a good networker, and you know that it helped to have acquaintances in high places, even as a slave. and webster came to jennings' rescue, and he advanced his purchase price, and he wasn't a rich man. he struck a deal with jennings whereby jennings would work in his household and pay that purchase price back at the rate of $8 a month. so finally at the age of 48, paul jennings became a free man. and here's one thing he got involved with that very first full year of freedom. night, saturday, 15, april, 1848, a landing near the 7th street wharf, washington city. the a moonless night, and that was an advantage for the activity at the wharf was highly illegal. paul jennings played a role in the operations that led to this action and is thought to have been the black man silently observing the scene in the shadows noticed by ship captain daniel dreighton. the witness told him he knew what was going on but the captain need no apprehension on his account. bef

internal to this project, so in terms of schools, we have had some interactions with one school and daniel webster. we have not dug deep there. the project that emily is working on that i will mention able but later i think will start to get at the schools and those kids who are attending those schools a lot more directly. so i was saying that the focus groups were really a great process, and i think everybody who participated in them came away feeling really jazzed on in level and really hopeful. we did a couple of other things. we held a few other workshops, because we knew a lot of people did not understand the land use process in san francisco. we had a workshop with our land use attorney and walked through the entitlement process step by step, with all of the points where folks would have a chance to provide input into the project and to express their views and their concerns. we also took people on tours, so it is a different ball of wax in terms of financing, but it was former public housing, and is now available for tax-credit eligible residents, also, and we wanted to get people to the be

his horse was named daniel webster [ laughter ] >> the troops learned that. and he -- during this period he did his very best to incull kate a sense of mission in those soldiers. historian ethan matthews in his book "mcclellan's war, subtitled the failure of moderation in the struggle for the union." makes a good point when he writes this. "mcclellan did not want fear of punishment to be the primary force motivating the efforts of his men. mcclellan recognized that the american citizen soldier was a member of the political community, sensitive to his rights, and would not tolerate the brutish discipline to which soldiers in the european armies had been accustomed for centuries. mcclellan's soldiers had his orders of the day read to them by their own immediate commanders at the evening formation. they heard word like these from their general. "i'm to watch over you as the parent over his children. and you know that your general loves you from the depths of his heart." they believed him. they believed him. and for the most part, they responded in kind. in fact,

to give you one anecdote that i think expresses american chutzpah, if you will, is daniel webster as secretary of state the austria and hungarian minister in washington complains to him for american instigation and support of the hungarian and the revolution that's taking place in the austrian and hungarian empire. and he says in exact contrary, we the united states take nothing less than full responsibility for all the rebellions that are taking place in europe. and he goes on with this kind of pride in instigating rebellion and then ends his message to the austrian, hungarian minister in washington, besides, compared to the great extent of the united states the austrian, hungarian empire is but a patch on the earth's surface. i mean, this kind of spread-eagle bombast was very typical of american diplomatic language. we were just considered by many people, of being a really wild, scary kind of country, a dangerous country in the 19th century. >> and webster was a good diplomat. >> that's right. >> when he wasn't holding force. >> he's a conservative man. he's a good wig. he's not so

daniel webster advanced his purchase price. it would have taken him close to a couple years to pay that back at the rate of $8 a month and he worked for webster for four years but then he decided he wanted other kind of job. and he was a good network and what he did was get a letter of recommendation from daniel webster, found the original in the papers of albert chapman. he is from orange county. he was a cousin of madison's. he was working as a clerk in the department of the interior and next thing you know jennings gets the job in the department of the interior. is easy for me to imagine him taking this letter of recommendation webster wrote for him, and paul jennings on the envelope but handing it over to his contact, working those connections who gets him a job in the department and he had a steady but low-level government job and these are coveted among free black men, hope to aspire to in terms of a livelihood. he worked in detention office under the department of the interior for 15 years. >> a fascinating project. what

on that stage under the portrait of daniel webster in a ceremony for the revolutionary past.f that law, individual mandate to purchase coverage or face penalty is the same one in president obama's healthcare law. which spurred a national debate and federal lawsuit. so we decided to come here to massachusetts to find out for you the truth about romneycare and how it compares to obamacare. >> i think it balances do you believe that the government has a role in making healthcare accessible to more people? >> brian mooney is a political reporter at the "boston globe." what is the truth about romneycare? everyone seems to be talking about it. so we came here to find out. what the real deal is. >> i mean the culture of massachusetts is a favorable environment for people who believe in, you know, near universal healthcare coverage. mitt was a republican coming in a democratic dominated state. he applied interesting principles. he approached it as insurance reform. they spend medicaid and find a way to pay for it. he introduced four or five new elements that hadn't been done anywhere

one of our famous and well respected founders and forefathers of our great country and it is daniel webster who said this in addressing americans about preserving the principles of the constitution, he said, it is hardly too strong to say that the constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. there are men in all ages who mean to govern well but they mean to govern. they promise to be good masters but they mean to be masters. end quote. mr. speaker, i'd submit to you today that this administration past congresses, have good intentions, but they are beginning to control and to rule the people in ways that violate our constitutional freedoms and our liberties. so i want to thank the gentleman for organizing this special order. because i believe that the people must know that this is a rule that will infringe on their first amendment rights. last quote i'd like to read tonight is a quote from thomas jefferson. thomas jefferson says, all tyranny needs to gain a foot hold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. i ask the american people to voice the

i hereby appoint the honorable daniel webster to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 17, 2012, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each but in no event shall the debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. jones, for five minutes. mr. jones: mr. speaker, thank you very much. mr. speaker, i wish all of the members of the house could take the time to read the national intelligence estimate on afghanistan. it's classified but i think they would benefit greatly as we continue for both parties to try to bring our troops home from afghanistan sooner than 2013. i do want to compliment the secretary of defense, mr

i hereby appoint the honorable daniel webster to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 17, 2012, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate . the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, for five minutes. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, congress and the american people need to hear the truth about afghanistan. it is impossible for us to make thoughtful, rational decision on policy if we don't receive straight, accurate information about the situation on the ground, and we have no right to keep our brave service men and women in harm's way day after day, week after week based on a stead

the oratory of henry clay and daniel webster still echoes through these halls. at arm's reach of where i stand right now, once spoke franklin roosevelt, ronald reagan, douglas macarthur and winston churchill. yet in their long and ill lust res you lives, not one could claim to have sacrificed more for his country than these young men like victor do. lincoln was right that no meager words of ours can add or detract from their deeds but shakespeare was also right that their story, should the good man teach his son. for that reason i'm proud to join a unanimous delegation from california in proposing that the post office in the town where victor lived and loved and returned as a fallen hero be named in his honor. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. oregon lost an amazing pioneer with the death of gail ackerman last weekend. at the moment gail was drawing her last breath, her husband was telling me the story

champion sthip in 2008, you will find a daniel willis of brooklyn celebrating telling the paper, i don't know all the words in the dictionary, but i don't think webster has a word to describe how i feel. we know in from his post in afghanistan. he sent this before the game. look. >> how are you doing? my name is staff sergeant danell willis. i want to say hi to my family back in brooklyn and go big blue. >> from afghanistan. after all that he was there today, if only as a picture on his mom's poster downtown. you cannot throw a ticker-tape parade, and they through a parade for americans from the gulf war. it looks like the giants ride today only with line after line of marching troops. we've heard talk of parades in other cities for veterans of our second war in iraq, but so far only the mighty mighty city of st. louis has thrown one. it started with two ordinary guys and a facebook page. it did not start off as an official response, but the whole city got behind it. they turnd out 100,000 people. the official response in new york has been that now is too soon. with troops like sergeant willis back from iraq but still serving in afghanistan, not now,

champion sthip in 2008, you will find a daniel willis of brooklyn celebrating telling the paper, i don't know all the words in the dictionary, but i don't think webster has a word to describe how i feel. it's indescribable. we know in from his post in afghanistan. he sent this before the game. look. >> how are you doing? my name is staff sergeant danell willis. i'm originally from brooklyn, new york. i want to say hi to my family back in brooklyn and go big blue. >> from afghanistan. after all that he was there today, if only as a picture on his mom's poster downtown. you cannot throw a ticker-tape parade in new york city without raising a question of when the city will welcome home another group of heros, the veterans of the war in iraq. like danell willis. it looks like the giants ride today only with line after line of marching troops. we've heard talk of parades in other cities for veterans of our second war in iraq, but so far only the mighty mighty city of st. louis has thrown one. it started with two ordinary guys and a facebook page. it did not start off as an official response, but the whole city got behind it. they turnd out 100,000 people.