I, sir, take a different view of the whole matter. I look upon Ohio and South Carolina to be parts of one whole-parts of the same country-and that country is my country.… I come here not to consider that I will do this for one distinct part of it, and that for another, but … to legislate for the whole." And finally Webster turned to a higher idea: the idea-in and of itself-of Union, permanent and enduring.
( Robert A. Caro )
[ Master of the Senate ]
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