Quote by Daniel Webster
While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that in my day, at least, that curtain may not rise! God grant that on my vision never may be opened what lies behind! When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full and high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a strip erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing for its motto, no such miserable interrogatory as What is all this worth? nor those other words of delusion and folly, Liberty first and Union afterwards; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart,Liberty and Union, now and for ever, one and inseparable!
Summary
This quote is an expression of the speaker's fervent hope and prayer for the lasting unity and strength of the Union. They envision a future filled with exciting opportunities and promise for themselves and future generations. The speaker passionately pleads that they never witness the disintegration of the Union, with states divided and engaged in conflict, or the tarnishing of its glory. Instead, they wish for the enduring presence of the Republic, symbolized by its unchanged flag, representing the inseparable bond between liberty and union, forever cherished and honored by all true Americans.
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