Daniel Webster was a regular person who came to fame through his hard work and staunch support of the government. He was recalled as an outstanding orator, he even tried to stop the annexation of Hawaii so it's sovereignty was kept, and was remembered as a great man until the end. As a child, Webster gained his love for reading and learning at a very young age. gained the nickname “Black Dan” for his dark skin and eyes that matched his black hair. He was the second youngest of all the children and when Webster was fifteen years old he enrolled into Dartmouth College and he is one to be remembered and this is where his journey starts. As the Secretary of State, Webster had written to Luther Severance on the 14th of July in the year of 1851, representing the United States at Honolulu: “The Government of the United States was the first to acknowledge the national existence of the Hawaiian Government, and to treat with it as an independent state. Its example was soon followed by several of the Governments of Europe; and the United States, true to its treaty obligations, has in no ease interfered with the Hawaiian Government for the purpose of opposing the course of its own independent …show more content…
In 1851, King Kamehameha III had secretly asked the United States to annex Hawaii, but Secretary of State Daniel Webster declined, saying "No power ought to take possession of the islands as a conquest...or colonization." He’s principle to fight for the minority is well remembered but then monarchs wanted to maintain Hawaii's independence with the native population proved to be vulnerable to western diseases, including cholera, smallpox, and