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... Henry Clay visited Philadelphia , and stayed at the American House , on Chestnut Street , opposite Independence Hall . As I had supported these Measures in opposition to the extreme followers of the Southern Democrats , in the columns ...
... Henry Clay visited Philadelphia , and stayed at the American House , on Chestnut Street , opposite Independence Hall . As I had supported these Measures in opposition to the extreme followers of the Southern Democrats , in the columns ...
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... Henry Clay , of Kentucky , had come , in my absence , and carried them down South into slavery ? How would you feel in such a case ? How do you think I would feel ? What would I do ? you ask . Well , I will tell you . I would follow the ...
... Henry Clay , of Kentucky , had come , in my absence , and carried them down South into slavery ? How would you feel in such a case ? How do you think I would feel ? What would I do ? you ask . Well , I will tell you . I would follow the ...
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... Henry Clay . He lived , unhappily , in the days when short- hand reporting was in its infancy . His utterance was so rapid , his retorts so quick , his humor so eccentric , that it would have required a rare adept to follow him . He was ...
... Henry Clay . He lived , unhappily , in the days when short- hand reporting was in its infancy . His utterance was so rapid , his retorts so quick , his humor so eccentric , that it would have required a rare adept to follow him . He was ...
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... Henry Clay Lex- ington district , in Kentucky , he was in no sense an extremist . At that early day , when he had just attained his 30th year , and I was in my 34th , we conferred freely and frequently on the future of our country . He ...
... Henry Clay Lex- ington district , in Kentucky , he was in no sense an extremist . At that early day , when he had just attained his 30th year , and I was in my 34th , we conferred freely and frequently on the future of our country . He ...
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... Henry Clay's early Democracy did not prevent him from be- coming the defiant enemy of that party after Andrew Jackson took command of it . Calhoun became a free - trader after hav- ing made some of the strongest arguments for protection ...
... Henry Clay's early Democracy did not prevent him from be- coming the defiant enemy of that party after Andrew Jackson took command of it . Calhoun became a free - trader after hav- ing made some of the strongest arguments for protection ...
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