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Page 48
... Clay , Webster , Calhoun , or Jackson . It seems to have been ordain- ed that each was to be the last of his race , and that none should be left to eclipse his fame . The first time I ever saw John Quincy Adams was also the first time I ...
... Clay , Webster , Calhoun , or Jackson . It seems to have been ordain- ed that each was to be the last of his race , and that none should be left to eclipse his fame . The first time I ever saw John Quincy Adams was also the first time I ...
Page 53
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 54
... Clay and their hatred of Jackson . The sectionalism born of slavery also gave rise to war , and then came some of the strangest of revolutions . Hundreds of thousands of Democrats became Republicans when they saw the treatment that ...
... Clay and their hatred of Jackson . The sectionalism born of slavery also gave rise to war , and then came some of the strangest of revolutions . Hundreds of thousands of Democrats became Republicans when they saw the treatment that ...
Page 58
... Clay and Crittenden . Jefferson Davis was always a capital dialectician , not strong in argument , but always stern in convictions . Hammond , of South Carolina , had a good presence and a persuasive tone , but was not a great man ...
... Clay and Crittenden . Jefferson Davis was always a capital dialectician , not strong in argument , but always stern in convictions . Hammond , of South Carolina , had a good presence and a persuasive tone , but was not a great man ...
Page 64
... Clay , Webster , Calhoun , Crittenden , Clayton , Silas Wright , Doc- tor Linn , Colonel Benton , Sam Houston , William C. Rives , Charles Jared Ingersoll , Edward Everett , Rufus Choate , fre- quently discussed public affairs over his ...
... Clay , Webster , Calhoun , Crittenden , Clayton , Silas Wright , Doc- tor Linn , Colonel Benton , Sam Houston , William C. Rives , Charles Jared Ingersoll , Edward Everett , Rufus Choate , fre- quently discussed public affairs over his ...
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