July 29, 1842 From the Liberty Standard, here is a statement against Clay’s candidacy for President, recently endorsed by the Whig Convention of Maine. Signed by A. Willey, it gives…
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March 17, 1843 “The Whigs of Virginia, in state Convention, have declared their preference of Henry Clay for the Presidency. This is quite natural, he being both a duelist and…
March 16, 1849 This letter, is from Clay to Richard Pindell, Esq., dated Feb 17, 1849, New Orleans. Clay states his unhappiness with slavery and he laments that in 1799…
July 2, 1852 An announcement of Clay’s death. “He was a brilliant orator, and exceedingly attractive and magnetic in social life, but utterly devoid of principle, and one who has…
An Unfair Procedure Some dozen years or more ago, John G.Whittier wrote some highly encomiastic lines on Henry Clay, as a patriot and statesman: since which, his eyes have been…