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Henry Clay: The Great Compromiser
An excerpt from the speeches of Henry Clay in which he defends a tariff compromise to end the Nullification Crisis.

An excerpt from the speeches of Henry Clay in which he defends a tariff compromise to end the Nullification Crisis.

Citation Information
Colton, Calvin, excerpt from “The life and times of Henry Clay,” Digital Public Library of America, http://dp.la/item/94965de550e24dfff0251d273a82ffb7.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of The New York Public Library via HathiTrust.
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Item 6 of 12 in the Primary Source Set Henry Clay: The Great Compromiser

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An excerpt from an 1852 letter from a newspaper publisher, Thomas Ritchie, remembering Henry Clay.
An 1865 map of the Missouri Compromise provisions.
An appendix of charts, graphs, and data used by Henry Clay in a speech in defense of the American System.
Part of a speech in which Jon White defends Henry Clay against accusations of a “corrupt bargain” in the 1824 presidential election.
Excerpts from a speech by Lynn Boyd outlining the motivation for the “corrupt bargain” and the excuses offered by Kentucky Representatives.
An excerpt from the speeches of Henry Clay in which he defends a tariff compromise to end the Nullification Crisis.
A political cartoon about Andrew Jackson’s war on the Second Bank of the US and Henry Clay’s response.
An excerpt from a text in which a “professed christian” offers reasons why he can vote for Henry Clay in the Presidential election of 1844.
An excerpt from a pamphlet in which John Hill, a Missouri Republican, compares and contrasts Henry Clay and Abraham Lincoln.
A painting of Henry Clay defending the Compromise of 1850 before the Senate.
Images of the funeral remembrances for Henry Clay in New York City.
A selection of letters sent to the ceremony of laying the cornerstone for the national monument to Henry Clay in Lexington, Kentucky.

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