| 单词 | Henry Clay |
| 例句 | That same year, 1827, Henry Clay, who was still Secretary of State, appealed to the Canadian Government again. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Established by Henry Clay Frick, the Pittsburgh coal and steel industrialist, the museum has some 1,100 objects, the majority of which were in Frick’s collection at the time of his death in 1919. The Frick Collection Names a New Director 2011-05-19T15:04:30Z The Frick has hired Davis Brody Bond, a fine New York firm but a curious choice to riff on the historic mansion designed for Henry Clay Frick a century ago by Carrère and Hastings. The Case Against a Mammoth Frick Collection Addition 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The Titians had been hanging in the Living Hall on either side of Bellini’s “St. Francis in the Desert,” just as the institution’s founder, Henry Clay Frick, had placed them. Inside Art: Sotheby’s Sales Feature a Mondrian and a Bacon 2014-05-08T20:43:32Z Biographers only recently started poring over the voluminous documentation that Henry Clay Folger and his wife, Emily, made of their purchases of Shakespearean works. Anti-Aging Measures for Disney’s Animation Cels 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z “There’s peace in a Larranaga, there’s calm in a Henry Clay,” as Kipling put it. ‘Nicotine’: An honest account of the emotional complexity of quitting 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Brands recounts these disputes vividly, especially the assassination attempt on the industrialist Henry Clay Frick that backfired badly on the Homestead strikers. Books of The Times: How Economic Brawn Transformed a Nation 2010-11-19T07:00:00Z It was established by steel magnate Henry Clay Frick. NY's Frick museum director to retire next year 2010-09-22T19:16:00Z He would soon be convicted of the attempted assassination of the industrialist Henry Clay Frick, in retaliation for the killing of nine striking steelworkers by Pinkerton detectives. Emma Goldman: a thoroughly modern anarchist 2010-10-06T12:00:00Z Beginning in 1893, and for the next 35 years, 82 copies were obsessively purchased by the library’s founder, Henry Clay Folger. Exhibition Review: Shakespeare Folios as Venerated Relics 2011-07-07T12:01:10Z A late Gilded Age mansion, it was designed by Thomas Hastings for the industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Frick Collection Names Selldorf Architects for Its Renovation 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z “It’s the perfect complement to our collection,” said Ms. Poulet, who said that Henry Clay Frick never acquired Meissen porcelain. Inside Art: MoMa PS 1 Plans 9/11 Exhibition 2011-07-28T20:48:32Z Despite the setbacks along the way, the Frick persevered in its efforts to make more room in the Fifth Avenue landmark mansion, designed by the firm Carrère and Hastings for the industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Frick’s Expansion Is Approved by Landmarks Preservation Board 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z To the white press, it was more proof that Louisiana was descending into racial chaos under Henry Clay Warmoth, the Illinois-born radical Republican governor. Michael A. Ross's 'Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case' 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z “Who was going to tell Whitney or Frick, ‘Don’t put your collection in your own building, we already have a museum?’” he said, referring to Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Henry Clay Frick. Art Basel Miami Beach: Cracks in the Glittering Facade 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z Historian Joshua Zeitz offers Henry Clay, the senator and big Whig who ran for president in three separate decades of the 19th century. Ron DeSantis has reached a perilous point: Inevitability 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Early chapters of “Steel” largely focus on inventors and industrialists: Henry Bessemer, the Krupp family, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, Charles Schwab. ‘Steel’ review: Honoring the industry that once symbolized our strength 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Helen Clay Frick, the daughter of the museum’s founder, the steel magnate Henry Clay Frick, established the institution’s art reference library in 1920. ‘Photo Archives Are Sleeping Beauties.’ Pharos Is Their Prince. 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z The Frick, which turns 75 this year, has been quietly rehabilitating and fine-tuning its home in Henry Clay Frick’s mansion at Fifth Avenue and 70th Street, gallery by gallery, for more than a decade. 2010-01-08T06:23:00Z Henry Clay Frick acquired a total of eight, five of which are in the show. Van Dyck at the Frick, Documenting Aristocracy 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Carrère and Hastings designed the original mansion for Henry Clay Frick a century ago. Critic’s Notebook: Frick Collection Returns to Square One, a Prized Garden Intact 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z For the last six years he has also been writing a play about the industrialists Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, which he wants to finish; he hopes to play Frick. Putting the Juice in ?Jerusalem? 2011-04-07T19:58:14Z Healy, the American portraitist, traveled south to Tennessee to paint Jackson and other statesmen — including Henry Clay of Kentucky, an implacable Jackson foe. Rocking the Vote, In the 1820s and Now 2010-10-22T23:03:00Z Those include paintings by old masters and sumptuous 18th-century furniture, bronzes and more, all amassed by Henry Clay Frick, the Pittsburgh industrialist whose 1913-14 mansion on East 70th Street in Manhattan houses the collection. Inside Art: Guggenheim Defends Show of Trustee?s Art 2010-12-16T22:51:20Z Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, once business partners and later bitter rivals, both built magnificent estates overlooking Central Park, as did other robber barons of the age. Spare Times for Dec. 6-12 2013-12-06T01:42:52Z Prodded by Sen. Henry Clay, the Senate passed the proclamation anyway. Five people who fought the Christian takeover of America 2012-08-16T17:47:00Z Participants will also see the home of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt; the Frick Collection, the former residence of industrialist Henry Clay Frick; and the Explorer’s Club. Spare Times for Dec. 12-18 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Formed 165 years ago, the gallery helped shape many of this country’s greatest collections, including those of Paul Mellon, Henry Clay Frick and Robert Sterling Clark. Inside Art: Getty Institute Buys Knoedler Gallery Archive 2012-10-18T19:48:31Z It was established by industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Frick museum announces expansion plan 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z They were cherished by rulers all over Europe, who frequently exchanged them as diplomatic gifts, and by succeeding generations of the high and mighty, including the industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Art Review: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes at the Frick Collection 2014-01-30T22:57:06Z Unlike Henry Clay Frick and Isabella Stewart Gardner, who were only intermittently interested in modern art, Phillips was devoted to his living contemporaries from the outset. At 100, the Phillips Collection doesn’t seem to have aged 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Henry Clay could not have put it better. Rocking the Vote, In the 1820s and Now 2010-10-22T23:03:00Z Along the way, there are encounters the playwright dramatizes with the likes of Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, Frederick Douglass and others. Alexander Hamilton had his life turned into a musical. Now, John Quincy Adams gets his turn, in a new play. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z We were contemporaries with the Henry Clay People and the Deadly Syndrome and all these amazing musicians that really put their heart and soul into their bands. The Airborne Toxic Event renovates, recharges on 'Dope Machines' 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Industrialist Henry Clay Frick worked his way up from a salesclerk in Pittsburgh to the director of J. P. Morgan’s U.S. Discover Henry Clay Frick’s Sèvres Porcelain Collection 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Adams formed a political alliance with Speaker of the House Henry Clay, who had also been a presidential candidate that year. To win a presidential election, getting the most votes isn’t always enough 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Henry Clay Frick, whose mansion was turned into the Frick Museum, was among the most powerful capitalists of late 19th- and early 20th-century America. “God hates Renoir”: He sucks at painting, and this is why you should care 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Henry Clay, elected to the speakership in 1811 in his first term in the House, was the first national political figure to exercise substantial power in the role. Blame the House, not the Constitution, for the speaker mess | Noah Feldman 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Other contenders in U.S. history would extend from industrialist Henry Clay Frick and Ponzi-scheme master Bernie Madoff to previous disgraced presidents such as James Buchanan, Warren G. Harding and Richard Nixon. Time's up: Trump has dodged prosecution his whole life, but Judgment Day is coming 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z The one-term congressman and successful lawyer had always hated slavery, but he came of age a devotee of Henry Clay and the Whigs’ moderate approach. Was the Civil War Inevitable? 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z “After all, it was Henry Clay’s favorite bourbon.” Trump says he regrets McConnell endorsement, wants Senate to ‘impeach’ leader 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The loudest came from the “war hawks,” led by Henry Clay from Kentucky and John C. Calhoun from South Carolina, who would not tolerate British insults to American honor. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The fourth-place finisher, Henry Clay, who was no longer in contention, had won 37 electoral votes. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z It took a Republican president many years later, Abraham Lincoln, to realize Hamilton's vision, transformed into the "American System" proposed by Whig Party founder Henry Clay. How Joe Biden is like America's founding fathers — and no, I'm not kidding 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Congressman Henry Clay of Kentucky sought to represent the West. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Republican leaders and attorneys for the bank, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, fought with Jackson over it. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Adams, along with Secretary of State Henry Clay, championed what was known as the American System, part of which included plans for a broad range of internal transportation improvements. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Another influence was Kentucky Sen. Henry Clay’s sense of national destiny. Opinion | Pursuing ‘equity’ over equality reveals the nation’s moral regression 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z It then became the basis of Henry Clay's "American System," which inspired Abraham Lincoln to use land grants to finance the transcontinental railroad. Biden's massive infrastructure bill: The biggest public investment most of us will ever see 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Jackson, Adams, and Crawford thus faced the House, with Speaker Henry Clay seeming to hold the balance of power. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Spurred to action by the nation’s racial reckoning, the Lyon Park Citizens Association voted to change the signs at Henry Clay Park, named for the 19th- century statesman from Kentucky, who was an enslaver. Arlington’s century-old Lyon Park holds on to its historical feel 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z A third candidate, Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, hailed from Kentucky and represented the western states. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Jackson was convinced that Adams won through a “corrupt bargain” with a third candidate, Henry Clay, who threw his support to Adams and later became secretary of state. You Think This Is Chaos? The Election of 1876 Was Worse. 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z He is securely in the pantheon of congressional, and national, history, partly because, unlike many senators — most conspicuously, Henry Clay, who McConnell has surpassed as the most illustrious Kentuckian — McConnell has never had presidential aspirations. Opinion | How Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell can help each other 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Newspapers screamed “Bargain and sale!” and Henry Clay spent the rest of his life denying that he and Adams had struck a “corrupt bargain.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The Compromise was the last great project of Kentucky Sen. Henry Clay, 73 — ancient in that era. Opinion | Biden leads a gerontocracy that could bode ill — or good! — for democracy 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z Once in office, he elevated Henry Clay to the post of secretary of state. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z House Speaker Henry Clay was also the man in fourth place — he threw his support to Adams, and Adams was voted president. Trump just joined history’s club of one-term presidents, rejected by the Americans they led 2020-11-07T05:00:00Z The Speaker at the time, Henry Clay, was not a Jackson fan. US election 2020: Could it be decided in courts? 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Henry Clay led most Whigs to decline all annexations. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z There have been 34 men given the honor of lying in state, since the first bestowed on Henry Clay in 1852. Justice Ginsburg makes history as first woman, Jewish person to lie in state at U.S. Capitol 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z In Congress, Kentucky senator Henry Clay, a veteran of congressional conflicts, offered a series of resolutions addressing the list of issues related to slavery and its expansion. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Henry Clay, the Kentucky lawmaker who served as Speaker of the House and also was a senator, was the first in 1852. Ginsburg is first woman to lie in state at US Capitol 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z During the presidential election of 1832, the Anti-Masonic Party opposed President Andrew Jackson, who was a Mason, and had planned to support his opponent, Henry Clay. Nearly two centuries ago, a QAnon-like conspiracy theory propelled candidates to Congress 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z Party stalwart Henry Clay longed for the nomination, but unsentimental power brokers realized that his enemies were too numerous and chose William Henry Harrison instead. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z But perhaps the one who best matches Biden’s longevity is Henry Clay, who starting in 1824 ran multiple times over a quarter-century. Joe Biden has been imagining this moment for more than 50 years. It’s not exactly the triumph he had in mind. 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z In the reelection campaign of 1832, Jackson’s opponents in Congress, including Henry Clay, hoped to use their support of the bank to their advantage. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z He and prominent Whig Sen. Henry Clay fashioned the Compromise of 1850. Douglas’ statue to be removed from Illinois Capitol lawn 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Only a return to the robust American nationalism of Alexander Hamilton, Henry Clay and Theodore Roosevelt would do: ambitious national projects, infrastructure, federal programs to increase social mobility. Opinion | Where Do Republicans Go From Here? 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Whigs in the Capitol followed Senator Henry Clay, but President Tyler had no sympathy for Clay’s unchanged plans for an activist federal government. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Jackson spent the next four years accusing Adams of a making a “corrupt bargain” to secure the support of the third-place candidate, Henry Clay, in exchange for appointment as secretary of state. More Than Just a Tweet: Trump’s Campaign to Undercut Democracy 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z In the election of 1832, Jackson received nearly 53 percent of the popular vote against his opponent Henry Clay. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Political conventions have been a balloons-and-bunting mainstay of American campaigns since the Republican Party gathered in Baltimore to nominate Henry Clay for president in 1831. Both Parties Wonder: How Much Do Conventions Even Matter Anymore? 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Washington lore states that Kentuckian and U.S. statesman Henry Clay introduced the mint julep to the nation’s capital in the early 19th century at the hotel where the Willard Intercontinental now stands. This farm supplied mint for the Kentucky Derby’s famous drink. Now it’s stuck with two tons of it. 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Henry Clay of Kentucky, Speaker of the House of Representatives, became the measure’s greatest advocate and proposed an even broader plan for national development. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z No welcome signs notify drivers on Friendsville Road that they are entering or leaving either state, though a marker does tell them they are in Henry Clay Township, Fayette County. Surveyors tackling resurvey of Mason-Dixon Line 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z The Jefferson County Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that Henry Clay Carey Jr. also will serve one year of probation after he is released from jail. Man sentenced to jail, probation in deadly Kansas crash 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Moreover, in a letter in June 1833, he wrote to Senator Henry Clay over the withholding of a land act as a type of pocket veto. In this trial, people only heard what they wanted to 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Whig Party leader Henry Clay of Kentucky cautioned that impeachment might be a risky way to counter the president’s bitter clashes with the Whig-controlled Congress. ‘He lies like a dog’: The first effort to impeach a president was led by his own party 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The looming presidential election of 1832 would pit Jackson against Henry Clay, whose supporters now called themselves the National Republicans. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The man who could certainly match Biden’s longevity in presidential politics may be Henry Clay, who starting in 1824 ran multiple times over a quarter century. Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign decision: Quietly agonizing as months go by 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z “Conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats, can and should act in unison,” McConnell, standing for the first time at Henry Clay’s desk, the eyes of his new colleagues and history upon him, had said. Mitch McConnell Got Everything He Wanted. But at What Cost? 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Henry Clay put in the second longest time there. Opinion | Speaker Pelosi Returns 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z Henry Clay Stewart, 6o, who violated probation on a shoplifting charge, died of a perforated liver a year later and just days after filing a grievance complaining that he was not receiving adequate treatment. Virginia jail’s lack of medical and mental health care probably violates Constitution, Justice Department report finds 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z The early Whig Party was a motley assortment of Jackson’s critics, but most Whigs eventually rallied to Henry Clay’s American System and the broad constructionist theories that justified it. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Westerner Henry Clay, plain-looking, tall and thin, started out a believer in small government but quickly became a supporter of federal power if it helped preserve the union. Review | The great triumvirate of antebellum politics: Clay, Calhoun and Webster 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Congressman Henry Clay, in 1852, was the first to lie in the Capitol Rotunda. Bush’s state funeral follows generations of tradition 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z It was a portrait of Henry Clay, not former President James Madison. Scott Pruitt’s Environmental Rollbacks Stumbled in Court. His Successor Is More Thorough. 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Robert Anderson, associate professor of history at WVUP, has been researching Stephenson and his family as well as the home and people who have visited there, like Henry Clay, U.S. Celebration offers glimpse of renovated Stephenson Mansion 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z The presumed candidates of the two major parties were Democrat Martin Van Buren and Whig Henry Clay. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In the exhibition, the Frick’s own Gilbert Stuart, acquired by Henry Clay Frick in 1918, the year before he died, is across the room from a portrait of Canova. A Revealing Statue of Washington Arrives, but Not Its Champion 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z The dam was owned by the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, an exclusive club that counted Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick among its members. Johnstown Flood: McCullough’s ‘lucky break’ launched career 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z As for an essential component of past Compromises — political talent — the only Henry Clay on Capitol Hill is made of bronze and standing in National Statuary Hall. Opinion | National unity might be impossible. We could try compromise instead. 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z The list maintained by the Architect of the Capitol includes several members of Congress, beginning with Henry Clay of Kentucky in 1852 and, most recently, Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii in 2012. AP Explains: Graham’s rare honor at US Capitol 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z A bloody civil conflict suddenly seemed imminent, until Senator Henry Clay found a solution in early 1833. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In 1824, Henry Clay, one of America’s great senators, proposed an “American system” of tariffs, a national bank and “internal improvements” like roads and canals to strengthen the economy of the young country. A historian on the myths of American trade 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z It has worked for people like Albert Barnes, Henry Clay Frick and Isabella Stewart Gardner, who all created museums in their names to house their art. A Collector’s Dream: Creating Your Own Museum as a Legacy 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z “What built America’s so called ‘American system,’ from Hamilton to Polk to Henry Clay to Lincoln to the Roosevelts? Steve Bannon’s Bad History 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z First, they tried to reopen Uptown in an event space they bought on Henry Clay Avenue near their house. Restaurant, closed since Katrina, to re-open on Orleans Ave. 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z The Whigs came first and nominated for president their beloved “Prince Hal,” Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky, now 67 years old and seeking the office for the third time. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Adams triumphed, largely because he agreed to appoint Henry Clay, one of his erstwhile rivals, as secretary of state. Analysis | No matter what he does, history says Trump will never be popular 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Pro-slavery forces defeated efforts for gradual, compensated emancipation led by allies of Henry Clay, Lincoln’s “beau ideal of a statesman” and a friend of Mary’s father. Opinion | How Lincoln grew during his wilderness years into a politically savvy statesman 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Of his great hero, Henry Clay, Lincoln said, “He loved his country partly because it was his own country, but mostly because it was a free country.” Perspective | ‘Patriotism’ has always divided us. National memory can unite us. 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z McConnell took pride that for some years he sat at the desk once used by Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser of the 19th century. Mitch McConnell, America’s No. 1 obstructionist, is trying to make big things happen 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Men like Henry Clay of Kentucky and John C. Calhoun of South Carolina were too young to remember the Revolution, and even the party battles of the 1790s were distant memories to them. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Standing at the desk once occupied by Kentucky’s Henry Clay, one of the great names in Senate history, Mr. Bunning cited another forum to make his point. Jim Bunning, Hall of Fame Pitcher and Blunt-Spoken Senator, Dies at 85 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z The Whigs supported Henry Clay’s “American System,” which promoted a strong federal role to strengthen and tie the nation together. Andrew Jackson economics 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z These handcrafted pewter cups pay tribute to the mint julep first introduced to Washington by Kentucky statesman Henry Clay in the hotel’s bar in the 1840s. Kentucky Derby, Cinco de Mayo and culinary delights in May 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z In 1948 he was appointed law secretary to the State Supreme Court, where he served under Justices Benjamin F. Schreiber and Henry Clay Greenberg. Dennis Edwards, Judge Who Presided Over Trial of Lennon’s Killer, Dies at 95 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z He would also remind us of the national commitments of Alexander Hamilton, Henry Clay and Abraham Lincoln. Opinion | Why we don’t call it Nationalists’ Day 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Henry Clay called Indian expulsion “a foul and lasting stain upon the good faith, humanity and character of the nation.” Opinion | Trump has picked a deeply disturbing hero 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z They had tried to delegitimize him, crying that he had come to power through a “corrupt bargain” with Henry Clay. Watching Andrew Jackson’s Inauguration 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z One of the most famous statesmen of the 19th century, Henry Clay, unsuccessfully ran for President three times. Here’s What Past Candidates Have Done After Losing Presidential Elections 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z It is thought that Adams won with help of the speaker, Henry Clay, who was given the position of Secretary of State. New York Today: Our City’s Other Presidential Candidates 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z But House Speaker Henry Clay, who was no fan of Jackson, threw his support to Adams and ensured his election. 4 presidential contests haven't produced a winner right away 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The key to victory lay with the wily speaker of the House, Henry Clay of Kentucky, who also had been a candidate for president but had finished well behind. America’s First ‘Rigged’ Presidential Election 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Henry Clay Davis, a well-known stagecoach driver, and his wife, Carrie. Historical marker planned for old cemetery for blacks 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z On top of this stone sits a historical marker, weathered by the ages, and that marker reads “General Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay spoke from this slave block during the year 1830”. Read Obama's Speech at the Museum of African American History and Culture 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z It’s stored in a collector’s case, along with Uncle Ken’s stick and one Rodgers made for his late father, Henry Clay Rodgers. Walking Stick Man: Pontotoc resident’s hobby grows 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Congress, Lincoln opposed the Mexican-American War as unconstitutional and gratuitous. He idolized Sen. Henry Clay, who rebuffed Hungary’s plea for U.S. intervention to repel the Russian bear. Lincoln was no interventionist 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Henry Clay looked to be no less formidable a rival. America’s First ‘Rigged’ Presidential Election 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Created by oil tycoon Henry Clay Folger and his wife, Emily, the library has the world’s biggest Shakespeare collection and sometimes receives calls from nearby congressmen seeking an apt quotation. As he likes it: John Kerry says Rosalind is his favourite Shakespeare character 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z “We are united,” Henry Clay said, halfheartedly, at one of the Conventions in which he failed to win the nomination. How to Steal an Election 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z One Ali biographer says the boxer’s ancestors may have been owned by Clay’s slaveholding relative Henry Clay, who served as speaker of the house, senator and secretary of state, but it has never been proved. Your Tuesday Briefing 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Some of them traced their ancestry to Henry Clay, the 19th-century representative, senator and secretary of state, and his cousin Cassius Marcellus Clay, a noted abolitionist. Muhammad Ali, Titan of Boxing and the 20th Century, Dies at 74 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Henry Clay of Kentucky, perhaps the most influential nineteenth-century politician never to occupy the White House, succeeded James Madison to the presidency of the Colonization Society instead. How liberals invented segregation: The real history of race, equality and our Founding Fathers 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Created by oil tycoon Henry Clay Folger and his wife Emily, the library has the world’s biggest Shakespeare collection and a working theatre. America's Shakespeare: exhibit explores playwright's influence across the pond 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Until 1932, when F.D.R. decided to show up to accept his nomination, the candidates themselves skipped the Conventions, citing modesty, a precedent set a century before by Henry Clay. How to Steal an Election 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Henry Clay, who was Speaker of the House, was in fourth place—but because only the top three were eligible by that time, he was out. The Crazy Way Republicans Could Beat Donald Trump After Election Day 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Only Henry Clay was nominated for the presidency so many times after losing it in a general election. Forget Hitler: Trump Is the New William Jennings Bryan 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z By that point, Tyler’s rival, Whig Senator Henry Clay, was running for president and certainly wanted to wait until he was in office to make his own nomination and shape the court. Republicans beware: blocking supreme court nominations can backfire | James Nevius 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z The next major party to die was the short-lived National Republican Party, born out of the alliance of Adams and Henry Clay, another of the four candidates in 1824. This is how a political party dies: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders — and the collapse of our failed political elites 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z According to fredericklawolmsted.com, his first American design partner, Andrew Jackson Downing, later died when a fire destroyed the Hudson River steamboat Henry Clay. Historic Ammadelle home a piece of Oxford’s arts scene 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Henry Clay of Kentucky, who was speaker for most of the period between 1811 and 1825, transformed the speakership from traffic cop to policy driver. House Speaker Job Requires Many Hats Paul Ryan Has Never Worn 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Morgan and Henry Clay Frick in New York and J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles invested resources and let others do the work. Bryan Museum opens in Galveston, features American West 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Henry Clay Township is near the Maryland and West Virginia borders, about 55 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Man loses arm in western Pennsylvania sawmill accident 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z The great Sen. Henry Clay publicly declared that honor required the United States to uphold Indian rights, but he privately said that Indians’ extinction would be “no great loss to the world.” The Cherokee leader who paved the way for MLK 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z “Our forefathers would be aghast” at the spying, Paul declared in front of McConnell, who once favorably compared Paul to Kentucky statesman Henry Clay. Kentucky conflict? Paul, McConnell start to clash 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Supporters of the the bank rallied around Henry Clay, Jackson’s opponent for reelection that year, but the “Bank War” ended when Jackson won easily. America’s Endless War Over Money 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The cemetery of both Henry Clay and Adolph Rupp is “not overrun” with Kentucky items at tombstones, “but it’s not uncommon.” When it comes to Kentucky Wildcat basketball, the departed never really depart 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Antigua watched Hawkins practice after he had helped Madison Central defeat Henry Clay in a regional playoff game at Eastern Kentucky’s 6,500-seat Alumni Coliseum in Richmond. Beloved in Kentucky, but Benched for the Wildcats 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z In April 1856, Henry Clay Caldwell of the United States Navy found a large, fruit-eating bat on the Samoan island of Upolu. Museums: The endangered dead 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z These artworks are the legacy of the industrialist Henry Clay Frick, whose collection occupies his former home in a Beaux-arts mansion on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Treasures From New York's Frick Collection Come to Europe 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Near the end of his life, Henry Clay Frick, the 19th-century industrialist, built a mansion on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan to house his art collection. Art for Money’s Sake 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Ok, so Kraft isn’t exactly the Henry Clay of trash talk. Seahawks vs. Patriots: What the national media say about Super Bowl 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Mario Cuomo, an unassuming lawyer who had been spurned by Manhattan’s white-shoe firms, emerged as the Great Compromiser, the Henry Clay of Queens, after the columnist Jimmy Breslin lionized him as a local hero. Mario Cuomo Rose From Queens, the Outsider’s Borough 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Henry Clay Folger, president of Standard Oil of New York in the early 20th century, owned 82 folios, a third of the known copies. UNR expert authenticates 1623 Shakespeare folio 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z On Saturday at Transylvania University in Lexington, where McConnell’s hero Henry Clay once taught law, Democrats mocked the senator’s claims of wanting to restore the Capitol’s grand traditions. Mitch McConnell achieves his goal During my remarks, I included a survey through American history of great consensus builders – Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and Arthur Vandenberg. 'Mitch Is Just A Most Unpleasant Man' 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Even counting Justice Louis Brandeis as a Kentuckian — at 18, he defected to Harvard and New England — Mitch McConnell, 72, is second only to Henry Clay as the state’s most consequential public servant. George Will: Restoration of Senate’s dignity rides on Mitch McConnell The nation of Liberia — founded by liberated American slaves with support from Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and James Monroe — is not unacquainted with suffering. Leading from behind the curve on Ebola Eight students will stay at the Henry Clay Inn and gather for classes at the cottage. Politics & Prose offers ‘a room of one’s own’ There is both a bust and a painting of Henry Clay, the renowned speaker of the House and secretary of state, on whom McConnell wrote his college thesis. Mitch McConnell Is Headed Down the Stretch 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z To be sure, Henry Clay was an accomplished public servant and an exceedingly credible presidential candidate – at different points in his career, Clay was a state legislator, a U.S. 'The most credible candidate for president ... since Henry Clay' 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Had Henry Clay Lewis not died as a young man, his writings, which are still part of 19th century southern literature courses, might be more widely known. The Louisiana Swamp Doctor Gained Distinction as a Chronicler of the American Frontier 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The bank became politicized when Congress, at the urging of presidential hopeful Senator Henry Clay, passed a renewal bill in 1832. Money Matters: Speculation, Democracy, And The Forgotten Politics Of Monetary Policy 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Henry Clay Frick himself stipulated that his house and museum be “for the use and benefit of all persons whomsoever.” Save the Frick Collection 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Jon Deuser, a veteran of several McConnell campaigns and now a Washington lobbyist, said his former boss’s five statewide victories arguably made him “the best politician in Kentucky since Henry Clay.” Tea Party Challenge to McConnell Hits a Skid 2014-05-02T15:38:06Z Her Colony Club work led to other jobs, including designing second-floor rooms in the Henry Clay Frick mansion on Fifth Avenue in 1913. | Oyster Bay: In a Mansion’s Interior, a Study in Contrasts 2014-04-19T21:58:53Z Perhaps the most extraordinary member of our family was Henry Clay Lewis, the 7th child of David Lewis and Rachel Salomon Lewis, born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1825. The Louisiana Swamp Doctor Gained Distinction as a Chronicler of the American Frontier 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Before his freshman year, Jordan told his mother he wanted to play with his friends at Henry Clay High in Lexington, a school with a rich basketball tradition. Real Basketball Moms of Kentucky 2013-12-10T03:07:48Z It was also a time of unimaginable opulence and one-upmanship when men like Henry Clay Frick and J.P. Q&A: Stacy Perman, Author of A Grand Complication: The Race to Build the World’s Most Legendary Watch 2013-04-14T15:28:03Z "The retaliatory charges against my client are inappropriate, unconstitutional and utterly without merit," attorney Henry Clay Turner said in a letter to university Chancellor Holden Thorp. North Carolina university halts trial against student critic 2013-03-26T22:39:07Z They were saved by a bargain struck in Washington’s oldest tradition, not much changed from the days of Henry Clay except the size of the dollar figures and the presence of a phone. ‘Fiscal cliff’ resolution falls to Biden and McConnell, longtime Senate colleagues 2013-01-01T02:11:54Z In what he called “the first terrorist act in America,” Berkman shot and stabbed the industrialist Henry Clay Frick in 1892, then spent 14 years in prison for attempted murder. Bookshelf: Books on Emma Goldman, a Jazz Guitarist and New York Harbor 2012-11-17T07:36:50Z But they lived in the Bryan Station High School district, about five miles from Henry Clay. Real Basketball Moms of Kentucky 2013-12-10T03:07:48Z Also worth visiting is Clayton, the really cool and very popular historic estate of Henry Clay Frick, a wealthy 19th-century industrialist. My Town: Bob Ford's Pittsburgh 2012-05-29T04:00:00Z In the early 19th century, Henry Clay championed tariffs, a national bank, and internal improvements in an effort to match Britain’s economic might. Wonkbook: The economics of gay marriage 2012-05-15T12:00:26Z In the Twenty-fourth Congress, February 2, 1837, Henry Clay presented to the Senate an address of British authors asking for copyright protection in this country. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z It met Nov. 8th, and Henry Clay was chosen speaker. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z A buyer fell through, so she said she filed for bankruptcy — and then moved closer to Henry Clay. Real Basketball Moms of Kentucky 2013-12-10T03:07:48Z As Senator Henry Clay declared, “all legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession.” In defense of President Obama?s leadership on health-care reform 2012-03-27T10:00:00Z The county was so named in honor of Henry Clay, the great Kentucky statesman who had died only a few years before its formation. How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties, An Abstract of Their Formation 2012-03-16T02:00:20.963Z Three years later the Kentucke Gazette, the first paper published west of the mountains, told of "an eloquent oration" that was "delivered by Henry Clay, Esquire." Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z Captain Hart, a relative of Henry Clay, was among the number, as was also a member of Congress. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z The "mill-boy of the Slashes," winsome, sincere, had, unaided, become the only and immortal Henry Clay. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z “James K. Polk” by They Might Be Giants James K. Polk was, in many ways, a detestable man, and the country would’ve been better off had Henry Clay won the election of 1844. The Geek Playlist: Presidents Day 2012-02-20T15:31:02Z "I haven't smoked a Henry Clay for nearly two years, and then I picked up one a man had lighted, between the acts, outside of Daly's." Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z She was the daughter of Henry Clay, Jr., whose death at the Battle of Buena Vista was a sore blow to one who was always a fond father. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z But the pride of the house was the young and graceful speaker, Henry Clay. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z The Henry Clay was disabled, and soon set on fire by the bursting of a shell in the cotton packed about her boilers. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z In this refuge Hawthorne remained a whole day alone with his grief, when tidings came to him of the loss of his sister in the burning of the "Henry Clay." Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z "My father was always a Henry Clay man, and I suppose that's why I like those cigars." Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z He was a friend of Henry Clay, to whose indefatigable advocacy of the road was due much of the success of the venture. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z At this place, not far from the road-side, there is a pillar erected in honour of Mr. Henry Clay, who had been very instrumental in the opening of this road. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The mortgage was to be foreclosed, and Henry Clay would be penniless. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z The convention139 assembled and Henry Clay was nominated by acclamation to the Presidency. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z Henry Clay, in his speech before the Colonization Society in 1829, says:— Slavery and the Constitution 2012-02-01T03:00:13.957Z The physician who was called to attend him was puzzled to define the ailment until the bride said that the cause was the defeat of Henry Clay. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z Some doubted the success of popular government, while others, more hopeful still in the face of the general disaster, vowed they would never shave their faces or cut their hair till Henry Clay became President. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z When Henry Clay brought forward his compromise tariff bill, which pacified the nullifiers, Webster opposed it, believing that, in the face of this opposition to the Constitution, concession was unwise. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z When this touching reminder of the past drew near the hotel where we were staying, an old weather-beaten follower of Henry Clay, who was standing near me, was moved to tears. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z James K. Polk was the nominee of the Democratic and annexation party, and Henry Clay was on the other side as the Whig nominee. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Their leader was Henry Clay; and they believed, like the Federalists, in centralisation, internal improvements, and protective tariffs. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z This place enjoys the distinction of being the birthplace of the illustrious statesman, Henry Clay, called the “Great Commoner,” whose efforts in Congress postponed the dreadful strife between the sections for many years. Life Gleanings 2011-12-01T03:00:23.890Z Henry Clay devised the compromise by which slavery was prohibited in all the new territory lying north of latitude 36� 30', which was the southern boundary of Missouri. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z He asked me to furnish him with Henry Clay's great speech delivered in 1850; Andrew Jackson's proclamation against Nullification; and a copy of the Constitution. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z For most of his lifetime Henry Clay pleaded for that plan. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z Henry Clay was openly so in 1827; and the Kentucky Colonisation Society voted in 1830 that the disposition towards voluntary emancipation was strong enough to make legislation unnecessary. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z That put him in position to nail down a job as a maintenance engineer in the Frick mansion, built in 1913 by Henry Clay Frick for his art collection. About New York: Rikers Inmates Take Part In Fresh Start Reform Program 2011-11-23T03:10:05Z Two years later, his favorite son, Colonel Henry Clay, was killed under General Taylor, in the battle of Buena Vista. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Dixon, of Kentucky, successor of Henry Clay in the Senate and a Whig in politics, offered an amendment to the bill proposing to repeal the Missouri Compromise outright. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z For instance, I bought the bureau that had belonged to Barbara Frietchie, and a milk jug and some spoons that had belonged to Henry Clay. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Henry Clay is so identified with the Whig cause and with Whig principles, that "all tongues speak of him, and the blear'd sights are spectacled to see him." Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z A few sentences culled from the remarks in Congress elicited by his death, will fitly close this hasty daguerreotype of the man Henry Clay. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Webster had somewhat changed his views, and had become a supporter of the "American System" of Henry Clay, the system of "protection," because he thought the interests of his constituents demanded it. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Young professed to be personally a 'Peoples' man, and in favor of Henry Clay for President; the 'Caucus' candidate being Wm. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z The solemn selection of James K. Polk instead of Henry Clay as President, was a discordant incident that the Whig patriot did not linger over willingly. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z At these debates, even the eloquent Henry Clay may act as moderator, generously appreciative of the eloquence of A. Campbell. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z Henry Clay passed, nem. con., and his position and success at that Bar were never more disputed nor doubted. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Henry Clay, the "mill-boy of the Slashes," was born April 12, 1777, in Hanover County, Virginia, in a neighborhood called the "Slashes," from its low, marshy ground. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z It was then that Henry Clay made the pronouncement already quoted, that the United States could not consent to the occupation of Cuba by any other European power than Spain, under any contingency whatever. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z It was during Monroe's last term that Henry Clay brought in the first protective tariff bill, as distinguished from tariff bills to raise revenue with protection as an incident only. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z The gifted Kentuckian, Henry Clay, had by his pacific measures postponed war, but it was not to be averted. Stories of Old Kentucky 2011-09-23T02:00:21.413Z The merest glance is all we can give to the public, official career of Henry Clay. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z He was overcome by this proof of affection, and exclaimed, "Had ever any man such friends or enemies as Henry Clay!" Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z He was smoking a "Henry Clay," and was busily engaged in studying the stock quotations in the "National". Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z Owing to an objectionable clause in its Constitution, the admission was not fully completed until 1821, and then only through the instrumentality of Henry Clay. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z His statue of Henry Clay now stands on the capitol grounds at Richmond. Stories of Old Kentucky 2011-09-23T02:00:21.413Z Henry Clay is added to the list, whereas Patrick Henry's copy is not available. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z It is said that no murderer ever suffered the extreme penalty of the law who was defended by Henry Clay. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Homespun Davy Crockett, popular General Jackson, stately Henry Clay, furnished a show for the country by-standers to gape at. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z We have in this life of Henry Clay a biography of one of the most distinguished of American statesmen, and a political history of the United States for the first half of the nineteenth century. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z Wouldn't you perhaps like to have a glass of champagne, little Phillip, and a Henry Clay cigar and a salad made of a big moo-chicken? Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Old memories of the past come back upon him, and a thousand scenes connected with the life and history of Henry Clay, will force themselves upon you. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Henry Clay said, "Now I can go to England without mortification." Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z A Whig all his life, he almost adored Henry Clay and idolized the Union. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z In 1844 the Whig candidate for the Presidency, Henry Clay, was defeated by a Mr. Polk, the nominee of the Democracy. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z Ruggles took out a big cigar, struck a match sharply, and when he had lit his Henry Clay he fixed his gaze on the flying London fog, whose black curtain drew itself across their window. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z Our theme is the man Henry Clay,—what he was intrinsically, and in his daily dealings with, and deportment toward, his fellow-beings. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Commented on Forbes Leadership Highlights of the Week “Not to appear to be uncompromising, but "The Great Compromiser" was Henry Clay.” There Are Three Kinds of Innovation. Don't Get Trapped Doing the Wrong One. 2011-08-02T19:40:21Z The moderate protective tariffs of the twenties, the tariff of Henry Clay, did not satisfy her. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z The Whigs, especially in the Senate, under Henry Clay, prepared at once to push through various measures that should undo the work of the Jacksonians. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z Those were interesting speeches of Henry Clay's, made before he sacrificed his convictions and his manhood to his vain desire to become President. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Henry Clay rose to fame, by a sudden impulse at the meeting of a lyceum in Lexington. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z The name of Ashland was conferred upon the town by Martin Beaser, an ardent admirer of Henry Clay, it being the name of Mr. Clay's homestead. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z He always spoke with particularly affectionate remembrance of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, always referring to them as 'Hank' and 'Dan,' so intimate had he been with them. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z We know from an episode in the life of Henry Clay, that, when candidate for the State Assembly, he once carried a whole district by a chance shot with a rifle. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z The men whose fame rests altogether upon laurels won in Congress have seldom been more successful than Webster and Henry Clay in their candidacy for the chief magistracy. Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z And our magnetic statesman, James G. Blaine, began his career as a canvasser for a life of Henry Clay. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z With the possible exception of Henry Clay, no other political leader in our history, under all circumstances, had so devoted and determined a following. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z Colonel Burr, accompanied by his counsel, Henry Clay and Col. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z You let well enough alone,’ says I.” “Is Henry Clay the one that’s going to be an undertaker?” Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Getting letters of recommendation from General, afterwards President, Harrison, and from Henry Clay, he started, October 12, 1820, for New Orleans. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z One of his first acts was to deliver a eulogy upon Henry Clay, a political opponent. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z On Friday, about noon," the Buffalo paper then adds, "the steamboat Henry Clay, Norton, having previously arrived from Black Rock, left our harbour in fine style, having a heavy and full load of passengers. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The crowd was beginning to disperse when several began calling for Henry Clay. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z In the next contest I was a supporter of Henry Clay. Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot 2011-02-01T03:00:12.910Z When Henry Clay was nominated for the Presidency in 1844, Henry Hart espoused his cause almost with fury. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z The Capital Hotel, where the politics of the country were wont to be discussed by Henry Clay, Crittenden, and other great lights of former days, was crowded by the chivalry of the South. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Finally, Mr. Daniels likes to describe himself as a Whig, after the 19th-century political party whose modernizing agenda attracted Abraham Lincoln and Henry Clay. Economic Scene: Budget Hawk Eyes Deficit 2011-01-05T01:31:20Z The great “American System,” as it has been called, had in the meantime arisen, championed by no less a personage than Henry Clay of Kentucky. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z He had supported that eminent statesman, Henry Clay; and, when he died, he would willingly have voted for Clay's last pair of pantaloons, stuffed with straw! Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot 2011-02-01T03:00:12.910Z A few miles from "Studley," are the "Slashes of Hanover," the birthplace of Henry Clay. Dorothy Payne, Quakeress A Side-Light upon the Career of 'Dolly' Madison 2010-12-20T17:12:10.847Z Before railroads were projected, when Henry Clay was in the prime of manhood there, it was a place of enterprise and activity. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z This new conception of malleable and fluid identity found its fullest and purest expression in the American ideal of the self-made man, a term popularized by Henry Clay in 1832. The Web Means the End of Forgetting 2010-07-21T14:59:00Z It was the finest private art gallery in New York — until Henry Clay Frick finished his own a few blocks up, in 1914. | Private Art Galleries: The Frick and Other Grand Private Galleries 2010-04-30T03:41:00Z Henry Clay is probably the person who is the most parallel in using the speakership as an instrument of national leadership, not just an instrument of legislative leadership.” Gingrich Savors Another Turn in the Spotlight 2010-03-13T01:04:00Z About 7 m. out of Ashland is the birthplace of Henry Clay, and about 15 m. distant is the birthplace of Patrick Henry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The State is living on the capital of Henry Clay. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The result was that Henry Clay, the American Secretary of State, ordered an official survey at Nicaragua, and scheme followed scheme in quick succession. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise Henry Clay gave as Edwards' marked characteristics, good understanding, weight of character, and conciliatory manners. The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 A national organization was planned as early as 1827, when the New York leaders attempted, unsuccessfully, to persuade Henry Clay, though a Mason, to renounce the Order and head the movement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" The Ashland Estate, well known as the residence of Henry Clay, is but a mile from our camp. My First Campaign I was met at the door by a six-foot black man in a waistcoat that was perhaps white in the year one, and a coat made in the days of Henry Clay. With Edge Tools "Was there ever a politician or a statesman, since Henry Clay, loved so well as James G. Blaine?" Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play Those fellows forget that Henry Clay and Daniel Webster oratory is out of date. John Marsh's Millions And now the passengers, seeing the great danger in these sudden turns, vainly entreated the captain of the Henry Clay to give up the race, and have a regard for their lives. More Mittens with The Doll's Wedding and Other Stories Being the third book of the series The widow of Henry Clay resides at this place with her son. My First Campaign I knowed a man once," replied Mr. Sanders, by way of making a practical application of his suggestion, "that vowed he'd never shave his beard off till Henry Clay was elected President. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction Henry Clay was born April 12, 1777, in the "Slashes," Virginia. The Greater Republic A History of the United States He did more probably than any other one man, except Henry Clay, to secure the adoption of the Compromise Measures of 1850. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" On a clear balmy morning in July, six years ago, two magnificent steamboats, the Henry Clay and the America, left Albany at the same time, for New York. More Mittens with The Doll's Wedding and Other Stories Being the third book of the series Meanwhile I took the opportunity to visit the grave and monument of Henry Clay, which are in the cemetery a short distance from the depot. My First Campaign Mr. Henry Clay's speech, before the Society, January 1st, 1818—2d Annual Report, page 110. Discussion on American Slavery In view of this certainty, Henry Clay secured the passage of a bill in 1832, which reduced the tariff, except where such reduction came in conflict with home labor. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Three other candidates, however, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and Henry Clay, were otherwise put in the field. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Too swiftly, for they were racing, and on the Henry Clay, especially, the captain and officers, excited and reckless, were crowding on steam, and forcing the boat to her utmost speed. More Mittens with The Doll's Wedding and Other Stories Being the third book of the series Upon making inquiry, I learned they were grand children of Henry Clay. My First Campaign On May 11, 1844, the Whig National Convention at Baltimore nominated Henry Clay for President, and the news was sent to Washington in all haste by the first railroad train. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read It has been stated that the Whigs nominated Henry Clay, who opposed annexation. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Another was Henry Clay's Speeches, and another was Dr. Gunn's Family Medicine, which told you all about what to do if a body was sick or dead. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade Henry Clay!—the man I used to hear my father talk about when I was a young gyirl—the man that'd rather be in the right than to be President.' The Land of Long Ago Death of the Duke of Wellington and his interment in St. Paul's Cathedral; in Austria, of the premier, Prince Schwarzenberg; in America, of Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 Henry Clay's political aspirations went to wreck because of his vacillation concerning Texas. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 The policy of a protective tariff became known as the American System, and Henry Clay was its foremost champion. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Henry Clay began a movement for international copyright. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 Says he, 'If one o' them tongues o' fire was put in the body of a man, that'd be Henry Clay.' The Land of Long Ago James G. Blaine, who so often aspired to the Presidency, had, like Henry Clay, also a frequent Presidential aspirant, served with distinction as Speaker of the House. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 On the 29th of January 1850 Henry Clay presented the famous resolution which constituted the basis of the ultimate compromise. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Among the killed was Colonel Henry Clay, son of the Kentucky orator and statesman. The Greater Republic A History of the United States With only eight men in that bitter war, he met, fought and captured Henry Clay Pate, with twenty-five well armed and mounted men. John Brown An Address at the 14th Anniversary of Storer College Now, here I am, child, 'way back in Henry Clay's time, when I set out to tell you about my visit to Henrietta's. The Land of Long Ago It was a monstrous corruption in legislation, which not even the great name of Henry Clay could shield from subsequent opprobrium. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 Henry Clay, who was secretary of state at the time, was enthusiastically in favor of accepting the invitation extended to the United States to participate in the congress. The United States and Latin America Sterling Price being elected President by 75 votes, to 15 cast for Nathaniel W. Watkins, a half-brother of Henry Clay, and a strenuous advocate of Southern Rights. The Struggle for Missouri Henry Clay, its author, an eloquent but ignorant man, formulated his American system, that was a small affair in the beginning, but had deadly seeds of evil in its composition. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 And I says: 'I want to see Henry Clay's house. The Land of Long Ago In 1844 he delivered campaign speeches for Henry Clay throughout the North. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Henry Clay was the leader of the popular political party in the State, and had the sympathy of the audience on his side. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Henry Clay has been spending the August weeks at Newport, R.I. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 The first public meeting to consider the expediency of such an organization was held on the 21st of December, 1816, at which the Hon. Henry Clay presided; but I have never seen its official proceedings. Thoughts on African Colonization And I says to myself, 'I'm in Henry Clay's home. The Land of Long Ago Between his knees was placed a cane presented to him by Henry Clay, the statesman; at his right side was placed a sword presented to him by President Jackson. Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women The other city papers were generous with space and complimentary mention, but the Sunny South, edited by Colonel Henry Clay Fairman, was the only one which advocated the principle of woman suffrage. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Even with Henry Clay he was induced by mutual friends to stand on a footing of courteous friendliness, though there never was any genuine friendship between them. Andrew Jackson And even Henry Clay, who is an oracle in the cause, has had the boldness to declare, that the slaves should be held in everlasting servitude if they cannot be colonized in Africa!! Thoughts on African Colonization And I ricollected the time Henry Clay spoke in town and father went to hear him, and when he got back home, mother asked him what kind of a man Henry Clay was. The Land of Long Ago The substance of these directions is taken from an elaborate article from the pen of the honorable Henry Clay. Soil Culture He ran for Congress on the Whig ticket when Henry Clay was defeated for the Presidency and went down with his party. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria As his wont was, he saw the danger and the villainy which he thought himself commissioned to destroy in the person of a man; and that man was Henry Clay. Andrew Jackson Lincoln at first was a shallow thinker, accepting without examination the views of others, especially popular statesmen, such as Henry Clay, whose magnetic personality was drawing to himself the high-spirited young men of the West. The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President He was in the Henry Clay Parker, a fine-looking vessel that was not so very fast, but had the reputation of being wonderfully stiff. The Seiners Doubtless there were, and there are still, plenty of Pograms who are convinced that Henry Clay and Daniel Webster overtop all the intellectual giants of the Old World. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures Henry Clay Fairman, was the only one which editorially indorsed the suffrage movement. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV But to Jackson the National Republicans were the friends of Henry Clay, as the Democrats were his own friends. Andrew Jackson The charm of his manner, he said, recalled that of Henry Clay, as he remembered him. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. From Billie Simms, who went over part of the course in the Henry Clay Parker ahead of the fleet, we got word of the trouble as we went by. The Seiners It is peculiarly associated with the name and fame of Daniel Webster, and, to a less degree, with the career of Henry Clay. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures He coveted no such distinction, and constantly expressed a wish that Henry Clay might be the chosen one. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. The common thought, produced by the common Orthodox system of preaching, was expressed once in a public meeting by Henry Clay. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Henry Clay was, as always, the leader of this discussion, following up the movements which, with extraordinary zeal, he had made at reunions, in the press, and in Congress. Latin America and the United States Addresses by Elihu Root While Henry Clay's hands were hoeing corn in that field in Kentucky, through his imagination the young orator was standing in the halls of Congress. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character "My subject is a most profound one, first broached by Cicero to Henry Clay, during the first trip of the beloved pair to Coney Island." Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy He joined the Free-Soil movement in 1848, and supported Van Buren and Adams, but without the zeal he had shown for Henry Clay. A Boy's Town Finally Henry Clay succeeded in getting Congress to pass the Missouri Compromise. History Plays for the Grammar Grades Prior to his rectorship of St. Joseph's church in New York, Father Pise, who was an intimate friend of Henry Clay, served as Chaplain of the U.S. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century To this end, Randolph was suffered to deliver in the Senate a long succession of tirades, disgraceful to the Senate, abusive of New England and of Henry Clay. Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors Henry Clay drew a Henry Clay from his pocket and began to smoke vigorously. Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy My boy's father restored his self-respect in a measure by being a Henry Clay Whig, or a constitutional anti-slavery man. A Boy's Town Henry Clay was born in Virginia at the year of Burgoyne's surrender, 1777. History Plays for the Grammar Grades Henry Clay served within its walls as Speaker for about ten years, and Mrs. Field took much pride in showing her guests the mark on the wall where his desk stood. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century He was defended by Henry Clay and the grand jury failed to indict him. The story of Kentucky As a man in the field of statesmanship and in intensity of devotion, he was more idolized than any since his prototype, Henry Clay. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century They had a Henry Clay Club in 1844, and they had Buckeye Clubs whenever there was an election for governor, and they had clubs at every exciting town or county or district election. A Boy's Town Fresh from these splendid achievements, he received the nomination for President over the names of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and General Scott. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier Some years before her marriage, Mrs. Botta was visiting in Washington, where she formed a friendship with Henry Clay. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century What better authority can we have on this point than that of Henry Clay, whose influence perhaps as much as that of any other man, helped to carry the compromise of 1850? The Relations of the Federal Government to Slavery Delivered at Fort Wayne, Ind., October 30th 1860 A good many years ago," writes a correspondent from the White Sulphur Springs of Virginia, "the statesman Henry Clay was here, enjoying a respite from his arduous government duties. Music and Some Highly Musical People The business of a Whig club among the boys was to raise ash flag-poles, in honor of Henry Clay's home at Ashland, and to learn the Whig songs and go about singing them. A Boy's Town The last Democratic Speaker of the House had been Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania, a Democrat who had been trained in the philosophy of Henry Clay and in the interests of a great manufacturing State. The New Nation As late as 1832 Henry Clay, in a discussion of the public lands, could say, "We should rejoice that this bountiful resource possessed by our country, remains in almost undiminished quantity." The American Empire So much for the testimony of Henry Clay! The Relations of the Federal Government to Slavery Delivered at Fort Wayne, Ind., October 30th 1860 As her father was not living, her hand was given in marriage by Henry Clay. A Portrait of Old George Town Although he did more perhaps than other men, except Henry Clay, to secure the adoption of the Compromise Measures of 1850, he seems never to have had any moral antipathy against slavery. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Canada was to be conquered, and then, as Henry Clay put it, they could "negotiate a peace at Quebec or Halifax." The Mentor: The War of 1812 Volume 4, Number 3, Serial Number 103; 15 March, 1916. It was in this debate, where the public land was referred to as "refuse land" that Henry Clay felt called upon to remind his fellow-legislators of the significance and growing value of the public land. The American Empire “In honor, of course, of Henry Clay,” he replied. The Faith of Our Fathers I wonder if it was from this old tavern that that brilliant but erratic statesman went out across the Chain Bridge to fight his duel with Henry Clay? A Portrait of Old George Town After doing some journalistic work, he began his public career by making campaign speeches for Henry Clay in 1844. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Henry Clay was perhaps the greatest popular leader and orator that America has produced, although his influence will not be so lasting as that of profounder statesmen. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader They have heard, no doubt, of the fame and the greatness of Henry Clay. What I Saw in America Pitted against such distinguished speakers as Calhoun and Henry Clay, he gradually came to be acknowledged the foremost orator of America. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) I must see that noble, glorious, wise old statesman, Henry Clay, whom I knew. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages It contains, for practice, some of the most popular selections, including the best from Dickens, Henry Clay, Pope, and Bancroft, with Poe's "Raven" and the "Bells;" also, "Sheridan's Ride." How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies Henry Clay was born at “The Slashes,” Hanover County, Virginia, whence he got his title, “Mill-Boy of the Slashes.” Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader By a single stroke the national self-respect was restored; and Henry Clay, at Paris, said "Now I can go to England without mortification." Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History In the American Senate, Henry Clay introduced a bill for a compromise of the controversy on slavery. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Next Henry Clay’s outline was faintly shown from the tomb, and here the sitter remarked that he expected him. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages As far back as 1819, President Adams had wanted Texas, and Henry Clay would have voted three millions for it. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Henry Clay became a clerk and then a law-student in Richmond, Va., and in 1797 followed his mother to Kentucky, making his home in Lexington. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Henry Clay said, "I always have had, and always shall have, a profound regard for Christianity, the religion of my fathers, and for its rites, its usages and observances." The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880 Henry Clay declared that it settled the slavery question "forever." A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) At this moment he was a startling and portentous figure in the drama of the Nation, the most powerful parliamentary leader in American history, not excepting Henry Clay. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan Here was the essence of the compromise, built upon the great measures of Henry Clay, and finally ripening into the legislation of that session. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage No; the toast which Henry Clay once gave in honor of an early naval hero fits the present situation like a glove. Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses This tone was general in Congress; Henry Clay spoke to the same effect. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 The adherents of Jackson declared that a bargain had been made between Clay and Henry Clay rewarded Adams, who then paid Clay they alleged for his support in the "scrub race" for the Presidency. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) I also called on Dr. Samuel Jackson, who, during a long and extended practice in his profession, had been at one time Henry Clay's physician. Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy But the November election in Georgia, as elsewhere, was adverse to the party of Henry Clay. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage Under the leadership of Henry Clay, the tariff of 1824 was enacted and the "American System" was inaugurated. Outline of the development of the internal commerce of the United States 1789-1900 Those of Henry Clay and Gen. Jackson are the most prominent. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 On the first day of December the Eighteenth Congress met and Henry Clay was once more elected Speaker of the House. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) For instance, a spirit control might give his name as Henry Clay, and he might deliver a spirited talk or oration, which, however, would be reeking with grammatical errors. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers Commanding always the respect and admiration of the Southern people Mr. Webster now took the place in their affections just made vacant by the death of Henry Clay. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage Henry Clay sailed from New-York for Havana, on the 11th of March. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 He's a coming Henry Clay and Daniel Webster rolled into one. The Candidate A Political Romance In America, Henry Clay on the floor of Congress, had already urged the recognition of South American independence. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Even though he insist that he is Henry Clay, our reason will tell us that he is not what he pretends to be. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers Henry Clay had pronounced such division of public domain between the sections a "Utopian dream," and Zachary Taylor had condemned the principle in the only message he ever delivered to Congress. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage I remembered then what the mate of the Henry Clay had once told me about a tribe of bloodthirsty men in the interior, called by the well-disposed Esquimaux See-ne-mee-utes. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 They show him to have been an old-line Whig of the school of Henry Clay, with strong emancipation leanings; a thorough anti-slavery man, but never an extremist or an abolitionist. America First Patriotic Readings In the West, Henry Clay, Henry Clay's candidacy. popularly known as "Harry of the West," was the ideal of a strong minority. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Thomas Hart was the father of the wife of Henry Clay, and the uncle of the celebrated Thomas Hart Benton. Stories Of Georgia But there was no Henry Clay to interpose, with tact and broad statesmanship, at the supreme moment. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage As luck would have it, though, the Henry Clay joined the North Atlantic fleet and started for the Greenland fishing grounds. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 Against this madness Henry Clay spoke out with his old-time power. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement Henry Clay's vacillating stand throughout this controversy proved fatal to his Presidential aspirations. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) From the latter year to 1847 he was in Congress, representing the District in which Henry Clay resided, of whom he was a warm personal and political friend. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States Henry Clay once stated that nothing upon earth could induce him to agree to any thing that should impede the free navigation of that river. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 There wasn’t any particular danger, for the Henry Clay was a well-built craft, strengthened to withstand just such a squeeze as the ice-pack was giving us. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 He was at first a Henry Clay Whig, and always a zealous protectionist; then in alliance with the anti-slavery element in the party, and soon the leading Republican editor. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement In the Senate, Henry Clay resigned his seat, the better to carry on his canvass as a candidate for the Presidency. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) In 1844 he was a delegate to the National Convention which nominated Henry Clay. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States This was one of the favorite ideas of Henry Clay. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 I recalled the old Esquimau’s unselfishness in wanting me to escape and leave him when he was wounded, and determined that, if I ever reached the Henry Clay again, he should. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 When he was only fourteen a copy of Henry Clay's speeches fell into his hands, and he learned most of them by heart, and what he learned from them interested him in history. Historic Boyhoods But its greatest strength was in the newly populated West, and its chief spokesman in Congress was Henry Clay of Kentucky. A History of the United States In 1832 he was a delegate to the Convention which nominated Henry Clay. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States If that is what is meant, then let me, before I close, read an extract from one of the last speeches made by Henry Clay in the Senate of the United States. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 Another two miles and the Henry Clay would be in sight, and, unless some accident happened to my own team, my pursuers would not be able to gain the vantage they had lost. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 So was Henry Clay at a later period. Anti-Slavery Opinions before the Year 1800 Read before the Cincinnati Literary Club, November 16, 1872 Among the politicians who must be considered in the running for the presidency, the ablest was Henry Clay of Kentucky. A History of the United States Well, it looks as if Henry Clay would. A Little Girl in Old New York Henry Clay, with nearly the entire Whig Party, from the first opposed the Tyler-Calhoun programme. History of the United States, Volume 3 He took the marble statue of Henry Clay out of the state- house at Baton Rouge and shipped it to his home in Massachusetts. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi Whiggery has had its day, and Henry Clay would stand with us now.' Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac Henry Clay, since his defeat in 1844, had practically retired from the active practice of politics. A History of the United States And Henry Clay said it was "the bridge not made with hands, that spans a river, carries a highway, and makes two mountains one." Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Yet in many respects the most interesting figure in the party was Henry Clay. History of the United States, Volume 3 At this place the Warrior transferred its freight, in light boats, over the rapids to the Henry Clay, a steamer belonging to the same line. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite The offer was highly complimentary, for the Review was the principal political journal in Connecticut supporting Henry Clay. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Henry Clay, as has already been noted, lived long enough to enjoy his triumph, not long enough to outlive it. A History of the United States Not far away, on a by-road, the more modern but not less famous orator, Henry Clay, was born. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War "Clary" a little octoroon woman, who was, I was told, either once the mistress or else the daughter of Henry Clay. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Night was fast approaching, and there was no chance for sleep or refreshment, until we could reach Commerce or the Henry Clay. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite I can’t say exactly how far I may have gone; but I know that the cigar—a long ‘Henry Clay’—was burnt to the end before I thought of turning back. The Death Shot A Story Retold He was a Whig, and believed in Henry Clay. Fifty Years of Public Service He has the shrewd, inquisitive look, the spare frame, the sharp features, of a Connecticut farmer, and constantly reminds me of Henry Clay when he moves about. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Under the lead of Henry Clay they invoked the national government to break down the mountain barrier by internal improvements, and thus to give their crops an outlet to the coast. The Frontier in American History The Henry Clay then lay at Commerce, now known as Nauvoo. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite Dr. Channing had published his prophetic letter to Henry Clay, on the annexation of Texas, in 1837, and awakened a profound interest in the slavery question on both sides of the Atlantic. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 Blaine, in the opinion of many people, was the most popular statesman since the days of Henry Clay; Logan, the greatest volunteer officer of the Civil War. Fifty Years of Public Service While yet in partnership with Judge Logan, Mr. Lincoln went into the national campaign of 1844, making speeches in Illinois and Indiana for Henry Clay, to whom he was thoroughly devoted. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln It was not without reason that the proposal of the Missouri Compromise came from Illinois, and it was a natural enthusiasm with which these States followed Henry Clay in the war policy of 1812. The Frontier in American History The distance to the Henry Clay from where the Warrior lay was twelve miles. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite In February, 1839, Henry Clay had made his famous speech on "Abolitionism," and thus recognized the bearing of the slavery question upon the presidential election of the following year. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 A distinctly great national figure has not appeared in America since Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and Rufus Choate—all men too great to become President. As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home Daniel Webster was then living in the national capital, and Congressman Lincoln stopped once at Ashland, Ky., on his way to Washington to visit the idol of the Whigs, Henry Clay. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Henry Clay lived long enough in the kindred State of Kentucky to see it pass from a frontier to a settled community, and his views on slavery reflected the transitional history of that State. The Frontier in American History They have been imported to this country to some extent, and several fine herds exist in different sections; the earliest importations being those of Henry Clay, of Kentucky, in 1817. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure The scheme of "pacification" and "final settlement," which was launched in 1850, under the leadership of Henry Clay, constitutes one of the chief landmarks in the history of the great conflict between freedom and slavery. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 The ratification of the Florida Treaty was delayed by the attempt of the Spanish Crown to grant extensive tracts to certain grandees, and by the vigorous opposition of Henry Clay in the House of Representatives. Union and Democracy At seventy-six years of age the Demosthenes of the American Senate lay dying at Washington—I mean Henry Clay, of Kentucky. The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony But in the era of Jacksonian democracy, Henry Clay and his followers engaged the great Tennesseean in a fierce political struggle out of which was born the rival Whig and Democratic parties. The Frontier in American History Once, while Mr. Van Buren, being the Vice-President, was presiding over the Senate, Henry Clay attacked him in a speech freighted with sarcasm and invective. The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 The signature of Henry Clay was the first on this document, and was followed by those of various prominent men of the free and slave States, and of different political parties. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 In organizing, the House passed over Macon, who belonged to the old school of statesmen, and chose as Speaker Henry Clay, who had exchanged his seat in the Senate for this more stirring arena. Union and Democracy Nothing daunted by her failure with the daughter, she proceeded to invest a part of the Dennis pile in wireless messages to Henry Clay Wayne, on the basis of her kinship with Remsen Van Dam. Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage These were the Whig followers of that other Western leader, Henry Clay, and their early strength lay in the Ohio Valley, and particularly among the well-to-do. The Frontier in American History He had prayed for the election of General Harrison for the sake of the country; he had cast his first vote for Henry Clay, his second for General Taylor, and his third for General Scott. The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes In 1844 he was so earnest in his zeal and enthusiasm for Henry Clay that he vowed he would not cut his hair until Clay was elected President of the United States. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Henry Clay was then filling out an unexpired term in the Senate upon appointment by the Governor of Kentucky. Union and Democracy "On board her is Henry Clay Wayne," she continued weightily. Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage "No subject," said Henry Clay, "which has presented itself to the present, or perhaps any preceding, Congress, is of greater magnitude than that of the public lands." The Frontier in American History On the night of the 16th of April Admiral Porter's fleet and the transports Silver Wave, Forest Queen, and Henry Clay ran the Vicksburg batteries. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 I was reared in a school which regarded Henry Clay, John J. Crittenden, Thomas Ewing and Thomas Corwin as the brightest lights in the political firmament, chief of whom was Henry Clay. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. To the imagination of Henry Clay, this was a sublime spectacle—"eighteen millions of people struggling to burst their chains and be free." Union and Democracy Mr. Henry Clay Wayne had turned from an absorbing conversation with Mrs. Denyse in time to see his daughter in hand-to-hand combat with a man. Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage Henry Clay, on the other hand, represented the new industrial forces along the Ohio. The Frontier in American History After the Carondelet, between her and the Tuscumbia, came three army transports, the Silver Wave, Henry Clay, and Forest Queen, unprotected except by bales of hay and cotton round the boilers. The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. Tennessee and Kentucky had been Whig states, strongly in favor of protection, and before the war were represented by John Bell and Henry Clay. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The conception of an American system did not originate in the ardent mind of Henry Clay. Union and Democracy Five different messages from Henry Clay Wayne, to begin with. Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage The Crittenden compromise proposals on the eve of the Civil War came also from Kentucky and represent the persistence of the spirit of Henry Clay. The Frontier in American History The Henry Clay caught fire, was burnt and sank; the other resumed her course. The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. Henry Clay, as early as 1818, when proposing to acknowledge the independence of the South American states, eloquently depicted the mutual advantage of closer commercial relations with those states. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Two days later the President-elect announced that he had invited Henry Clay to be his Secretary of State. Union and Democracy Now, Mr. Henry Clay Wayne was a tolerably shrewd judge of humankind. Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage There is no full biography of Clay, but C. Colton's The Private Life of Henry Clay contains some of Clay's letters. Expansion and Conflict The Whigs were not in favor of the admission of Texas, and made that the issue of the following campaign, Henry Clay leading his party to a hospitable grave in the fall. Comic History of the United States I wished very much to see Henry Clay, the great favorite of the Whigs of that day, but he was not then in public life. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. But under the persuasive leadership of Henry Clay, a joint committee elaborated a resolution which was acceptable to both houses. Union and Democracy It is related that Henry Clay's mother furnished him with books by her own earnings at the washtub. Pushing to the Front But Henry Clay and Daniel Webster still enjoyed much more of the confidence of the people of the country, North and South, than the President. Expansion and Conflict Lincoln and Seward believed in Henry Clay and all the issues which he represented, while Trumbull and King were devoted to the policies and measures which characterized the administration of Jackson. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 His death, on the ninth day of July, 1850, preceded the passage of the compromise measures of Henry Clay, commonly known by his name. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The quotation here noted is taken from a speech by Henry Clay before the American Colonization Society, 1827. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 In America I can mention but three who are deserving of first rank,—Thomas Jefferson, Henry Clay and James G. Blaine. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) And the abolitionists of New England were as noisome to him as were the radical secessionists to Henry Clay. Expansion and Conflict The cause of its overthrow was the appointment of Henry Clay to the State Department, and the baseless scandal of a "bargain and sale" was invented to deprive Mr. Clay of the "easy accession." Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 It is the same question answered by Henry Clay in the Senate in 1850. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Henry Clay of all others was the most persistent advocate of colonization. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 At Amsterdam, where the envoys remained four weeks, they learned that Mr. Madison had at once accepted Castlereagh's offer and appointed a new commission, consisting of Messrs. Adams, Bayard, Henry Clay, and Jonathan Russell. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII With counsels so divided Harrison turned readily to Henry Clay, who shaped the inaugural and filled the Cabinet with his political friends. Expansion and Conflict On this date the colonizationists met in Davis's Hotel, Henry Clay again presiding. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 The lives of Washington and Henry Clay, which Lincoln borrowed from neighbors in the wilderness, and devoured by the light of the cabin fire, inspired his life. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune The existing circumstances are well shown by the attitude of Henry Clay, senator from Kentucky as well as author of the Compromise of 1850. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 Senator Seward, who assumed the leadership of the Republicans in Congress, had been correctly described by Henry Clay as "a man of no convictions." Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Henry Clay urged a simple distribution among the States. Expansion and Conflict His able and brilliant son, Judge Henry Clay Niles, is now the United States District Judge for that State, having been appointed by President Harrison. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Notwithstanding the warning voice of Henry Clay, a military chieftain had been placed in the chair of state. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. But for a few hated and despised abolitionists, negro slavery might still be a recognized American institution; it was not Henry Clay or Daniel Webster who did most to hasten its downfall. An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals His organization of the colonization of Plaquemine Parish, by a steamboat load of roughs from New Orleans, secured the defeat of Henry Clay in Louisiana and virtually prevented his election as President. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Amos Kendall and William B. Lewis supported his view heartily, fearing as they did that Henry Clay would otherwise be the next President. Expansion and Conflict The United States renewed the powers of Messrs. Adams, Bayard, and Gallatin, a new Secretary of the Treasury having in the meantime been appointed, and added Jonathan Russell, then Minister to Sweden, and Henry Clay. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series Of two hundred and eighty-eight votes, the whole number cast by the electors, he had received two hundred and nineteen, Henry Clay being the chief opposing candidate. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. If he misunderstood the antivivisectionists, we must remember that Henry Clay in 1851 could see nothing good in William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition party. An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals The extra session of Congress, which had been convened by General Harrison before his death, was not acceptable to his successor, who saw that its legislation would be inspired and controlled by Henry Clay. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Henry Clay stopped in Philadelphia on his way to Washington and held a conference there with the industrial leaders of the Middle States. Expansion and Conflict Henry Clay was speaker of the house, and placed this new member on a most important committee. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail The election of Mr. Adams to the Presidency depended on the vote of Henry Clay, who recognized and voluntarily assumed the responsibility. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. These resolutions probably emanated from the influence of Henry Clay, from the first a zealous and steadfast friend of the South American patriots. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country When the nomination came before the Senate, it was opposed by Mr. Buchanan and Mr. King, of Alabama, and advocated by Mr. Choate and Henry Clay. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Since the great fight between the President and the Bank in 1833-34, Henry Clay had been welding together all the forces of the opposition. Expansion and Conflict It encountered strong opposition, but was supported by Henry Clay and other friends of the president, and passed both houses. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Next to Henry Clay, whose ardent disciple he was, he had done more than any other man to educate his countrymen in the American system of protection to home industry. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Henry Clay visited it, and gave a glowing account of it in one of his speeches, using its success as an argument against free trade. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money Henry Clay was in the pride of his political power, but uneasy and restive as a caged lion. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis The politicians, especially those who followed Henry Clay, did their utmost to defeat him, and the votes of the West were divided almost evenly between the two backwoods rivals. Expansion and Conflict There, on the 12th of April, 1777, Henry Clay, the great American statesman, was born, and from the district-schools of his neighborhood he derived his education. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Henry Clay undoubtedly felt the germ of his future greatness while sauntering, in his boyhood days, through the wild and picturesque slashes of Hanover. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings I hope to see mo' of you, sir," he said, "and I take pleasure in introducing the Honourable Henry Clay Appleton, editor of our local newspaper, the Anglo-Saxon. The Colonel's Dream Henry Clay, then in his prime, was the champion of the United States Bank in the Senate. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis |
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