A Biography of Henry Clay, the Senator from Kentucky / Containing Also, a Complete Report of All His Speeches; Selections From His Private Correspondence; Eulogies in the Senate and House; and a Poem, by George D. Prentice, Esq.
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HENRY CLAY
COMPILED AND EDITED
DANIEL MALLORY.
CONTAINING ALSO,
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PREFACE.
LIFE OF HENRY CLAY.
OBITUARY ADDRESSES
The Strong Staff Broken and the Beautiful Rod;
ON DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.
ON THE LINE OF THE PERDIDO.
ON RENEWING THE CHARTER OF THE FIRST BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
ON THE AUGMENTATION OF MILITARY FORCE.
ON THE INCREASE OF THE NAVY.
ON THE NEW ARMY BILL.
ON HIS RETURN FROM GHENT.
ON THE UNITED STATES BANK QUESTION.
ON THE BILL FOR ENFORCING NEUTRALITY.
ON COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIONS WITH FOREIGN NATIONS.
ON INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
ON THE WAR BETWEEN SPAIN AND HER COLONIES.
ON INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
ON THE EMANCIPATION OF SOUTH AMERICA.
EMANCIPATION OF SOUTH AMERICA.
ON THE SEMINOLE WAR.
ON SOUTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
ON THE SPANISH TREATY.
ON THE PROTECTION OF HOME INDUSTRY.
MISSION TO SOUTH AMERICA.
ON THE GREEK REVOLUTION.
ON AMERICAN INDUSTRY.
REPLY TO JOHN RANDOLPH.
ADDRESS TO LA FAYETTE.
ADDRESS TO HIS CONSTITUENTS.
ON THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT BY CONGRESS, IN 1825.
ON AFRICAN COLONIZATION.
ON THE CHARGE OF CORRUPTION.
ON HEEDLESS ENTHUSIASM FOR MERE MILITARY RENOWN.
ON THE POLITICAL CONDITION OF THE UNITED STATES DURING J. Q. ADAMS’S ADMINISTRATION.
ON RETIRING FROM OFFICE.
ON THE COMMENCEMENT OF JACKSON’S ADMINISTRATION.
EFFECT OF THE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM ON THE SOUTHERN STATES.
ON THE REDUCTION OF DUTIES ON IMPORTS.
SPEECHES.
IN DEFENCE OF THE AMERICAN SYSTEM.
ON THE PUBLIC LANDS.
ON THE NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE UNITED STATES.
ON PRESIDENT JACKSON’S VETO OF THE BILL TO RECHARTER THE UNITED STATES BANK.
ON INTRODUCING THE COMPROMISE TARIFF BILL.
IN SUPPORT OF THE COMPROMISE TARIFF ACT.
IN SUPPORT OF THE COMPROMISE ACT.
ON THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE, RETURNING THE PUBLIC LAND BILL.
ON THE REMOVAL OF THE PUBLIC DEPOSITS FROM THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
ON THE PUBLIC DISTRESS CAUSED BY THE REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITS.
ON THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITS.
ON THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
ON OUR RELATIONS WITH FRANCE.
ON OUR RELATIONS WITH THE CHEROKEE INDIANS.
ON THE CUMBERLAND ROAD BILL.
ON THE APPOINTING AND REMOVING POWER.
ON THE PUBLIC LANDS BILL.
ON OUR RELATIONS WITH FRANCE.
ADMISSION OF ARKANSAS INTO THE UNION.
ON THE FORTIFICATION BILL.
ON RECOGNISING THE INDEPENDENCE OF TEXAS.
ON THE EXPUNGING RESOLUTION.
ON THE SUB-TREASURY BILL.
ON THE PREËMPTION BILL.
ON THE SUB-TREASURY SCHEME.
ON THE DOCTRINE OF INSTRUCTION.
PETITIONS FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.
SPEECH AT BUFFALO, NEW YORK.
ON THE SUB-TREASURY BILL.
AT THE WHIG NATIONAL CONVENTION OF YOUNG MEN.
AT THE HARRISON CONVENTION,
THE REPEAL OF THE SUB-TREASURY LAW.
DISTRIBUTION OF PROCEEDS OF THE PUBLIC LANDS.
ON THE VETO OF THE FISCAL BANK BILL BY PRESIDENT TYLER.
ON THE BANK VETO.
ON A GENERAL BANKRUPT LAW.
ON THE AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION RESPECTING THE VETO POWER.
ON THE COMPROMISE TARIFF.
THE TARIFF, AND OTHER MEASURES OF PUBLIC POLICY.
VALEDICTORY ADDRESS TO THE SENATE.
ON HIS RETIREMENT TO PRIVATE LIFE.
ON SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.
ON THE ADMISSION OF CALIFORNIA,
ON THE CONSTITUTION OF CALIFORNIA,
ON THE COMPROMISE MEASURES,
CORRESPONDENCE.
Footnotes.
Transcriber’s Notes.
