[409] Public Men and Events, I, 117.

[410] O’Neall’s Bench and Bar of South Carolina.

[411] “I know that he had no faith in Nullification.” (O’Neall.) “It would seem that he was willing to rest the case of the State upon the bare right of revolution.” (David F. Houston’s Study of Nullification in South Carolina.)

[412] Perley’s Reminiscences, I, 81.

[413] Clay to Brooke, Clay’s Works, IV, 340.

[414] Clay’s Works, IV, 331.

[415] “He [King] has availed himself of another’s aid, and the hand of the Senator from Missouri is as visible in the composition, as if his name had been subscribed to the instrument.” (Clay’s speech of June 20, 1832.)

[416] Hamilton’s Reminiscences, 150.

[417] Hill’s explanatory speech in the Senate, March 3, 1834, differs radically from the generally accepted story, and has the ring of truth.

[418] Schouler, IV, 44.