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Author : Calvin Colton
Publisher : New York, A.S. Barnes
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
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Download or read book The Life, Correspondence and Speeches of Henry Clay in Six Volumes written by Calvin Colton and published by New York, A.S. Barnes. This book was released on 1857 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Clay
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813147611
Total Pages : 1052 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book The Papers of Henry Clay written by Henry Clay and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 1052 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The culminating volume in The Papers of Henry Clay begins in 1844, the year when Clay came within a hair's breadth of achieving his lifelong goal-the presidency of the United States. Volume 10 of Clay's papers, then, more than any other, reveals the Great Compromiser as a major player on the national political stage. Here are both the peak of his career and the inevitable decline. On a tour through the southern states in the spring of 1844, Clay seemed certain of gaining the Whig nomination and the national election, until a series of highly publicized letters opposing the annexation of Texas cost him crucial support in both South and North. In addition to the Texas issue, the bitter election was marked by a revival of charges of a corrupt bargain, the rise of nativism, the influence of abolitionism, and voter fraud. Democrat James K. Polk defeated Clay by a mere 38,000 popular votes, partly because of illegal ballots cast in New York City. Speaking out against the Mexican War, in which his favorite son was a casualty, the Kentuckian announced his willingness to accept the 1848 Whig nomination. But some of his closest political friends, including many Kentucky Whig leaders, believed he was unelectable and successfully supported war hero Zachary Taylor. The disconsolate Clay felt his public career was finally finished. Yet when a crisis erupted over the extension of slavery into the territories acquired from Mexico, he answered the call and returned to the United States Senate. There he introduced a series of resolutions that ultimately passed as the Compromise of 1850, the most famous of his three compromises. Clay's last years were troubled ones personally, yet he remained in the Senate until his death in 1852, continuing to warn against sectional extremism and to stress the importance of the Union-messages that went unheeded as the nation Clay had served so well moved inexorably toward separation and civil war. Publication of this book is being assisted by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Author : Maurice G. Baxter
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813184177
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Henry Clay and the American System written by Maurice G. Baxter and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed study of Henry Clay and the American System—a program of vigorous economic nationalism dependent on active government and constitutional aspects of what was perhaps Clay's greatest contribution to national policy, a contribution that has received surprisingly little study until now. During the first half of the nineteenth century the new United States experienced rapid material growth, transforming a largely agrarian, pre-modern economy into a diversified, industrializing one. As Speaker of the House in the years following the War of 1812, and later as founder of the Whig party, Clay argued strongly for the development of a home market for domestic goods so that Americans would not be dependent on foreign imports. This "American System" was originally little more than a protective tariff on foreign goods, but it soon came to encompass a collection of policies that included a national banking system and distribution of federal funds to improve transportation. Baxter reveals the inner workings of Clay's program and offers the first careful analysis of its successes and failures. This lively and incisive account will appeal to anyone interested in American history and the processes that shaped modern America
Author : Fergus M. Bordewich
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439124612
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)
Download or read book America's Great Debate written by Fergus M. Bordewich and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the 1850s appeals of Western territories to join the Union as slave or free states, profiling period balances in the Senate, Henry Clay's attempts at compromise, and the border crisis between New Mexico and Texas.
Author : Henry Clay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783337687380
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Works of Henry Clay: written by Henry Clay and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James C. Klotter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190498048
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Henry Clay written by James C. Klotter and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charismatic, charming, and one of the best orators of his era, Henry Clay achieved success at many levels. Yet Clay still saw presidential greatness remain a fingertip away. Why? This book uses new sources to provide a focused, nuanced description of Clay's programs and politics and to explain why the man they called "The Great Rejected" never won the presidency but did win the accolades of history.
Author : Maurice G. Baxter
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813193907
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Henry Clay the Lawyer written by Maurice G. Baxter and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though he was best known as a politician, Henry Clay (1777-1852) maintained an active legal practice for more than fifty years. He was a leading contributor both to the early development of the U.S. legal system and to the interaction between law and politics in pre-Civil War America. During the years of Clay's practice, modern American law was taking shape, building on the English experience but working out the new rules and precedents that a changing and growing society required. Clay specialized in property law, a natural choice at a time of entangled land claims, ill-defined boundaries, and inadequate state and federal procedures. He argued many precedent-setting cases, some of them before the U.S. Supreme Court. Maurice Baxter contends that Clay's extensive legal work in this area greatly influenced his political stances on various land policy issues. During Clay's lifetime, property law also included questions pertaining to slavery. With Daniel Webster, he handled a very significant constitutional case concerning the interstate slave trade. Baxter provides an overview of the federal and state court systems of Clay's time. After addressing Clay's early legal career, he focuses on Clay's interest in banking issues, land-related economic matters, and the slave trade. The portrait of Clay that emerges from this inquiry shows a skilled lawyer who was deeply involved with the central legal and economic issues of his day.
Author : Colton
Publisher :
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Total Pages : 662 pages
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Download or read book The Life, Correspondence and Speeches of Henry Clay in Six Volumes written by Colton and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Clay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783337687410
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (874 download)
Download or read book Works of Henry Clay: written by Henry Clay and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gary J. Bass
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307279871
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Freedom's Battle written by Gary J. Bass and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This gripping and important book brings alive over two hundred years of humanitarian interventions. Freedom’s Battle illuminates the passionate debates between conscience and imperialism ignited by the first human rights activists in the 19th century, and shows how a newly emergent free press galvanized British, American, and French citizens to action by exposing them to distant atrocities. Wildly romantic and full of bizarre enthusiasms, these activists were pioneers of a new political consciousness. And their legacy has much to teach us about today’s human rights crises.
Author : Melbourne Public Library
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Total Pages : 718 pages
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Download or read book The Catalogue of the Melbourne Public Library for 1861 written by Melbourne Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Quentin Scott King
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786478756
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Henry Clay and the War of 1812 written by Quentin Scott King and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any biography of Henry Clay's 46 year political career quickly becomes entangled with his monumental, though youthful, political leadership of the War Hawks in urging the Madison Administration to arm the United States for war with Great Britain. He continued to advise in the war's progress and ended by being one of the five distinguished Americans to treat for peace with a difficult team of mediocre British envoys. There has been no detailed treatment of his major role in this early American war until this present work.
Author : Minnesota Historical Society. Library
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Total Pages : 1026 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Minnesota Historical Society written by Minnesota Historical Society. Library and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Calvin Colton
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020190261
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book The Life, Correspondence, And Speeches Of Henry Clay written by Calvin Colton and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive biography of Henry Clay offers a detailed and engrossing account of the life and career of one of America's most important political figures. Covering everything from Clay's early years in Kentucky to his famous 'great compromises' on key national issues, this book provides a fascinating insight into the social, economic and political forces that shaped America in the early 19th century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Total Pages : 960 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patrick Lee Lucas
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813196906
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Athens on the Frontier written by Patrick Lee Lucas and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1811, architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe spurred American builders into action when he called for them to reject "the corrupt Age of Dioclesian, or the still more absurd and debased taste of Louis the XIV," and to emulate instead the ancient temples of Greece. In response, people in the antebellum trans-Appalachian region embraced the clean lines, intricate details, and stately symmetry of the Grecian style. On newly built public buildings, private homes, and religious structures, references to classical Greek architecture became the preferred ornamentation. Several antebellum cities and towns adopted the moniker of "Athens," styling themselves as centers of culture, education, and sophistication. As the trend grew, American citizens understood the name as a link between the Grecian style and the founding principles of democracy—signaling a change of taste in service to the larger American cultural ideal. In Athens on the Frontier, Patrick Lee Lucas examines the material culture of Grecian-style buildings in antebellum America to help recover nineteenth-century regional identities. As communities worked to define their built landscape and develop a shared Western identity, Lucas's study invites readers to question many of the assumptions Americans have made about divisions and cultural formation in antebellum society.
