Henry Clay, Speech of Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, in Support of the Propositions to Compromise on the Slavery Question

Name: Henry Clay, Speech of Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, in Support of the Propositions to Compromise on the Slavery Question
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Henry Clay’s speech during the debates on the Compromise of 1850, Speech of Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, in Support of the Propositions to Compromise on the Slavery Question.

“… Will there not be more safety in fighting within the Union than without it?… I said that I thought there was no right on the part of one or more of the States to secede from this Union. I think that the Constitution of the thirteen states was made, not merely for the generation which then existed, but for posterity, undefined, unlimited, permanent, and perpetual… binding themselves by that indissoluble bond…”

We bet that Lincoln read this speech – and learned!

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Clay, Henry. Speech of Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, in Support of the Propositions to Compromise on the Slavery Question. Revised Edition. In the Senate… February 5, 1850. 32p., pamphlet.