Speech on Preserving the Union
Mr. President, I have said that I want to know whether we are bound together by a rope of sand or an effective capable government competent to enforce the powers […]
Speech on the Mexican-American War
The day is dark and gloomy, unsettled and uncertain, like the condition of our country, in regard to the unnatural war with Mexico. The public mind is agitated and anxious, […]
Letter from Henry Clay in Support of War (1812)
The public attention has been drawn to the approaching arrival of the Hornet, as the period when the measures of our government would take a decisive character, or rather their […]
Speech on President Jackson’s Veto of the Bank Bill in Senate
I HAVE some observations to submit on this question, which I would not trespass on the Senate in offering, but that it has some command of leisure, in consequence of […]