Henry Clay
Henry Clay
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" The difference be- tween me and the senator from Kentucky," he said, " is as wide as the poles." No doubt it was.
Calhoun would have preserved the Union if slavery could have been made secure in it. But he would willingly have sacrificed the Union to save slavery.
Clay tried to pacify the slaveholders, and opposed the abolitionists, to avert from the Union a threat- ening danger. But he would have sacrificed slavery to save the Union. To him it was " not expedient " to abolish slavery inTEeDi...strict oJE Columbia and in TTorida. Calhoun would hear nothing of " ex- peHiency." He insisted on placing the constitu- tional duty of protecting slavery on " the high ground of principle." He would hear nothing of concession. " Shall we yield, or stand firm ? That Digitized by VjOOQIC 162 HENRY CLAY is the question," he said. " If we yield an inch, we are gone." He was certainly right. But to be entirely right he should have added : " If we stand firm, we are gone likewise." Clay was more hopeful, because he saw the real nature of the trouble less clearly.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" The difference be- tween me and the senator from Kentucky," he said, " is as wide as the poles." No doubt it was.
Calhoun would have preserved the Union if slavery could have been made secure in it. But he would willingly have sacrificed the Union to save slavery.
Clay tried to pacify the slaveholders, and opposed the abolitionists, to avert from the Union a threat- ening danger. But he would have sacrificed slavery to save the Union. To him it was " not expedient " to abolish slavery inTEeDi...strict oJE Columbia and in TTorida. Calhoun would hear nothing of " ex- peHiency." He insisted on placing the constitu- tional duty of protecting slavery on " the high ground of principle." He would hear nothing of concession. " Shall we yield, or stand firm ? That Digitized by VjOOQIC 162 HENRY CLAY is the question," he said. " If we yield an inch, we are gone." He was certainly right. But to be entirely right he should have added : " If we stand firm, we are gone likewise." Clay was more hopeful, because he saw the real nature of the trouble less clearly.
What to read after Henry Clay?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906. [from Old Catalog] to read onlineMoreLess
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