Henry Clay: statesman for the Union
Among nineteenth-century Americans, few commanded the reverence and respect accorded to Henry Clay of Kentucky. As orator and as Speaker of the House for longer than any man in the century, he wielded great power, a compelling presence in Congress who helped preserve the Union in the antebellum peri...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Among nineteenth-century Americans, few commanded the reverence and respect accorded to Henry Clay of Kentucky. As orator and as Speaker of the House for longer than any man in the century, he wielded great power, a compelling presence in Congress who helped preserve the Union in the antebellum period. Remini portrays both the statesman and the private man, a man whose family life was painfully torn and who burned with ambition for the office he could not reach, the presidency.--From publisher description. |
| Beschreibung: | XXVIII, 818, [32] S. Ill., Noten |
| ISBN: | 0393030040 |
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Chronology of Clay
s Life, 1777-1852 xvii
Genealogy of the Clay Family
xxiv
Abbreviations and Short Titles Used in the Notes
xxvii
ι.
The Mill Boy of the Slashes
ι
2.
Kentucky: The Dark and Bloody Ground
15
3.
The Burr Conspiracy
32
4.
The Duel
47
5.
Emergence of a Republican Ideologue
57
6.
Mr. Speaker
72
7.
The Diplomat
94
8.
I Am Sick of Europe
123
9.
The Ambitious Politicians
133
10.
The Party Disrupter
154
11.
The Great Compromiser
169
12.
Retirement from Politics
193
13.
The American System
210
14.
The Presidential Election of
1824 234
15.
The Corrupt Bargain
251
16.
Secretary of State
273
17.
The Discouraging World of Diplomacy
296
18.
Abominations
311
19.
A Vision of the Future
331
20.
Enforced Retirement
345
2ł.
Presidential Nominee
365
22.
Scenes of Tergiversation, Hypocricy, Degeneracy and Corruption
378
χ
Contents
23.
A Crushing Defeat
402
24.
Return to Triumph
412
25.
The Great Triumvirate
436
26.
The Emergence of the Whig Party
458
27.
Tragedy and Defeat
47 !
28.
The Panic of
1837
497
29.
The War of the Titans
512
30.
The Triumphal Tour
532
31.
Deceived Betrayed
&
Beaten
545
32.
And Tyler, Too
561
33.
The Dictator
578
34.
Like the Soul s Quitting the Body
600
35.
Texas
611
36.
The Old Coon Is Dead
642
37.
This Most Unnecessary and Horrible War with Mexico
668
38.
The Sage of Ashland
687
39.
Return to the Senate
714
40.
The Compromise of
1850
730
41.
My Political Life Is Over
762
Bibliographical Essay
787
Index
799
Photographs appear following page
354
Among nineteenth-century Americans, few com¬
manded the reverence and respect accorded to
Henry Clay of Kentucky. One of the greatest
orators of the century, he equaled or surpassed
his contemporaries Daniel Webster and John C.
Calhoun. In this major new biography, Robert
Remini
shows Clay, the Speaker of the House for
longer than any man in the century, as a major
character in the drama of the new nation. Clay
wielded almost unimaginable power through his
wit, biting satire, and golden voice. He was a
beloved figure whose compelling presence in
Congress, more than any other, helped preserve
the Union in the antebellum period. Indeed, it
was his magnificent proposal to avert division
that resulted in the famous compromise of
1850.
As Speaker of the House, Clay championed a
vision of a prosperous United States whose peo¬
ple were rally represented in governmental deci¬
sions. But he suffered enormously their repeated
rejections of his bid for the presidency. If he foiled
in any area, it was not his purported womanizing
or drinking but his towering ambition for what
he perceived to be his destiny.
Remini also
reveals the human side of an ex¬
traordinary man whose great sense of duty and
humor helped him overcome the many painful
aspects of his personal life. Of his children, he lost
all six of his daughters. He had to commit one son
to a lunatic asylum and suffered another who was
a severe alcoholic. His wife would neither accom¬
pany him to Washington nor write letters. His
lonely expressions of grief are seen here in marked
contrast to the wit and charm that characterized
the words he uttered in public that won the hearts
of so many of his countrymen.
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