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Illustration: HENRY CLAY
A BIOGRAPHY OF HENRY CLAY,
THE SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY.
COMPILED AND EDITED
BY
DANIEL MALLORY.
CONTAINING ALSO,
A COMPLETE REPORT OF ALL HIS SPEECHES; SELECTIONS FROM HIS PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE; EULOGIES IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE; AND A POEM, BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE, ESQ.
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.
Copyright Secured.
A. S. BARNES & COMPANY,
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
PREFACE. Life of Henry Clay. Henry Clay, a Poem, by George D. Prentice, Esq. Obituary Addresses, delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives. Funeral Sermon, by Rev. C. M. Butler, Chaplain of the Senate. Speech on Domestic Manufactures. Speech on the Line of the Perdido. Speech on renewing the Charter of the First Bank of the United States. Speech on the Augmentation of Military Force. Speech on the Increase of the Navy. Speech on the New Army Bill. Speech on his Return from Ghent. Speech on the United States Bank Question. Speech on the Direct Tax, and the State of the Nation after the Close of the War with Great Britain. Speech on the Bill for forcing Neutrality. Speech on Commercial Restrictions with Foreign Nations. Speech on Internal Improvement. Speech on the War between Spain and her Colonies. Speech on Internal Improvement. Speeches on the Emancipation of South America. Speech on the Seminole War. Speech on South American Affairs. Speech on the Spanish Treaty. Speech on the Protection of Home Industry. Speech on the Mission to South America. Speech on the Greek Revolution. Speech on American Industry. Speech in Reply to John Randolph. Address to La Fayette. Address to his Constituents on the Presidential Election of 1825. Speech on the Election of President by Congress in 1825. Speech on African Colonization. Speech on the Charge of Corruption. Speech on Heedless Enthusiasm for Mere Military Renown. Speech on the Political Condition of the United States during J. Q. Adams’ Administration. Speech on retiring from Office. Speech on the Commencement of Jackson’s Administration. Speech on the Effect of the Protective System on the Southern States. Speech on Nullification, &c. Speech on the Reduction of Duties on Imports. Speech on the Nomination of Mr. Van Buren, as Minister to Great Britain.