Author: CLAY, Henry
Title: In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1835... . the Committee of Foreign Relations... The Present State of Our Relations with France...
Description: Washington, DC, N.p. 1835. Paperback. Small 4to. Self cover. 23pp. Very good. Faint age toning and mild foxing; neat old paper strip along gutter. Tight and nice first edition of the Kentucky congressman's speech as chairman of the Committee of Foreign Relations addressing President Andrew Jackson's message regarding difficulties with France, from whom the U.S. was still trying to get remuneration for Napoleonic War damages. According to Carl Schurz in his "Life of Henry Clay," Clay's speech "had the rare fortune to call forth the applause of all parties. He gave a lucid review of the history of the case, and with dignified emphasis asserted the right of the United States to indemnity. He affirmed that, in their determination to protect the rights of the United States, the President, and the opposition, and the whole American people, stood inseparably together. .

Keywords: Americana


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