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Part 1
Henry Clay, "On the Seminole War," U.S. House of Representatives
19 January 1819.
Part2
Henry Clay, "On the Expunging Resolutions," U.S. Senate
16 January 1837
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Part 1
Mr. President:
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Part 2
I will not trespass much longer upon the time of the committee;
but I trust I shall be indulged with some few reflections upon the
danger of permitting the conduct on which it has been my painful duty
to animadvert, to pass without the solemn expression of the
disapprobation of this House. Recall to your recollection the free
nations which have gone before us. Where are they now?
We are fighting a great moral battle for the benefit not only of
our country, but of all mankind. The eyes of the whole world are in
fixed attention upon us. One, and the larger portion of it, is gazing
with contempt, with jealousy, and with envy; the other portion, with
hope, with confidence, and with affection. Everywhere the black cloud
of legitimacy is suspended over the world, save only one bright spot,
which breaks out from the political hemisphere of the West, to
enlighten and animate and gladden the human heart. Obscure that by
the downfall of liberty here, and all mankind are enshrouded in a pall
of universal darkness. To you, Mr. Chairman, belongs the high
privilege of transmitting, unimpaired, to posterity the fair character and
liberty of our country. Do you expect to execute this high trust by
trampling, or suffering to be trampled down, law, justice, the
Constitution, and the rights of the people? by exhibiting examples of
inhumanity and cruelty and ambition? When the minions of despotism
heard, in Europe, of the seizure of Pensacola, how did they chuckle,
and chide the admirers of our institutions, tauntingly pointing to the
demonstration of a spirit of injustice and aggrandizement made by our
country, in the midst of an amicable negotiation! Behold, said they,
the conduct of those who are constantly reproaching kings! You saw
how those admirers were astounded and hung their heads. you saw,
too, when that illustrious man, who presides over us, adopted his
pacific, moderate, and just course, how they once more lifted up their
heads with exultation and delight beaming in their countenances. And
you saw how those minions themselves were finally compelled to unite
in the general praises bestowed upon our government. Beware how
you forfeit this exalted character. Beware how you give a fatal
sanction, in this infant period of our Republic, scarcely yet twoscore
years old, to military insubordination. Remember that Greece had her
Alexander, Rome her Caesar, England her Cromwell, France her
Bonaparte, and that if we would escape the rock on which they split
we must avoid their errors.
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The Project Gutenberg Etext of Henry Clay's Remarks Before The
House and Senate of the United States of America Parts 1 and 2