LEADER 03910nam 2200565 450 001 9910787379403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-4761-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334136 035 $a(EBL)1915305 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001455878 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11836566 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001455878 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11407926 035 $a(PQKB)10627026 035 $a(OCoLC)933515973 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43921 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915305 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11011642 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690772 035 $a(OCoLC)900344699 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915305 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334136 100 $a20150206h19911991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe papers of Henry Clay$hVolume 10$iCandidate, compromiser, elder stateman : January 1, 1844-June 29, 1852 /$fMelba Porter Hay, editor ; Carol Reardon, associate editor 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d1991. 210 4$dİ1991 215 $a1 online resource (1052 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-59490-2 311 $a0-8131-0060-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Symbols & Abbreviations; THE PAPERS OF HENRY CLAY; Calendar of Unpublished Documents; Name & Subject Index: Volume 10; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z 330 $aThe culminating volume in The Papers of Henry Clay begins in 1844, the year when Clay came within a hair's breadth of achieving his lifelong goal-the presidency of the United States. Volume 10 of Clay's papers, then, more than any other, reveals the Great Compromiser as a major player on the national political stage. Here are both the peak of his career and the inevitable decline. On a tour through the southern states in the spring of 1844, Clay seemed certain of gaining the Whig nomination and the national election, until a series of highly publicized letters opposing the annexation of Texas cost him crucial support in both South and North. In addition to the Texas issue, the bitter election was marked by a revival of charges of a corrupt bargain, the rise of nativism, the influence of abolitionism, and voter fraud. Democrat James K. Polk defeated Clay by a mere 38,000 popular votes, partly because of illegal ballots cast in New York City. Speaking out against the Mexican War, in which his favorite son was a casualty, the Kentuckian announced his willingness to accept the 1848 Whig nomination. But some of his closest political friends, including many Kentucky Whig leaders, believed he was unelectable and successfully supported war hero Zachary Taylor. The disconsolate Clay felt his public career was finally finished. Yet when a crisis erupted over the extension of slavery into the territories acquired from Mexico, he answered the call and returned to the United States Senate. There he introduced a series of resolutions that ultimately passed as the Compromise of 1850, the most famous of his three compromises. Clay's last years were troubled ones personally, yet he remained in the Senate until his death in 1852, continuing to warn against sectional extremism and to stress the importance of the Union-messages that went unheeded as the nation Clay had served so well moved inexorably toward separation and civil war. 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 676 $a973.63092 702 $aHay$b Melba Porter 702 $aReardon$b Carol 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787379403321 996 $aThe papers of Henry Clay$93704613 997 $aUNINA