THE

LIFE AND SPEECHES

OF THE

HON. HENRY CLAY,

IN TWO VOLUMES.

COMPILED AND EDITED BY

DANIEL MALLORY.

VOLUME II.

NEW YORK:

ROBERT P. BIXBY & CO.

1843.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year Eighteen Hundred and Forty-Three,

BY SAMUEL N. DICKINSON,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

BOSTON:

SAMUEL N. DICKINSON, PRINTER,

WASHINGTON STREET.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

SPEECH IN DEFENCE OF THE AMERICAN SYSTEM,

5

SPEECH ON THE PUBLIC LANDS,

56

SPEECH ON THE NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE UNITED STATES,

SPEECH ON PRESIDENT JACKSON'S VETO OF THE BILL TO RE-CHARTER

THE UNITED STATES BANK,

86

94

V SPEECH ON INTRODUCING THE COMPROMISE TARIFF BILL,

SPEECH IN SUPPORT OF THE COMPROMISE TARIFF ACT, .

SPEECH IN SUPPORT OF THE COMPROMISE ACT,.

106

122

. 139

SPEECH ON THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE RETURNING THE PUBLIC LAND

BILL,.

.

141

SPEECH ON THE REMOVAL OF THE PUBLIC DEPOSITS FROM THE BANK

OF THE UNITED STATES,

SPEECH ON THE PUBLIC DISTRESS CAUSED BY THE REMOVAL OF THE

DEPOSITS,

SPEECH ON THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE

REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITS,

. 194

SPEECH ON THE ADMISSION OF ARKANSAS INTO THE UNION,.

.255

SPEECH ON PETITIONS FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY,.

SPEECH AT BUFFALO, NEW YORK,.

SPEECH ON THE LAND BILL PROPOSED BY MR. CALHOUN, .

SPEECH ON THE SUB-TREASURY BILL,

SPEECH AT THE WHIG NATIONAL CONVENTION OF YOUNG MEN,.

SPEECH ON THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY UNDER MR. VAN BUREN'S

.406

ADMINISTRATION,.

408

SPEECH AT THE HARRISON CONVENTION, .

427

SPEECH ON THE REPEAL OF THE SUB-TREASURY LAW,

432

SPEECH ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF Proceeds OF THE PUBLIC LANDS,.

SPEECH IN DEFENCE OF MR. WEBSTER, .

.437

482

SPEECH ON THE VETO OF THE FISCAL BANK BILL BY PRESIDENT TYLER,. 485

SPEECH ON THE BANK VETO,

502

SPEECH ON A GENERAL BANKRUPT LAW,

508

SPEECH ON THE AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION RESPECTING THE

VETO POWER,

512

SPEECH ON THE COMPROMISE TARIFF,.

.530

SPEECH ON THE TARIFF AND OTHER MEASURES OF PUBLIC POLICY,.

532