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Title: The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Beach, Frederick Converse, 1848-1918 Rines, George Edwin, 1860-
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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pposition to President Jacksons administra-tive policy, and attempted to prevent the removalof the deposits from the United States Bank.Largely through his influence the CompromiseBill was carried through Congress, whichclosed debate on the nullification question,through its partial reversal of the protectivetariff. In 1832 Clay was for the second timea presidential candidate, but the popularity ofGen. Jackson was so great at this time that anyother candidate had small chances of success,Clay receiving the votes only of Massachusetts,Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland,and Kentucky. In March 1842 he resigned fromthe Senate and retired to private life, perma-nently, as he hoped. He was, however, in 1844,nominated a third time for the presidency anddefeated after an intensely exciting politicalcontest. The numerical majority was verysmall and his defeat was attributable in some<\< gree to the influence of the administration.The primary cause, nevertheless, was the annex-
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HENRY CLAY. CLAY CENTER —CLAY ation of Texas, a measure to which Clay hadbeen opposed. After spending several years inretirement on his estate of Ashland, near Lex-ington, Ky., he was returned to the Senate in1849, where he took an active part in the disputebetween the slave-holding power and its op-ponents on the question of the admission ofCalifornia, and devised the Compromise of1850, which terminated the long and bitterstruggle. It has been sometimes urged againsthim as a reproach that he was always readywith a compromise in political emergencies, butin these matters he may have been wiser thanhis critics. For the greater part of his life hewielded a great political influence, acquiredpartly by his eloquence as an orator, partly bythe fact that he never left his position in doubton questions of national moment. By throwingthe entire weight of his talents and influence infavor of a via media he more than once endedthe violence of party strife which had reachedso high a pitch as t

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