Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 - American Leaders by John Lord
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Harrison's administration
Repeal of the Sub-Treasury Act Slavery agitation Annexation of Texas under Polk Clay as pacificator of slavery agitation John C. Calhoun Anti-slavery leaders Passage of Clay's compromise bill of 1850 Fugitive-slave law Clay's declining health Death Services Character _DANIEL WEBSTER_. THE AMERICAN UNION. General character and position of Webster Birth and early life Begins law-practice; enters Congress His legal career His oratory Congressional services; finance Industrial questions Defender of the Constitution Reply to Hayne of South Carolina Webster's ambition His political relations to the South |
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