Monument to the Memory of Henry Clay (Classic Reprint)

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The object of the present work is two-fold. First, to present in a condensed form a complete Life, and the most important Speeches of Henry Clay; and secondly, to collect, in a form adapted to their preser vation, the Eulogies called forth by the death of the great statesman, together with an account of the Obsequies at tending _his burial.

In respect to the first object, it may be said, that the field has already been occupied. In reply, we say that, although the works which have appeared from time to time, and especially the large volumes of Colton, have given us nearly all the information which we can hope to obtain whether in regard to the public or private life of henry clay, yet that they all, and especially those which we have designated, labor under the disadvantage of being too large and too costly for popular circulation.

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