Discourse On the Life of Honorable Henry Clay
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Few, now, retain a just conception of the angry Missouri controversy, and the fearful extent of its mischievous forebodings. In the nation, as in Congress, a spirit of fierce dog- matism and defiance prevailed, opposed to every conciliatory effort, and the country seemed verging to an awful convul- sion. At this crisis, in the moment of its darkest gloom, when bold men, of greater experience, held back, overcome by its contagion, or in despair of a remedy, Mr. Clay rose above the angry commotio...n, and carried the measure his fertile patriotism suggested. The gloom, which overspread the land, gave place to demonstrations of joy, and the incense of grate- ful hearts was lavished on him.
On two other occasions of intense excitement, one the result of formidable preparations by a State to resist the government, and the other the revival of the Missouri discord, his influence was as publicly acknowledged, as it was beneficently employed. In both instances, he so triumphed over the portentous agitation, as that, whilst South Carolina retained her loyalty, our institu- tions were preserved in their integrity, and the new domain, acquired by our arms, which, for a time, threatened disunion, became a pledge of more intimate fraternal relations.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Few, now, retain a just conception of the angry Missouri controversy, and the fearful extent of its mischievous forebodings. In the nation, as in Congress, a spirit of fierce dog- matism and defiance prevailed, opposed to every conciliatory effort, and the country seemed verging to an awful convul- sion. At this crisis, in the moment of its darkest gloom, when bold men, of greater experience, held back, overcome by its contagion, or in despair of a remedy, Mr. Clay rose above the angry commotio...n, and carried the measure his fertile patriotism suggested. The gloom, which overspread the land, gave place to demonstrations of joy, and the incense of grate- ful hearts was lavished on him.
On two other occasions of intense excitement, one the result of formidable preparations by a State to resist the government, and the other the revival of the Missouri discord, his influence was as publicly acknowledged, as it was beneficently employed. In both instances, he so triumphed over the portentous agitation, as that, whilst South Carolina retained her loyalty, our institu- tions were preserved in their integrity, and the new domain, acquired by our arms, which, for a time, threatened disunion, became a pledge of more intimate fraternal relations.
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