Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser

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Excerpt from Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser: A Brief Estimate of His Place in American HistoryIn the last legislature in which he sat a contested elec tion case was referred to his committee. The report which he then prepared became a precedent and has been fol lowed in similar cases in Kentucky ever since. There were three candidates for the legislature from a certain district. The one who had the greatest number of votes proved to be disqualified as he at that time held another office. It was claimed that the candidate having the next highest number of votes was then entitled to a seat. Clay denied this asserting that there was no election. His logic was so irresi'stable that his report was adopted and has never been contravened.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.