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Source citation
“Henry Clay on the Union,” Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, March 29, 1860, p.2: 7.
Newspaper: Publication
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer
Newspaper: Headline
Henry Clay on the Union
Newspaper: Page(s)
2
Newspaper: Column
7
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Joanne Williams
Transcription date
Transcription
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
Extract from a Speech delivered before the Legislature of Kentucky, at Frankfort, November 15th; 1850.
“I may be asked, as I have been asked, when I would consent to a dissolution of the Union. I answer, Never! Never! NEVER!!!* * * * * * * * * * *
If the agitation in regard to the Fugitive Slave Law should continue and increase, and become alarming, it will lead to the formation of two new parties; one for the Union and the other against the Union. * * * * * *
And the platform of that Union party will be THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. And if it should be necessary to form such a party, and it should be accordingly formed, I announce myself in this place a member of that party, whatever may be its component elements.”
“I may be asked, as I have been asked, when I would consent to a dissolution of the Union. I answer, Never! Never! NEVER!!!* * * * * * * * * * *
If the agitation in regard to the Fugitive Slave Law should continue and increase, and become alarming, it will lead to the formation of two new parties; one for the Union and the other against the Union. * * * * * *
And the platform of that Union party will be THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. And if it should be necessary to form such a party, and it should be accordingly formed, I announce myself in this place a member of that party, whatever may be its component elements.”