Excerpt from Other States: Texas; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources Thirty-four years later, on November 13, 1847, Henry Clay spoke to a mass meeting in Lexington, Kentucky on the subject of another war, the War with Mexico. Clay, now a Whig, was in much the same position that his Federalist opponents had occupied years earlier, for the War with Mexico was the work of President James K. Polk's Democratic administration. Moreover, Clay himself was seeking the haven of power. Although he had proclaimed retirement after his loss to Polk in the presidential election of 1844, the Sage of Ashland was still interested in the presidency and would soon make known his availability as Whig nominee for 1848. Nevertheless, Clay's speech began with careful disclaimers of any political intent; he was most solicitous that not a soli tary word may fall from me, offensive to any party or person in the whole extent of the Union. After all, Clay was in the Autumn of life and felt the frost of Age (he was 70 years old). He came to speak only reluctantly. He feared for the harmony, if not the existence, of our Union, and, while a single pulsation of the human heart remains, it should, if necessary, be dedicated to the service of one's country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.