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Clay And Texas

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
September
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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Listen lo the great Whigs of Kenüieky, ifyou would find óut whethcr Clay is for Anncxing Texas. The tbllowmg'is from a speech published in the Louisville Journal, a paper edited by G. D. Prentice, he Biographer of M r. Clay. The speech vas delivered by Iï. Marshal), Esq. of ientucky, on the 25th of Juïylast. Mr. Marshall is spoken of for a place in Mr. Clay 's Cabinet, if he is elected. Hear ïimT "Ás a friend to Texas, as an American citizen haying no further interest in the question of annexation than a desire to' romote the welfare of the people of both' countries - as one who acknov.ledges thö ustness of the Texas re'volution- thé fuli and perfect sovereignty of Texas so faras" she was originally acknowledged by the Constitirtion of the Mexican United States, and as óhé who would really deire to' see her single star added to the emblem of our own liberty, l am free to' eclare that I regard annexation as more certain, speedy,' sure, on just and hohora)le terms, under the auspices of Mr. Clay, than under the guidance of bis mis-'

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News