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Henry Clay's 1st compromise resolution advocated the admission of California as a state with or without slavery. The text of the resol...

Before turning to his individual resolutions, Henry Clay first explained to the Senate on February 5, 1850 the “two or three general purpos...

Not my typical fare on these pages, but as a cat lover I couldn't pass by this article without pointing it out: Unbelievable Cat-friendl...

This article will no doubt set Dimitri's teeth on edge, combining as does his favorite general, George Brinton McClellan , and his lea...

In his speech of February 5, 1850 , after identifying “passion, passion – party, party – and intemperance” as the source “of the great quest...

On Tuesday February 5, 1850 – one week after he had introduced his resolutions – Henry Clay again took the Senate floor to present a more e...

Henry Clay concluded his speech of January 29, 1850 introducing his compromise resolutions by stirring the patriotic feelings of his auditor...

After outlining his compromise resolutions individually on January 29, 1850, Henry Clay then discussed his proposed “scheme of arrangement a...

The eighth and final compromise resolution that Henry Clay introduced on January 29, 1850 is the least well known. It generally gets only a...

Since I'm hip-deep in a series of posts about the Compromise of 1850 and the Great Compromiser himself, I thought it was appropriate to ...

In his remarks of January 29, 1850, Henry Clay next turned to the issue of fugitive slaves. His seventh resolution provided: 7th. Resolved...

In his remarks of January 29, 1850, Henry Clay next introduced his fifth and sixth compromise resolutions, which, “like the third and fourth...

Henry Clay began his defense of his two Texas-related resolutions on January 29, 1850 by setting forth his views on Texas's extensive te...

I have occasionally on these pages wondered whether there are, or at least should be, two sets of the provisions of the Bill of Rights: one ...

In his introductory remarks of January 29, 1850 on his compromise proposals, Henry Clay next unveiled both his third and fourth resolutions...

Several months ago I set out to review Henry Clay's speeches in the Senate on January 29, 1850 and February 5 and 6, 1850 in support of ...

Law Prof Orin Kerr reported yesterday at Volokh that the petitioners in McDonald v. City of Chicago - the Second Amendment case pending be...

I really enjoyed John Majewski's Modernizing a Slave Economy: The Economic Vision of the Confederate Nation . I therefore procured a ...

All One Hundred Million of them, give or take. You might want to remember that the next time you put on your Che t-shirt, or watch some Holl...

It's been a while since I've built an audio kit (other than replacing the output transformer on and generally neatening up the wirin...