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Speech by Cass Clay on Kentucky rights and emancipation
In Frankfort Cass Clay addresses the Kentucky Legislature defending Republican principles amid tensions over slavery, condemning mob violence and supporting emancipation while defending Governor Magoffin and Senator Breckinridge. He defends his neutrality in the Madison County expulsion of John Fee, rebuts charges of intimidation, and argues for law, order, and equal rights within Kentucky.
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