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Speech of C. M. Clay at a Kentucky meeting excerpt
The text presents an 1843 speech by C. M. Clay at the White Sulphur Springs gathering in Scott County Kentucky, with his substitute resolutions for a committee report. He defends liberty, denounces annexation of Texas, and argues against slavery expansion while urging careful consideration of war and national faith. He contrasts Mexican independence, Texan actions, and U.S. constitutional limits, warning against forced slave-state expansion and calling for principled policy.
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