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EVEN CLAY COULDN'T STAVE OFF CIVIL WAR.(Kentucky Life: History)
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The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
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November 8, 2004
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Byline: Berry Craig
Henry Clay's old chair probably isn't a must-see artifact for most visitors at the National Museum of American History.
Even so, Kentucky's greatest statesman rose from the chair to make his greatest speech. Clay, famous as the "Great Compromiser," hoped to prevent disunion and civil war.
"This was his Senate chair when he proposed the Compromise of 1850," said Harry R. Rubenstein, curator of political history at the popular cap...
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