. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . -* J o o .and start out in life as a lawyer. In 1797 he decided to try his fortunes in 146 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS a new region, and removed across the mountains into Kentucky, settlingin Lexington—the town for which we are bound. I 11 bet he did nt go in a parlor car, though, said Jack. Of course he did nt, saidMarian. Why, they did nt evenhave steam-cars then, did they. UncleTom ? No, no; it was 1830, at least,before the railway pierced thesehills, Uncle Tom replied, nearlyforty
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . -* J o o .and start out in life as a lawyer. In 1797 he decided to try his fortunes in 146 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS a new region, and removed across the mountains into Kentucky, settlingin Lexington—the town for which we are bound. I 11 bet he did nt go in a parlor car, though, said Jack. Of course he did nt, saidMarian. Why, they did nt evenhave steam-cars then, did they. UncleTom ? No, no; it was 1830, at least,before the railway pierced thesehills, Uncle Tom replied, nearlyforty years after Clay crossed themountains. You may be sure thatHenry Clay went on horseback, asdid most people then, along the oldhighway to the West that hadbeen made out of the trail oftrappers and pioneers. He soonbecame popular in Kentucky. Hehad a frank, cordial way about J him that made friends quickly,and before long he was inpolitics. He was sent to thelegislature in 1804, where headvocated the gradual abo-lition of slavery. In 1806 hewas sent to the Senate of the United States. - ^. !\ THE BLUE-GRASS COUNTRY 147 A senator so soon ! cried Bert. Why, how old was he ? Not quite thirty, was Uncle Toms reply. But young men of prom-ise quickly got to the front in those days. I should say so, said Roger. Why were nt we living then ? remarked Jack. From that time on, for more than forty years, Henry Clay was a pub-lic man, either in the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the was three times Speaker of the House of Representatives ; he was Secre-tary of State under President John Ouincy Adams; he was one of the com-missioners to sign the Treaty of Ghent that closed the Wrar of 1812. Fromfirst to last his policy was popular, because it was what is called American. Meaning by that? queried Bert. Meaning by that, replied Uncle Tom: the best for America, andAmerica the best! I dont mean that he went about bragging and spoilingfor a fight, as the saying is; he
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